Life Style
What Now? Rude, Scurrilous, Insulting. So What Else is New?
When Rahm Emannuel, the supremely un-shy White House chief of staff, described some colleagues as “retarded,” his apology, while … declarative, was widely considered as highly insincere, and didn’t get nearly the ink and air that the insult drew. And, that, friends, is how things are these days. Or not. Rosemarie Ostler has produced a […]
Secret # 9: Allowing Grace
The nine of 10 secrets to a fulfilled life is about taking responsibility for ourselves and letting others do the same. That way we can live with grace and with ease. The common trap of unspoken expectations and resulting frustrations and misunderstandings does not grab a hold of us that way. We might not have […]
The End of the Journey
We spend our time thinking about how we’re going to live but not necessarily about how we’re going to die. I’m healthy and hopefully a long way from leaving this earth, but recently I’ve had two occasions to contemplate end of life issues. I took a lecture course at UCSD dealing with this concept and […]
The Padres & Leadership Stability
In June’s Sentinel I wrote about Tom Garfinkel and the Padres. Nick Canepa, whose presence at U-T sports is more important than ever, with Tim Sullivan’s dismissal, has admonished me for misrepresenting his views. Mr. Canepa says he did not call for a “house cleaning” of the front office when new ownership takes control, […]
EPA, Southern California Edison Mark Recycling of 1 Million Refrigerators
$1 Billion in Energy Costs, 3.9 Million Tons of Carbon Dioxide Emissions Offset So Far Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the founding partners of U.S. EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) Program and a 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence award winner, today reached a national conservation milestone by crushing its 1 millinth refrigerator. SCE is […]
The Business Man: His Position and His Style
Stylishly: Aubree Lynn Style advisors are not just for women anymore. Men are now seeing the benefits of being stylish, and they are beginning to involve themselves in finding the confidence achieved from great style. Men are innovating different looks for their workplace, and the opportunity for great style does not stop there. The […]
How I Fell Into My Own Trance
By Ron Fender, Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Practitioner I found myself in the summer of ‘07 on a highway in Las Vegas, and one split second changed the next five years of my life,when I was rear ended on the highway, I immediately felt a shooting pain in my back and nerve pain down my leg. […]
Dedicated to Dad
One of the biggest blessings of my life was my father. He gave me a solid foundation, a stable home life, got me to church and got me through high school and college. He modeled decency, manhood and he showed me what hard work and what working together was all about. I knew he loved […]
What now? R-U DWT?
Here’s the short version: a woman hears that a friend has suddenly died, and in haste and grief, she shoots off an email to the husband, expressing her condolences, offering heartfelt help if needed, and signs off with … “LOL.” Now, as any kid can tell you, “LOL, ” in our mile-a-minute world of communication, […]
Advocating for Acacia
Becoming an advocate for the products of the Acacia tree is an outgrowth of my penchant for reading ingredient labels. This time it was the label on a medical food supplement made by Metagenics. I am studying to become a lifestyle educator to support people during their medically supervised detox and body composition improvement programs. […]