Beanstyle Evolution

i’m going to be moving in two weeks. the movers are coming next weekend. that fact is slowly starting to seem real. i looked in my fridge and there’s almost no food in there. just some yogurt and a flat of eggs. my freezer has more but that’s because i [...]

The Asatti lecture Friday night was about internal and external power. Here’s a list of some points I thought were important:

Power struggles occur because of the illusion of scarcity (of everything – love, power, money, time, etc)

Internal power comes with the realization that there is no shortage of power (i.e. no scarcity).

External power is [...]

I enjoy Middle Eastern dance and found a good online resouce. It’s actually a magazine but they’ve got some good info online too.
I’ve heard about this spread of the ‘Western’ beauty ideal – especially into the African and Asian countries. In fact, I think I read an article about the Miss Africa [...]

today has been a bad day. the badness started with the death of an innocent phone yesterday, paused for a bit when I went riding and then returned with a vengeance when I went by Caribou Coffee for carmellos and they didn’t have them. I raced to the liquor store to get some [...]

Okay, I’ve been trying to hold it off but panic mode is *definitely* hovering over my head! To use a completely worn out analogy – I feel like I’m juggling bunches of ‘things’ and I could drop one at any moment! Adding onto this is the desire to see as many people as [...]

It’s 3:15 a.m. and I’m awake. I’m awake and I’m updating birthday reminders with my new email. How pathetic and sorry is that? How completely traumatic is it that I’m awake at 3:15 in the morning? Even worse, I’m tired. My eyes are heavy & gritty but I can’t get [...]

I hadn’t thought about US political prisoners much and I’m still not sure what I think about the idea/reality. I guess that, in this way, I’ve succumbed to the popular belief that our justice system is *just* and that we wouldn’t imprison people because of their beliefs. I can’t believe I just wrote [...]

I’m writing this at the request of a dear friend, garch. When he heard I had four months of relatively complete freedom he couldn’t believe it. He’s a guy who rarely takes more than a couple of days at a time off from work and he almost couldn’t comprehend the idea of four [...]

(from a Moveon.org email):
“…CBS still refuses to run “Child’s Pay.” But together, we can increase the pressure on CBS. And through the power of the Internet, we can make sure that millions of people see the ad and learn about the controversy. As a first step, forward this email or the original message attached below [...]

You know, if the WMD claims hadn’t led to (yet another) invasion/occupation, it wouldn’t be such a big deal. However, thousands of Iraqis have died, not to mention hundreds of our own. The fact that BushCo is starting to stammer, fingerpoint, and try to pass the buck is pretty much SOP for them. [...]