Paris - City Of Love?

It is extremely difficult to think of Paris, France as the "City of Love" right now, because it is clearly anything but that, with the horrific terrorism the entire world is observing, and, in a very real way, living through it along with the people who are most closely impacted.

Nothing we can think or say or do can reverse what has been done, and nothing we can think, say, or do can guarantee nothing like this will ever happen again...

Except LOVE...the very thing Paris, France is most fondly regarded and remembered for. The very thing the world seeks guidance from Paris for. 

The very thing that 'romanticists' everywhere reflect upon when describing the power of true, positive, emotional, 'spiritual' energy at work.

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Kudos To Lady Gaga - Just Saying "NO"!

Lady Gaga (real name: Stefani Germanotta) recently gave a speech at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, for what is known as the Emotion Revolution project. In her talk, she spoke of feeling her passion and creativity were 'taking a back seat', and she felt like just a 'money machine' for the industry (etc.?).

I must say, I AM impressed and even feel sorry for Lady Gaga; as she delivered her heartfelt words about her life in the 'limelight' being something she felt was 'shallow' and 'communicating lies'. She talked, too, of feeling so much better, once she began to think and care for herself, by 'putting her happiness before her career'.

At one point, apparently, Lady Gaga even considered quitting, but once she began saying "NO" to some of the things she felt might jeopardize her happiness, she decided to continue.

Does this mean we might begin to see a whole new Lady Gaga?

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Do You Typically "Degust" Your Meals?

I can't help but think that I have been guilty of "degusting" my meals, or snacks, or drinks. 

Although I don't think I degust things as a general rule, I must say there have been times.

Surely, when we degust our meals (etc.), we can often find benefit in doing so, if we are paying enough attention to things. 

The items we degust can become somewhat 'different' in some ways, since the practice lends itself to having the power to alter our opinions about some of the things we degust.

Do YOU typically degust your meals (etc.)?

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Are You A "Comminatory" Individual?

I like to think that I am not too "comminatory", although it is probably not up to me to decide, since the term is one which is most likely to be used by others, perhaps in reference to me...maybe?

While I do not think of myself as 'comminatory', I must admit that there might be some things about me that others could think are representative of that. 

Sometimes we just don't know what others might think, of course...and this is one word that I hope I can avoid, at least with respect to how I might appear to others.

What about YOU? Are YOU a "comminatory" individual?

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Have You Ever Had A "Cacoethes"?

There are times when we all experience "cacoethes", in my (humble) opinion. Indeed, even the thing I have chosen to do in this particular blog post here at "Just Saying My Piece!" is, perhaps, an example of a cacoethes of sorts. 

I have decided that some of the words I have been writing about lately should probably be accompanied by at least some means of help with the pronunciation of them, since some of them are not what I would call 'readily-pronounceable' without some help, y'know?

Even this word, "cacoethes", is one which is not 'readily-pronounceable' for me, though I'm not just sure why that is. My first attempt to pronounce it would probably be something like: "kaa-ko-ee'-this" (hmmm...hopefully, that's pronounceable! - here we go!).

So, it's sometimes difficult to pick up the 'phonetics' of some words, thus, my decision to do more about pronunciation in some of these "weird word" blog posts of mine...which, as you'll (hopefully) see, is one example of what 'cacoethes' actually means.

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Are You A Victim Of "Bruxism"?

It is thought that from 50 to 96 percent of all adults experience 'bruxism', and roughly 15 percent of children, as well. 

It is not necessarily life-threatening, but 'bruxism' can become otherwise problematic at times.

Are you a victim? Are you subject to the sometimes annoying, sometimes damage-causing, and most-times frustrating plight of 'bruxism'?

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Medicare - My Letter to President Obama

I am really not very impressed at some things I've learned about Medicare, including a website that could use some 'user-interface' updating, in my (humble) opinion...but that is another story.

My biggest gripe right now with Medicare is that the system does not accept any "alternative medicine" venues, leaving folks to rely only on the 'conventional' or 'traditional' medicine venues covered by the programs.

There is a lot of information available today which is rapidly growing more and more popular, within the realm of "health care"; information that tells us that 'conventional' or 'traditional' medicine is not the only thing that "works", and, in some circumstances, 'alternative' medicine is actually a better overall choice, considering all aspects of both scenarios.

Without going into too many specifics, I think we all know just how 'risky' some of 'conventional' or 'traditional' medicine can be in some situations. Suffice it to say that not all healing power lies with those methods, in my (humble) opinion.

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