Each Sunday afternoon at 4:08pm Central Daylight time I do a live program on KNUJ radio from my station in Southern Minnesota.
You can also stream it on the Internet at knuj.net.
Here is last week’s show.
Category: life
April 1st
I got up at 6 o’clock this morning.
I planned my day the night before.
I did my gratitude journal and my daily mindset.
I took a shower after breakfast. Now I should focus on the housework.
I have a meeting at noon at work.
It is a new month.
There is a lot to do.
But the wind is calm. That means it’s time now to play some outdoor table tennis for some morning exercise!
I like outdoors.
That is my social media. I cleaned the bird bath and I filled the bird feeder last night.
Gather ye rose buds while ye may, and carpe diem!
Flower Power 😊
We have to have a positive mindset.
I am about to get ready for work
I just take it slowly.
I admire the flowers.
Thank goodness for flowers!
A little ping pong
One of the most therapeutic things I discovered after I lost my beloved Poodle Cole is the sport of outdoor table tennis..
Today it was rather windy but we did get 3 games in. I still miss my sweet little dog and sports helps me keep from obsessing about him.
Windy weather
Such windy weather inspired us to get out the kites!
Hi
Just thought I would say hello after a lengthy absence. Spring is on its way and I want to check in everyday!
More people, More cameras
By Amy Zents
I believe that our generation will be the most well-documented generation of all time.
Everywhere you go, you see people with cell phones taking pictures.
People take pictures of everything, not to mention video. It’s amazing how everyone now aspires to being a movie star.
The Me Generation.
It’s not bad to be self-conscious. Like it or not, you will be in somebody’s photo whether you want to be or not. It’s just dumb how people indiscriminately take photos of everything.
There’s very little that is secret nowadays with cameras and video.
If you would like to see inside the Vatican or you would like to see inside somebody’s garage, you could probably find a way.
Signs that say no video photography or no camera photography are ignored.
From movie theaters, to the live theaters on Broadway, to the great concert halls around the world, people in charge have a hard time preventing audience members or others from taking photos or video.
Documentation for representation.
The paper trail is getting smaller. They have stopped automatically giving paper receipts at the liquor store or at the grocery store in my town. Everything is going electronic, at least that’s the way it seems nowadays. Even plastic, aka credit cards instead of currency is becoming more common. I saw someone pull out his checkbook this morning and I thought, Dark Ages! LOL!
Test driving a Tesla
So we went to a Tesla dealership to try out a Tesla on a freezing February afternoon. I wished they would have put us in a more fancier test car like the one on display.
Instead, we wound up in a black Canadian spec car.
The main difference was that it was set to be able to be stopped by cops, if it ever went AWOL
My husband took the wheel. Nothing like a standard or automatic. Completely new.
This was our test car. For about 30 minutes we traveled the vicinity on highways and crossed scary intersections completely engrossed in the digital features.
The Tesla is not to be trifled with. It has many features but the hefty price tag makes one reluctant to buy the aluminum wonder.
I was tormented by the amazing falsehoods one of the salesman espoused. He said the fabric of the interior was leather. Not vegan leather, but leather. He said the wheels were available in different sizes. But both were untrue.
The leather is a manmade textile, and the wheels are all the same size, only the wheel rims are available in plain or sexy sizes.
Not to misunderstand me, but the manager who took us out was a master salesman. He gave us some deadlines regarding tax rebates, tax deductions and low interest rates available.
The auto-pilot feature on the car was cool. We checked out all the extra features like the hepa-air purifier in case of a biohazard such as a nuclear war or shitty-smelling truck. We checked out the height element so as to raise or lower the chassis by a few inches. It was an extra hot seat that grated on me. I was very cold sitting in the back seat, but taking it up to level 3 was too much. I felt cramped in the back seat. The salesman could have helped by pulling up his seat a bit.
In summary, sold is my final review!
-Amy Zents
This article was the expressed opinion of the writer and does not reflect the opinion of anybody else.
Keep your Spark in the Dark
Many are guilty of it, including billionaire business magnates.
First let me speak from personal experience. I had a gal assist me with the housework a couple nights a week. I told her I was off sugar. I needed to lose weight. I asked her to videotape my impassioned declaration to the Universe that I was going to drop 50 lbs.
She gobbled up my enthusiasm and imitated my passion for losing weight. She stopped eating sugar too. She took it a step further by exercising nightly, and turned to her mum for support. Needless to say, she went from frumpy to fabulous, and so did her mom!😠As for me, I just maintained my weight, and she and her mum got skinny.
Something strange happens in human contact that propels some people to steal other people’s dreams, ideas, and desires, or else just get motivated by them.
Keep the big dreams under your hat and be careful.
As my acting coach always told me, don’t give your power away!
When it’s Springtime in Minnesota
Today was a glorious day! 68 degrees Fahrenheit, or 20 degrees Celsius, and a nice, cool breeze.
You never know what kind of weather you will get in Minnesota, especially in the Spring.
You never know if you will get a snow storm or a heat wave. Minnesota weather has a mind of it’s own.
On days like today when the weather is perfect, you feel like having a party!
Yesterday my Poodle Cole turned 13 years old. To me he is still a puppy, full of pep, and joie de vivre!
I just took him, and the Pomeranian out for a walk in the beautiful sunshine.
Perhaps later on I will get the motivation to finally mow the front and back lawn!
Tonight we must celebrate Spring in Minnesota because days like this don’t come every day!
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