http://carolstimmel.net spurious thoughts Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:40:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been experimenting with being in gratitude every day, even when I'm disgusted by things like massive oil spills and firing squads. I'm too much of a curmudgeon to join the positive health movement, but I found this article in Medical News Today that stated: In a study of organ recipients, researchers ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=125 http://carolstimmel.net/?p=120 A facebook "colleague" of mine posted a link to this story.  I rarely follow links, but this one was intriguing. I am working on another book with Don, not surprisingly about marginal experiences and I'm always looking for inspiration.  Written by Andria Nacina Cole, I found How Not to Ruin ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=117 The Carbon Addict project is an educational resource for medical students.  Started by the Campaign for Greener Healthcare (CGH), the idea is to learn day-to-day practices for a sustainable, low-carbon lifestyle. It has come to the attention of the health profession that common usage patterns of carbon-based fuels bear all the ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=115 What if the Garden State actually became a garden?  The Toronto Sun released a story with an Les Klein's rendition of 7 km of new park space built on top of the Gardiner Expressway. "I have always believed that change in cities is best done when it's organic," Klein told the Sun ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=111 Today, I'm moving on from Tendril, Inc.  I was offered a position quite close to my heart as a Research Director at E Source, in Boulder, Colorado.  I have loved my tenure at Tendril and will miss the many fine people that work to make that company great and compelling.  ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=106 The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel's charitable foundation, lost all of its $15 million in assets invested with Bernard Madoff. [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="376" caption="Elie Wiesel"][/caption] When my life seems to be partly or wholly in ruins, I build on them. I may even use the ruins for ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=99 Brilliant! In a world that is filled with unprecedented self-indulgence, Viktor Frankl provides rich concepts and a moral framework that is a message of hope and spiritual guidance: ...man is not he who poses the question, What is the meaning of life? but he who is asked this question, for it ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=95 Image by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton via Flickr I am the world's worst relaxer and first-rate worrier.  Granted, I think my worrying drives a certain attention to detail that helps me understand nuanced details, but certainly has interfered with my sleep. I'm also an iphone-lover and use it for just about everything ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=93 Image by Denis Collette...!!! via Flickr As you can see by the temporal spread between today and my last post, blogging has been way out of my central focus.  Even my incessant twittering seemed to take a hit as my work load climbed, uncomfortable things happened in my life, and my ... http://carolstimmel.net/?p=91