Jad Wolf's Blog, page 7

The greatest fallacy in human communication is…

it seems to be the case that often folks think that if any two people do not see eye-to-eye or feel the same way or think the same way on any given issue that they could if they just tried hard enough. i will submit to you that if they are of different personality types or different brain dysfunctions or a combination of the two that they couldn't see eye-to-eye or feel or think the same way on that certain issue NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY! that is not to say that they could not UNDERSTAND the other point of view but they could not THINK OR FEEL OR SEE EYE-TO-EYE on that certain issue NO MATTER HOW HARD THEY TRY!

for example, if you accept that there are four basic personality types…people oriented, detail oriented, result oriented or concept oriented then you by definition will accept as well that if two people are of different personality types that they will not agree, think or feel the same way about certain issues as folks who do not share the same personality type. and as well, it goes without saying that a bipolar person feels differently about a lotta things than a "normal" person even if they are of the same personality type as well for a homosexual person and a heterosexual person and on and on and on ad infinitum.

i share that with you because today i have had several occasions to experience this communication problem and i have had to bring myself back to reality and not blame the other party for the way that they do things. i know that they have no other choice than to feel, think, and react the way that they do. don't take it personal, folks…just the way that things are. i would appreciate your comments and views on this issue.

i gotta few books

i have a few, a very few paperback books, "Autobiography of a Polar Bear" availaible on a first come, first serve basis for a signed copy. $16.95 plus $4.95 postage for in the states delivery. please let me know if you are interested. they are going fast!

Cheers!

After a rough day with all its' goods and bads, stopped at the liquor store and bought a fifth of Glenfiddich, a absolutely grand single malt scotch. enjoy!

Sometimes, when I look at my children, I say to myself, 'Lillian, you should have remained a virgin.'

-Lillian Carter (mother of Jimmy Carter)

I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: – 'No good in a bed, but fine against a wall.'

- Eleanor Roosevelt

Last week, I stated this woman was the ugliest woman I had ever seen. I have since been visited by her sister, and now wish to withdraw that statement.

- Mark Twain

The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible

- George Burns

Santa Claus has the right idea. Visit people only once a year.

- Victor Borge

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

- Mark Twain

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.

- Socrates

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.

- Groucho Marx

My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.

- Jimmy Durante

I have never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.

- Zsa Zsa Gabor

Only Irish coffee provides in a single glass all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar and fat.

- Alex Levine

My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.

- Rodney Dangerfield

Money can't buy you happiness …. but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.

- Spike Milligan

Until I was thirteen, I thought my name was SHUT UP.

- Joe Namath

I don't feel old. I don't feel anything until noon. Then it's time for my nap.

- Bob Hope

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

- W. C. Fields

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.

- Will Rogers

Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you.

- Winston Churchill

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.

- Phyllis Diller

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

- Billy Crystall

And the cardiologist's diet: If it tastes good spit it out.

May your troubles be less, may your blessings be more, and

may nothing but happiness come through your door.

I had a very productive week!

Last week i was in Phoenix at a NCE marketing conference. It looks like i have made a few deals and i have been very busy this week since i have been home. I have ordered five (5) books from trafford as i am entering the polar bear book into the IPPY awards contest and i need them in order to enter. i may have one left over and i will send it to a friend in austin, tx who is very smart, very educated and will be my worst critic, i am sure. i know that the book is not perfect and has a lotta mistakes that an academic like her would never make but, oil well. if i just get an honorable mention that would be nice. i certainly do not expect to win a first or second place but just a mention would suit me fine. i am also in the process of moving and cleaning out my house. whatta drag that is. i have found things in this process that i have been missing for years. it is amazing all the things one does acquire after fifteen years of collecting. anyway…have a great day, y'all.

i really did it now!

Yeppers, i done did fall off da wagon! i had a very busy and stressful day in which a lot of issues got resolved! on my way home i stopped at the liquor store and bought a half pint of peppermint schnapps! i went home opened a can of clam chowder, heated it in the microwave, ate it at the kitchen table, then sat down in the living room in my recliner with a tall ice-filled glass of schnapps, commenced to drink it and watched tv until i fell asleep around 10:30 pm on the recliner. i am happy with the results of my program and thanks to Vic Magary, i have lost about ten pounds. i have tweny five to thirty more to go! after a week or so of coping with many challenges, i will have a dedicated room for my yoga and workouts and will buy the healthy foods i need to burn all this fat from my body. I still plan to take photos of myself next week and post them on here to see if there is any visible signs of progress! stay tuned!

Dang! got off my program! back up to 187!

i ate some peanut brittle yesterday during the game and had some beef stew with potatoes in it. I haven't done my workout in days! put some hazelnut creamer in my coffee! gotta get back on track! Help! still no booze. don't really miss it. onward and upward!

i know some of you will hate me for this…

i got this in an email from a friend, labelled, "POLITICALLY INCORRECT!" I laughed so hard i almost cried so i thought i would share. enjoy or whatever.

In a local sports bar trivia quiz the other night, I lost by one point. The question was, where do women mostly have curly hair? Apparently, it's Africa

One of the other questions was to name two things commonly found in cells.

It appears that Mexicans and African Americans is not the correct answer

I've heard that Apple has scrapped their plans for the new children's-oriented iPod after realizing that iTouch Kids is not a good product name.

