German Implants

Have you heard the new Volkswagen commericials on the radio?
My parents are both German, and I know a German accent when I hear one. The snotty little snark featured on the commercials is NOT a real German, I’ll bet my lederhosen on that. Germans do not say “za” for “the”. OK, the commercials make me [...]

Quotes from the Yogi

Some quotes by Paramahansa Yogananda…
Speaking one day about racial prejudice, the Master said, “God is not pleased to be insulted when He wears His dark suits.”
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“Material science is more theoretical than true religion,” the Master said. “Science is able to investigate, for example, the external nature and behavior of the atom. But the practice of [...]

Absolutely Terrifying

New pets sometimes go through phases where they develop a habit which is annoying. Baby parrots go through these and sometimes the results are painful also. I bring this up because Gobi has lately been biting me a bit. It’s just a phase; I have little tiny dot-sized scabs on my fingers, but compared to [...]

Yogananda’s Garden

Paramahansa Yogananda lived from 1893 to 1952.
Born in India, his mission in life was to emphasize the underlying unity of the world’s great religions, and taught universally applicable methods for attaining direct personal experience of God.

“We are all [...]

A Slow Post Day

OK, a little immature humor never hurt anyone!
Subject:
Top Ten most Polite Ways to Say Your Zipper Is Down
By David Letterman
10. The cucumber has left the salad.
9.  Quasimodo needs to go back in the tower and tend to his bells.
8.  You need to bring your tray table to the upright and locked position.
7.  [...]

Out of Upload Space

Oh no! I’ve used up all my Flickr space for the month!
What do you guys use in addition to or instead of Flickr for the WordPress blogs? I tried Photobucket, but it doesn’t work with wp.
I’ve got lots of photos to share from recent daytripping and I don’t want to wait until Sept 1. So [...]

Elevate-her Music

Part of the treatment when going to my chiropractor is to rest for 20 minutes after the adjustment. There is a designated room called “the quiet room” where patients lay in recliners or soft cots to relax and assimilate the changes in their bodies.
Today as I lay in one of the recliners I had a [...]

Book Meme

Ms Demmie had this idea on her blog and I liked it. Here’s the idea:
Book Meme
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that cool or intellectual book [...]

Blue and Green

I am fortunate to live about 10 miles from the beach. My old friend Marcia was staying with me for a few days and we went on a few excursions, one of which was to Dana Point Harbor which is in the city of Dana Point south of Laguna Beach. We couldn’t have asked for [...]

Beaked Vampiress

My friend Marcia is visiting me this week from Davis, Ca in the Sacramento area. She works for the University of California at Davis and flew up to stay with us till Wednesday. I should have lots of photos and things to write about in the next few days.
Marcia loves Gizmo, but unfortunately there was [...]