Tag Archive: Story

Opinion disclaimers

Have you ever listened to the pharmaceutical adverts on TV?  As the soothing voice says “Absolv, when taken immediately after upsetting your partner can bring on feelings of contriteness that a puppy would envy.  Clinical studies have shown that 77% of users of Absolv are forgiven for extreme transgressions including not sharing with housework, coming home ...

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Seeing through language – some examples

A few weeks ago, my brother sent me a list of made-up words that are attributed to Mensa and the Washington Post (but I can find no substantiation of this).  Regardless of the source, I thought they provided powerful examples of how we "see" with language, not with our eyes. For each of the ...

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Seeing through language, not your eyes

I grew up thinking that there was only objective reality, a world "out there" that existed apart from me, and that the quality of my life, particularly how smart I was would depend on how well I was able to learn and describe what already is. When I became aware of those that questioned the very ...

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Thoughts about thoughts about Michael

Interesting to see how there seems to be nothing but love for Michael Jackson now that he's gone.  Jay Leno's late night joke that the reason we were all so so curious about Michael Jackson is because he's like the ultimate car accident.  ...

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What we can learn from Bing vs. Google

I was reading an article recently about Bing vs. Google Search by David Pogue where he gives a very clear summary of how Bing is better.  Bing by the way is Microsoft's answer to Google search which has become the closest connection most of us have to God. You can get an answer, or ...

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Angry people

So I was at the club of a good friend of mine last night. If you live in New York and like live music its called Rose. Anyway my friend Carlo asked me to help him diffuse a situation with a young man who was apparently causing some concern from ...

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