Congratulations California

The state of California has finally graduated to the classification of “Bone Dry” by the San Francisco Examiner.  Congratulations California you finally procrastinated long enough to reach a severe condition of water shortage.  Instead of developing a real long term solution we’re going to save water all the way to the bottom of the well.   Water is the proverbial fountain of youth so why aren't we protecting it?

Defend yourself against the effects of aging

We have all heard that drinking water regularly throughout the day helps maintain our skin's moisture, elasticity and youthful appearance.   Your skin needs new cells frequently to keep looking new.   To insure that your body can support this activity and many other reconstruction projects our body needs the right amount vitamins, minerals and aloe that come from quality food sources, supplements, and quality sleep.  Be sure your body isn't working on critical projects without the necessary resources to do the job right, and or complete the tasks.

What The Hey - Mailboxes Gone in a Decade

Will mailboxes someday go the way of the DODO bird?  Maybe.   One of the longest serving tools for creating relationships in the world could be obsolete by the end of the decade.  The proliferation of electronic connections to people, (at least we think we’re connecting to people),  is about to peak and change everything.  Could we actually do without the Post Office, Mail persons and physical mailboxes by 2020?   Way into the future the phrase snail mail could just be an ancient petroglyph describing a primitive communications medium.  Personally, I believe we’re going backwards in human understanding because in order to relate you must create a relationships, a skill that a large majority of people 30 years and younger won’t develop with their eyes down.  Worse yet humans could evolve into a beings with just an index finger and a thumb on each hand.  The index finger holds the device while the two thumbs communicate via a keyboard.  Of course this predication my change has voice recognition improves.  Then natural evolution will just cut back on operational expene and delete the hands altogether.  Then what would we need arms?  It just snowballs downhill from there.  Vote to keep all parts of the Post Office apparatus, including the physical mail boxes.

No Sharp Teeth in Shark Fin Prohibition Law

Six months in jail and a $1000 fine for possessing and selling 2000 pounds of shark fins.  This is a joke, it cost more in investigative time and processing.  The perpetrators are killing up to 73 million sharks annually just for their fins. The Shark Fin law acts more as job security for law enforcement and politicians than for curtailing an egregious and inhumane act against nature.  Where are the voices of concerned organizations like Save the Bay, Sierra  Club, PETA, Green Peace, and the hundreds of other San Francisco environmentalist?  Not one word have I read or heard from them about this act of sabotage against nature.  There is absolutely no incentive for the violators to stop. A $1000 fine is just a discretionary and inconsequential business expense.   However, it cost the state of California millions to administrate the law more then it cost the violators.  The Shark Fin law is another California form of legislative nonsense that placates a minority group. A minority group that wanted to get their name in the Bills co-author column to satisfy their ego and their desire in some small way to protect a species.  I am in favor of the intent of the Shark Fin law, however, Sacramento, put some teeth in this law, make it pay for its administration at the very least.  

2014 Food for Thinking About

It's the end of January 2014, and how many of you have already given up on your New Year's resolution? Historically speaking quite a few I am guessing. Did you know that only 45% of Americans even make a New Year's resolution and only about 8% successfully achieve their stated goals each year. Self-improvement, Weight, Money and Relationships are the top four resolutions in the order listed. If you are in your twenties you're 38% more likely to achieve your goal each year and if you're age fifty and older only 14% of you are likely to achieve your goals each year. This according to the University of Scranton. Journal of Clinical Psychology. These percentages seem backwards given the maturity level of each group. However, there is probably a psychological,or quite possibly an environmental reason based on my interpretation of other books I've read. While in your twenties you've had a relatively short amount of time to develop self-limiting beliefs that hold many of us back or from going for it. An additional 30 or 40 years longer on this planet living in society can dim the flames of creativity, assertiveness and risk tolerance and quite possibly shake our values and belief through many many more life experiences. In their places complacency, security, and fear of loss become the normal. We have to reverse this trend, hell, the baby boom generation laid the foundation for all that is today they did all the blasting and excavating, forming the rebar and form pouring the concrete for all that is being built today. We dreamed of it all and started the ball rolling for all the technology that is being exploited by the X generation and their sense of entitlement. Come on baby boomers we're not through yet the world always needs creators and not just vague 140 character tweets,  or faceless virtual friend and links to 100s of people seeking only an endorsement from you in return for an endorsement of them. Can you dig-it?

Happy New Year

Hello Everyone,

What a wonderful Christmas season we experienced in San Francisco. All the gifts were fantastic, thoughtful and useful. We sincerely appreciate everyone that made our day special and the family that kept us in mind. We are so happy and grateful for all that we have and experienced in 2013. Now the time is nearing where the calendar will roll forward to another new year of 2014. We, I will try to live everyday with sharper awareness. We wish to all a prosperous, innovative and decisive 2014, that will bring happiness, good health and wealth.

See all of you next year.

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