Extortion and Trickery In Furniture Sales
Back to THIS topic again, with an update on the store that is trying to rob me. I just learned that they have an F rating at the Better Business Bureau, explaining how they use lies and unfair, illegal and harmful business practices as a “norm”.
Lesson #1- before you do anything major, check it out at the Better Business Bureau!
All-Nighters: A series of essays on insomnia (New York Times)
At one am and nowhere near done with work, its a great time to read a few essays!
vis psychotherapy:
I completely forgot to mention this short series that was running last week on the New York Times Opinion blog, focused entirely around sleep and insomnia. The link above will take you to all the essays, and they’re all equally worth reading!
Excerpt:
While in theory “sleep hygiene” makes sense, in today’s culture, which affords no time for relaxation, it’s hard to put into practice. We’re on the computer at all hours and then we snuggle with our Blackberries. Our kids are even more hyperactive, texting way past their bedtimes, although today even the concept of “bedtime” sounds quaint. To compensate for being so tired in the mornings, they eat caffeinated foods, gulp energy drinks, and pop Adderall and Ritalin…As the anthropologist Matthew Wolf-Meyer notes, “If a society can’t rest, how can it sleep?”
Feng Shui Q & A
Q: How do I improve my love life?
A: Tough one to be comprehensive about without having more of a talk, and I’d hate to be too general, so in lieu of all of that I am going to go out on a limb and say “work on you.” Meaning? In feng shui, the areas of wisdom & relationships are interdependent. The more you love and know yourself, the better you will get on with a partner. Pick up a journal, get into a spiritual practice more if you have one or want one, indulge your hobbies and interests. Explore, dive-in, buy that Canon Rebel you’ve always wanted and passionately take photos at the Coffee Bean, hop on a plane to Marfa, get a Phd in YOU. Not only will you find yourself happier, the equation is—- Self-knowledge/wisdom= better relationships/better love life. Good luck to you & have a ton of fun!!!
“ Sometimes you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right
Grateful Dead (via justbesplendid)
(via dirtylittlestylewhore)
Make your bed. Don’t smush it up against a wall. Bits of advice to feel good when you sleep! xx Dana
Q & A feng shui day rolls on…
Q- what can i do to feng-shui up my office, i have plants (real ones, lol) any ideas?
A- TAO TAO TAO is the easiest thing I can off-the-cuff recommend to you. What is Tao? In its simplified version, TAO is CONNECTION. What makes you feel connected? The easiest things to ascertain: gifts of little knick knacks from co-workers or family/friends, photos…. You seem to be into plants… or at least have them… so perhaps your connection is to NATURE and a landscape photo, a bowl of shells or pebbles you have collected, great cystals or other forms of NATURAL ABUNDANCE are your way to go? To answer in brief, without a full consultation I cant 100% pin down your Tao connections but you can! And should! Get connected to your office and feel more “you” in your space!
Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Shimmering Substance, 1946
Think about the title of this Pollock painting, Shimmering Substance, and you may stumble upon an interesting phenemonon: all substance has radient qualities to one degree or another. Everything is energy. I mean this in a quantum physics “we are all made of dazzling electrons” sense as well as “everything you see has an affect upon your psyche” way. This energy can pull you up or drag you down: it depends of what surrounds you and what surfaces greet you. I ask you:
- are your walls dirty?
- do you have “blah” art around you?
- have you windexed your desk in the last year?!
- hows that floor? have you mopped/vaccumed it lately?
- and… those windows?
Make your surfaces shimmer and you are directly impacting your physical and mental well being on many levels.
FENG SHUI Q & A! Another great one!
Q: A large ceiling fan hangs over my bed. I know that’s bad but why? And, what would be okay there? It’s also the room’s main light. Thanks!
A: A rounded light that is firmly attached to the ceiling is fine- no points, no sharp edges. The reason why a ceiling fan is a GIANT NO? Did you ever see Willy Wonka and the Chololate Factory…when they drink from the firbidden bubble stuff and float up a tunnel toward rotating blades about to slice them up that resemble a ceiling fan? This is part of the resaon why.
Just so you know, you can have a handyman, delivery man, or your landlord if you rent ( which is what I did) swap out a ceiling fan overy your bed safely and pretty easily. I highly advise this! xxxx Dana
Metal. But stacked and rectangular as wood. But reflective like water. And imposing as fire. Yet enough metal to have the solidity of earth. All in one great piece of art (or in any great environment of your life) there are the five elements.
so… what does that mean it does to humans????? (via Scientific American)A Common Herbicide Turns Some Male Frogs into Females
