Smoking Baby: Who Gives a Hairy Rats Ass?
Smoking Baby, the charismatic leader of his family and one day his village (should he live long enough to lead) made the news this week in a big way. His happy face, engulfed with smoke, was tweeted, facebooked, topped water cooler agendas and was lucky enough to make the print media. Even Youtube’s … Read more
Cussing & Consequences: What the F@#K!
When it comes to cussing, cursing or swearing, who set the rules? Is there some f^@king international governing body? And do certain words warrant more wicked consequences or is the system just not that sophisticated . . . yet? Answer: who the h-e-double hockey sticks knows. Can we petition for inclusion of words? I would … Read more
Naked in Times Square: Karma Points or Wicked Consequences?
By all appearances, Robert Burck, a.k.a. the Naked Cowboy, is living an authentic life. He is who he is. No pretenses, no clothes (well, underwear, but that doesn’t really count) and his guitar strategically placed. Always a song in his heart, he is a fixture in Times Square and he makes people smile, even for … Read more
How to Create Crazy Good Karma: Won’t You Please, Please Help Me?
Karma LOVES The Beatles. We all struggle from time to time, need help and “get by with a little help from [our] friends” (sorry, couldn’t help myself). That’s a no brainer. Helping friends does produce good karma but what we really want to know is how to create Crazy Good Karma ~ the kind that … Read more
The What?, Huh? & Hmm . . . of Westport/Wilton’s State vs. Joshua Wang Case
Karma loves justice. As a former felony prosecutor, I understand that justice isn’t always blind and justice delayed isn’t always justice denied. Competing interests, deficient resources and a judicial process constructed to prevent unjust cases from going forward all align to work for and against the accused as well as community at large. In most … Read more
Karma Vortex: Joshua Wang, Westport/Wilton’s Alleged Sex Offender
Just as a smile can create a ripple effect of dazzlingly good karma, so to can one man’s wicked actions propel others into a vortex of wicked bad karma. In March of last year, Joshua Wang, was arrested on three counts of felony Risk of Injury to Child and three counts of misdemeanor Public … Read more
How to Create Crazy Good Karma: What’s in a Name?
Creating crazy good karma on the fly is as easy as pie ~ just learn someone’s name. That’s it. Simple, easy and often unexpected. Calling someone by their name is like giving them a hug, a pat on the back, a hip bump. It says I care enough about you to know your name and … Read more
Monster Karma the Angelina Jolie Way
Like it or not, Angelina Jolie has some MONSTER karma. In a few short years, she has transformed the universe of adoption in a gargantuan way. She is a force and the face of adoption has been changed forever. Before Angelina’s humanitarian work on behalf of Goodwill and her eventual adoption of Maddox from Cambodia … Read more
Karma Points: is it all a numbers game?
I’ve often wondered if there is indeed a hierarchy of karma points. A cleverly fashioned system that allocates a certain number of karma points for a particular good deed done or deducts points (adding bad karma value) for being an idiot, thoughtless or just plain mean. Does returning a shopping cart compare in value to … Read more
In the beginning, there was a cart.
In the beginning, there was a cart. And the cart, begot a choice ~ to push or not to push . . . the cart . . . through the parking lot and back to the store or just leave it, along with other abandoned carts, in an empty parking space. A preacher once advised … Read more
