A few years ago, James Patterson and Peter Kim surveyed America and tabulated the results. The results were given in their book called The Day America Told the Truth. In the chapter dealing with America’s religious beliefs, they shared that 90 percent of the people questioned said that they truly believed in God. Yet, they…
There are many different kinds of property listings. There are bank-owned properties or foreclosures, which are the same thing. There are probate sales, trustee sales and regular type sales. But the one type of sale that is in a complete classification of its own is the short sale. We have all heard the term short…
As San Diego welcomes more than 100,000 people to Comic-Con 2012, the Labor Council is asking attendees to remember to thank the superhero workers that are making sure that everything runs smoothly. Representatives will be out distributing “Thank a Superhero Worker” stickers, sharing photos and reactions, and making sure that the small army that makes…
Every hospital has one hallway that seems seven miles long. I’ve been to many hospitals and even though hospitals don’t all look alike, they all look like hospitals – and every one of them has one corridor that seems like its seven miles long. It doesn’t matter how long the hallway actually is. It doesn’t…
They’re still young and they’re still not “entitled,” as so many of their parents’ generation are wont to declare them. They are the Millennials; they are Echo Boomers; they are Generation Y. If entitlement means a feeling that whatever I want, I have the right to take – regardless of whom the taking is from,…
There is no exact timeframe or science to real estate cycles, but this alternation has been going on internationally ever since there were landowners. Today in San Diego and in most of the world, it is a buyer’s market. It has been a buyer’s market for four to five years, as prices have continued to…
The cardinal wedding rule is no one looks prettier than the bride. For my cousin who was, shall we say, a big-boned girl with a great personality, this challenge was met with girls of various heights, weights, colors, amounts of acne and two baby bumps. All wore home-dyed lime(ish) dresses of taffeta and crinoline. The…
After two months of being congested, coughing and clearly sick, I couldn’t deny it any longer, a trip to the doctor was inevitable. As a gay man, going to the doctor has always been an awkward and uncomfortable experience for me. I felt vulnerable and hesitant to share personal information, especially about my sex life….
Guided imagery effectively unleashes the power of your mind and imagination enabling you to overcome obstacles and achieve success. This fact was confirmed by Albert Einstein and other notables. During the process of guided imagery, thoughts and suggestions guide your imagination toward a relaxed, focused state. The client works one on one with an instructor…
The stock market had a nice increase over the first four months of the year. But now it’s been going down for May and June. Maybe it’s due to the Greek debt problem, or Spain’s bank bailout, or slow U.S. job growth. It’s enough to make you go crazy. But should it? Heck no! None…
