Stumbled across an article this afternoon that sort of goes against the conventional wisdom I referred to in the Happiness Wednesday post about thinking positively. In "Finding Your Inner Loser," John Cloud reports on a new study that shows that thinking positively can actually have the opposite effect by pointing out to people how unhappy …
Like being God – sort of
I'm not trying to commit blasphemy here, but this amazing thing growing in my small backyard garden has had me saying, lately, in good-humor and with a little bit of awe and a heck of a lot of excitement: "I'm like God!" In case you're not sure what this picture is of, it is my …
Religion for your iPhone?
For a reason unbeknownst to me, I have am now getting a subscription to Wired Magazine. I thought maybe it was a gift from a move-into-the-future friend, but he said no; likewise my husband has no idea who might have gifted me with this. Obviously, the only other answer is that God sent it. When …
Trusting strangers
My paper, the Tucson Citizen, was supposed to be closed by Saturday. With multiple newspapers for sale and no buyers jumping into the fray (the Rocky Mountain News folded a few weeks ago and the Seattle P-I shed about 130 staffers Monday to go to a 20-person online only newspaper Tuesday) no one expected a …
To be of use –
People wonder about the purpose of work, and a co-worker passed this poem on today that seems to answer part of the question: To be of use.To be of useby Marge PiercyThe people I love the bestjump into work head firstwithout dallying in the shallowsand swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight.They seem …
But maybe worth the bickering ….
Little Bristol Palin weighed in on none other than Fox News recently to proclaim that abstinence-only is best but it is "not realistic." Translated: "I'm 18 and a mom and hormones got the best of me and golly, maybe I should have known more about birth control." I happen to believe we can control our …
A fight we need not have
USA Today, which is the flagship of the corporation that is selling/closing my newspaper, has a really great column today on science vs. religion, the most trenchant part of which is in the first 50 words:"Many Americans still reject evolution, which is viewed by some as a threat to the foundation of faith. On the …
Taking in the homeless?
Yesterday, my 19-year-old offered this: "How about we let a homeless kid live in our house?" She said she'd seen some homeless teens hanging out around the University of Arizona and thought she should bring them home. I asked for clarification - did she mean her house by the University of Arizona or her parent's …
Faith in the unemployment line
Like hundreds of thousands of other Americans, I'm being laid off from my job. Not right now, mind you, but in about six weeks. My colleagues and I get to walk the gangplank toward unemployment for another 46 days - or so the newsroom countdown clock proclaimed yesterday.We're one of three newspapers on the verge …
