Last Week In Review: Bar Opening, Fundraiser Sundays, & CWMD

December 24, 2009

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The whole experience was totally nerve-wrecking, and felt like I was sitting there getting injected at an operating table with anesthetics, except it lasted a whole week! Nothing can compare to...

How to Download Mongolian Cyrillic on A Mac

December 19, 2009

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Here’s how I did it. Download Mongolian Cyrillic keyboard layout here. Go to folder MacintoshHD/Library/KeyboardLayouts. Mongolian Cyrillic Keyboard Layout should be there. (if it’s not there, then do #3) Move it to MacintoshHD/Users/(pick yourself)/Library/KeyboardLayouts....

Last Week In Review; Gurkhas, La Roi Soleil, Enophiliacs, Meetups, & First Podcast

December 14, 2009

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The bar opening at Gurkhas restaurant and the opening parties are keeping me completely wrapped up in details like cocktail napkins, cost basis, finding music performers, etc. Here are some of the highlights from last week, though.

Help, I Need A Good Mentor!

December 13, 2009

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I just have to put this out in the universe. I am facing questions daily and overwhelmed with the competing demands on my time for all the things I must do. I'm driven; I have the work ethic, passion, & good intentions. But sometimes the eagle's eye perspective gets lost. I need a good mentor.

Why Should a Giant Dog Care About Flea Bites?

December 6, 2009

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An American friend was irate regarding Noble Peace Prize Committee's selecting Carter, Krugman, Gore, & Obama, who are American "figures who excessively care about the way foreign nations view them" (in her words). I grabbed the opportunity for the soapbox here. I responded to her immediately the following: Ok, why should a giant dog care too much about a flea bite? Or two or three? Come on, there are more things to bare those teeth at, than just the Nobel Prize Committee's obvious biases....

Ways To Quit Slouching or Hunching

November 26, 2009

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Everybody seems to slouch these days. It's so nice to see someone NOT slouch, for once! It shows personal integrity, respect to your body, and courtesy to the world by presenting yourself at best. Your body expresses, but also instructs you to feel what it is expressing. You could be hunching your way to depression and lower self-esteem.... Here are some ways to stop the bad posture.

Some Random Observations About People I Met Recently

November 24, 2009

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1. What a polished, classy person is what I first thought. He smiled and simpered, was almost charismatic. His whole body moved with his facial expressions. I should have known he was a good actor. 2. Getting more than I expected created a cognitive dissonance. The deep psychology Misi did with me has placed her deeper in my heart than ever before. I love it.

Top Ten Quirky Things I Love About My Mom

November 23, 2009

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10. If I write "haha" in a letter, she thinks I'm not being feminine. She prefers that I write "hehe." 9. Asks me a question, then answers it herself.

The Funny In Farting

November 21, 2009

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"There's no such thing as useless information. Only marginally useful information." ~My Roommate & Friend Frank in defending this and other silly research. Why do we fart? Hippocrates said, "Passing gas is necessary to well-being."