Category: Social

  • Buddhist Proverbs, Wise Sayings, Quotes from Buddha

    This is the real secret of life — to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it work, realize it is play. The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That’s all there…

  • Banned from Instagram for Posting a Nude Painting

    I got banned recently from Instagram for posting this picture below… It’s a picture I took of a mural from a hotel ceiling.. Is this right or is Instagram being draconian? Even if it was against their terms of service, shouldn’t a warning be given?  Even freezing the account for 30 days would be more…

  • Zen Swordsman/ Matrix and the Fly

    An annoying fly. As in much of life. It’s best to not pay attention. Ignore it. Let it float away. Become one with it. You will find peace in it. Find your calm. Find your center. Find your peace.

  • Leo Laporte Show – Eating Kimchi

    I hope I didn’t hear this correctly, but did Leo Laporte and a guest caller just intimate that eating Kimchi or liking Kimchi means you were raised improperly?

  • Peter Shih – 10 Things I Hate About San Francisco – Retraction and Apology

    I am sorry to hear to Peter Shih must apologize for a satirical commentary, for the sake of his business, career and maybe his personal safety.  I’ve heard comedians say 100X far worse things to get a laugh.. San Francisco is now even more pathetic…

  • Peter Shih 10 Things I Hate About San Francisco – Original Post Aug 14 2013

    Peter Shih – 10 Things I Hate About San Francisco – Original Post Aug 14 2013         I find very little to be offended about from what Shih wrote.  Everyone needs to calm down and re-frame. You hear far more extreme things in locker rooms, bars and comedy shows … Peter Shih…

  • Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011

    Steve Jobs 1955 – 2011 News from Around the World… October 5, 2011    

  • A Day in California by by Ryan Killackey – Video/Photos

    A Day in California by by Ryan Killackey A Day in California from Ryan Killackey on Vimeo. I worked on this project on and off for over a year and a half. It is composed of over 10,000 photos shot in California by my wife and I. Canon Rebel XS, 50mm (nifty), 18-55mm kit lens,…

  • MyCommunityForum.org Launches

    The site for local communities had a soft launch today.  Check it out at www.mycommunityforum.org. The site is dedicated to serving local community members.  They can post messages, voice their concerns and discuss issues surrounding their local housing community.  Discuss schools, community issues, crime, traffic, best restaurants in the neighborhood, recommend a good dentist, plumber…

  • MyCommunityForum.org Launching Soon…

    New website serving the Orange County area will be opening soon that caters to specific neighborhoods.  Almost like a townmeeting of sorts, where you can post questions, queries, concerns regarding your specific home neighborhood. Want to know what cell service works best?   Or want to take an unofficial vote on a neighborhood concern?  Do it…