http://www.humansarelame.com Raising consciousness one issue at a time Wed, 09 Dec 2009 06:41:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Amazing what a trauma unchecked and unprocessed with lead to over time. Tiger Woods knows. His wife, his fans, the world knows. What made Tiger fall so far so fast recently? Trauma. When we have trauma's in our lives that we don't or can't process fully- the kind that take the wind out of ... http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=242 Hey mom, dad - can I be this guy when I grow up? Sad. Did this guy live to tell about it? Or, will he after the next time? http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=226 [caption id="attachment_223" align="alignnone" width="399" caption="It is the VETERAN who salutes the flag."][/caption]   It is the  VETERAN,  not the preacher,  who has given us freedom of religion.    It is  the VETERAN,  not the reporter,  who has given us freedom of the press.   It is the VETERAN,   not the poet,  who has given us freedom of speech.     It is the VETERAN,  not the campus organizer,  who ... http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=222 I was just talking to my brother, Dave, in Baltimore about the Solar Cookery invention  that I wrote about yesterday, and he told me about another invention to help haul clean water - the water roller! Another, "why didn't I think of that!" In rural Africa, it is often necessary to walk five miles (8km) or ... http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=214 "Chop Wood, Carry Water" is a great book title, but not great when you're being killed, raped and starved because you don't have wood or water by the home you don' t have anymore and are starving. Millions are killed for no good reason (as if there's a good reason to ... http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=208    There are some people who bring light to the planet, who report on, story-tell about and share "lameness" at it's best, and overwhelming more of  the good things that people do. Paul Harvey was one of the greats in humankind to be this for us. I grew up listening to his "The ... http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=205 "We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots." ~ Louis CK http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=201 - 2004: Phelps arrested for a DUI. He was 19, fresh off Athens. - 2008: Olympic Athlete Extraordinaire. - 2009: Phelps caught using bong/marijuana. Role model Michael Phelps has so far emerged unscathed from the controversy created by the photo showing him smoking from a bong, with his sponsors still standing behind him. However, he still could ... http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=203 A woman gave birth yesterday to eight babies, octuplets. And, she's single. And, she already has 6 kids. And, somehow doctors supported this months ago with medications to create another birth. I can't even say anything more about this. http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=199 I just read this wonderfully thought out quote in a book on Gandhi by Thomas Merton, "Gandhi on Non-Violence." Written in 1964. The question remains the same. It is a crisis of 'sanity' first of all. The problems of the nations are the problems of mentally deranged people, but magnified a thousand times ... http://www.humansarelame.com/?p=195