Need a fix
Jan/15/2009
Is there a
12-step program for people who are addicted to
manipulation? According to the movie What The (bleep)
Do We Know, we're all addicted to something. Power,
money, food, cough lozenges, intelligent
conversation, penguins, whatever. Why has alcohol
been singled out, of all the addictions we can have,
for special treatment? Just because it can destroy
lives and give your kids a complex? I'm afraid I'm
going to need a better reason.
And what about controlling behavior? If someone is addicted to the high created by the use of power....you know, messing with other people's heads in a way that benefits you and negatively affects them....is *that* a disease?
I think we should we have a 12-step program for people addicted to dieting.
And what about controlling behavior? If someone is addicted to the high created by the use of power....you know, messing with other people's heads in a way that benefits you and negatively affects them....is *that* a disease?
I think we should we have a 12-step program for people addicted to dieting.
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Productivity: Not just for losers
Jan/06/2009
Yesterday
evening, after playing nine straight hours of Halo 3,
I started thinking about productivity. There are lots
and lots of things that could be made more
productive, so I vowed that the following day I would
start thinking about them, and when I did, just as
you might expect, Yosemite came up. I mentioned the
park to a friend, and she said, "Do you know how easy
it would be to put an oil well behind each of those
big trees in Yosemite?" I knew she was brilliant, but
I hadn't seen her visionary side before.
She continued, "And what about that wasted space between trees. Could that be monetized?" The answer should be obvious.
Condos!
Actually, why leave those trees there at all? Those condos are going to need spacious decks, beautifully milled staircases, and fabulous polished wood floors, as well as elegant gazebos resting on expansive wooded acreage.
How many situations can you think of where the raw materials are already sitting right next to the jobsite? Not many, my friend.
Maybe you see where I'm going with this. Somebody needs to talk to these non-visionary types who look at wilderness and are unable to see its potential -- the people who can't see mountain streams as tiny hydro-electric sources, or sunlight as a tool for capturing the solar energy that could supply the electicity needs of thousands of gas stations.
Please join me in supporting an organization that's close to my heart: Let's Make Wilderness Productive! (LMWP). You can click here to get more information.
She continued, "And what about that wasted space between trees. Could that be monetized?" The answer should be obvious.
Condos!
Actually, why leave those trees there at all? Those condos are going to need spacious decks, beautifully milled staircases, and fabulous polished wood floors, as well as elegant gazebos resting on expansive wooded acreage.
How many situations can you think of where the raw materials are already sitting right next to the jobsite? Not many, my friend.
Maybe you see where I'm going with this. Somebody needs to talk to these non-visionary types who look at wilderness and are unable to see its potential -- the people who can't see mountain streams as tiny hydro-electric sources, or sunlight as a tool for capturing the solar energy that could supply the electicity needs of thousands of gas stations.
Please join me in supporting an organization that's close to my heart: Let's Make Wilderness Productive! (LMWP). You can click here to get more information.