Michael P. Garofalo
Playing the PiPa (Lute)
December 2004 Valley Spirit Journal
October 2004 Valley Spirit Journal
Index to the Valley Spirit Journal
November 30, Tuesday, 2004
"I long to accomplish great and noble tasks, but it is my
chief duty to accomplish
humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved
along,
not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the
tiny
pushes of each honest worker."
- Helen Keller
Work for CUESD
7:30 - 4:00: Reading First grant managment, fill in for absent
worker, writing on the new 70 page CUESD District Technology Plan.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes, and then yoga class with
Gudrun Volpat from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
I chatted with Gunrun afterwards,
and will teach the Thursday night class in her absence.
Added numerous quotes and links to the webpage on Will Power.
November 29, Monday, 2004
"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I'll give you a man
who will make history.
Give me a man with no goals and I'll give you a stock clerk."
- J. C. Penney
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
in the morning (7:30- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Put up holiday season lights on the front of the house.
Off CUESD work today. Podiatrist and dentist appointments in the afternoon.
Weightlifting for 60 minutes at TFFC:
Bench press, squats, upright
rows, pulldowns, and abdominal work.
Added quotes and links to the webpage on Will
Power. Finished our
holiday message. Started the daily goal/objective tracking
program.
November 28, Sunday, 2004
"First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what
you have to do."
- Epictetus
Walking for 60 minutes in the morning (8:00- am).
Relax, read, and watch professional football: Chargers, SF,
Oakland.
The Oakland and Denver game in the snow in Denver was a very good
game which the Raiders won.
November 27, Saturday, 2004
"I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an
unremitting devotion
to the things you want to see happen."
- Frank Lloyd Wright
It was cold, foggy and raining in the morning. Everyone
packed up and left
for either Portland or Los Angeles. We enjoyed a nice visit with everyone.
We cleaned up and return the house to normal during the day.
Walking for 60 minutes
in the morning (8:00- am).
Watch USC play Notre Dame on ABC in the evening.
November 26, Friday, 2004
"A dictionary is the only place that success comes before
work. Hard work
is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything
if you're willing to pay the price."
- Vince Lombardi
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
in the morning (8:00- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Karen and I are both off work. Visit with our daughter and our guests.
Weightlifting for 60 minutes at TFFC:
Bench press, squats, upright
rows, pulldowns, and abdominal work.
Yoga:
The Path to Holistic Health. By B.K.S. Iyengar. London, Dorling
Kindersley,
2001. Glossary, index, 416 pages. ISBN: 0789471655.
Lavishly illustrated compendium
of essential poses, routines, prop use, and yoga routines to help specific
health
problems. The renowned Yogacharya B. K. S. Iyengar was born in India in
1918. MGC.
Updated a number of my yoga and wellbeing webpages.
November 25, Thursday, 2004
Thanksgiving Day!
"To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action
that will bring
one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is
reached.
The key is action."
- Michael Hanson
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
in the morning (8:00- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form. I walked in a light rain that soaked
my pants.
Karen and I are both off work. Visit with our daughter and our guests.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual every day. Today I studied the
topic of aerobic training programs.
Sean's brother, Matthew, and his girlfriend, Hannah, joined us for dinner.
Reading the January 2005 issue of Yoga International.
November 24, Wednesday, 2004
"To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also
dream;
not only plan, but also believe."
- Anatole France
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
in the morning (8:00- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Karen and I are both off work. Visit with our Alicia, Sean and Lori.
Lunch in Redding at Tokyo Garden with the group. Tour the Sundial bridge
over the Sacramento. Visit Barnes and Noble books.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual every day. Today I studied the
topic of aerobic training programs.
Added links to the Willpower webpage.
Her brown eyes
still shining -
my daughter's hug.
Walnut leaves
halfway gone -
Thanksgiving eve.
November 23, Tuesday, 2004
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only
to the past or present
are certain to miss the future."
- John F. Kennedy
Drive with Sean, Lori, Alicia to the Napa Valley in northern
California. We visited
the Sterling and Beringer and three other wineries in the area. A
beautiful crisp
clear autumn day in the Napa Valley. Lovely colors to the remainding grape
leaves: golds, yellows, purples, soft reds. As usual, this is a very
popular
area for tourists and traffic.
