Tag: karma

  • Whale-Sized Karma

    You’ll get yours, eventually. Maybe.

  • Another Scammer Messed With

    I look at it as a civic duty.

  • The Teddy Bear Boy

    He was very quiet, and seemed a little sad.

  • Score One for Nature!

    Even if it were true (and it’s most definitely not) that rhino horns held medicinal properties, that doesn’t give you the right to kill them.

  • 20,528 Karma Bombs in Two Minutes

    Born in 1800’s America, I’d have been an abolitionist. That is, if I were lucky enough to be a member of the upper class, rather than dying at the age of 25 while working some nasty, brutish factory job for 100 hours a week, while pregnant for the 6th time. What a difference time and…

  • Lack vs. Abundance

    There is an interesting human spectrum that tells you a great deal about people. I call it the generosity spectrum. But it also has a great deal to do with trust, confidence, kindness, and a sense of karma. At one extreme, you have people who are so wide open that they put themselves at risk.…

  • No Joy in Plumpville

    I went shopping for a bathing suit the other day, and to my horror I discovered that I’ve finally reached a size where all suits come with little skirts. Even I have to admit that it looks better that way, but it’s official: society no longer wishes to gaze upon my thighs. Ah well. It…

  • An Appeal to All Supervisors

    I’m sure the very people who most need to read this are the very ones who won’t, but nevertheless I have to try. If I manage to influence just one person to change for even one hour, then I’ve done something great. Supervisors wield more power than they realize. Often employees spend more time with…

  • Pardon Me While I Rant

    (Since I feel like a break today, I’m posting an article that I wrote which was published in Folio Weekly, a local alternative newspaper here in Jacksonville, Florida, in October, 2012.) I’d like to think I’m a good person. I have followed the rules all my life. I don’t smoke, drink, or do drugs. The…