Today is the first day of Spring. Life bursts forth and begins anew after the cold darkness of winter. The dull brown of the lands will slowly change into the vibrant green of rebirth. The wheel of the seasons continues to turn. I have to admit that I in the past I haven’t always been [...]
I’m not sure I like the concept of Daylight Savings Time. Sure, I’m all for having a bit more sunlight in the afternoon and evenings, but right now my morning is dark again. I’ve spent all winter like that—and between the dark and the cold it makes it real tough to want to jump rope [...]
While surfing the net, I happened to find this quote: One of the main characteristics of the Buddha, and one which we have present in all of us, is compassion. Compassion is often wrongly associated with being nice to people. In fact, there are times when it is not at all compassionate to be nice [...]
Tonight was good, but tiring. I jumped right back into my full exercise regimen after a week or so hiatus. I had meet some important deadlines at work which, of course, meant that it was an opportune time for me to catch a cold. There was absolutely no way I could take time off from [...]
I just spent the weekend recreating my blog after most of the information was lost when I transferred my domain name from one host to another. Yeah, I really should have backed-up everything but a person tends to trust a company when it says that all your files will move over to the new one. [...]