Pancake mix and the Oscars: please explain

February 28, 2012
On Oscar night, I heard Ozzy Osborne's daughter, Kelly Osborne (who, inexplicably, was doing fashion commentary), constantly giggle that Sacha Baron Cohen throwing...
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Negativity is nonproductive

February 28, 2012
I was in the car the other day --someone else was driving. It was around commute time, and commuters were doing all sorts of things: they cut us off or lagged at a green...
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West Side Story parody

February 27, 2012
It's time for a laugh. Mondays are always that way, no? So two posts today and one a laugh.Saw West Side Story the other month, and this well-done oldie cracked me up....
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The stories we tell ourselves

February 27, 2012
To a great degree, we are the stories we tell ourselves...what we're conditioned to believe.And we do it to ourselves.Because we're adults and way too oldto blame...
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Are all religions "cults?"

February 26, 2012
"Do you think we'll ever elect a Mormon president?" a friend asked the other day, as she navigated her car through the streets of San Jose."I don't support Romney, but I...
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Putting technology in its place

February 25, 2012
M and I went out to do errands the other day and I forgot my phone at home. As he drove down Bascom Avenue, me in the passenger seat, I found myself reaching for my...
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The milk of human kindness

February 24, 2012
I live in a suburban area of the northern California city of San Jose. People in my neighborhood have careers, usually in high tech, or they're comfortably retired....
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Shape your world

February 23, 2012
Here's the deal.You can sit on your ass and do nothing.You can whine till you're blue in the face.You can actively avoid doing anything to move your life forward.Or...
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Sacred & profane: Ash Wednesday in New Orleans

February 22, 2012
Ash Wednesday is a big day for me, and not just because I was born Catholic. Some 22 years ago I went to Mardis Gras with a group of gay men (and one other straight...
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Uncertain moorings

February 22, 2012
Beach Scene / Bonnie Fields Such an evocative water color --- I can't stop looking at it.I see three people out on the water, lost in the fog.The concept of...
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