A new Muslim clothing shop opened here in Sanford, but I've been banned from it after asking to look at some bomber jackets

You can say lots of bad things about pedophiles but at least they drive slowly past schools

A friend of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin.

I asked, "How can you tell them apart?" He said, "Her brother has a moustache"

Just put a deposit down on a brand new Porsche and mentioned it on FaceBook.

I said "I can't wait for the new 911 to arrive!" Next thing I know 4000 Muslims have added me as a friend!!

Being a modest man, when I checked into my hotel on a recent trip, I said to the lady at the registration desk, "I hope the porn channel in my room is disabled." To which she replied, "No, it's regular porn, you sick bastard.

The Red Cross knocked at my door asking if I could help towards the flooding in Pakistan. I said I would love to but my hose won't reach all the way to Pakistan – only the end of the driveway.

184!…slowin' down a bit but almost halfway there!

i confess, i cheated a bit. had a couple of fruit veggie smooties and some sushi! still no booze and don't miss it nearly as much as i thought i would. skipped a few excercize sessions as i got up late and had early appointments. i will strive to do better! i will have to! am on the sedentary person two week prep program which follows and only one more day of that. next is the super fat burnin' 31 day program. i had to do the sedentary program. i just couldn't do the excercizes required so i pulled back. even the workout this morning was sooo tough for a short little fat guy who spends most of his time either behind the wheel of a car, sitting at a desk or lounging on the couch watching tv! i am doing much better at my yoga, though. seems the body remembers the postures of old and i still am pretty limber after all those years. here is my sedentary excercise routine. i have only one session left!

Day 1 – Squats x 10 – Rest for 20 seconds Repeat this cycle for 4 times. 1/2/2011….done!

Day 3 – Pushups x 10 (or as many as you can do) – Rest for 20 seconds…1/4/2011…done!

Repeat this cycle for 4 times

Day 5 – 20 baby burpees – time how long it takes you to complete all 20 baby

burpees…done…1/5/11!

Day 8 – 10 squats/5 push ups – this equals one superset. Rest after each

superset for 30 seconds. Repeat the superset for 4 cycles….done…1/8/1011!

Day 10 – 25 baby burpees – time how long it takes you to complete all 25 baby

Burpees…only 17…1/15/11!

Day 12 – 5 squats/3 push ups/ 1 baby burpee – repeat this cycle 5 times, rest

whenever you need to.

this is great for a two week get ready program. the following is my yoga routine.

1. salute to the sun…uddiyana nauli

2. shoulder stand…sarvangasana

3. plow…halasana

4. cobra…bhujangasana

5. posterior stretch…paschimatasana

6. bow…dhanurasana

7. head stand…sirsasana

then i do my breathing excercizes

1. cleansing breath (kapalabhati)

2. bellows breath (bhastrika)

3. audible breath (ujjayi)

the breathing excercizes i do in a modified perfect posture also known as the lotus. as i improve i hope to be able to walk around on my hands in this posture but i think it will take a while. i have only been doing this for a couple of weeks…three times a week but i do the sun salute each day before and after my morning prayers.

sure does great things for a polar bear attitude. ownward and upward through the fog, my friends!

these postures and breathing excercizes are done in a slow, attnetive and relaxed manner then i finish with the corpse posture (savasana) which completely relaxes me. sometimes i even fall asleep for a while but awake full of energy, relaxed and ready to go!

i am sorry...i did not know

i would like to apologize to all my goodreads friends. my publisher (self-publisher) hooked me up to this site and i don't think i have used it at all of very little since it was opened up. i am gonna have to educate myself as i don't know how to get around on in yet. thank you for all your comments and especially for elaine who it seems wrote a story about me. that is so nice of her to do such a thing. thanks again everybody. you will hear from me as time permits. :)

January 9, 2011…189 pounds! progress~yes!

this is not easy! i cheated and weighed myself on thursday and i weighed 187! it must have been the pound of grapes i ate. i thought that would be alright but obviously it wasn't. i am doing my workouts like i should and i do seem to have a bunch more energy.

whatta shame! the arizona shootings! the saints losing to the seahawks. we just got outplayed. the hawks played with a vengeance like we had last year and our defense sucked. oil well! goes with the territory, i guess. Next!

i have a lotta challenges at work and need to be better organized. they are showing my house again today. had a showing yesterday that was right in the middle of the playoffs. they didn't leave until the game was almost over. i had to show them the barn but told them that they would have to trek out to the pond themselves…i was watching the game! lol! they couldn't believe that i was more interested in watching the game than selling my house. that is because i don't really wanna sell my house. i love this dump and i dread the prospect of moving. whadda me gonna do wif me stuff?

to tell you the truth, i am a bit overwhelmed. house for sale. new folks comin' aboard at work and folks saying i do things i have not done and then me not doing things that i should. i have no help but God. God, you know i love you and i know you are great but sometimes, my dear Lord, you seem a bit slow getting' 'er done! lol! what a terrible thing to say! i know that life is not fair. fairness is a human concept not one of God. none of us deserve anything! it is God's grace that pulls us through! Glory to God in the highest and on earth, peace and good will among men!

whaddya think about the egyptian muslims banding together with the coptic christians to protect them from the muslim extremists? yep, that did happen. now that is progress we can learn from! dang! it is almost five o'clock! going back to bed to get a few more hours shuteye before the morning and the stress of another day.

This is a day the Lord hath made! Rejoice and be glad in it!