Blogga-Looba!Blogga-Looba!A series of essays ond observations on political, cultural and personal events, both large and small, by an Atlanta-based psychotherapist and pundit. Articles
Don Imus and Bunny Foo Foo
2007-04-15 04:12:00 The phrase “politically correct” is a pejorative term used by people who resist the evolution of linguistics toward a greater cultural sensitivity. As a therapist who often helps couples heal damaged relationships, I carefully choose my words to be congruent with the viewpoints of my clients. As a person who promotes a progressive perspective on many contemporary social issues, I support the use More About: Don Imus , Imus , Bunny
Come Together, Right Now, Over Me (And You)
2007-04-04 04:24:00 It's a common human tendency to frame an argument in such a way as to miss a deeper approach to its resolution, such as dividing complex emotional and ethical dilemmas into two mutually exclusive categories. Two common examples are the long-running and tiresome “creationism vs. evolution” debate and much of the public discourse related “global warming.” As so often happens in our "argument More About: Right Now
Why I Love "Little Miss Sunshine"
2007-03-29 05:53:00 It’s very rare for a movie to enter my heart and stay there. Gina is content watching just about any drivel that makes its way to the screen, but most movies bore me. They are either too derivative of past films or so contrived that they leave me restless and preferring to peoplewatch the other members of the audience. But “Litt le Miss Sunshine ” worked its charms on me immediately and has held More About: Love
Drawing On The Walls
2007-03-29 04:47:00 In 2004, I sold the house where I had lived for 13 years and moved with my wife and kids into a friendly intown neighborhood. The purchaser of my property was a developer who bought it along with several others on the street in order to level the land and build a tract of townhomes. Since there wasn’t a need to leave the house in a livable condition, I gave both kids magic markers, cans of spray More About: Drawing , The wall , Walls
3 F's and 3 R's: Consumption Junction
2007-03-16 04:19:00 I realized recently it's been almost twenty years since I became vegetarian. I don’t remember exactly when or even why I stopped eating dead animals -- the decision was partly ethical (how can I eat them if I'm not willing to kill them?), partly health-related, and partly because I just lost the taste for them. The process happened slowly, starting with a gradual phasing out of flesh, then More About: Cons , Consumption , Junction
Confessions of a Former Hummer Tagger
2007-03-15 03:28:00 It took me almost five years, but I’ve finally used up my supply of bumper stickers that I purchased from an environmental activist group. Their message proclaimed “I’m Changing the Climate – Ask Me How!” and I kept a stash of them in my glove compartment for placing onto the back of behemoth sport utility vehicles such as Grand Cherokees, Armadas, Navigators, Denalis, and Escalades. Working the More About: Hummer , Confessions , Fess
Laughing For No Reason
2007-03-11 05:20:00 My daughter and I recently attended our first laughter yoga session. This is a weird and wonderful blending of yogic deep breathing, stretching exercises, and sustained group laughter. The session we attended was facilitated by a wonderfully upbeat and affirming instructor who helped me feel immediately at ease. This was a great relief because I went into the room concerned that I would feel too More About: Reason , Laugh , Laughing
Waking From a Dream Where I Can't Talk: A Progressive's Journey From Darkne
2007-03-09 05:21:00 I feel like I’m undergoing some sort of gradual, weird and ultimately affirming spiritual awakening. This feeling is different from previous times when I’ve felt intimately connected to my Higher Power, that essentially nameless “I Am That I Am” cosmic consciousness that has uplifted me in more times and ways than I can count or even fully know. The feeling I’m currently experiencing has some More About: Journey , Talk , Dream
Al Gore For President!
More articles from this author:2007-03-08 05:23:00 Today is March 7, 2007. This is important for me to note not just because it's my 49th birthday but because my formerly apolitical self would never have imagined what I am about to say, even though I think more people will come to the same conclusion as the months go by. Here it goes: I want the man I'm willing to concede Al Gore might actually be (see below for what I mean by that) to finally More About: President , Resident 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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