June 25, 2021, We need our distractions, especially when we have monumental deadlines looming that can impact our financial life in a massive way. Home foreclosures and rent moratoriums are like red eyed monsters, waiting on leashes, scratching and clawing, snarling and drooling, waiting to be unleashed like the hounds of hell to fall upon…
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Unstoppable Morgan, Please Don’t Stop
June 24, 2021, Really sounded like a great idea when it first popped into your naïve head. Did we just say naïve? That wasn’t nice. Didn’t mean to insult. But kind of true. Did you really think things through? Did you really count the costs associated with your new love project? Did you actually probe…
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Coit Tower, San Francisco’s Iconic Movie Star Re-Opens
June 18, 2021, Towering above virtually everything else in glorious San Francisco can make you very famous. Maybe even have you star in a movie as well. Coit Tower was a prominent landscape feature in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film, Vertigo, which was set largely in San Francisco. Our Tower of Power also was featured in…
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Patience And Self-Control, Siblings Or Cousins?
June 18, 2021, Are you two related? You must be. You seem so similar. Strikingly similar. Patience and self-control are related aren’t they? Patience is the ability to endure difficult circumstances. Patience may involve perseverance in the face of unexpected and disappointing delays. It is the tolerance of provocation without responding in a disrespectful or…
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Landmarks Across USA Shine Orange June 21, 2021 For Make Music Day
June 17, 2021, There are some songs, depending upon your mood that you can play over and over. Especially in the dark under the moonlight and stars. Don’t forget illuminated cloud cover. Very spiritual. Music can have such a soothing and inspiring effect on people. Food for the soul. At hopkinsmedicine.org they educate, “Research has…
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Wealthy Get Wealthier During Pandemic
June 14, 2021, What were you doing during the pandemic? It’s kind of similar to the question, what were you doing when the lights went out in Georgia? What? Down South? No. We’re talking about Georgia in the Russian Empire. Of course. When the lights went out there. A lot. Well, whatever you were doing…
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Which Comes First, Money Or Corruption
June 10, 2021, If something goes without saying, in polite company, should you say it anyway? Right now, we are going to say this in the most polite voice possible. San Francisco is home to a lot of people with money. Lots of money. More money than some of us can count. Some make more…
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Transformed Transbay Neighborhood July 2021 Events
June 8, 2021, It is hard to keep up. No, make that, really hard to keep up. In some cities a building might change by being torn down. Sometimes a whole block. Not often. In San Francisco, whole neighborhoods change or spring up. Okay, not over night, but pretty close. The good news is that…
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Bed Bath & Beyond Inspires Wonderful Memories
June 7, 2021, Today’s wonderful memories becomes tomorrow’s melancholy nostalgia. While we are in today, it is as though it will last forever and then, just like that a spring passes here, a summer is gone there and the winter of change forces one transition after another. We can’t stop time from passing, or even…
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Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood Reopens With Fan Innovation
June 6, 2021, Philosophers, Deep Thinkers and Creatives who think in terms of ideas abound in the San Francisco Bay Area. One of the greatest challenges in life, no matter your industry, is to stay relevant. Even if you had a stellar and popular past, the question remains, what can you do for me today?…
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Chase Center, Golden State Warriors, Nor Cal Magic
June 5, 2021, While you were sitting in your seat, munching on popcorn and sipping a vegan friendly refreshment, in between standing up and screaming for your favorite East Bay team, great minds are at work making sure that at some point you never experience that again. At least not in the same seat nor…
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