Walking for 30 minutes during the day.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual every day. Today I studied the
topic of aerobic training programs: running, cycling, swimming.
Added to my Pulling Onions webpage.
Exercises for desk workers: My Daily Yoga.
November 22, Monday, 2004
"The secret of happiness lies in
taking a genuine interest in all
the details of daily life, and in elevating them to art."
- William Morris
Work for CUESD 7:30 - 3:00. Writing, reading, paperwork.
Aerobic activities, abdominal work, and weightlifting for 50 minutes at gym:
bench press, squats, upright rows, curls
for biceps and forearms.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual every day. Today I studied the
topic of aerobic training programs.
Updated my November Poems - Cuttings webpage.
Bright yellow
chrysanthemums -
moonrise at noon.
November 21, Sunday, 2004
"The longer I live, the more I am certain that the
great difference between the great
and the insignificant is energy -- invincible determination -- a purpose once
fixed,
and then death or victory."
- Thomas Fowell Buxton
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 120 minutes
in the early morning (7:00- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Teach Greg Taijiquan.
Mow lawns, clean the house, get ready for guests.
Alicia and Sean Flinn arrive around 6 pm, and Lori Flynn, Sean's sister, arrived
around 9:30 pm. They drove down from
Portland and her from Los Angeles,
and will be staying with us for a week. We will have a nice week's visit
with
our daughter and son-in-law. They brought their dog, Brandy, a lovely
Golden Retriever, who was very excited. Lori brought her boxer
dog.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual every day. Today I studied the
topic of aerobic training programs: walking, running.
Cracks flow
along the asphalt path -
bruised toe.
Winter frees up time for gardeners.
Sundown
before five -
a pomegranate splits.
November 20, Saturday, 2004
"Construct your determination with Sustained Effort,
Controlled Attention, and
Concentrated Energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait... they
are
captured by those who dare to attack."
- Paul J. Meyer
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 60 minutes
at dawn (6:45- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Teach Taijiquan, Qigong and Yoga at TFFC from 9:30-12:30.
My eyes
trace her figure -
a dog sniffs.
"Loved your Tai Chi web site.
Very nice, artful and interesting.
Wonderful job!" - Wes Tabler, Berkeley, California, 20 November
2004
Watch part of the Oregon and Oregon State football game.
Studying the ACE Personal Trainer Manual every day - fitness testing.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual every day. Today I studied the
topic of fitness testing.
November 19, Friday, 2004
"If you set goals and go after them with all the
determination you can muster,
your gifts will take you places that will amaze you."
- Les Brown
Work for CUESD 7:30 - 4:00: Writing the District Technology Plan.
Weightlifting for 45 minutes at TFFC:
Bench press, squats, upright
rows, and treadmill walking.
Watch part of the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons game.
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual every day. Today I studied the
topic of fitness evaluation.
Baby shower
"oohs" and "aahs" -
ripe persimmons.
Unable to speak
he limped to bed -
rotting pumpkins.
He drives up
above the fog -
her mind clears.
Wispy cloud
streaked skies -
flapping flags.
Sweating harder
before the squat rack -
women walk by.
November 18, Thursday, 2004
"A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a
thing, when such a
determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the
man who makes the resolve."
- Mahatma Gandhi
Work for CUESD 7:30 - 4:00: Writing a new CUESD Technology Plan.
Weightlifting for 30 minutes, and then yoga class with
Gudrun Volpat from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
Gudrun asked if I would
be interested in teaching the Senior Light Yoga class; unfortunately,
it is offered at a day and time that I work for CUESD. Working with
senior fitness programs is a main interest of mine.
A very foggy and cold morning in our low valley area.
Old man
rubs stiff hands -
autumn dawn.
Children waiting
in a bus stop line -
deepening fog.
[Memories of waiting for the school bus in the Bandini barrio in ELA
on foggy mornings. It would be so foggy you could hardly see beyond
20 feet. Sometimes, even in May, the fog would roll in from the
Pacific Ocean at Long Beach, 20 miles south of my childhood home.}
Studying the ACE
Personal Trainer Manual every day. Today I studied the
topic of nutrition and medications.
November 17, Wednesday, 2004
"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's the
determination and commitment
to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal -- a commitment to excellence --
that
will enable you to attain the success you seek."
