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Tripping over Buddha…

Posted on March 7, 2011 by

“Tripping over Buddha” is an expression about not recognizing the obvious…or important stuff. “If you were looking for Buddha [or insert subject of VALUE here], you could trip over him and be unaware of whom you had encountered.” Such a … Continue reading →

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Snow in Texas or How Badly The Public Misunderstands Physics

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

This morning is quite amusing in Austin. Snow fell.   and exposed a severe shortage of knowledge about the world. I watch a guy pour a small cup of coffee in front of his wheels to help him spin the … Continue reading →

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Hypocritical Tea Party Members

Posted on August 22, 2010 by

By Ron Williams – citizen, contributor and patriot – 8-22-10 [Ron Williams is a retired attorney living in The Woodlands, TX and a welcome guest contributor to Social Mode] There can be no question but that there are serious issues … Continue reading →

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PEP FANtastic!

Posted on August 13, 2010 by

You may have seen it on news shows… Athletic Clubs with cardio programs where members jump up and down as if using a jump rope but don’t really have a rope to jump.  Why?  The club doesn’t want people to … Continue reading →

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Business People Learning From Elite Athletes: One Approach

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

The 5th in a 5-Part Series… To start, the goal is not to be an ‘elite’ athlete… (5)   Your actions are the consequences of – and an impetus for – action When a golfer golfs, there is an intention that … Continue reading →

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Review Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Posted on June 6, 2010 by

I put Ubuntu 10.04 on a Dell XPS laptop on Friday. All weekend I’ve put it through the paces on general computing, mobility, battery life, software installs, programming tasks, and everything else to test whether I can use it on … Continue reading →

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Just sayin’…

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.” —H.L. Mencken: attacker of ignorance, intolerance, frauds, fundamentalist Christianity, osteopathy, myths and writers that mocked him for sport…

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Business People Learning From Elite Athletes: One Approach

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

To start, the goal is not to be an ‘elite’ athlete… Fourth in a 5-Part Series for www.SocialMode.com (1)   Sports, like businesses or social movements have goals and costs. (2)   The best way to advance is through the “Do”. (3)    … Continue reading →

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Are traditions roadblocks or safety nets?

Posted on May 25, 2010 by

Historically, the search for a way to describe the mechanics of what is going on out there in the world and how it impacts what is going on with organisms [sometimes referenced as “the mind”, personality, cognition, consciousness, intuition, etc.] … Continue reading →

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Richard Blumenthal and “The Technicality Generation”

Posted on May 20, 2010 by

Pressler in his NYT article of May 18th 2010, takes a stab at explaining why Connecticut’s attorney general, Richard Blumenthal and other unnamed people in the lime-light say and perform in corrupt or dishonest ways to get ahead can be … Continue reading →

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