Are “feet of clay” really just human flaws?

June 24, 2026
Surprise, surprise. Deepak Chopra was an Epstein buddy. Cesar Chavez raped women and minors. Many big names appear in the files in what seem to be incriminating ways. Powerful men and yes, women, too, overlooked, ignored or even took part in nefarious activities. Horrific things happened....

Men in grocery stores

August 25, 2014
  He looks benign, doesn't he? A nice young man out doing the family grocery shopping. Something my father and most men of his generation wouldn't be caught dead...

Kill the world with kindness today

August 24, 2014
I like the idea of killing the world with kindness. Let's do it. Let's kill the world with kindness. Because kindness matters. Let's each do some random acts of...

Preparing for death: no unfinished business

August 23, 2014
Tell me, what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? ~Mary Oliver Would've, could've, should've. Who among us hasn't had those...

It’s your life. No one gets a vote but you.

August 22, 2014
Sometimes the people around you won't understand your journey. They don't need to. It's not for them. Here's how it is: It's YOUR life. But everyone's got...

Smaller is not always better

August 21, 2014
BIGGER? BETTER. There are some times bigger is just better. Smaller is not always better. Regardless of what some want to believe. Phone calendar. There was a day...

The Sixties: maybe we saw too much

August 20, 2014
Watching the CNN series on The Sixties, I wasn't surprised that an entire two-hour episode was devoted to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I've seen so...

Benefits of emotional pain

August 19, 2014
  Whenever your perspective on something creates emotional pain, Carol, it's always because your perspective is still so narrow that you've yet to see all the good...

The dog days of summer

August 18, 2014
It was a hot summer day on Santana Row in San Jose when we encountered this motley crew of dogs hanging out together with their owners and walker. Big and...

Open every door

August 17, 2014
I open every door. This has been pinned up in my office for more than a decade.  The moment I saw it I had to buy it, because it's how I live. I never made a...

False modesty, self-esteem + knowing yourself

August 16, 2014
One of our friends is famous. Oh, you won't know his name, but if you worked in the highly esoteric field in which he works, you would. He is known for his huge brain...

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