- Mario Andretti
Work for CUESD
7:30 - 4:00: Reading First grant ordering for library and
computers, helping Kevin with website, training Mrs. Hall on computer
use, and follow up on various projects.
TAi Chi
Ruler
Exercises - Qigong and Tai Chi: Links, Bibliography, Quotes, Notes
Tai Chi Ruler, Qigong Ruler, Tai Chi Stick, Qigong Stick, Taiji Chih.
I was a bit tired and sore tonight so I rested. I always
find that walking is refreshing
even when I am tired; however, it was dark when I arrived at home. With
winter fast
approaching, and daylight savings time readjusted, it is gets dark quite
early. Our
country roads are very dark at night.
Rest and recuperation are very important in every older person's
training and conditioning
program. We need to give our older bodies an extra day of rest now and
then for
full recovery.
November 16, Tuesday, 2004
"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to
succeed is strong enough."
- Og Mandino
Work for CUESD
7:30 - 4:00. Follow up on communication new Board approved
procedures on Technology
use, Reading
First grant work, web projects.
Weightlifting for 40 minutes, and then yoga class with
Gudrun Volpat from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
I was completely surprised when Gudrun Volpat asked me if I would
teach the Thursday night yoga class starting on December 2nd. She told
me she had discussed the offer with Cori Dittner, TFFC program coordinator.
She said she had confidence in me and that she had received positive
feedback about my Saturday class. I accepted the offer and was very
pleased. I felt very honored to be asked to teach.
Gudrin old us she needed to take off work at TFFC on Thursday because she had
to devote some extra time to helping her aging mother and she was doing
more Phoenix Rising Yoga teaching. She drives 90 minutes to get to
the
TFFC from her home in the mountains on the road from Redding to Burney.
"Spain is the world's largest cultivator of olives,
producing 970,000 tons
of olives annaully. The principal olive producting regions in Spain are
Catalonia and Andalusia. Spain and Italy together account for 54% of the
total amount of olive oil produced worldwide."
- Guinness World Records 2005
Updated my Olives
webpage.
November 15, Monday, 2004
"The only good luck many great men ever had was being born
with the
ability and determination to overcome bad luck."
- Channing Pollock
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
in the morning (8:00- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Mow front and back lawn, shovel gravel in driveway.
Weightlifting for 60 minutes at the TFFC:
Benchpressing, squats, upright rows,
dumbell work for arms.
Yo and Jo Battistelli visit us in the afternoon. Karen prepared a
great
gumbo and pecan pie.
Participated in my last Gerber Union Elementary School District Board
of Trustees meeting. We elected a new person to serve in my former
position.
I have served for four years on this school board. It was a positive
and
benefical experience for me. I feel I made a significant contribution to
the leadership in this district of 490 children, grades K-8.
ACE
Personal Trainer Manual. The Ultimate Resource for Fitness
Professionals.
By the American Council on Exercise. 3rd Edition. Edited by Cedric
X. Bryant
and Daniel J. Green. San Diego, California, American Council on Exercise,
1996,
2003. Index, 589 pages. ISBN: 1890720143. MGC.
November 14, Sunday, 2004
"Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite
of the
roadblocks that lay before you."
- Denis Waitley
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
in the morning (9:15- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Teach Greg Taijiquan.
T'ai
Chi for Seniors: How to Gain Flexibility, Strength, and Inner Peace.
By Philip Bonifonte. New Age Books, 2004. 216 pages. ISBN:
1564146979. MGC.
Updated my webpage on my Yoga class.
"Dear Mr. Garofalo:
I would like to thank you and express appreciation
for the time and energy you expended and then
offered to all on your cold
mountain web pages, I
was more than fascinated and spent days exploring
some of the links. Thank you again.
I have a few questions which you might be able to
help with.
Questions: What is the evidence that hanshan [let
alone shide] existed? Is any of the extant
evidence contemporary with them? Or much later?
What is the source for these cold mountain poems?
[For example, the source for most Hemingway novels
is an existing MS. The source for Shakespeare
plays are existing 16th and 17th century printed
editions. The source for the plays of Sophocles
are editions printed more than 1,400 years after
his death.]
If you do not know, perhaps you could direct me to
some reference where I could find the answers to
these questions.
