I would imagine the greatest pressure one could feel growing up on LI isn't so much academic, rather turning into this...
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you can always blame the Midwest. You're one of us now, and the lesson is simple. Keep what's important. Let go of the rest.
I don't think it's necessarily the pay scale that most people are upset with, rather, it's the medical system as a whole, and to a lesser extent the superiority complex many doctors exhibit. Not very long ago, I worked as a junior administrator at a private NY hospital and I can tell you, the system is very much a corrupt one.......and much of that corruption involves many of the attending physicians/administrators being in bed with the pharmaceutical industry, local politicians etc. As someone who's got several physicians in my family, I can tell you they do yeoman's work so I don't begrudge them that. At the same time however, I've seen many of the older ones become very much entrenched in the system. I do admire the fact that you can decipher poop, but lament the lack of exercising on your part.
I am surprised more people aren't commenting on the tastelessness of TMZ publishing these pictures, real or fake......and Gawker, not very becoming.
I do a bit of volunteering in NYC and I've got to say, many people are already living like this as a result of the recession. Sadly, no major preparation needed for them.
it's the same makeup as my blood type, which is C........for Caribbean.
There is currently a white bread and toilet paper stampede (primarily by seniors) at the Fairway supermarket on the upper west side of NYC. I jokingly pointed out to one of them in front of me that there is so little fiber in white bread that she'll more likely than not be constipated for the duration of the storm. She told me to hold her spot.........2 minutes later, she was back.......small bottle of Metamucil in hand. It took me 20 minutes to cash out 4 bottles of coconut water.
I've got no bloody clue, but I imagine it's still around. I actually thought it was a good idea.
This is why Gawker Dating should be your love destination of choice. We, thee people.
You could be Gawker's, Miss Mayor. Drink up, feel good. Your moment has returned.
Progressive thinking is one of her triggers. I do empathize with her however, I suffer from cluster headaches and there are several times when I wish someone would just decapitate me, just to ease the pain a bit.
I could swear that's Joel Klien's half moon stepping stepping forward... to backup.
Perhaps Rupert Murdoch needs to rethink his grand apology tour.
The miracle of medicine... as prescribed by a Republican.
Krishnamurti: Do you know anything about meditation?
Student: No, Sir.
Krishnamurti: But the older people do not know either. They sit in a corner, close their eyes and concentrate, like school boys trying to concentrate on a book. That is not meditation. Meditation is something extraordinary, if you know how to do it. I am going to talk a little about it.
First of all, sit very quietly; do not force yourself to sit quietly, but sit or lie down quietly without force of any kind. Do you understand? Then watch your thinking. Watch what you are thinking about. You find you are thinking about your shoes, your saris, what you are going to say, the bird outside to which you listen; follow such thoughts and enquire why each thought arises. Do not try to change your thinking. See why certain thoughts arise in your mind so that you begin to understand the meaning of every thought and feeling without any enforcement. And when a thought arises, do not condemn it, do not say it is right, it is wrong, it is good, it is bad. Just watch it, so that you begin to have a perception, a consciousness which is active in seeing every kind of thought, every kind of feeling. You will know every hidden secret thought, every hidden motive, every feeling, without distortion, without saying it is right, wrong, good or bad. When you look, when you go into thought very very deeply, your mind becomes extraordinarily subtle, alive. No part of the mind is asleep. The mind is completely awake.
That is merely the foundation. Then your mind is very quiet. Your whole being becomes very still. Then go through that stillness, deeper, further – that whole process is meditation. Meditation is not to sit in a corner repeating a lot of words; or to think of a picture and go into some wild, ecstatic imaginings.
To understand the whole process of your thinking and feeling is to be free from all thought, to be free from all feeling so that your mind, your whole being becomes very quite. And that is also part of life and with that quietness, you can look at the tree, you can look at people, you can look at the sky and the stars. That is the beauty of life.
Student: No, Sir.
Krishnamurti: But the older people do not know either. They sit in a corner, close their eyes and concentrate, like school boys trying to concentrate on a book. That is not meditation. Meditation is something extraordinary, if you know how to do it. I am going to talk a little about it.
First of all, sit very quietly; do not force yourself to sit quietly, but sit or lie down quietly without force of any kind. Do you understand? Then watch your thinking. Watch what you are thinking about. You find you are thinking about your shoes, your saris, what you are going to say, the bird outside to which you listen; follow such thoughts and enquire why each thought arises. Do not try to change your thinking. See why certain thoughts arise in your mind so that you begin to understand the meaning of every thought and feeling without any enforcement. And when a thought arises, do not condemn it, do not say it is right, it is wrong, it is good, it is bad. Just watch it, so that you begin to have a perception, a consciousness which is active in seeing every kind of thought, every kind of feeling. You will know every hidden secret thought, every hidden motive, every feeling, without distortion, without saying it is right, wrong, good or bad. When you look, when you go into thought very very deeply, your mind becomes extraordinarily subtle, alive. No part of the mind is asleep. The mind is completely awake.
That is merely the foundation. Then your mind is very quiet. Your whole being becomes very still. Then go through that stillness, deeper, further – that whole process is meditation. Meditation is not to sit in a corner repeating a lot of words; or to think of a picture and go into some wild, ecstatic imaginings.
To understand the whole process of your thinking and feeling is to be free from all thought, to be free from all feeling so that your mind, your whole being becomes very quite. And that is also part of life and with that quietness, you can look at the tree, you can look at people, you can look at the sky and the stars. That is the beauty of life.
@newyorkmuse: and you can do it when you're taking one, too! Letting go from the top and bottom at the same time is the tao of poo.
@NewsBunny: that counts as meditation.......including putting on and taking off yoga pants......especially if when you loosen the strings around the waist, you do the same to the mind.
I am tempted to post a picture.........a sort of "Rate My Space" if you will...
@oldmac31310: Erawan Thai, too.
@Kristina Lucarelli: well don't keep it a secret, what is the name of the joint? Pongsri is my go to place at the moment.
