When you serve tacos, put an extra tortilla on the bottom of the plate. It’ll catch anything that falls off the tacos and now you have one more taco.
When you serve tacos, put an extra tortilla on the bottom of the plate. It’ll catch anything that falls off the tacos and now you have one more taco.
Two things.
First, I remember a TV evangelist who told us weekly that the Soviet Union was the Kingdom of the North promised in the Book of Revelation. Until around 1991, when suddenly Iran became the bad guy.
Second, for fun watch ‘Dig’ a TV thriller about a plot by ultra-extremist Christians and Jews to bring about the End Times. A red cow features prominently
Anyone can meditate.
You don’t have to imagine the beach or the mountains. Just find a quiet spot in your mind. Some folks just look at the inside of their eyelids.
It took me a long time to get the racing thoughts to settle down. One thing I would do is close my eyes and start the meditation by thinking about fireworks going off. After a few explosions it was easy to tell myself it was time to relax.
Inhale on ‘one,’ hold a beat and then exhale on ‘two.’ Repeat.
Even if it’s five seconds to start it’s a beginning.
You can also do it while walking or riding a bike. Obviously you don’t close your eyes, but you try to think about nothing but the next step or push on the pedal.
You can learn to meditate anywhere.
It’s like any other skill, you have to put some effort in at the start, but the results are worth it.
You don’t need meditation tapes, candles, or anything else.
Find a quiet place, sit down, close your eyes and try to find a quiet spot in your mind. A beach or a mountain top or grandma’s kitchen; wherever you feel most serene.
You can just count “one, two one, two” as you breath in and out.
Just try to keep your thoughts quiet for ten seconds to start. Then work up to 30 seconds, and then a minute.
Started rewatching ‘Penny Dreadful.’ Season 1 was excellent, Season 2’s plot with Eva Green is great but the Frankenstein arc is cringe
TIL people start the day with a sauna. We always use it as the end of the workout.
I was once in a class being taught by an MD. I mentioned that I liked chocolate covered espresso beans. He told us a story about a classmate who brought a five pound bag of them to study for finals. The classmate ended in the Emergency Room for a caffeine overdose.
I read about that trick years ago. It was in an essay by Ian Fleming. He wrote ‘…as hot as you can stand it for as long as you can stand it, followed by as cold as you can take it for as long as you can take it.’
“My dad says you sued to be evil, but now you’re just cranky.”
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I like to read old science fiction and check out the things the authors got wrong.
Maybe my favorite is the ‘mini VHS recorders’ from Neuromancer.
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I remember the golden age of the DVD Man. That noble soul who had all the latest movies on DVD a day after they opened. Quality ranged from someone recording the movie in the theater with a camcorder to perfect copies taken directly from the source.
LPT.
Whatever size bed you have, buy blankets one size bigger. King blankets for a Queen size bed, eg.
Find a successful club and talk to the people who run it.
Doesn’t have to be related to your particular area; just a club that’s been running a while.
Also, these things take work. I do a bit of work in the groups I belong to, and I see the folks at the top doing way more work.
Good luck. Nice to see happy news here.
Hunter Thompson opined that the US draft was better than the alternative.
Under the draft everyone, rich and poor, was expected to serve. With a ‘volunteer army’ only the poor need to go.
Another drafted vet said that draftees are more likely to speak up if civilians are targeted because the soldiers know that they are eventually going home. Lifers will obey all orders.
If he’s an adult you can call the police.
People have family members arrested all the time.
Just vacationed in Belize. Tiny place near Guatemala and Mexico on the Caribbean. It’s the only English speaking country in South America; founded by English pirates who wanted to steal Spanish gold. Great food, friendly people, and interesting history.
25% of the US astronauts were lefthanded.
Don’t hold your breath. My brain is like Swiss cheese and there are more mice everyday
Addiction is separate from circumstances.
Look at Heath Ledger, Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson, etc etc etc.
Heath was young, successful, dating a billionaire, and had everything in the world at his fingertips. He decided to have a one man party with drugs and alcohol.