Sleep is my beauty secret. So now you know. With enough sleep I sparkle. My mind is sharp and I say witty things, (bon mots, if you must know.) Without enough sleep I almost back the car out of the garage before opening the garage door. Without enough sleep, there isn’t enough concealer in the … Continue reading Not Chuck
Month: December 2009
A Mitzvah
When I sit down and write these blog posts I like to be in a state of calm equanimity—or for you yoga people out there—I like to write when I’m “sattvic.” But tonight I am writing in the “jazzed” rajasic state because I just got home from my “Donate Food for the Local Food Pantry … Continue reading A Mitzvah
The Post with the Picture of the Menorah
Got up early and did Ashtanga with Christine. Drove to Ithaca and wrote with Zee &Co, then had a great lunch (Chinese), got coffee at Starbucks, stopped at Greenstar and made it home just in time to set up for Goldilocks Yoga. Ate pizza and drank beer for dinner. Lit the Menorah. Now, the house … Continue reading The Post with the Picture of the Menorah
Setting Priorities
(forgive me if you’ve already heard this.) For a lesson in time management, a professor places a 3-foot Plexiglas cylinder on the desk and explains that the space inside the cylinder represents the time available to us on any given day. He proceeds to fill it with large rocks. When it’s filled, he asks the … Continue reading Setting Priorities
Try Chips
My friend and trainer Tim (aka, Timbo), and his friend Jerry (aka Numero Uno) are about to launch a good-for-you snack called Try Chips. Try Chips are a crunchy chip made of dried fruit that they are marketing to athletes, or anyone who tries to do anything athletic, and wants a tasty nosh before, during … Continue reading Try Chips
Why I Practice Yoga
Tonight I told my Beginner Yoga session the real reason I do yoga: it makes me high. Seriously. Why else would I do this crazy shit? Breathing like a stallion, making weird sounds in the back of my throat, closing off one nostril while breathing out the other, holding my breath until I almost pass … Continue reading Why I Practice Yoga
‘Tis the Season
I was walking the dog through campus today when I overheard one student say to another, “Something’s got to give!” It’s “that time” of year for students when papers are due and finals are looming. It’s “that time” of the year for the rest of us too: holidays, travel, shopping, baking, and relating to extended … Continue reading ‘Tis the Season
The Eliminator
Last year we got a new birdfeeder called The Eliminator. It’s a squirrel foiler. As soon as a squirrel jumps on The Eliminator, no food can come out. The weight of the squirrel causes shrouds to descend, metal shrouds, shrouds impervious to sharp squirrel teeth, closing off access to the seed inside the tube. The … Continue reading The Eliminator
A Whole Day of Tilt
Today was one of those “off” days when I just could not find my rhythm. Felt like I was in a pinball machine getting flippered from thing to thing. If it weren’t for my hour of Holosync, I would have been totally Tilt, instead of only mostly Tilt. One thing that ate up a big … Continue reading A Whole Day of Tilt
Weird Tree Day
Weird day to buy a Christmas tree, but that’s what we did. Weirdly warm. And sunny. What? I’m not complaining but, still. We go to a “cut your own” place with some of the nicest views around here. You stop at the owner’s house where today, nobody was home, but there was a note on … Continue reading Weird Tree Day
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