Videos

Where Angels not Mom’s Fear to Tread

July 9, 2011 By Brian Leave a Comment

Our Mom's are intimately part of our lives--from birth, as we grow up, eventually separating to live our own lives. But sometimes things happen. Illness strikes us. Things go wrong. We're incapable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, health, Humor, Internal Peace, Videos

Young Kid–Birke Baehr–Wows TED Crowd About Food Supply

December 1, 2010 By Brian Leave a Comment

TED talks and videos, if you've seen them, bring incredible, brilliant minds to the world at no cost. I urge you to subscribe to email notifications of current, short videos, also available on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Animals, Economics, Education, Government, health, Health Care, Learning, Society, Videos Tagged With: farming, food, leadership, organic

Time to Think in a Wizard of Oz World

November 20, 2010 By Brian Leave a Comment

In the movie "The Wizard of Oz," Dorothy and her friends--the scarecrow, the lion and the tin man--had one thing they each lacked. The tin man had no heart; the lion, no courage, the scarecrow, no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: family, Homes, Internal Peace, Jobs, Learning, life, Music, People, Success, Videos Tagged With: brain, film, movies, scarecrows, think, thinking, tin woodman, to think, wizard of oz

Technology Gadgets Outsell Furniture and Apparel

August 5, 2010 By Brian Leave a Comment

Hot off the press. U.S. consumers, during our economic doldrums, are buying technology gadgets rather than washers, apparel and furniture that last a few years. Apparently the lure of a smartphone or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homes, Internet, Music, Technology, Television, Videos

Surf Dog Makes Waves Doing What She Loves to Do

March 11, 2010 By Brian Leave a Comment

Recently I wrote a piece on doing what you like doing to find a a satisfying job and career. My main point: "follow your bliss," as philosopher Joseph Campbell frequently wrote. Turns out that doing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Animals, health, Jobs, Ocean, Videos Tagged With: human interest

Fort Hood Reminds Us of Veterans and the Ultimate Sacrifice

November 11, 2009 By Brian Leave a Comment

And we still remember Ford Hood a year later. The incident reminds us of veterans and the ultimate sacrifice. Written and performed by Jeanie JaeCie Cunningham. 1. How can we look in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crime, family, Holidays, Music, Videos Tagged With: fort hood, memorial day, memories, sacrifice, veterans

Are Good Ideas that Solve Problems in Short Supply?

When was the last time you came up with a good idea? Not just a “good idea” but a mind-blowing idea that solved business or personal problems? I’m guessing, like the rest of us, you’d say “not recently.” It’s like remembering the last time you put a fresh box of baking soda in your fridge [...]

Susan Boyle’s CD and the Magic of Live Audience Recordings

I picked up a copy of Susan Boyle’s first CD spawned by her appearance on “Britain’s Got Talent” and the viral results of her YouTube video. Her renditions of “I Dream the Dream” and the other eleven songs on the album with the exception of “Wild Horses” have lost their magic in the world of [...]

Hard Times Selling Memories to Pay the Light Bill

Did you know that Charles Dickens wrote “Hard Times” because he needed the money? Flash forward to 2009 in the U.S. where people–mostly elderly–sell their gold and silver jewelry, cameos, old rosaries and music boxes to profiteers. Memories of their lives no longer to be kept. Gotta pay the light bill. Thankfully, Tyre, Bailey, Roberts [...]

Why Photos and Pictures Are Necessary in Our Lives

Are you of a member of an online social media site, have relatives or friends, own a camera (standalone or embedded in your mobile phone), attend parties or other events, read a newspaper or other publication, travel? Do you take photos and keep pictures where you live? If none of the above applies to you, [...]

Health Care Reform Debate and Lack of Trust in Congress

As we approach a vote by Congress this weekend on health care reform, it’s becoming clear that health care is not the issue at all. It’s lack of trust in Congress. In today’s Wall Street Journal, Gerald Seib reports that a new WSJ/NBC News poll reveals voters, if given the chance, would replace 50% of [...]

Bridges Connect People in the Bay Area? Drain the Bay

Residents in the San Francisco Bay Area awoke again today not knowing how to quickly commutel from one side of the Bay to the other. The Bay Bridge, connecting Oakland/East Bay with San Francisco, was shut down again due to safety issues. (On Labor Day, the bridge was also closed to fix a dangerous section [...]

Blog Crime and Copyright Infringment

Checked your blog for content theft lately? While the Internet has become an essential part of our lives, it’s also a rip-off channel for blog crime and copyright infringement thieves who steal copyrighted material. People steal intellectual property when copying your blog content to their sites. Sending threatening letters about copyright infringement to website and [...]