There are 22,000 homeless kids, maybe more, on the streets of Orange County California and across the United States who are waiting on Apple to do the right thing. What’s the right thing? Replace my MacBook, a piece of technology even the Mac Genius’ have told me “is a lemon.” The problem, as I understand it, is Apple doesn’t make the black MacBook anymore because they had so many problems with it - including bad batteries - of which I’ve gone through three and am on my fourth….
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“To be bitter is never a good thing; not even in chocolate.”
~ Julian Antonio
Bitter and angry people actually choose to be that way. That’s my conclusion, and the conclusion of most therapists and counselor’s too. Who we are and how we view life is a choice. To be a victim is to invite life to dump on you. To be a survivor is to get through what life dumps on you. To thrive is to turn what life dumps on you into a feast.
I was …

On any given weekend in a million backyards, parking lots, empty fields and sun-baked pastures they gather to worship at the altar of the remarkable, unusual and cheap. Antique hunters, both self-proclaimed and by profession; full-time mechanics and the shade-tree version of handy-with-a-wrench, roam the aisles for bargains, for treasure, for great deals and the “once-in-a-lifetime” sale.
Fleamarkets. Yardsales. Thrift sales. We’ve all been. And the thing I find fascinating is that with all the experts, all the collectors, all the people with the mind set that, “I might find a …

According to a July 2010 article in Fast Company, “Neuroeconomist Paul Zak has discovered, for the first time, that social networking triggers the release of the generosity-trust chemical in our brains. And that should be a wake-up call for every company.”
Why? Because people feeling that chemical release of the hormone Oxytocin (NOT the narcoctic oxycontin) spend and give more when they’re feeling it. People also stay healthier, live longer, are more generous and helpful when infused with the love hormone. One of the things that brings on this state naturally …