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Category Archives: Life
Do You Fall into This Happiness Trap? The False Choice.
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
via The Happiness Project. It’s very easy to fall into the happiness trap of false choices–of thinking you can either do X or Y, and that’s the choice you have to make. False choices are tempting for a couple of reasons. First, instead of facing a bewildering array of options, you limit yourself to a […]
Two Truths and a Lie
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
1) I love chocolate chip pancakes 2) I have flown in a hot air balloon 3) I have lived overseas for 3 years of my life
A Birthday Message from My Best Friend
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
A birthday message from my best friend, Kurt Vonnegut. (Remember I don’t use real names in this blog.) He is as eloquent as he is vulgar. This professional writer has a way with words. “Happy birthday to you, the twink slayer of West Hollywood, the blonde boy banger of The Castro, the heir-apparent A-Gay of […]
Seven Roles Your Friends Play in Your Life
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
A Meaningful Existence. I’ve been thinking a lot about my friends and the people that I attract into my life. I don’t know about you, but when one friend leaves my life invariably someone else will take their place that will remind me of the older friend. I think it’s pretty important to have close […]
Birthday Musings
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Two words: drunken gratitude. Thank you for the birthday wishes via SMS, Facebook, Twitter, etc. What is a birthday anyways? Well it means 30 some odd years ago on this date I was born. It also means 9 months before that… well we don’t need to go into that. Here’s to another year of complete […]
Dinner for 12 Strangers
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
For 45 years, from Beijing to Paris, UCLA Bruins have held and participated in Dinner for 12 Strangers. Hosts open their homes to students, faculty, and alumni for great food, conversation, and uniting a community of Bruins worldwide. As a host for the last two years, I have loved this annual tradition. Few can put […]