Journal Shorespirit's Journal: Explosions, crashes & other business-cycle components 2
while pet peeves are rustling the wires, here's mine: Suppose I'm biking or walking on the sidewalk and want to pass someone (I walk fast). when they notice this, it's fifty-fifty whether they'll move right or left (with a token chance that they'll stay put). why doesn't passing on the left apply on sidewalks as well as roads? it would save a lot of near-collisions if everyone followed the same rule.
I was disturbed to learn at a lunchtime discussion about our favorite stores that Trader Joe's was acquired by a German-based multinational. turns out that this happened back in 1979, 'bout when I was born - same people also own Aldi's. TJ still has the best soymilk as far as I'm concerned.
along with Paul Wellstone's death, a reminder to do whatever it takes to stay away from news on shabbat. I wonder if a goverment manned space program will long outlive the Columbia. people here are looking forward to having more money for unmanned observing spacecraft. maybe leaving space travel to private enterprise will be safer in the end - we don't often have planes taking off with parts of their wings missing.
I run into relaxing as a principle about every day now. in my choir, the conductor mentioned that singing vibrato is natural - you just don't tense your throat while you're breathing. and it's true. my preception has been that overcoming entropy takes work - I might be changing my mind.
Natural Vibrato (Score:1)
That could be what I'm doing wrong too, as well as rolling my R's for spanish. I'm trying to immitate it, rather then find the conditions that create it.
Your words are very zen, it reminds me of the zen poem...
I watch the rain run down the mountains watering my field.
I subscribe to the belief that most of what we accomplish, isn't really accomplished by us.
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that said, I just started with tai chi, so maybe I'll understand more.