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charles faris

the gift economy

by chas on December 9, 2008

the erotic life of property how’s that for an attention grabber? In his brilliant book The Gift: The Erotic Life of Property, Lewis Hyde points to two types of economies. In a commodity (or exchange) economy, status is accorded to those who have the most. In a gift economy, status is accorded to those who give the most [...]

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change

by chas on November 18, 2008

change so… change real change change we can believe in small change spare some change at no other time in human history have we been in greater need of change, of bringing ourselves into greater alignment with the natural forces of Universe. our lifestyles, our economy, our very planet depend upon it. at bodyodyssey yoga [...]

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i’m only sleeping 2

by chas on November 17, 2008

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Last week I began talking about sleep, how much is enough and how to get enough. I definitely came out in favor of quality over quantity, and offered up a list of important factors in getting the most out of your time asleep, going [...]

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i’m only sleeping

by chas on November 10, 2008

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Chas, How much sleep is enough? I feel like I  am never getting enough, even when i am getting 8 hours in each night…I eat well, exercise daily with yoga and other, but sometimes feel like i am not getting the right amount of [...]

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good morning bni

by chas on November 4, 2008

good morning bni

i’m charles faris and i approved this message:

You know,
All across this Country
I hear Real Americans
Crying out for Real Change,
And I’m here to tell you:

If you stand with me, [...]

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Health care in America

by chas on November 3, 2008

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc All politics are internal In the spirit of the week, and playing off my recent (and to be continued) musings on democracy, todays topic is something that has been batted about a bit from podiums all across the land during the course of this [...]

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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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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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Water: Is eight enough?

by chas on September 29, 2008

I ain’t no doctor a weekly column by charles faris, hhc Dear Charles, I read on a list on the internet of 20 Things We Learned Were Wrong This Year that the canard about drinking 8 pints of water daily was wrong.  It also said that tea and coffee counted as liquid where i’d been [...]

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