Month: September 2017

Here’s a fun recipe from Rock Star Recipes you might dig!

CAULIFLOWER-CRUST PIZZA

Ingredients
1 standard size bag of Steamable Microwave Cauliflower
1 Egg
1 Bottle of Organic Spaghetti Sauce (check the label, make sure it’s not laden with corn syrup, sugar, or anything nasty)
1 tsp of oregano
1/2 cup of chopped basil (or a tablespoon of dried)
1/2 tsp of salt
1/2 Bag of Fat Free Shredded Mozzarella
1 large bowl
1 Pie Tin lightly greased with olive oil
Blender

Preparation
Preheat your oven to

by Mary Thompson

Magical Masterpiece or Dreadful Disaster?
The success of the Walt Disney Corporation is clearly evident in their theme parks, resorts, hotels and cruise ships throughout the world. Most successful corporations fail to recognize the moment when they have reached the peak of their popularity. Thus further expansions and ventures can back fire ensuring in their inevitable undoing.

Companies that fall through the trap of assumed greatness are those which believe their very name will exhibit a sense of a status symbol and quality. Part of the Walt Disney’s success was his ability to bring to life on the big-screen remakes of beloved fairy tales. For instance, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella who were original works of the Brothers Grimm.

To further add to the enchantment, fans from all over the world are able to meet their beloved characters in Disney World or anyone of the Disneyland theme parks. This once in a lifetime experience seemed to allow the magic leap out from the screen and into reality.

However, as always because of a natural instinct to explore, our curiosity is never fully satisfied. The emergence of

By Mary Thompson

Apparently, all the gloves are off. 
The 2016 US Presidential election really showed the ugly face of politics. Gone were the days of anything ethical and censorship. Turning on our televisions meant being exposed to a stampede of insults, political scandal, recordings of sexual encounters and out right conspiracy. At about the same time this tidal wave of he said-she said found its way onto our radio waves. There was simply no getting away from it until we turned everything off.

November 26, 2016 which was supposed to mark an end to this madness since, finally a decision would be reached. Campaigns would come to an end because the last ballot was cast and counted the race was over. Now came the task of living with the decision. Would things change to the better or the worse?

By Mary Thompson

The Best Things Come in Tiny Packages

Little things can make a big difference? However, that’s impossible. What’s the catch?

Rapidly changing

HOW TO GET A JOB IN FASHION
by Mary Thompson

OR – A REVIEW OF THE FASHION INDUSTRY JOB MARKET

Everything but the bright lights, music and slots.  
Seasons may change. Certain clothes, movies and music may go out of style, but one
things for sure, the fierce competitiveness of the job market remains the same.
Looking for employment is not pleasant by any means. However, no matter what
walk of life anyone comes from it’s a task, we all must be under-take.

Any occupation no matter what kind level in a career is nothing but a blind toss of
the dice. I would be best akin it to going to Las Vegas, and hoping to hit the Jack Pot.
The bright lights, live shows and ping of the slots may not be there, but the concept
is exactly the same. You’re damn if you do and if you don’t. In some cases, when you
do have to travel long distances to interviews that do not come with a guarantee for
success. The casino side effect can be more prevalent than ever.

Job search or scavenger hunt? 
Once the job is acquired, so are the

By Mary Thompson

Quick fixes when you don’t a lot of time to do much of anything when it comes to a beauty routine is a market that seems to have really taken off these days. There’s no such thing as multi-tasking just multi-failing unless it’s simply an inevitable way of doing things. That vicious cycle is one so many of us seem to find ourselves in every day. Whether we like it to not the hamster wheel like tendencies of our daily lives is now the new norm.
It would be heavenly to be able to devote an hour per night to a beauty routine. However, let’s face it; the mask and exfoliating scrubs are great for weekends to do them every day is simply unheard of. Beauty rituals should be something to be enjoyed not a chore to get done.

