“Nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere and the circumference nowhere.” -Blaise Pascal A tidal bore is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travel up a river or narrow bay against the direction of the current. In [...]
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Moral Courage
This past Sunday, I was at Chicago O’Hare airport waiting for my flight back to LA. We boarded the plane and were ready to go before the pilot told everyone they needed to get off the plane so the air conditioning unit could be repaired. As we unhappily waited in the terminal for over an [...]
Text Messaging is Hurting My Quality of Life
“For he who has no tranquility, there is no concentration.” Bhagavad Gita Many years ago I made a short film, 5 minutes in length. Digging through the garage last week, I uncovered the VHS tape of this film and had it scanned so that I could share it on the Internet. It wasn’t long before [...]
Harmony Through Chocolate
“Why should man expect his prayer for mercy to be heard by What is above him when he shows no mercy to what is under him?” ~Pierre Troubetzkoy This past Spring, my brother said to me, “I think we should go to Alaska because I’m not sure how much longer it’ll be there. Being that [...]
Wake and Quake
“Call on God, but row away from the rocks.” Hunter S. Thomspon I felt the ground rumbling, the shower door shaking, the building rattling, and my heart pounding. It was an earthquake, the first significant earthquake in my hometown of Los Angeles in more than a decade. I stood up and took two steps toward [...]
Warm River, Vast Ocean
“He who doesn’t fear death dies only once.” Giovanni Falcone Maybe you’ve had an experience equally as frightening. Yesterday I was locking my bike at Wild Oats when I looked outside of the store and saw a young girl, mid 20’s, dragging her sister, late teens, away from the table. Initially, I couldn’t tell if [...]
Kicking Road Rage's Ass
Feelings are much like waves, we can’t stop them from coming but we can choose which one to surf. ~Jonatan Mårtensson Just the other day, I was a passenger riding in the car with my friend Rodney. Rodney is a nice, successful guy with a Type A, go-getter personality. We were driving along, having a [...]
The Good Times of a Bad Economy
“The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It’s the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun.” Napolean Hill So many people have felt [...]
