Middle Aged Crazy
The Place to Release your Creative Beast
Ten years ago, when men of a certain age gathered, they were playing golf, burning cigars, and retiring to poker and perhaps a happy evening- ending lap dance at a smokey gentleman’s club. Things have changed. Golf courses are largely empty now, poker is so last century and women smoke ... Continue reading
In order to understand our world better, we break it into pieces. We specialize and narrow our view until we know more and more about less and less. This is the age of the scientist and the specialist, generalists are lightly regarded. We teach that way. We heal each other that ... Continue reading
“How was your trip to Cancun?” “Great, look at this key chain I got there!” The gift shop, how do we know we’ve had fun if we don’t get to buy something plastic and gaudy? I’m not saying Asian made crap isn’t fun, it’s just that we are so ... Continue reading
Here’s a fantasy for you: Imagine you are a self taught artist who loves vacationing at a certain resort in Central Florida. You are so taken with the scenery that you are inspired to do a watercolor of some of the property. You know you can’t sell it to anyone ... Continue reading
I got to dust off some of my motivational/ success talks yesterday; for my son of all people! It was a good reminder about things we can do to break through to higher levels of success. In James’s case, he is a good golfer who wants to become a REALLY ... Continue reading
SELF SELF SELF… After spending about 4 years on self help issues, this blog entry is about trying not to scream these words: “IT ISN’T ALL ABOUT SELF!” Ooops, I did anyway. Isn’t it all about feelings, about feeling better, about feeling happy, about feeling good about yourself or feeling ... Continue reading
An artist friend of mine once called it “a smoke and a look.” That’s when you step back from the piece you’ve been working on and take the time to admire it and appreciate what you have created. This isn’t the time to look for flaws, corrections or possible improvements. ... Continue reading
One of the things we are supposed to be is excellent. We give awards for it, mark students papers with it, we strive for it. And, with social media, everyone is a critic, we don’t dare be anything less than excellent or we might end up in a viral Youtube ... Continue reading
People, in general, are people, usually guided by self interest with moments of clarity and charity. The label capitalist ignores the guy who uses his money to build schools in Haiti or the "Welfare Mom" who raises a son to be a great Preacher. Labels negate people, they are intellectually lazy. Continue reading
I live in Central Florida and the weeds we call a lawn are hard to keep alive and ugly at best, patches of brown insect ridden thatch at worse. One particular corner of my yard is home to a magnificent magnolia whose shade prevents most anything else from growing there. ... Continue reading
While attending a conference sponsored by author Jack Canfield about 5 years ago, I met a guy who seemed nice enough. He was an author and had somehow arranged to have his first box of books from the printer (he self published) opened by Jack, on stage, in front of ... Continue reading
It didn’t take long for someone to notice that there was a growling bear sitting at the check out counter of the mini-mart and two customers trapped inside. Before I finished my smoke there were 3 news helicopters overhead, two television trucks and a couple of lawyers followed shortly thereafter ... Continue reading
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