(1) Super Bowl XL triggers massage fun and games (2) Go CRASH!!! Picking another winner? (3) Taking sides and taking a stand...
(1) Sport like politics is, sometimes, not a pretty picture. I picked Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XL and did not brag about winning because if not for the poor calls of the refs, the Seattle Seahawks may have been the winners.
I picked Pittsburgh for two reasons:
(1) I am an AFC, formerly the AFL, devotee. I was brought up on the Boston(not New England) Patriots. When my home team is out, I root for the home league. That is kinda hard in baseball when I sometimes find myself rooting for the Yankees.
(2) I like the underdog. I don't understand why Seattle was the underdog. After all, they had the better record and, to boot, had the higher payroll. If I was a betting man, I would have bet Seattle would have gone off the favorite. I had visions of Paul Allen buying his Super Bowl ring.
Seattle owes a lot to Allen...Maybe Seattle will get their Super Bowl championship next year. They should have been favored this year and they should have won. Shoulda. Coulda. Woulda.
I really did not have much of an interest in the game but did enjoy the sports fan camarederie of a house party made up mostly of Oakland Raiders fans. That was no easy chore. Raiders fans are long of memory and do remember the "snowjob" of a Raiders vs New England game when the Patriots eliminated the Raiders from the playoffs because of a VERY questionable call a few years ago. Raiders fans lose their home league allegiance when the Patriots are factored in. I was not as welcome at last years Philadelphia vs New England Super Bowl party.
My favorite Super Bowl XL event was the Aleve commercial with Leonard Nimoy. For me. doing the "live long and prosper" sign was a little bit of an effort the first time around but like riding a bicyle, it came back quickly for both hands.
Sometimes I just can't help myself. I polled my clients to see how many could do it. Some remembered and could do it quickly but there were a few that really had to work on it to reestablish the neuro pathways. One could not bring it back because of joint pain. Luckily, a little manipulation of the flexors and extensors corrected it. What was amazing was how many could not do it and never could.
Try it with your clients. It's a fun exercise in muscle control.
(2) How many folk really liked Brokeback Mountain, the odds on favorite to win the Oscar for best picture on Sunday? Actually, how many have seen it?? For sure it was different and good but is it really the best amongst the five picks? I don't think so and hope the Academy sees the light and gives it to Crash! I saw four out of five of the nominees, missing only 'Capote'. The last time that happened the one movie I did not see won. 'Shakespeare in Love' defeated the favored 'Saving Private Ryan'. I thought Ryan was a shoo-in.
According to this the nominees are some of the weakest in years. Two of my favorites, 'Match Point' and 'Transamerica', did not make the cut. According to the piece at the link in this paragraph, this years nominees are very political. Perhaps they were just not political enough.
(3) Over the years, a long standing position I have held has been touch or massage is the umbrella term defining what we do with massage therapy being one of a myriad of paths one can take to be able to do the work. The position of many of the folk at the AMTA is massage therapy is the umbrella and Massage Today Editor Cliff Korn agrees.
In response to the letter written by Cliff, I reworked a letter and mailed it to the California Appropriations Committtee with the hope of helping to defeat CA-SB412.
As is the case with this point/counter point, it is very clear there are two points of view. What side are you on? Under normal circumstances it would not be important to make a choice but because one of the two sides has taken their agenda to legislators to get their foot in the door to impose even more onerous hoops than those they are saying they want to replace, it is important you do so. A no response or no action at all increases the chances of the success of those lobbying for power.
My mind is (at long last) satisfied with all I have done in opposition to licensing in California. With that satisfaction comes the withdrawal from the debate. My position is as firm in opposition to licensing as the Amta position is for licensing. I need only write legislators and let folk know I am doing so. What you do is your thing.
(This is a work in progress...)
(1) Sport like politics is, sometimes, not a pretty picture. I picked Pittsburgh in Super Bowl XL and did not brag about winning because if not for the poor calls of the refs, the Seattle Seahawks may have been the winners.
I picked Pittsburgh for two reasons:
(1) I am an AFC, formerly the AFL, devotee. I was brought up on the Boston(not New England) Patriots. When my home team is out, I root for the home league. That is kinda hard in baseball when I sometimes find myself rooting for the Yankees.
(2) I like the underdog. I don't understand why Seattle was the underdog. After all, they had the better record and, to boot, had the higher payroll. If I was a betting man, I would have bet Seattle would have gone off the favorite. I had visions of Paul Allen buying his Super Bowl ring.
Seattle owes a lot to Allen...Maybe Seattle will get their Super Bowl championship next year. They should have been favored this year and they should have won. Shoulda. Coulda. Woulda.
I really did not have much of an interest in the game but did enjoy the sports fan camarederie of a house party made up mostly of Oakland Raiders fans. That was no easy chore. Raiders fans are long of memory and do remember the "snowjob" of a Raiders vs New England game when the Patriots eliminated the Raiders from the playoffs because of a VERY questionable call a few years ago. Raiders fans lose their home league allegiance when the Patriots are factored in. I was not as welcome at last years Philadelphia vs New England Super Bowl party.
My favorite Super Bowl XL event was the Aleve commercial with Leonard Nimoy. For me. doing the "live long and prosper" sign was a little bit of an effort the first time around but like riding a bicyle, it came back quickly for both hands.
Sometimes I just can't help myself. I polled my clients to see how many could do it. Some remembered and could do it quickly but there were a few that really had to work on it to reestablish the neuro pathways. One could not bring it back because of joint pain. Luckily, a little manipulation of the flexors and extensors corrected it. What was amazing was how many could not do it and never could.
Try it with your clients. It's a fun exercise in muscle control.
(2) How many folk really liked Brokeback Mountain, the odds on favorite to win the Oscar for best picture on Sunday? Actually, how many have seen it?? For sure it was different and good but is it really the best amongst the five picks? I don't think so and hope the Academy sees the light and gives it to Crash! I saw four out of five of the nominees, missing only 'Capote'. The last time that happened the one movie I did not see won. 'Shakespeare in Love' defeated the favored 'Saving Private Ryan'. I thought Ryan was a shoo-in.
According to this the nominees are some of the weakest in years. Two of my favorites, 'Match Point' and 'Transamerica', did not make the cut. According to the piece at the link in this paragraph, this years nominees are very political. Perhaps they were just not political enough.
(3) Over the years, a long standing position I have held has been touch or massage is the umbrella term defining what we do with massage therapy being one of a myriad of paths one can take to be able to do the work. The position of many of the folk at the AMTA is massage therapy is the umbrella and Massage Today Editor Cliff Korn agrees.
In response to the letter written by Cliff, I reworked a letter and mailed it to the California Appropriations Committtee with the hope of helping to defeat CA-SB412.
As is the case with this point/counter point, it is very clear there are two points of view. What side are you on? Under normal circumstances it would not be important to make a choice but because one of the two sides has taken their agenda to legislators to get their foot in the door to impose even more onerous hoops than those they are saying they want to replace, it is important you do so. A no response or no action at all increases the chances of the success of those lobbying for power.
My mind is (at long last) satisfied with all I have done in opposition to licensing in California. With that satisfaction comes the withdrawal from the debate. My position is as firm in opposition to licensing as the Amta position is for licensing. I need only write legislators and let folk know I am doing so. What you do is your thing.
(This is a work in progress...)
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