People are, by nature, herd animals, and as life unfolds most of us will meet thousands. The vast majority will bounce off and wash away like beach sand, but some will stick like Band-Aids. A far smaller number have lasting impact. Only a few will … [Read more...]
My 10 Favorite Movies: Worth a Watch When Passing Time During the Pandemic
My 10 Favorite Feature Films I am a movie guy -- watch them, write them, read about them, and study them -- so when I was asked recently for a list of my favorite movies it took awhile for me to sift through the memory bank and Ouija board my list. … [Read more...]
Dealing with Disappointment: The Four Words You Need to Know
A daisy chain of unrelated topics connected by braided common themes -- frustration and disappointment -- have led me to repeating the four words we need to keep in mind whenever we face echoing head noise. I feel strongly about all four, and have a … [Read more...]
The Six Steps of the Crisis
The globe wallows in unexpected and ill-prepared turmoil, globally wrapped in an ever-thickening waddling of a virus-spun spiderweb by invisible worldwide foes offering no clues to a potential ending. The journey we will traverse is long, uphill, … [Read more...]
Making Better Time Choices During Housebound Mandates
From what I've been seeing, reading, and hearing in discussions with friends on five continents, one of the major challenges during COVID-19's unexpected housebound life challenges stems from what to do with the time that mandated self-isolation … [Read more...]
Social Distancing: How to Avoid Ending up in Freakadelphia
As frustration boils in the USA from lack of preparedness, leadership, it is safe to assume that things will get far worse before they get even slightly better. With state governors looking locally instead of Washington for action-centric steps to … [Read more...]
Ten Ways to Deal with Social Distancing
Travel restrictions and forced social behavioral change will be much harder for some than others. For people who habitually keep their own lives interesting, being sequestered or having movements restricted is inconvenient but not jarring. Folks who … [Read more...]
Ocean Palmer’s Top 10 Movies of 2019
Top 10 Films of the Year #11-#20 Honorable Mentions too I saw 160 films in the cinema last year, which clearly means bartenders are suffering. Every movie gets a one-sentence review along with a rating from 0-to-5 fingers. Zero means … [Read more...]
Life Without a Cell Phone? Possible or Impossible?
The Case of the Vacationing Cell Phone Could you go a month without one? I have ... and it's not all bad. Matter of fact, it will be six weeks tomorrow. If my friend Aleena Imran succeeds in her persistent attempt to get it released from customs … [Read more...]
How to Know if You Are Plateauing
The first of the year brings discarded pine trees, extra trash to the sidewalk, and increased de-cluttering physically and emotionally. Early January is the #1 time for internet dating website registrations, as well as people filing for divorce. With … [Read more...]