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2010/12/072010/12/15

The Secret to Happiness

What is the secret to happiness? In the adult education Spanish class I am taking, we are reading the book, El Alquimista (The Alchemist) by Paulo Coelho. The book touts itself as a fable about following your dreams.

Within this fable is a parable about a merchant sending his son off to consult the wisest of wise men on the secret to happiness. After a long and arduous journey the young man arrives at the abode of the Wiseman. He is sent off for two hours to tour the magnificent structure, but with a teaspoon of oil in his hand and an admonition to not spill the oil. The young man returns to the Wiseman who asks him what he had seen. Continue reading “The Secret to Happiness”

2010/12/062010/12/17

Mr. President: You promised change. Where is it?

Mr. President,

I will admit to being a Liberal. I wear the label with great pride. I used to consider myself an independent and always registered to vote as such. During the Clinton years I became so appalled at the behavior of the Republicans I began to identify myself as a Democrat. I have since become so appalled at the lack of any clear direction or backbone in the Democratic Party that I am back to considering myself an independent.

It strikes me that our government was effectively been co-opted by the corporations and a small percentage of obscenely wealthy individuals. This stealthy coup d’état was in a large engineered through the Republican Party. Continue reading “Mr. President: You promised change. Where is it?”

2010/12/062022/09/19

Show Down at the Shariah Corral

Oklahoma is generally thought of as a backwater by the rest of the country and I suspect big parts of the industrialized world. Oklahoma State Question 755 passed with 71% of Okies voting for it. It bans state judges from considering Shariah or International law when deciding cases. I’m not sure what problem they were trying to solve…even preemptively. It is currently in suspension awaiting legal action.

In this Bible Belt state you have got to wonder where acceptance and tolerance have gone. My reading of the Bible leads me to think that they should be the backbone of Christianity.

Shariah at the Kumback Café Frank Rich Editorial at The New York Times

From the article:

‘To understand U.S. politics today, try “It’s the fear element, stupid.”’

This seems to be part of a bigger movement to breed fear and paint our President as “un-American”. I’m not sure what an “American” is except one of a group of immigrants living in a common land, hopefully with some shared goals.

Apparently tolerance for differences is not one of those goals.

2010/12/052025/04/03

Fanny Farmer’s Whole-Egg Mayonnaise (Blender Mayonnaise)

This easy blender mayonnaise recipealso can be made with electric beaters.

Ingredients

1 egg
½ teaspoon dry mustard
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons lemon juice or vinegar
1½ cups olive or other oil *

Put the egg, seasonings and ¼ cup oil in the blender and whirl until well mixed (20 to 30 seconds).
Pour in the rest of the oil in a steady stream. Stop as soon as the emulsion is smoothly blended.

This recipe is from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook

* The olive oil makes for a very strong flavor… try regular oil for a milder more traditional tasting mayonnaise. Rev. Joe Dirt

Now I can get free range organic eggs and have my mayonnaise… woo woo! When Robin made some homemade mayo, I was blown away by how much better it was than the stuff in jars I have been getting for years. Not sure if this is her recipe, but close.

2010/12/052010/12/20

11 Year Old relates, “What’s wrong with our food system”

Out of the mouth of babes…

2010/12/042010/12/06

Christian-Pest Control

Just case some have been pestering you…

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2010/12/032010/12/14

Should husband visit a dominatrix?

Check out the first story at this Dear Abby type on the Internet magazine Slate.

Dear Prudence @ Slate

I personally am thinking this ole boy has more issues than a monkey on a rock, and why the heck is she staying with him. But that is me. Any thoughts, any comments…

2010/12/032025/01/03

B-A-N-A-N-A… R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C

I’m not much on conspiracy theories, but I am beginning to concoct one. Our government is adrift. We have not had any real leadership in the President’s office for 10 years. What little “leadership” there has been has been counter to benefiting the vast majority of us.

The question then is who benefits from lack of leadership in this country. My short answer would be cowboys on Wall Street and the wealthy 1 or 2 percent of Americans who seem to be setting the government’s agenda. Continue reading “B-A-N-A-N-A… R-E-P-U-B-L-I-C”

2010/12/022010/12/02

Bah…Humbug…

Folks around here have started decorating for Christmas. I, being who I am, have hung pictures of Scrooge and the Grinch on the outside wall of my cube. I’ve also added a picture of a Santa Claus hat with a big diagonal slash through it.

This morning I added a stuffed Santa Claus that makes Scrooge like comments when he is squeezed. He has a Christmas tree with a slash through it as part of his outfit. Some anonymous person hung this on my cube wall last year.

My boss got a call at home last night complaining about my decorations. My boss declined to identify the caller. The caller told my boss, “You know that David is not of our belief.”

“What belief is that?”

“Well… he does not believe in Santa Claus” Continue reading “Bah…Humbug…”

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