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Comment on Debbie Does McKee by Ferinannnd

Ferinannnd — Mon, 25 May 2009 05:47:22 +0000

Согласен, что пост получился удачным. Хорошая работа!

Comment on Stuff White People Like by Jae

Jae — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:27:59 +0000

‘O, Sage brown-midget Monkey! You are too wise for this generation! So what is the “real” question, then? White People have secret racism, but brown people have secret greed? Have brown people spent too many years pretending they didn’t want that stuff anyway, since they thought that White People were keeping it from them? Now that Brown People finally found out that the White People weren’t really Keepers of the Cool Stuff but were pretending just because they’re jerks, what? Brown People have to admit to also being jerks? Or do we have to unilaterally agree that Yoga is Okay? Have I been desperately clinging to my 1/64 alleged Cherokee gene as an excuse for pretending I didn’t want any cool stuff because I couldn’t afford it? At the ripe old age of 42, I have yet to convince anybody that White People sometimes have a reason to be Angry, too. Anyway, I am glad that you, Brown Monkey, are out there, somewhere, somehow validating my existence. No, really, I am!’

LOL Thank you deb …

Comment on It’s Not Zen, But At Least It’s Exercise by It’s Not Zen, But At Least It’s Exercise » Online Yoga Information

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Comment on I Wrote to Oprah by Vashti

Vashti — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:27:25 +0000

I am so greatful to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah for turning me onto Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor and her beautiful book “”My Stroke of Insight”". Her story is amazing and her gift to all of us is a book purchase away I’m happy to say.

Dr Taylor was a Harvard brain scientist when she had a stroke at age 37. What was amazing was that her left brain was shut down by the stroke – where language and thinking occur – but her right brain was fully functioning. She experienced bliss and nirvana and the way she writes about it (or talks about it in her now famous TED talk) is incredible.

What I took away from Dr. Taylor’s book above all, and why I recommend it so highly, is that you don’t have to have a stroke or take drugs to find the deep inner peace that she talks about. Her book explains how. “”I want what she’s having”", and thanks to this wonderful book, I can! Thank you Dr. Taylor, and thank you Eckhart and Oprah.

Comment on How I Plan to Spend My Summer Vacation by The Proprietor

The Proprietor — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:48:45 +0000

I will be spending my Memorial Weekend doing what politicians do: marching in the local parade, shaking babies and kissing hands. There may also be greasy grilled meat involved.

Comment on I Wrote to Oprah by agsf

agsf — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:42:26 +0000

I wish you luck with your novel. Sorry to hear about your chronic illness. My brother suffers from the same one.

The title of your book intrigues me enough that I plan to check it out.

Meanwhile, I fell in love with “Enlightenment for Idiots’ by Anne Cushman; a novel about the journey to India and back of a young yoga teacher from San Francisco.

So much to read! There are lots of avenues to get attention and they are not all named Oprah.

Comment on I Wrote to Oprah by The Proprietor

The Proprietor — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:15:57 +0000

A worthy effort IMHO. Certainly it beats most of the requests they must get at Oprah MegaIndustries Ltd. (“Please recommend my book, The Zen of Whittling. It’s everything you ever needed to know about whittling! And zen!”)

And you avoided the obvious approach. (“Hey! Over here! Personal friend of Dottie Frank!”)

Comment on What Do Book Groups Want? by Mauigirl

Mauigirl — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:48:48 +0000

That would be a great idea to somehow meet with the book club either in person or by phone, and be able to answer questions about the book, etc.

I’m in a book club and one time we did read a book by a local author and the author came to the meeting where we discussed his book. Unfortunately I missed that meeting but others said it was great to be able to talk to him directly about the book.

A book club discussion guide on your blog would be a great idea too.

Some of the books we read have the discussion guide actually at the end of the book, which is helpful if you’re the one who has to lead the discussion at the meeting. Other times people have found the discussion guide on line and used it for their discussions. So having it on your blog would be good!

Comment on I’d Rather Be a Left-Handed Flea by Mauigirl

Mauigirl — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:20:23 +0000

Yay Noah! He’s really growing up!

Comment on I Guess What I’m Missing is a Cat by Mauigirl

Mauigirl — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:16:29 +0000

I’m actually the opposite of Katie as I am not always thinking my old stuff is better! But rereading is something one does if one writes, I guess, for better or for worse!