My mom is awesome.  She is one of the wisest and most grounded people I know.  You can’t shake her.  Whatever problem my sister and I face my mother always responds with calm problem solving.  She doesn’t fall into the chaos.  I call her on the phone,  feeling like things are falling apart, and before [...]

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So it isn’t a big secret to family and friends that I have dealt with some depression in my past.  It is a touchy condition that has entered my life once or twice.  As any type A, slightly woo-woo girl would do, I’ve gone to a variety of wise oracles for advice including family, friends, [...]

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I hold a lot of meeting and conduct regular trainings in my consutling work, but I seem to be overwhelmed by right brain thinking lately.  I just finished reading A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future by Daniel Pink.  Then I stumbled onto a blog post by Dumb Little Man on Improving [...]

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The FAA has mandated an upgrade to the famous ‘Black Box’ – the flight recorder which has an almost techno-religious status. It details the downfall of life and rises from the ashes to tell the story.
My interest in this subject comes from a memory – a trip to the beach in Edmonds, Washington. One Saturday, [...]

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We finally made it – as a race of people, that is…
The mountain has been summited and a company is now selling energy efficient solar cells at inexpensive pricing and high output. This means there are more efficient and less expensive version to come, using a solar cell ‘printing’ technology developed by NanoSolar of California.
Watch [...]

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Let’s all hope that this woman and her colleagues have good news for the 40 million people currently infected with HIV.
http://ibnlive.com/news/indian-doc-develops-enzyme-that-can-destroy-hiv/48654-17.html
Read up and spread the good word…

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It is cruel and unusual punishment that I told all my family and friends about writing a blog and then I got sick and haven’t touched it for a week or two. I have so much to chat about too. Birthdays, gardens, and a thousand thank yous to my friends and family for [...]

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This post is going to win me a lot of points with Lapster as his favorite “geek girl”, but I will loose a lot of my street cred.
I found this great strange map site. I think it is important to see a bread map of France or a map of Jack Kerouac’s travels.
My mom [...]

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Hi everyone, Lapster here with something scientific that deserves recognition. In the world of energy production, nothing comes close to being 100% efficient. The short concept behind that is that when you make one kind of energy (electricity, for example) you always disperse energy in the process. Hydro-electricity, the grand pappy of electrical generation here [...]

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Our new baby. We are so proud. I was lucky enough to find a $100 gift certificate to Crate & Barrel that was given to me in 2001. It came just in time. On Monday, Lapster starts his new job that will have us up at 6am every morning. For [...]

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