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ALONE AGAIN, NATURALLY OR UNNATURALLY

If you find yourself alone again, don’t despair. The young people will find others and wistfully remember their alone days. The elderly treasure their memories of an active, busy, life. At least that’s how it’s supposed to work. What gets in the way? Social media?

OREGON ZEALOT AHEAD OF HIS TIME: LON MABON AND THE OCA

An Oregon zealot once roamed the landscape. As zealots go, he had a good run. It would have been a great run if he’d had more money. Luckily, he wasn’t as well funded as more recent zealots.

SEE ME FEEL ME/LISTENING TO YOU

“See Me, Feel Me” is The Who inviting their audience to wake up. Right behind you, I see the millionsOn you, I see the gloryFrom you, I get opinionFrom you, I get the story That was in 1969. What’s changed since then? What hasn’t?

SOCIAL COMPETITION: WHERE’S THE SCOREBOARD?

Social competition follows a different set of rules than sports. Sports take preparation and executing a plan. Then there’s the scoreboard. It explains the difference between winners and losers with few questions.

YOUR STORY DONE YOUR WAY; MY STORY IS RIGHT HERE

When you write your story, or tell it, or carve it into wood or stone, it’s your choice. For many baby boomers from the middle boomer aisle, not early or late boomers, the story includes things like: “We drank water from a garden hose, rode bikes without helmets, and ate everything on our plate.” I […]

MENTAL CONDITIONING WITH PLATO FOR THE LIFE WIN

Mental conditioning and physical conditioning combine for the mind-body perfection of human beings. That’s the ideal according to Coach Plato, who was quite a combo on his own. The Athenian philosopher Plato (c.428-347 B.C.) is one of the most important figures of the Ancient Greek world and the entire history of Western thought. An important […]

BANDWAGON RIDERS: DON’T KICK ‘EM WHEN THEY FALL OFF

Bandwagon riders have difficult decisions to make everyday. Why? Because there’s always a new bandwagon to jump on. And it comes in many forms. Remember jogging? “Hey, let’s take a ten mile run to warm up.” “Great, then we’ll do it again tomorrow. It makes me feel so good.” Tomorrow: “I can’t move. My feet […]

THOUGHT CONTROL? FIRST FIND A BRAIN

Thought control is an accusation slung by those who need you to agree with them. Based on their outlook and attitude, if you don’t agree it’s because you’ve been brainwashed. Like that’s a bad thing all the time. If you join the Army you get a good wash, learn to help others, at the same […]

NEW EXPERTS CHECK IN WITH MEDICAL AND MILITARY WIZARDRY

New experts are coming out of the woodwork, crawling out from under rocks, and they need to be heard. Luckily for the rest of us we have social media to learn from them. After enough twitter and Facebook scrolling, I’m ready for class, ready to discover new insights from these evolving geniuses. You know I […]

GOOD JUDGEMENT IN CONSEQUENTIAL TIMES

Let’s be frank about the notion of good judgement: if you never do anything of consequence, any sort of awareness is fine. Why? Because it doesn’t really matter. The problem is influence. Too many punks have found their ‘voice’ in social media. Instead of yelling at people to stay off their yard, they’ve done some […]

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