"Feb. 6. EDUCATION. Learn about the power of nonviolence by educating yourself. Read an article that relates to nonviolence. Learn about human rights, diversity, ecology, history, forgiveness, spirituality, peace studies, and more."My first … [Read more...] about Day 7 — Season for Nonviolence–EDUCATION
Archives for 2010
Day 6 — Season for Nonviolence — Simplicity
Feb. 4. SIMPLICITY. Think of 3 ways you can simply your life and put at least one into practice today.Simplicity. Hmmm, mostly I like to find ways to complicate my life like by starting to Twitter yesterday so that whenever I'm sitting still I can … [Read more...] about Day 6 — Season for Nonviolence — Simplicity
64 Days of Nonviolence
Every year this time, my church, the Center for Spiritual Awareness in West Sacramento participates in an international Season for Nonviolence from January 30th through April 4th (the anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s … [Read more...] about 64 Days of Nonviolence
Day 5 at the DMV
All right, I'm not in the DMV any longer. Haven't been there since last Thursday. But I've blogged about it and I've gotten lots of emails back. So I have two things to say: one is a public service announcement and the other, well, the other is a … [Read more...] about Day 5 at the DMV
Day 4 at the DMV
Day 4, January 29, 2010Tempted to drive by and just get a ticket in the early morning. After all, today's the only Friday of the month they're not furloughed. Maybe it would be just me in the Bs... … [Read more...] about Day 4 at the DMV
Day 3 at the DMV
Day 3, Thursday, January 29, 201011:55pm. I pass the DMV on the street, enter the illegal lot and park. (I have got this down!). I waltz in, 3 minute wait for B 210 and Im outa there.1:30pm. I return, this time, for the first time, remembering to … [Read more...] about Day 3 at the DMV
Day 2 at the DMV
Day 2, Tuesday, January 27, 20101:50pm, I cruise through the parking lot and go straight to the illegal lot next door. I run in, and take a ticket, B230. The monotonotron intones, "now serving B150 at window number 16." I go to a meeting with a … [Read more...] about Day 2 at the DMV
Day 1 at the DMV
(posted first at the Sac Bee NorCal Voices blog which forced me to remove the words "snatch" and "screw" from the piece--see if you can figure out where they might have gone.)I spent three days at the DMV on Broadway in Sacramento this week … [Read more...] about Day 1 at the DMV
Watching State of the Union with the fam…
Bill came home from work tonight with a story that studies now show that most of the younger voters who engaged in the Obama campaign/win are now completely uninvolved in the political process. To remedy this, the four of us listened on the radio to … [Read more...] about Watching State of the Union with the fam…
Gay Marriage Trial Keeps Gay Marriage on Front Page
(published concurrently on the Sac Bee NorCal Voices blog) I have been fretting a bit over the effort of gay marriage proponents to strike down Prop 8 in the current trial in federal court. Like many, I'm skeptical of the willingness of the … [Read more...] about Gay Marriage Trial Keeps Gay Marriage on Front Page
Yes to Helmets for Snowboarders
I give an emphatic yes to the proposal to require the use of helmets for skiers and snowboarders under 18 by California state Assemblymember Dave Jones and Senator Leland Yee. Many children are permanently disabled or killed from snowboarding … [Read more...] about Yes to Helmets for Snowboarders
Ibuprofen, the middle-aged drug of choice
Over the winter holidays we spent a week with my college friends. We attended Reed College, Portland, Oregon from 1979 to 1983 and let's just say that there was some experimentation that went on in those years. For example, one of the people in our … [Read more...] about Ibuprofen, the middle-aged drug of choice