1. Letting Go And Running With It
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

Tags: [life, Zen, running, thinking]  ...

2. The First Amendment And Fanaticism
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... wonder if Ms. Cardozza-Moore would care to reflect on a few history lessons. Start with the Oklahoma City bombing – a crime against this nation by none other than American citizen (and Catholic) Timothy ...

3. Capture The Moment
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... your world. Or so the Zen masters might tell us. For many, this is an outrageously difficult task. It is elegant in it’s simplicity, yet challenging in it’s deeper meaning. We’re caught up in the passage ...

4. Tiger Woods, Augusta, And The Court Of Public Opinion
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... that Tiger made a mistake. Or two. Or a dozen. It doesn’t matter. The media have pointed fingers at him. Many of his sponsors have left him. And Augusta National has chastised him. News item – people make ...

5. Disturbing Trends For Healthcare In Texas
(Blog/Smart Physio)

... Getzendanner, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, found the American Medical Association, The American College of Surgeons, and The American College of ...

6. Listen To The Music, Austin
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... use the title as a marketing gimmick. Yes, Austin’s live music scene is still vibrant, such that on any given night you can still see a dozen musicians better than most cities in the world. Yes, Austin ...

7. Letting Go And Running With It
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

There are too many distractions in our world that readily assail us at any juncture. Whether it’s work, or life, or relationships, or family, or any combination, it’s easy to get caught up in the “stuff”. ...

8. Free Speech: For The People, Or The Corporation?
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

As of today’s Supreme Court decision, we have an even greater mess brewing in our electoral process. In the Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission decision, the Supreme Court put up a hockey score ...

9. The Disturbing Trend Of Religious Intolerance
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... was committed by none other than Timothy McVeigh, a US citizen born into an Irish Catholic family who was a US Army veteran. Extremists know no bounds, religious or otherwise. Lest I remind you, all ...

10. Health Care: We’re Number 37!
(Blog/Smart Physio)

... care reform. U.S. citizens have not had a problem with putting funding towards programs like public education. They have not had any problem with humanitarian efforts in third-world countries. But now, ...

11. Town Halls, Liars, And A Call For Civility
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... when this spending was approved? These are the same people that are decrying a $900 billion health care reform that is spread over 10 years and, imagine this, helps our very own citizens. Daily. It’s not ...

12. A Binary World
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... the road, a choice in every waking moment, a stimulus and a response – a one, or a zero. On or off. Right or left. Up or down. Yes or no. A binary existence is really quite Zen-like. It is very much ...

13. Life As Music, Music As Life
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... one note has the power to speak more than a dozen, if it was the right note at the right time. Robert Johnson’s tonal inflections, Albert King’s searing bent notes, so eloquent and so right. It’s like ...

14. Game 7 And Lord Stanley's Cup
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... - especially if it goes seven games. If you're a kid growing up in Canada, you play it in your head over and over again ... You're out playing street hockey in the fall, or on the frozen river ...

15. Ayrton 1994
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... Roland Ratzenberger was a little-known driver in his first season of F1. He was in the 3rd race of a 5-race contract with newly-established race team Simtek . He was a young Austrian driver that was ...

16. Full Service
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... taking in the quaint locale, meeting some of the locals - and the time issue just wasn't as critical as it is now. It was almost more "zen-like" - little did we know it then. Now, everything is ...

17. Pi Day
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... recesses of my cortex. I suspect it's because math (and science) were the classes that got me through high school. If you want a reminder of how to calculate it, you can always throw frozen hot dogs - ...

18. Letter To Texas Legislators - Direct Access To Physical Therapy
(Blog/Smart Physio)

... professional for conditions outside of the scope of practice of a physical therapist. The evidence from states that have updated their physical therapy practice act shows that allowing citizens to access ...

19. The Socialist Scare
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... "where the head of state and other officials are elected as representatives of the people, and must govern according to existing constitutional law that limits the government's power over citizens. ...

20. The Art Of Writing
(Blog/Rhubarb Diaries)

... own, like any other - and just "let go". It is "being" - it is the "Zen of writing". It is "as it is". It can't be forced, because when it is, it pushes back at you with even more force. As I always try ...