For your reference, the Tochigi Prefectural Museum
[in Japan] published a catalogue of their exhibit
of hanshan and shide paintings snd scrolls, a
total of 84 with the titles and provences in
English and reproductions of each work. There are
some chinese works but most are Japanese. English
title: HAN-SHAN AND SHI-DE isbn:4-924622-80-x --
it's the best [and only?] publication of its kind
that I know.
Best regards
Luther Link"
- email on 11/13/2004
"Dear Luther,
Thanks for the positive feedback on the Han Shan page.
I really appreciate your kind comments.
It is better to ask a scholar and translator like Red Pine about
the original sources for the Han Shan Cold Mountain texts. Look
at the introduction to Red Pine's translations.
There are many examples of Chinese Chan or Taoist hermits, see
my webpage on Master Chang San-Feng, in Chinese and Japanese
literature. Many live extremely long lives. There are yogis, e.g.,
Babaji, with the same pedigree. Did or do these fellows really exist?
Are they just concepts of a kind of crazy wisdom hermit that
exist in the minds of city dwellers? Are their purported writings
the compilation of Taoist/Chan sect members over a number of
centuries, e.g., Lao Tzu. It is my belief that much about and by
these figures is of a legendary nature. Han Shan is the archtypical
monastery outsider who shakes up the expected order of
the insiders, like Hui-neng, the 6th Patriarch of Zen. The
paradoxical and irreverent nature of Zen/Chan humor has
required more than one person - thus Han Shan and Shite -
to dust off our plodding everyday minds and stike up in us
a belly laugh of kensho.
Best wishes for a fine autumn,
Mike Garofalo"
November 13, Saturday, 2004
"No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage,
teamwork and
determination a person can overcome anything."
- B. Dodge
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
at dawn (6:45- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Teach Taijiquan, Qigong and Yoga at TFFC from 9:30-12:30.
The Yoga rountine I teach is a blend of the routine that my yoga teacher
uses, the YogaFit routine, some qigong postures, and vinyasa flows.
I am currently using the Yoga postures found in:
YogaFit Training Manual Level One. Hermosa Beach, California,
YogaFit, 2003.
Proprietary material. 100 pages. No ISBN.
Updated my webpage on strenth training for seniors.
November 12, Friday, 2004
"What really distinguishes this generation in all countries
from earlier
generations ... is its determination to act, its joy in action, the
assurance
of being able to change things by one's own efforts."
- Hannah Arendt
Guiding
Yoga's Light: Yoga Lessons for Yoga Teachers. By Nancy Gerstein.
Pendragon
Publishers, 2004. 296 pages. ISBN: 0972280987.
MGC.
Work for CUESD 7:30 - 4:00.
Updated wepage on willpower.
November 11, Thursday, 2004
"Determination is the wake-up call to the human will."
- Anthony Robbins
Veterans day holiday. Karen and I stay home.
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
in the late afternoon.
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Weightlifting for 50 minutes, and then yoga class with
Gudrun Volpat from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
Mudras:
Yoga in Your Hands. By Gertrud Hirschi. York Beach, Maine,
Weiser Books, 2000. Index, 223 pages. ISBN: 1578631394.
MGC.
Updated my Yoga links webpage.
November 10, Wednesday, 2004
"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come
into reality, it
takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort."
- Jessie Owens
Work for CUESD
7:30 - 2:30. Teach Kevin M. how to do website work. Attend
CUESD Board meeting at 7 pm in case questions asked about items I sent
in for Board approval.
Website work at home in the afternoon. It was raining gently this
afternoon
and evening - and we need these autumn rains!! Lovely.
The
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.
Translation and Commentary by Sri Swami
Satchidananda. Integral Yoga Pubs., 1990. 263 pages. MGC.
Updated my Valley Spirit Journal for November.
November 9, Tuesday, 2004
"Good character is more to be praised than outstanding
talent. Most talents
are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to
us.
We have to build it piece by piece-by thought, choice, courage
and determination."
- John Luther
Work for CUESD
7:30 - 4:00. Finish SERRP grant, prepare requisitions,
reading grant RFP, catch up.
Weightlifting for 50 minutes, and then yoga class with
Gudrun Volpat from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
I felt pretty energetic tonight
after a few days off from exercise.
Yoga
Shakti with Shiva Rea. Boulder, Colorado, Sounds True
2004.
2 DVD's, 4.5 hours. Instructional DVD. ISBN: 1591791847.
MGC.