Let’s not jump ahead of ourselves either; no cleansers or moisturizers are not the way to go either. The heavy price to pay for worn out, dehydrated neglected skin is far worse than anything high-end makeup counters at Saks could throw your way. Medicated creams and doctor bills will cost more than an arm and a leg. Doesn’t all of this make a few extra minutes of showing you face some love not sound so bad?
Show a little

By Mary Thompson

We live in times of rapid change. It seems that every day new trends are being created left and
right. However, while looking at the influx of styles hitting the runways then making their way
into our boutiques and shops it becomes clear that we may be headed towards a fashion
regression in deep contrast to the natural flow of a progression. This downward spiral is an
abomination, that could very well become the new classics of our time.

Is there any hope for our generation? Will true classics, which have stayed with us through the
decades be making a new refined modern come back?

Street fashion or high class… 
How did torn up and wrinkled pass for stylish and class?

Brands such asAbercrombie and Fitch and Hollister whose names alone carry a sense of
designer flare, seem to have gone way off course. After looking at their latest lines no matter
what the season it is easy to get the impression that torn up jeans, wrinkled and highly worn
pieces are what’s “cool” now.

These fashion statements if you want to even call them that are hardly reasonably priced. A pair
of jeans can easily go for well above $50. When, in reality, wouldn’t it just be easier to buy a
cheaper pair which has no holes and tear those up instead?

Say it isn’t so… 
The term our children are the future, is more than just a catchy phrase created to illicit sentiment.
In fact it is a kind of premonition of what’s to come in all things even the way we dress. It can
affect how people carry themselves and set the stage of how society will evolve as a whole.

The next alternative to the destroyed relaxed look isn’t that much better. Ever since the
emergence of the Bratz Dollz two or three pieces of cloth sewn together qualify as clothing.
These dolls which glorify the hooker / call girl look are being marketed to vulnerable little girls.
Which in turn can carry over to the adults in their lives, making it out to be “ok.”

Honestly with the way these are designed, walking around naked won’t make a difference. There
really wasn’t anything to begin with. After all is there anyone who enjoys the dream of walking
down the road with absolutely nothing on? I was under the impression that it resonated feelings
of embarrassment and dread.

Can comfort and class co-exist?
Creating a positive image is one of the hallmarks of our society. So why wear clothing that
shows everything off? Wouldn’t it

THE STORY:
A man traveling across a field encountered a tiger. He fled, the tiger after him. Coming to a precipice, he caught hold of the root of a wild vine and swung himself down over the edge. The tiger sniffed at him from above. Trembling, the man looked down to where, far below, another tiger was waiting to eat him. Only the vine sustained him.


Two mice, one white and one black, little by little started to gnaw away the vine. The man saw a luscious strawberry near him. Grasping the vine with one hand, he plucked the strawberry with the other. How sweet it tasted!

THE TRUTH:
For some reason, almost everybody thinks this story is about enjoying the present moment. I have even heard Monks (albeit not Indian ones😉 ) tell their students that the lesson to be learned is that suffering is unavoidable, and ignoring what you feel is negative (aka the Tiger and the cliff/vine) while focusing on present enjoyment/gratitude (the sweet strawberry) is the meaning of the story.

Guess what? That is

Last night I accidentally overcooked some pork.  It was dry and tough.  I’m sure you’ve been in this situation.  We all have.  Meat is such that you get sick of you undercook it, but let it cook for an extra minute and it gets the consistency of sawdust or animal flavored gum.

BUT HERE IS THE FIX!   This took me less than 6 minutes and it absolutely 100% fixed my dry pork.   It will work on

It is time we accept that in this day and age, most people feel that when they visit a medical professional with a complaint the doctor shrugs and says “It’s a mystery, let’s run some tests.” Those test results come back and the doctor shrugs and says “It’s a mystery, let’s send you to a specialist.” The Specialist shrugs and says “It’s a mystery, let’s try some meds.” The meds don’t work, and cause side effects – which in turn restarts the cycle of doctor visits, shrugs, specialists, and more meds ad infinitum. In fact, it is this very reason (this iatrogenic, medicine is still a complete guessing game with results no better than superstition reality) why so many people choose Not to seek treatment despite paying more for health insurance than it would cost to buy a brand new 55″ inch 4k TV every month.

This scenario is especially true when it comes to pain management. Pain is a hot topic in entertainment – various forms of it and its various treatments have killed or debilitated many from star athletes to Michael Jackson and Prince. So, I was pretty excited to