Life and Living for Real

Music soothes my soul… Here’s a favorite: Crosby Stills Nash Young >> Chicago Thank you for rating this file! Current rating for this file: Quality 100.00% Quantity 100.00% Nash, 1970 Though your brother’s bound and gagged And they’ve chained him to a chair Won’t you please come to Chicago Just to sing In a land that’s known as freedom How can such a thing be fair Won’t you plaese come to Chicago For the help we can bring We can change the world - Re arrange the world It’s dying to get better Politicians sit yourself down, There’s nothing for you here Won’t you please come to Chicago For a ride Don’t ask Jack to help you Cause he’ll turn the other ear Won’t you please come to Chicago Or else join the other side We can change the world - Re arrange the world It’s dying if you believe in justice It’s dying and if you believe in freedom It’s dying let a man live it’s own life It...

The following is a list of useful links dealing with disaster preparedness: Hurricane Preparedness Week : The goal of this Hurricane Awareness Web site is to inform the public about the hurricane hazards and provide knowledge which can be used to take ACTION . This information can be used to save lives at work, home, while on the road, or on the water. Be Prepared : Throughout this Web site, information has been provided regarding actions that you can take based on specific hurricane hazards. The most important thing that you can do is to be informed and prepared. Disaster prevention includes both being prepared as well as reducing damages (mitigation). Disaster Prevention should include: Developing a Family Plan Creating a Disaster Supply Kit Having a Place to Go Securing your Home Having a Pet Plan Florida State Emergency Response Team Pinellas County Hurricane Preparedness

weather.com - Hurricane Central Hurricane Central Hurricane Wilma winds now 175 mph! 5:28 a.m. ET 10/19/2005 Matthew Newman, Senior Meteorologist, The Weather Channel

NOAA UPGRADES WILMA TO A HURRICANE 2005 Season Sets Additional Records Wilma became the 12th hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season on Tuesday over the northwestern Caribbean Sea. This season now shares the record for the most hurricanes in one season with 1969. On Monday, Wilma became the season's 21st named storm, tying the seasonal record first set in 1933. Hurricane records date back to 1851. Wilma also is the final name on the 2005 list of storm names. Any additional tropical storms and hurricanes that form this season will be classified by the NOAA National Hurricane Center using the Greek alphabet, beginning with Alpha. Doing so would be a first since the naming of storms began in 1953. Technorati tags: hurricane wilma , news , weather

One of the places I Stumble Upon , has a variety of interesting and exotic as well as informative sites to look at and read. Here is an article I found at mr-infomaniac's weblog regarding a report that came out from the UN. It is no longer news I think for those of us that live here, but perhaps it could be for some that might not be quit in touch with reality. I can relate to denial for I grew up in an environment were denial was, and still is a way of life... Friday, September 30, 2005 UN Hits Back at US in Report Saying Parts of America are as Poor as Third World Published on Thursday, September 8, 2005 by the lndependent/UK UN Hits Back at US in Report Saying Parts of America are as Poor as Third World by Paul Vallely Parts of the United States are as poor as the Third World, according to a shocking United Nations report on global inequality. Claims that the New Orleans floods have laid bare a growing racial and economic divide in the US have, until now, been rejected by the ...

The status quo may be comforting, but for there to be growth, there must be change. Since you seek growth, you must seek change. You must see yourself and your environment not only as it is, but also as it could and should be. You seek the changes necessary to reach the better you so that you can play your part in making a better world. First, you change yourself. Can you change your day and spend more time with your family? Can you change your standard lunch routine and take a walk? Can you change your drive home and stop at a nursing home for twenty minutes and see someone who may have few visitors? Can you change your office habits and find the time to make five more phone calls? What are the possible consequences of not changing? Realize that many people don’t make plans because they don’t want to risk any change. Doing little with your life is much easier and safer than taking risks, but then you will be a small person. Instead, seek the changes which will allow you to be all ...

I have been attending Socrates Cafe meetings at a couple of different places within my community, and they are excellent ways to get to know reality and likeminded people. I was just at the library today and skimmed Christopher Phillips’ book “Socrates Cafe”...Basically, the Socratic method of learning is one of asking questions about th enature of reality and about anything we want to learn more about…I will start by asking the five basic questions he asked in his book. WHAT IS THE QUESTION ? Yes, really, the question is what can be asked that generates enough interest in a topic so as to creeate enough interest for otherse to ask other questions as well. How about WHY ASK QUESTIONS ? See more progress on: start a Socrates Cafe at 43 Things

Tough means that you are willing to stand tall and persevere. Even when your mind and body signal perfectly good reasons for giving up, you go on. This tough is obvious. But tough can be seen every day if we choose to look. Tough may be a patient undergoing cancer treatments or a single mother struggling to raise children. Tough can be an alcoholic ready to face rehab or an athlete living in a wheelchair. Tough can be rejecting false praise and honestly accepting you and your children for who and what you are. Tough is an ability to make the best from what you are given. Tough is making the decision to replace self-pity, complaints and dependence with self-reliance, independence and action. You’ve got to be tough to do the big things in life like taking risks, admitting mistakes, and changing bad habits. You’ve got to be tough to do the little things like biting your tongue, waiting your turn and putting up with fools. Self-reliance and self-confidence will demand your toughness. T...

Is Positive News Really An Oxy-Moron? Hello Welcome to PNN, the Positive News Network™ PNN-The Positive News Network provides you with an alternative news service that reports on positive stories, events and solutions. We are also dedicated to finding, celebrating and promoting people from all walks of life who are making a Positive contribution to their communities, locally, nationally and internationally. Now many people have told me "it won't work", Positive news is an “oxy-moron" but universally many, many more people have said "oh we need that" and I agree with the later group. We understand that the chances of us putting any news organization out of business are slim...for now. However, we are committed to offering you an alternative to the prevailing philosophy of "if it bleeds, it leads" which pervades our news today. read more...

BusinessPundit: A Blog About Business : "Why Blog? I agree with this. Blogging helps me discover what I think. I also agree with who agrees with him...Bogging expands your horizons, it is like fertilizer to your neurones...(in a nice sense of the word..he he he)

A friend posted this at a forum and I thought it is priceless! Seen some of these before but they still make me laugh! HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? ( 1 ) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. -- Alan, age 10 ( 2 ) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. -- Kirsten, age 10 WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED? ( 1 ) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then. -- Camille, age 10 ( 2 ) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. -- Freddie, age 6 (very wise for his age) HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED? ( 1 ) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. -- Derrick, age 8 WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON? ( 1 ) B...

Hello. I thought I'd make a late anouncement anyway, just in case you did not know already. Thridage.com has now a blog! Thirdage is a dear place to me. It is there I learned HTML basics and intermediary. It is there that I was able to create one of my first web pages, which is still preety functional...The other two places I built web pages for free, have now closed their doors on me cause I did not upgrade...Well, too bad for them, for now I can always praise and give credit were credit is due, and brag about the wonderful people thaqt manage and serve at Thirdage.com... Here is the excerpt I got in the mail (I am subscribed to their newsletter): Join the Online Conversation! We've launched our very own cocktail party -- a ThirdAge blog -- and we've invited some of the best "conversationalists" in relationships and dating, career and legacy planning, and health and wellness to sound off. You're invited to join your favorite experts, chime in, ask questions a...