For those of you who have not read my initial post, to give a short summary, there is this company that sells Yoga gear that had come out with these reusable shopping bags which have the quote on them "Who is John Galt?" Which is from Atlas Shrugged, and my sister is both a fan of Ayn Rand, as well as a Yoga enthusiasts so when I heard about it, I was like, I have to get one of those bags for my sister, but it was never clear if you could just buy the bags or if you had to buy something ...
I am 53 this year and can now see old age approaching like an unwelcome guest, a distant figure still, but coming over the horizon inexorably heading my way. Soon it will move in and impose itself, demanding consideration, everything will be deferred to it, stopping me from doing the things I want, stopping me wanting to do them. There are several constants a man can use to measure the passage of time - the age of policemen or the age of doctors and teachers (no, they don’t get ...
This may be a very sudden observation of things that have always been, or maybe I am not crazy and there has been an onslaught of the "I Believe in God/This is why God exists/I give my life to God" threads and blogs. I have no problem with belief or discussion of belief. Unless someone shoves it in my face and says "HEY! YOU! LISTEN! BELIEVE IN GOD BECAUSE I DO!" I pretty much don't really care. I don't have the knowledge or wisdom to argue or agree, so I just let those ...
Updated 12-01-2011 at 08:58 AM by skib
No one said life was gonna be easy, I think it is good to remember that. I am so well balanced these days. I realized something the other day, when I was younger, before my son was born, I was taking all sorts of medications for Depression and anxiety, tried a billion different therapies conventional and unconventional. Had darker thoughts than I would like to remember. I quit cold turkey when I found out I was pregnant, not a good idea!!! had a rough couple of months. I still had my low points ...
I found the perfect thing that I have to get for my sister, but the problem is I am not certain if it will actually be possible to get. I was watching the Colbert Report, and I was distracted with this game I was playing while it was on, so I was not paying full attention when I heard him mention that some yoga store that was making bags with the quote "Who is John Galt? Which is from Atlas Shrugged, and my sister like me is a lover of Rand and Atlas Shrugged is one of her favorite ...