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Growing Up
What's that old saying, "It's not the destination that matters, it's the journey" That's long been my mantra, so I have a somewhat differing view of life's "complications". What ever happens along the way only enrichens the journey. To me it's not any more complicated than that. Sure there are times when you seem overwhelmed and think it's too much. Remember when the hormones kicked in for the first time and you had no clue what was going on & life seemed very complicated. Or when your oldest daughter was born and the Dr. tells you her umbilical cord had gotten wrapped around her neck and he didn't know for certain for how long or what the consequence would be. At first you think the worst, but if you're lucky, at some point you realize that if you know in your soul that you have done all you can and you have no control over the rest,it's like you have taken a deep breath and are breathing again. And you know that wherever it goes, it's meant to be and you can cope with it; part of the journey, as it were. The best answers are the ones you haven't gone looking for, sometimes not even knowing you asked the question, metaphorically speaking, of course.— July 30, 2011 5:41 p.m.
Rosa/Luisa: The California Whirlwind, Part Two
"but exploration and settlement by Europeans along the coasts and in the inland valleys began in the 16th century" Exactly as I said, there were quite a few Europeans who explored California as as far back as the 1500's. Most historians agree that Portuguese-born Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo was the first European to explore California in 1542, while sailing under the Spanish flag. In 1579, it was Englishman Sir Francis Drake claimed the whole territory for the English Crown. From the time the Spanish began their Mission settlements in 1769 until Californis fell under the control of the US, about 1/2 of the Indian population was wiped out, primarily due to diseases introduced by the Europeans and as the result of their mistreatment as slave labor with the resulting changesto their diet and nutrition(and the ensuing revolts becuase of their enslavement.) The Spanish were generous enough to give the natives the right to continue to occupy their villages, though. Something the whites seemed not to care about as they rolled their way across the great plains towards the West. BTW, There have been literally thousands of books written on the anthropological history of the native californians. You're much too good a writer to just simply cut and past from wikipedia.— July 30, 2011 5:03 p.m.
Growing Up
If you detach yourself from negative emotions without learning why they are negative, what's causing them, then they are destined to return for sure. What doen't kill makes you stronger only if you learn from it. Simply going through the experience without some understandng of why doesn't necessarily give you that intuition to which you refer and as I said, one is destined to surely reilie it at some point. If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing time and time again while expecting a different result, the the definition of futility surely must be reliving the samething time and time again without learning from it. Just my opinion. Opinions vary.— July 30, 2011 1:19 p.m.
UCSD's New Vice Chancellorship for "Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion" Draws Critical Blast
Not sure where your information comes from, but according to the 2011-2012 budget thet Brown signed, expenditures for Higher Educations are slated at about $10.737 billion and the CDRC budget is about $9.768 billion.I believe the total budget is just under $86 billion, so you can do the math on the percentages.— July 30, 2011 8:38 a.m.
Growing Up
"Let go of everything that doesn't bring you joy!" I would disagree. You have to know sorrow to know joy. It's the distiction between the two that gives meaning to both. If you didn't feel pain, then how could you truly know what pleasure is?. "Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain."— July 30, 2011 8:08 a.m.
Who Watches the UCAN Watchdog?
ConcernedCitizen, I have no opinion on smart meters either way. But I would suggest that invoking the name of a "well known European scientist" whose Doctorate is in Botany and most of whose work has been related to the effects of electrical and electromagnetic fields on plants, might not be wisest choice. He also wrote this: "There are now a vast number of publications linking exposure to electromagnetic fields to various biological effects, at almost all levels of evolution, including man. In humans, they range from effects on brain function to the promotion of cancer and (amongst other things) have given cause for concern about the health effects of using mobile phones and various domestic appliances. However, there is as yet no proven explanation for the mechanism."— July 30, 2011 7:51 a.m.
Rosa/Luisa: The California Whirlwind, Part Two
Actually, Mexico "got it" from Spain. If I remember my California history correctly, there were quite a few Europeans who explored California as as far back as the 1500's. Pretty familiar names, Cabrillo, Sir Francis Drake. The Spanish started moving in on the mid 1700's and building their missions. The one in Mission valley, was the first. Mexico took control in the early 1800's. The first inhabitants have been dated back about 15k yrs. Nobody has really proven for certain how they arrived or where they came from but most archeologists think that they arrived in the region between 15k and 13k years ago and that they came overland from Northeastern Asia. I don't know about calling them native americans though, since their was no america at the time. I think it was the Spanish who first started using the name California and then it ws for pretty much the entire southwest region that they controlled. Before that they were just natives. Thus endeth the history lesson for today— July 28, 2011 11:41 p.m.
Arnold & Maria's Son Hospitalized After Surfing Accident
Ignorance is bliss, I guess— July 26, 2011 5:25 p.m.
Arnold & Maria's Son Hospitalized After Surfing Accident
Well, I guess it just proves the point that since Walter Cronkite signed off,you just can't believe what you see on tv, even when someone is talking about themselves. Or maybe especially when someone is talking about themselves.— July 26, 2011 11:02 a.m.
Arnold & Maria's Son Hospitalized After Surfing Accident
Soooo, whaat you're saying is that just because he said it, you take it as the gospel?? His bio says he was born is San Fran in 1969 and graduated from a boarding school called St. George's School in 1987. His father's bio says he left KABC for KFMB in 1975 and was a senior vp at Great American First till he ran for mayor in 1984. You can do the math. I doubt any kid born in 1969 moved to SD on his own. If he moved to SD with his family in 1977 and he attended a boarding school back east, then it seems plausible he lived in SD from '77 to around '83. He has said he said he started whereing his bowties since 9th grade prep school, so that makes it around 5 yrs. He probably lived somewhere in in north county and so he says that. I was born in the SFV, but I say I'm from L.A., same thing. BTW, as it relates to another thread, Carlson said this on faux news: "Michael Vick killed dogs, and he did (it) in a heartless and cruel way. I think personally he should have been executed for that."— July 26, 2011 8:22 a.m.