January 2010
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Enactive Attainment
Albert Bandura, a famous psychologist, explained that one way to increase a person’s self-efficacy is through enactive attainment. Enactive attainment is an experience in which a person reaches a goal or performs an act that contributes to confidence and one’s self-efficacious belief about the goal or behavior in the future.
Today, I had one of those days; I’m exhausted from...
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Ginger: Not just a spice & an island girl
So apparently a derogatory term for people with red hair is “Ginger.” How did I live not knowing this until 2010?
“The myth of independence being of course, that somehow we can and should be able...”
– http://leavingevidence.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/interdependency-exerpts-from-several-talks/
“Rain
Shel Silverstein
I opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain,
And it...”
– Oddly enough, this is exactly how I feel with this blasted head cold. Love old Shel!
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Satan Letter Success
Dear Pat Robertson,
I know that you know that all press is good press, so I appreciate the shout-out. And you make God look like a big mean bully who kicks people when they are down, so I’m all over that action. But when you say that Haiti has made a pact with me, it is totally humiliating. I may be evil incarnate, but I’m no welcher. The way you put it, making a deal with me leaves...
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American Apologies →
This is hilarious and sad … all at the same time.
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The P4k Guide to Upcoming Releases: Winter 2010 →
Spoon, Beach House, J. Tillman, Erykah Badu, White Stripes, She & Him, MGMT ………….. to name a few! Wooooo!
2010 New Year's Resolution (final)
1. Continue Wal-Mart Boycott (Of 2009 NY Resolution fame)
2. Obtain a passport (in case I find that “great deal” and/or I inherit a large sum of money)
3. Limit my french fry addiction to one indulgence per month (ROUGH!)
4. Start my day by drinking a glass of high quality H2O each morning
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There will come a day that I will use this: →
“Are you tired of living in public, sick of all the privacy theater the social networks are putting on, and just want to end it all online? Now you can wipe the slate clean with the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine. (Warning: This will really delete your online presence and is irrevocable). Just put in your credentials for Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, or LinkedIn and it will delete all your friends...
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