What Does My Attraction to Hyper-Violent Movies Say About Me?
April 29, 2010 – 7:47 am | No Comment

The Monkey and I attempt to understand our attraction to violence in film, an attraction well-manifested even in supposedly sane, spiritually-inclined, and well-balanced human beings, like us, for instance.

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Remember the Titans: 2008 NFL Recap Week 8
October 28, 2008 – 12:26 am | No Comment
Remember the Titans: 2008 NFL Recap Week 8

One of the Top 10 posts on this blog in terms of visits is an article called, “Kickers Are Not Football Players,” in which my Monkey Mind basically questions whether or not kickers and punters …

How to Reform U.S. Electoral System, Part One: Scrap the Electoral College
October 27, 2008 – 8:18 am | One Comment
How to Reform U.S. Electoral System, Part One: Scrap the Electoral College

Every few years there comes a time when many in the United States once again question this country’s antiquated and arcane voting system. Oddly enough, this time of questioning usually coincides with a federal …

3 Reasons Why Obama Wins Electoral College by Landslide
October 24, 2008 – 6:45 am | No Comment
3 Reasons Why Obama Wins Electoral College by Landslide

The most popular post on this blog, with over 1300 unique views, is a post I wrote during the primaries in which I predicted a landslide win for Obama over Palin’s Running Mate, using primary …

Leave Nothing: 2008 NFL Recap Week 6
October 15, 2008 – 12:44 pm | No Comment
Leave Nothing: 2008 NFL Recap Week 6

While the Monkey and I were able to catch a few games this weekend, unfortunately we were mostly primarily involved in a huge move from our condo to a new house and are unable to …

Thought for the Day 10/9/08: Overcoming Our Karma
October 9, 2008 – 8:39 am | No Comment
Thought for the Day 10/9/08: Overcoming Our Karma

Thought for the Day 10/9/08: “Patterns of negative thinking seem our only means of coping with a world which appears bent on denying all our goals and aims and desires.  These are our prompters, the crosses we bear …

MIMM Quarterly NFL Team Rankings: 2008 Recap Week 5
October 7, 2008 – 8:37 am | One Comment
MIMM Quarterly NFL Team Rankings: 2008 Recap Week 5

Another fantastic weekend in the NFL, culminating in a stranger-than-fiction Monday Night affair down in the Big Easy.  I have to say, as there is no doubt that there is some odd mojo (or voodoo) floating …

Thought for the Day 10/6/08: In God We Trust?
October 6, 2008 – 7:43 pm | No Comment
Thought for the Day 10/6/08: In God We Trust?

 
“Though the slogan on America’s silver coins says, “In God we trust,” we deny this as we set out to collect as many of these coins as we can.” — U.S. Andersen, “Three Magic Words,” …

Thought for the Day 10/5/08: Thoughts Become Things
October 5, 2008 – 8:48 am | No Comment
Thought for the Day 10/5/08: Thoughts Become Things

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“Thoughts become things. Things are thoughts held in form by the great creator, the Universal Subconscious Mind, but a thing only becomes a thing as a result of a conscious thought!” …

Using Positive Thinking and the Power of Persistence
October 4, 2008 – 9:29 am | One Comment
Using Positive Thinking and the Power of Persistence

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Thought for the Day: 10/4/08:
“There are only two things you can do for yourself. One is conception and the other is conviction. All the work of creation rests with another …

Thought for the Day 10/3/08: Positive Thinking
October 3, 2008 – 6:42 am | No Comment
Thought for the Day 10/3/08: Positive Thinking

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When it comes to our lives and our thoughts about our lives, we have a choice: we can view it all anyway we wish.  So if the choice is ours, why not …