Charity isn't always given freely

I don't know about you but I've been in the situation where I was forced to donate to a charity, can not really one of my choosing.
I think that it's somewhat disingenuous for a charitable organization to compel donations from people, especially people that would otherwise be supporting their activities.
I'm also not a fan of aggressive solicitation for donation to charities.

I would like to think that a good charity would draw money because it is good not because it's popular, but this is of course naive.

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King of Anything, King of Nothing

There has been a pretty popular song going around the artsy fartsy circles of the past few years called King of Anything.

I first heard it in a Japanese cantina in New Orleans, played by a young lady on an acoustic guitar, but it is a commercial song and I assume that there are a number of CDs available.

I think that the song has a lot of messages, most importantly that despite our conceptions of what we have, our power or lack thereof, our influence on others or even on ourselves, we only have, at the end of the day, what we can rely on.

In many cases, that is nothing.

Originally posted on Bubblews at http://www.bubblews.com/news/9758572-king-of-anything-king-of-nothing

Something just Clicks

Every once in your while, going through life at maximum speed, you just find your center.

Something in your mind, maybe a little switch too small or slender to see gets clicked on or off, and your energy is so much more productive.

You start to feel more efficient, more effective, like the chemistry that works to make you run just got an extra catalyst and you're in overdrive.

Everything you do seems just right, even if it isn't, and you think things are totally going your way.

That is a good day, or time of day.

Too bad that they don't last forever.

Even though you can click on, you can switch back off too.

Are you in the zone, or in a cool-down right now?

Originally posted here: http://www.bubblews.com/news/9758585-something-just-clicks

Should There Be A Best Of Bubblews?

I think that it would be great if there were a "Best of Bubblews" section, where people who had never visited before could go to check out the best and most interesting or amusing or useful posts from the past.
I don't even know if my work would qualify for it, but I would love to see a top 100 list of all the very best Bubblews posts since the site began.

I don't know if we would organize it based on interest or likes or views, or the number of comments, but there could be a great potential for cool content and an understanding of the people on the site through a feature like that.

Just a thought, late at night, from a person who spent a lot of time here this year.

Originally posted on Bubblews at http://www.bubblews.com/news/9758559-should-there-be-a-best-of-bubblews

My Menu

For our potluck every person attending is supposed to bring whatever they want to bring.

But I have done a lot of preparation ahead of time, so here are the dishes that I cooked so that we could be ready for the party.

I made glazed carrots with mashed potatoes, oven roasted turkey basted in its own juices and butter with stuffing, hummus and pita bread, both of which were homemade, and a big pot of rice.

My musical roommate seems to have tapped into his Trust fund.

He ordered a dozen pizzas from the local store.

My last roomie made so many cookies!
I hope that lots of people come by.

Starting the Year out Right

I have a check in my "business folder" right now. It has the cash value of my security deposit, and all of the furniture that I sold to my landlord, and is approaching three thousand dollars in value.

I received that today, and after I deposit it into the bank I am going to depend on it for the following:

Re-establishment of my savings that I borrowed from to put down the deposit on my efficiency.

Groceries, so that I can eat food with fresh ingredients instead of dried ingredients.

Student Loans, in order to make a large payment and eliminate one my my smallest loans entirely.

I believe that I can do this, and the math works out.

All in all, it's a good way to start off 2015, and if I can keep this kind of momentum going I might be able to start off 2016 saying I paid off 20k in student loans lat year.

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Take Chances

In life we have very few guarantees. I would be lying to you if I said that I could always answer your questions and I knew exactly what I need to work effectively.
But I am telling you the truth when I see that taking risks can often have a large reward.I prefer to take chances when the options are slim because that chance and potential for my wasting can often resulted in a very strong reward.

I am successful 100% of the time but 100% of the time I am happy to take that risk because I understand even though there is a chance of failure there is also a possibility of success.
Indeed that unseen potential, unrealized possibility, that's what keeps me getting up in the morning.

As we approach this new year I want all of you to take chances and make some mistakes, sounds does up with success.

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