We’ve all heard countless studies, articles and TV interviews on happiness. But the other day I stumbled upon something that is just now being revealed to the media for the first time.* It’s a 72 year old study that began all the way back in 1937 when 268 Harvard University sophomores were asked to participate [...]
Archive | June, 2009
Strange Love: The Case of the Missing Gerbil
While walking around in Santa Monica the other morning, I saw a “Missing Pet” sign on the Whole Foods bulletin board. I walked closer expecting to see an image of a missing Shih Tsu or possibly a labradoodle. Surprisingly, it was not a cat or a dog but rather a gerbil that went missing. The [...]
The Yogis' Cure for Hating Your Job, Heartbreak, and All that Sucks in Life
“To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” ~George Santayana What would it be like to exist in ancient times as part of an indigenous culture like the Native Americans or the Aborigines of Australia? In some ways it would have been [...]
Gino, King of the Batting Cages
It started with a metallic ding of the bat. Then another. Then a flurry of “dings” until finally I turned around to see just who was causing all the commotion. A giant muscular man was mashing the ball at the Van Nuys Batting Cage. And behind him stood a crowd of people watching. “Yeah Gino!” [...]
My Encounter with David Beckham
“One who can put aside his every identity can access places where no plump ego could squeeze through.” -Iyengar My ego never felt smaller than just the other night. I’ve seen plenty of celebrities in LA but nothing like what I’m about to tell you. I was eating sushi and in walked soccer star David [...]
When Two Straight Guys Hold Hands…
Driving through the streets of Cochi, India in the winter of 2006, I saw two guys, mid 20′s, rather masculine in their appearance, on a leisurely stroll. They were conversing, laughing, have a grand old time. But something was different. These two guys were holding hands. The guide proceeded to tell me that it’s very [...]
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