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QA 7. (Sept 08) Fearless Speech1 comment

Helen wrote 6 days ago: Speaking truth to power refers to those brave souls who go up against some entrenched power armed on … more →

Tags: Power, Speech, Truth

QA 6. (Jul-Aug '08) The Roots of Responsibility

Helen wrote 1 month ago: No question about it: responsibility is a burden. It reins in our freedom and threatens our pleasant … more →

Tags: responsibility

On Freedom1 comment

zainab1979 wrote 2 months ago: This morning, I was standing at Richmond Circle, waiting for a bus. A man was moving around with a c … more →

Tags: Everyday Wisdom

QA 5. (June '08) A Canuck in Cape Town2 comments

Helen wrote 2 months ago: A friend in Vancouver asks me to “say in three lines why you would rather live there than here … more →

Tags: South Africa, Living Here

QA 4. (May '08) How to stop doing what you don’t want to do (Or, how to be at one with oneself)3 comments

Helen wrote 4 months ago: At heart, desire is pretty simple: we want pleasure and we don’t want pain. To act on our desire i … more →

Tags: bad habits

QA 3. (Mar '08) Are we coping yet?

Helen wrote 4 months ago: We mostly notice it when we’re losing it, already at the edge. Overburdened camels observing the a … more →

Tags: Coping

QA 2. (Feb '08) A question of shame

Helen wrote 4 months ago: A Cape Town woman, convicted – yet again – of fraud, was sentenced to stand in a public street w … more →

Tags: shame

QA 1. (Jan '08) Far too important to leave to philosophers

Helen wrote 4 months ago: Part of my mission as a counselling philosopher is the desire to encourage the revival of philosophy … more →

Tags: philosophical life

A Beautiful Life

Per wrote 1 year ago: Life is rather perfect right now: summer is here, another software development cycle is over and new … more →

The Life-Deferred Plan

Per wrote 1 year ago: I just finished The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss and gotta say that I’m really impressed. Mo … more →

Tags: personal development

Life's Needs and Wants3 comments

Per wrote 1 year ago: I learned during our mini-retirement last year that there are few things that one really needs. The … more →

Crazy Great Times2 comments

Per wrote 1 year ago: Nine months into my new gig things are starting to really heat up. We had a fantastic web and client … more →

Tags: Blurb

2 Months Later

Per wrote 1 year ago: I cannot believe that I haven’t written a post for almost two months. That didn’t even h … more →

Tags: Blurb, San Francisco

Quote of The Week

Per wrote 1 year ago: Dr Kelso: Are you an idiot? JD: No, I’m a dreamer! … more →

Life is Short

Per wrote 1 year ago: The brother of a close family friend got shot and killed yesterday in Florida. His sister sent us a … more →

Finally A True Religion

Per wrote 1 year ago: I ran into the brilliant Church of the SubGenius, perfectly in time for the generally accepted Easte … more →

Work, Pleasure & Money

Per wrote 1 year ago: Charles Baudelaire has always been one of my favorite poets. He wrote Les Fleurs de Mal (Flowers of … more →

Why I Love California

Per wrote 1 year ago: I got Bob Dylan’s Hurricane on from his Desire album. The Missus just dropped of a few bottles … more →

Holy St. Patty's

Per wrote 1 year ago: My St. Patrick’s day was filled with work until about 5pm when I left for a BBQ and a crazy ni … more →


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