From the monthly archives:

October 2008

friday afternoon update! 3

by chas on October 31, 2008

project bears fruit! as i stated in update 1, one of my goals with this friday update has been to make friday the actual end of my week, and to transition into a work life more attuned to my son rowan’s life schedule. well, jack be nimble if i didn’t just have my entire saturday [...]

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democracy is coming

by chas on October 30, 2008

democracy is coming it’s coming to america first the cradle of the best and of the worst its here they got the range and the machinery for change and its here they got the spiritual thirst.  what’s all this talk? well it definitely seems to be one of those things that you have to say [...]

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friday afternoon update! 2

by chas on October 24, 2008

the grateful dead is a buddhist term well it’s friday again, and what a long strange week it’s been. not strange as in supernatural, extremely unusual, or “what the heck was that?”. strange as in when’s the last time i got up in the dark five days in a row to catch the train into [...]

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yoga, it’s not what you think

by chas on October 22, 2008

setting a foundation spending the week with john friend, founder of anusara yoga and my yoga guru for all intents and purposes. and like the title says, yoga ain’t what you think it is, probably. and that other scary word, guru; that just means light bringer. it’s an honorific, which can be challenging in contemporary [...]

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Raw green smoothie!

by chas on October 20, 2008

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Oh most humble and sometimes pressed for time non-doc; I know you are spending the week studying with your main yogi John Friend, so I thought I would ask you a simple question: how the heck am I supposed to get enough greens into [...]

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colin powell nails it

by chas on October 19, 2008

simple and powerful there is a simple honor and dignity in this appearance by colin powell that moves me to tears. watch the clip and bear in mind that this man is a republican. may all americans be this inclusive, this egalitarian. following his endorsement on meet the press, mr. powell elaborated a bit more [...]

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friday afternoon update!

by chas on October 17, 2008

it all starts with a life vision in my case that vision would include having a weekend. for the past…where’s my calculator…ohhh…let’s just say a long long time…i’ve been working evenings and weekends. which was fine and all by me. it was the best time to make money, and it’s generally easy to navigate your [...]

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poverty up close

by chas on October 15, 2008

ending poverty in our time so here we are. blog action day. in which we do something about poverty. now. i could get all cynical here and point out all of the things that are stupid about having any kind of day, or the ridiculousness of some of the bullet points people offer up for [...]

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Tame that sugar monkey! redux

by chas on October 13, 2008

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Last week I began looking at a question from Massachusetts Sugar Fiend, who claimed to be “plagued by the desire to eat sweets; breakfast, lunch and dinner, morning, noon and night”, and wanted to know “what foods are good alternatives to satisfy my sugar [...]

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Tame that sugar monkey!

by chas on October 6, 2008

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc   Charles, I am finding myself plagued by the desire to eat sweets; breakfast, lunch and dinner, morning, noon and night. What foods are good alternatives to satisfy my sugar craving? Massachusetts Sugar Fiend Dear Sugar Fiend, Thanks for asking me one of my [...]

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