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Is God the Missing Link?

According to Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins, God is the future of Rock.  What do you think?  Is God the 'missing link' to better Rock?

 

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/showbiz/2013/08/23/spc-talk-asia-billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins.cnn.html 

Parental Guilt (AKA: The Art of Parent/Child Negotiations)

I have 2 young children and recently had another all-the-more-frequent-experience of dashing their hopes against the suburban rocks.

 My son’s latest life phase is Minecraft, which compared to most other popular games is harmless.  However, when he set his mind on going to Minecon 2013 in Orlando, FL this November, we had to come to terms.  The cost of the tickets, airfare, hotel, auto-rental, etc. would have all been well over $1,000.00, and it’s likely he would have to miss some school, and I would have to take some time off work.  To make matters worse, they only sold 7,500 tickets, and the event was sold out within 30sec!  Determined as he is, he found tickets on eBay, the least expensive of which were $500.00.  I had to say, “no”.  He’s now been working me for days.  “It would make me SO happy.”  “You don’t care how I feel.”  “It’s only the biggest event of my life”.  “We spend money like that on other things like patio furniture!”

At about that same time, my daughter and I went on a neighborhood stroll during which we saw a single purple petunia growing out of the crack between the sidewalk and someone’s front yard.  She HAD to have it.  I told her that it wasn’t ours to take and that she couldn’t pick it.  She began a pleading tirade that lasted the rest of our walk.  “They didn’t plant it.” “They won’t mind.” “It would make Mommy and me SO happy.” “You don’t care how I feel.” “I will remember this the rest of my life!”
I stuck to principal on both accounts and said, “no”.  I don’t like to see my children unhappy.  They really got me thinking and almost had me.  Have I no sense of adventure?  Am I a stick-in-the-mud?  Should I just be spontaneous and “go for it”?  In both cases, I didn’t flinch and showed no signs that I might soon relent.  Needless to say, though I still think I made the right call, I’m the least popular person in the house right now and have a serious case of “parental guilt”.

Unconditional Love

My dog's eyes speak a thousand words, the most significant being "I love you".

Twelve Tones - 30min of Awe

The next time you have 30min un-distracted, and I mean NO DISTRACTIONS, instead of watching some lame TV show, watch this. I can't remember watching any other 30min video that left me more challenged, entertained, confused, and inspired.  If you start to 'lose it', I beg you to stick with it, and stay focused to the end.  I laughed.  I cried.  This video for me was...spiritual.

Inertia

Inertia

Some people call me “lazy”. But, I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m actually “inertial”. Newton’s first law of motion refers to “the tendency of a body(object) to preserve its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force”…also known as INERTIA. That’s ME! In the morning, I have a hard time getting out of bed. In the evening, I tend to stay up late and struggle to go to sleep. In other words, Marc in motion tends to stay in motion. Marc at rest tends to stay at rest. …I’m inertial.

Have you hugged an anteater today?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anteater

MyUrine (Dog Social Networking)

I realized the other day while taking my dog for a walk, that dogs have their own primitive social networking system.  I even thought of a name for it…MyUrine.  As soon as we start on a trek, she immediately scans the horizon and sniffs the air to see who’s online.  She then hones into her news feed drawing in the latest ‘who did what and where’.  It’s clear that she’s not simply ‘doing her business’.  She locates a recent neighborly post, reads it thoroughly, and then leaves a reply.  I don’t know what she says, but the message seems to always include, “Sadie was here”.  She doesn’t appear to obsess about what other dogs think of her post.  I doubt she solicits any “Please like my pee” or “Pee+1”.  But, she is an avid reader other dogs’ posts.  Sometimes, we can’t even have a conversation because she’s so entranced in her social network.  I mean, I thought this is supposed to be “our” walk.  Eventually, she settles after having caught up on all the latest K9 comedy, politics, territorial disputes, who’s doing who, etc.  We go home and carry out our daily routines until the next time I grab the leash and she excitedly logs into the universally publicly accessible dog social network…MyUrine.

Marc Weaver

Suwanee

Deaf Breath

 

Before putting on your headphones or ear buds, remember to take a ‘deaf mint’.

Deaf Breath

Time to Change

As of Sunday, we in America have entered Daylight Savings Time (DST).  And now for the next week or so, we're a nation of tired people.  I don't know about my inner clock, but my inner voice says that it's time to sunset this tired, old tradition.  People's sleep schedules are no longer governed by our closest star.  We now have a handy little tool called "light bulb".  I vote that we say "nighty night" to DST and look forward to a brighter (and less groggy) future.

Retrain Your Brain

It takes approximately 21 days (3 weeks) to break bad habits or create new habits.  21 days is about the amount of time required for new neuropathways to be fully formed in your brain.  It's time to "retrain your brain".

http://www.livestrong.com/article/5535-need-breaking-bad-habit/http://personalexcellence.co/blog/cultivate-a-good-habit-in-21-days/