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Don’t Drive Drunk in China, Unless You’re Rich

I just thought this was an interesting story – this drunk driver in China killed four people. His first sentence was death, but China is trying to “cut back” on death sentences so it was commuted to life in prison.  Apparently, though, the penalties for drunk driving depend on your social status. http://blogs.wsj.com/chinajournal/2009/09/08/no-death-sentence-for-drunk-driver-in-china/ Of course, [...]

Making Peace with Your Past

Regret can be healthy in early recovery, but over time if I continue to wallow in the should-have-beens and what-if-I’d-onlys, it can be paralyzing, even destructive. At some point we have to make peace with our past. That doesn’t mean you say it was all okay or that it wasn’t that bad – just that, [...]

One of THOSE Days

Today my territory is hostile territory. What do I mean by that? I mean I feel like I’m running a gauntlet of obstacles designed to make my day miserable. I’m personalizing it – not ever a good thing. I seem to have at least a couple of days a month when I am clumsy and [...]

Wishful Thinking

I am a day dreamer. Always have been. I know I’m having a rough time when I’m day dreaming more than usual. It’s an escape for me. It’s all part of wishful thinking – when I imagine something happening so I don’t have to do it in real life. I imagine all the good things, [...]

Top’o the Morning to Ya

A story was out today that Starbucks is testing the selling of alcoholic beverages – although they are also testing a re-branding of special stores for it (called 15th Avenue Coffee and Tea) – they’ll add poetry readings and live music (sheesh – the nineties are calling and they want their ideas back). The word [...]