RANT: Since When Is Selling Off My Possessions Considered Income?

November 9, 2009 Musings and Mania

I am pissed off! I applied for heating assistance (LIHEAP) through Erie’s Department of Public Welfare (DPW). I was asked to submit paperwork explaining how I’ve been paying my expenses this year since I’m not employed. Makes sense.
So I wrote that I had unemployment for a short while, had a job for an even shorter [...]

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How the Spirit Affects Mental and Physical Health–Part 2

November 8, 2009 Health and Illness

This video is a continuation of the conversation I had (Part 1) with Geoff and Jim about Jim’s spiritual journey through a recent illness.
We discuss out of body experiences, chakras, sobriety, heightened states of love, and other spiritual experiences we’ve all had on our paths.
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Exciting Plans for November and the Master Number 11

October 29, 2009 Miscellaneous

I’ve not posted much this past month because I’ve been learning. I borrowed some money from my parents and bought a Macbook Pro, a Flip HD digital camera, and Final Cut Express software to edit videos. I’ve never owned a Mac before, so I had to learn how to maneuver around the desktop. I’ve also [...]

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How the Spirit Affects Mental and Physical Health–Part 1

October 26, 2009 Health and Illness

The day my friend Geoff was leaving for California, he dropped by with his friend Jim who has been having health problems. Jim generously shared his experiences with his spiritual life and how it has affected his health.
We are more than just the body with a thinking brain, and when our spirits or souls are [...]

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Joanne Gets Her Head Fixed

October 14, 2009 Food and Nutrition

I decided it was time to get my hair colored and cut. In this video you’ll meet my stylist, Autumn, and hear about what can go wrong when you stop eating animals but still eat typical American foods.
Please let me know if you have any trouble viewing the video. This is my first video [...]

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Book Review: The Great Cholesterol Con — Anthony Colpo

September 24, 2009 Food and Nutrition
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Why Everything You’ve Been Told About Cholesterol, Diet and Heart Disease is Wrong! by Anthony Colpo
If you have a heart, you should read this book
Our whole understanding of nutrition has been moulded by the paradigm that high cholesterol and fat cause heart disease–known as the lipid theory–and that foods containing these should be avoided or [...]

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Book Review: Farm City — Novella Carpenter

September 20, 2009 Food and Agriculture
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The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter
An entertaining adventure in raising livestock in the inner city
This book tells two stories: Novella Carpenter’s education in urban farming and what it’s like living in an Oakland ghetto. However, the focus is on livestock, not gardening.
Carpenter and her boyfriend Bill move from Seattle to California [...]

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Odd That the Government Should Care Whom I Touch

September 16, 2009 Government
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I gave a friend a massage the other day, and I was thinking…
If I give my friend a massage, even if I paddle his heiny or ravish him, the government doesn’t care. Makes no matter to them what I do behind closed doors (at least for now).
If my friend takes me out to dinner and [...]

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Just How Small Are We in This Immense Universe?

September 15, 2009 Videos

I’ve often wondered how scientists know the number of galaxies in the universe. Then I saw the video below. I cried when I watched this because I was so overwhelmed with the enormity–and beauty–of our universe.
Our lives are small and fleeting in the scheme of things, and yet we get caught up in our events, [...]

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Opportunities Given Me to Drug Myself and Join the Masses in Pharmaceutical Dependence

September 14, 2009 Health and Illness
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Does the medical model work? Is it helpful going to the doctor? Can the doctor’s advice improve your health? Here are recent experiences I had where I was invited to join the popular paradigm but declined the invitation.
Gynecologist Recommends Hormone Replacement Therapy
Two years ago I menstruated heavily for a month after not menstruating for two [...]

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