Reading issues of Men's Fitness magazine.
November 8, Monday, 2004
"Continuous, unflagging effort, persistence and
determination will win. Let not
the man be discouraged who has these."
- James Whitcomb Riley
Drove home from Portand, 460 miles, 5:45 am - 3 pm. Very
foggy from
Portland to Medford, and overcast in northern California.
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
in the late afternoon.
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
Principles
of Anatomy and Physiology. By Gerald J. Tortora and Nicholas P.
Anagnostakos.
New York, Harper and Row Pub., 1990. Sixth Edition. 956 pages plus
index, glossary,
and appendices. ISBN: 0060467045. MGC. This is a standard
college textbook on
the subject.
November 7, Sunday, 2004
"Don't worry about genius. Don't worry about being
clever. Trust to hard
work, perseverance and determination. The best motto for a long
march
is: ''Don't grumble. Plug on!''
- Sir Thomas Treves
Mick, April, Karen and I went mushroom hunting in the woods
near
Scouppie. We all enjoyed a fine dinner at Jakes Famous Crayfish Restaurant
in downtown Portland - the second oldest bar and restaurant in Portland.
We then browsed a Powell's bookstore. Mick made a fine soup from
the
Chantrel muschrooms.
Yogaflows:
A Dynamic and Fluid System to Transform Your Yoga Practice.
London, Firefly Books Ltd., 2003. Index, glossary of postures, 144 pages.
ISBN: 1552976874.
Updated webpage on Aging
and Wellbeing.
November 6, Saturday, 2004
"Determination that just won't quit -- that's what it
takes."
- A. J. Foyt
Alicia, Karen, April
Sean, Mike, Mick
Mick, April, Sean, Alicia, Karen and I all met in the morning a
spent
the day together in Portland. We had a family portrait taken at the Lloyd
Center Mall,
ate lunch together, hung out a Alicia's home, and then drove to Corvalis for the
Oregon State and University of Southern California football game.
The
night game was really fun. It was 43 degrees F at gametime, and very foggy.
OSU played USC (#1 in the country) very tough. OSU led at
the half, 13-7. At the
start of the fourth quarter, USC led by 14-13. Then Reggie Bush returned a
punt
65 yards for a touchdown and USC pulled ahead. The final was 28-20 for
a
USC win. The Reser stadium was filled to capacity and quite loud. We
had
great seats in the USC section, very close to the USC band.
November 5, Friday, 2004
"The most essential factor is persistence -- the
determination never to
allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement
that must inevitably come."
- James Whitcomb Riley
Leave at 7 am for our drive to Portland, Oregon. The skies were
very clear and cloudless with great views in all directions. Mt. Shasta
was magnificant - dominating all views. Medford and Grants Pass were
cloud covered along the Rogue River. Spectacular fall colors along
Interstate
5 and everywhere in Portland.
We stayed with Alicia and Sean in the evening. Enjoyed a nice meal and
conversations.
No exercise all day.
November 4, Thursday, 2004
"When you see a thing clearly in your mind, your creative
''success mechanism''
within you takes over and does the job much better than you could do it by
conscious effort or "willpower."
- Maxwell Maltz
Work for CUESD
7:30 - 4:00: EduSoft training in the morning, SERRP grant
finished writing, requistions, library management.
Minor surgery on my foot by Dr. Swaim. I wore shoes in yoga class.
Weightlifting for 70 minutes, walking, and then yoga class with
Gudrun Volpat from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
November 3, Wednesday, 2004
"The
are
- Epictetus
Work for CUESD
7:30 - 4:00 - Reading First website work, Technology grant writing,
preparing requisitions.
Kerry looses to President Bush. GOP Republicans gain more power.
Four more
years of increasing federal debt, killing more people to satisfy revenge, pandering to the rich,
alienating our allies, upseting and angering 35% of our citizens, and implementing
neo-conservative
right wing agendas. The votes were counted and such is the way it
will be.
So be it!!
Email correspondence, web work, helping
my son with his search for a
Chef's job.
Watched the first half of Lakers vs. Utah. Utah seems to have much bigger
and stronger forwards. I'm not confident the Lakers can even make the
playoffs this year without Shaq at center.
November 2, Tuesday, 2004
"Patience
- Edward Burke
Work for CUESD 7:30 - 4:00: Meetings, writing, coordination.
