tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44381241052244041482011-04-21T12:59:59.519-05:00Creative insights into the integration of the worlds of philosophy, art, ecology, history, politics, theology, music, ethics, and spirituality.DJ Holdenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14852638357816741652noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4438124105224404148.post-34656068802624746132009-04-12T00:25:00.003-05:002009-04-12T00:50:12.605-05:00

After two months of planning, writing, re-writing, floating ideas, and learning about our city's capabilities we've finally put our neighborhood recycling program into action. Our particular geographical location does not benefit from city recycling pick-up. So, today I (along with my wife and son) passed out fliers inviting everyone in the neighborhood to leave their recyclable products in

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This is short piece I wrote the morning an unexpected visitor showed up in my shower a few weeks ago.After a long weekend of depressed and narcissistic thoughts during the few moments that I was half awake on Saturday and Sunday, I finally got out of bed and decided it was time to get clean and start doing something. You must understand, this is no simple feat in and of it self, as some of you

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Some of you may have noticed that I placed a counter in the side bar that is counting down the days until December 21, 2012. This date was determined by many ancient peoples--The Mayans, Egyptians, Hopi Indians, Chinese, Nostradamus, and Merlin the magician (there was a real Merlin) to name a few of the more well known, as a time of major change in the earth's existence. I do not believe my list

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I recently read a horrible book about team work that, although it was written in the late 90's, had the look and feel of a much older--read outdated--text. I did manage to find a few useful things in the short 110 page read about the process that teams go through as they develop into successful organisms that work toward a larger goal than any one of the individuals in the team could ever

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Thoughts I wrote last year while suffering from the flu. I think you can almost "hear" the fevor in my thought process. But, I just found this and thought it would be worth sharing.Life, having patterns and seasons, is more cyclical than linear. The statement seemed to make sense, but the more I thought about it I wondered, “Could life be a cycle of events or circumstances? Do I really face the

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Second Section of My Response to Friend's Question (see below for answer 1):Answer 2:Toward the end of the article [http://www.cafonline.org/Default.aspx?page=12183] the authors did address the fact that many of the more highly taxed nations—the one’s I am suggesting provide a larger percentage of their GDP through governmental budget to foreign aid—made smaller personal donations to charitable

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After having a bit of wine with good friends the topics of politics, economics, and religion came up. I was not surprised to find out that I did not share the views of some of my friends, but interestingly enough this night of wine and discussion has turned into an email dialogue that allows me and one of my very close friends to discuss issues that are of great importance to the world we live in

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I'm beginning a series of posts that are based on an ongoing email conversation that I've been having with a good friend. The emails have gotten to be quite long so I am breaking them down into sections for posting. Below is some background information I offered about myself and my thoughts on politics, economics, and religion before I began to answer questions or offer arguments to what my

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These are a few thoughts I wrote after reading chapter 7 of Morris Berman's book: Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire. This is a great read for those who are concerned about the mainstream emphasis on individualism, materialism and the market.Berman outlines in the first section, the nature of American culture as individualistic and market driven. He uses historical analysis on the

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For many months I thought the idea of blogging was beyond my technological skills. A short time ago I was shown how easy it is to set up and manage an account. Alas, six months have passed since initially signing up for this account and the writing of my first official blog. I hope I don't disappoint. . .I've been reading a lot lately. Having a few months off from graduate school has allowed me

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