Archive for the 'They Said It' Category
Raspberry Ginger Bliss
Published October 20th, 2006 in They Said It, In Front of My Eyes and Didja Eat It?. 0 CommentsBliss is a constant state of mind, undisturbed by gain or loss.
Just having a little ‘zen moment’ over a cup of Raspberry Ginger tea…
Snake Oil Charmer: What “He” Doesn’t Want You to Know
Published October 9th, 2006 in They Said It, Soapbox, Media and Noteworthy. 1 Comment“The con man’s game is always the same: sensing what the gull most wants to be true.”
- Stephen Metcalf, in his Slate article The Death of Literary Theory (via Ann Althouse)
Disclaimer: Please don’t misconstrue the following as an attack on natural remedies or alternative medicine treatments, or an attempt to dispute conspiracy theories about the […]
Accidental Entrepreneurs
Published August 3rd, 2006 in They Said It, Stolen Moments, Transformation and Noteworthy. 5 CommentsIf you need serious proof of concept of the power of intention to manifest what you want in your life, look no further.
My name is Kyle MacDonald and I traded one red paperclip for a house.
Yet another one of those goofy ideas by accidental entrepreneurs that I wish I had thought of myself.
There is […]
Feeling (mis)fortunate?
Published July 26th, 2006 in They Said It, Creative Efforts, Didja Eat It? and Media. 0 CommentsI have always had a secret urge to replace the slips of paper inside fortune cookies, turning them into misfortune cookies. It’s vaguely comforting to know I’m not alone in that desire. In a somewhat ironic fashion, the fortune in the cookie I opened today said:
Awww, thanks! That’s the first time I’ve received one targeting […]
That girl is poison(ed)
Published July 15th, 2006 in They Said It, In My Life, Media and Kerberosity. 0 CommentsPhew… I’m back home after spending the day with some friends to escape breathing in poison from the pest control session scheduled by my landlord, thanks to the downstairs neighbor’s flea infestation. All in all, pretty inconvenient, and bad timing with a work deadline looming over me.
I had to prepare by vacuuming the entire […]
In a recent post I described a movie that got me thinking about what I would do if I could “wipe the slate clean” and start over. A few days ago I stumbled across a feature from Forbes magazine about the same topic:
What if you could pick one thing and start over from scratch? What […]
Oh well, one of the two contributors I have issues with on Down With Absolutes has deleted all her posts except a farewell message and left the blog. I’m certainly not suggesting that my comments were significant enough to cause her departure, of course, but what timing! And yet, our catfighting continues in the comments […]
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