Vote after work at polling place south of Red Bluff. I am a
moderate
Democrat. I favor the liberterian perspective on social/personal issues,
and think government should encourage freedom and respect our civil
liberties. I favor a balanced budget with sufficient taxes to get the job
of efficient and effective government done on a long term basis. Half of
my life I was a registered Republican and half a Democrat.
I greatly dislike the conservative right wing Christistian
coalition that has
supported mostly "compassionate conservative: Republicans lately. The
idea
of the United States being a "Christian Nation" repulses me.
Fundamentalist Christians,
just like right wing Moslems, do not believe in civil liberties - they want their views
of
family life, personal choices, proper reading/media, and correct
lifestyles IMPOSED upon
others. Many Christians have been quite content to support and allow
legalized
slavery, racism, mistreatment of women, and persecution of religious and
sexual
minorities,etc. I do not believe that these religious zealots really
support ideas
of libertry, freedom, civil rights, and an open society. Thankfully,
there are members of
various traditional religuous groups that support many open society causes - moderate
and liberal believers; if not, we would continue to return to more repressive times
and mono-cultures even faster than we are.
President Bush, in my opinion, has failed as a leader. He
has reduced taxes
for the wealthy and spent the U.S. government into a 350 billion dollar
debt. He
cannot seem to control his urge to spend, spend, spend - more than any other
President in the last 50 years. He was completely incorrect or lied
about
Iraq having weapons of mass destruction and being a support and cover for
Islamic terrorists. Presidents Regan, Bush Sr., and Clinton did not think
it
necessary to invade Iraq and were all correct - saving us huge debts and the loss
of over 1,000 of our brave soldiers. He lacks
good judgment. He is a lazy and
careless President. His favoritism towards his wealthy cronies is
shameful.
Republicans spent millions investigating Clinton's petty lies about his
mistress,
and little or nothing to investigate and jail the wealthy friends of Bush and
Cheney at
Enron or Halliburton. He leads a government for the wealthy, not for
all the people.
Weightlifting for 50 minutes, and then yoga class with
Gudrun Volpat from 5:30-6:45 at TFFC.
Lakers vs Denver Nuggets - first NBA game of the season.
November 1, Monday, 2004
"Patience
becomes
- A Chinese Proverb
Walking, Qigong, and
Taijiquan for 90 minutes
at dawn (6:15- am).
Review Part III of Yang
Style Long Form.
I read a statement by Osama bin Lauden this weekend. This enemy leader is
telling
us what we are doing wrong, criticising our President, warning us, and telling
us
how the Israeli attack on Lebanon in 1982 made him decide to attack the
U. S. on September 11th. He complains about how the Patriot Act is
dictatorial.
Osama sounds like he drew he arguments directly from the film "Fahrenheit
9/11."
Michael Moore, the director of the film, had every right to criticize our
current
bumbling and misguided federal administration, and I
agree with most of his
criticisms. However, Osama's borrowing these ideas to justify his violence
in no way
relieves him of
his burden of responsibility for his use of terrorist
methods.
Osama is a man in hiding, never freely elected to any office of
power,
leading bunch of religious zealots and malcontents who hate Jews and Christians,
plotting surprise terrorist attacks on people he hates, criticizing Arab and
Western
leaders, claiming to have Allah's blessing to kill whoever he likes .... here is
a
enemy telling us how to think and act. What a pompous, arrogant, and
deluded
man. He acts as if we deserved the attack on the World Trade Center, need
to
change to his point of view - then he will forgive us and call off his
terrorists, and we
all can live in peace and harmony in the future.
Osama reminds me of the Son of Sam killer in the New York prision who is now
a born again Christian telling other prisoners how to live their lives.
Shut up
Osama, shut up Son of Sam. We can't forgive you, we can't respect you, we
won't listen to you.
Someday we will find this mass murderer and execute him and his zealots.
We are
at war with him and his ilk. May our warriors be superior to his. He
underestimates
our resolve, our power, our courage, our intelligence, and our ferocity in
battle.
Atkins
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Controlling Type 2 Diabetes. Based on the teachings of Robert C. Atkins,
M.D..
By Mary C. Vernon, M.D., C. M.D. and Jacqueling A. Eberstein, R. N.
William
Morrow, Harper Collins Publishers, 2004. Index, resources,
appendices,
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