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May 07 Buddhism for Mother's DayMother's Day for Buddhists
Honor Your Mother in a Buddhist Way Many people in the West who have chosen the Buddhist path see their relationships with their families suffer. Mother's Day is a great time to show your parents that by following a path of spiritual development that is different from theirs, you are not rejecting them. Read more...
Buddhist Resources for Anyone's Mother's Day Your Mother Doesn't Have to Be Buddhist to Enjoy These Mother's Day Treasures In the gentle heritage of Buddhism, you can find beautiful resources for Mother's Day that you can enjoy and share with your mother, no matter what faiths you and she may have. Read more...
Buddhism for Non-Buddhists Of all spiritual traditions, Buddhism seems less concerned with demanding that others accept its teachings.
Read more... May 04 Lobelia and Saw Palmetto: Two Helpful Herbs... or maybe not?Lobelia or "pukeweed" has a background as a medicinal herb. In some doses, however, it can be fatal, and even a very small piece (which I chewed to prepare this article) has a memorably awful taste. It was one of the herbs Native Americans used to purify themselves by making themselves vomit. Nowadays dismissed as a weed, it was a traditional favorite in English country gardens. Read more... Saw palmetto is an herbal remedy used for generations not only as an aphrodisiac but also to treat symptoms of urinary tract and testicular infection, coughs and respiratory congestion. Although there are unsupported reports that it helps with metabolism, digestion, appetite and sexual dysfunction, it is best known for treating enlarged prostate (benign prostate hyperplasia or BPH), which across their lifetimes affects about half of all men, who dread its symptoms of painful urination. Prescribed for women and men for various symptoms, in herbal tradition and modern medicine it is an asset for men's health. Read more...
April 30 Keira Knightley's Anti-Domestic Violence Advertisement is Too Violent for TVBritish broadcasters and domestic violence activists are squaring off over a shocking public service advertisement featuring actress Keira Knightley of Bend It Like Beckham and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. "CUT - the movie," directed by Joe Wright (more - he and Knightley worked together on such films as Atonement), show Keira Knightley as she is brutally assaulted by a man who appears to be her boyfriend or husband, after she returns home from a day at work on a movie set.
Read more... April 28 Gnostics and GnosticismLearn about the Gnostics and Gnosticism in this series of articles that I wrote. Notice that I also created an audiobook of the Gospel of Thomas.
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December 10 Happy 100th Birthday, Olivier Messiaen!Olivier Messiaen (December 10, 1908 - April 27, 1992) was a French composer, teacher, organist, and ornithologist (a student of birds). He created some of the most memorable music of the twentieth century, drawing on influences as varied as his intense Roman Catholic faith, his studies in music from around the world, his interest in electronic instruments, and his love of the songs of birds.
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. August 28 Use the Subjunctive Verb to Write Precisely and ElegantlyIn 1964, Tevye, an impoverished milkman, first charmed Fiddler on the Roof audiences with his plaintive, "If I Were a Rich Man." Some four decades later, Gwen Stefani sang an updated version, "If I Was a Rich Girl." Now, let's drop the last word in each title. Who is right?
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. August 22 Tropical Storm FayAugust 21 Natural Medicine - Not Naturally SafeMany people believe that natural medicine is naturally good and often it is. But just because something is natural does not mean that it is safe. After all, tobacco is natural, and so is rattlesnake venom.
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. August 17 Alzheimer's Disease: The Family CurseAlzheimer's disease leads to a loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal living and scars people's experience of their whole lives. The decrease in memory robs them of their past, the loss of ability to reason robs them of their present, and the inability to plan takes away what future the disease leaves them.
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. August 09 Barack Obama: A Sinister Candidate for PresidentThis year, the Democratic Party has selected a truly sinister candidate, Barack Obama, a sinister and outright gauche candidate.... It should be noted that he follows such sinister presidents (from both parties) as Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush (the First), and Bill Clinton... and to go back a little further, Harry Truman, Herbert Hoover, and James Garfield.
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. July 02 A Very Special ClockThere is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. July 01 MyGallons Gives Us a Way to Save Money as Prices Rise - or Does It?As we all feel the pain at the pump, a Miami based company, MyGallons, gives us a way to fight back as gas prices rise and save money on gas. Or, then again, maybe it does not. All you have to do to save money is register at the MyGallons.com website, receive your MyGallons Card, which assures you that you will be able to pay the current gas prices for gas that you have in your account, sort of like futures trading on an individual scale.
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. June 30 Florida Bans Hallucenogenic SalviaAmong new laws going into effect in Florida on July 1, 2008 is a ban on the sale of a hallucinogenic drug Salvia divinorum. The state legislature passed a bill making possession of Salvia a third-degree felony, with a punishment of up to five years in jail and a fine of $5,000.
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. Sam's Club's Square Milk Bottles: Green or Just Messy?If, like me, you shop at Sam's Club (part of Wal-Mart Stores), you may have a messy kitchen these days. The reason is that Sam's Club is now selling milk and orange juice in square bottles without spouts that are really hard to pour from.
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. Why Are Bands Giving Away Free Music on the Internet?I realize how old I am, when I find that on the Internet, I can legally download free tracks from Nine Inch Nails from the NIN website. Why is Trent Reznor making his music free to anyone with Internet access? When I was a teenager, I had to save money to buy a not so compact disk. There was no free lunch or free music. Now, there is a new music economy.
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There is more to my life than neckties. Copyright © 2008 by Michael Segers, all rights reserved. June 28 Red, White, and Blue PizzaJune 26 I've Been Interviewed!What was your first job? How old were you? Did you like it or hate it?
My first job was working on Saturdays at a drug store when I was about thirteen or fourteen. I pretty much enjoyed it. I remember as it got later in the evening, young men would come in asking for bizarre things, such as "Kaywoodies" and "Moon Bloomers," both of which meant condoms. I'm still trying to work that into a story.
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