All Posts Tagged With: "behavior"

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Of Bankruptcies and Health Care

My friend, Frank, has big problems – financial problems. Like so many people today, his youth was consumed with self gratification. I remember those days – living like there is no tomorrow. Now he is fifty years old, has marginal labor skills, and the financial shock of an encounter with modern health care.

1Mar2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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The Changing Face of Etiquette

As we, our culture, are catered to by technology and the marketing machine, we begin to feel more entitled to the things that we consume and the benefits of our service industry. The idea of serving others is lost on those who become complacent with being served themselves.

20Jan2009 | bryan | 0 comments | Continued
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Axioms of Simple People

The world often seems over populated with simple people.  Simple people generally expose themselves rather quickly.  They may be conservative or liberal, Democrat or Republican, Christian or atheist, black or white, rich or poor.  We recognize them through their life axioms.  The simplified axioms seem harmless on the surface – but that is the problem.  [...]

8Dec2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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Total Loss of Control

Inspired by Bill Cosby – he is making a big toot about the irresponsibility of his fellow black people. Rather than lump a race into the same bucket – we should probably consider behavior rather than color. We have some literature that is not of our making. This literature has been copied and copied again. [...]

18Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 5 comments | Continued
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Penn & Teller – Magic of the Bible Video

Son,
I think these commentaries on the Bible are sometimes less than academic – but they are also not restricted to unerring faith. There are a few minor distortions – but these folks are correct in what they report.
Here s the problem – the Bible was not intended to be a book of history or a [...]

10Feb2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 0 comments | Continued
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how do we change our behavior?

Dad,
Our conversations tend to evaluate religion through the lens of scholarly interpretations. The problem with religion and scholarly discussion is that we can leverage the dialogue to avoid subjects that might get personal, and therefor inhibit growth.
When people start to talk about feelings and families, about what they like and dislike about themselves, how they [...]

28Sep2007 | bryan | 0 comments | Continued