Looking at
the Cup Half Full
since 1966

Against some common belief you do have a choice with parenting your teenager: You can either fight all day or just laugh together, have a blast and still get your point across. Option #2 is working amazingly well whenever I have my daughter around. There are opportunities to pick a…

Image by ~Dezz~ via Flickr “The major block to compassion is the judgment in our minds. Judgment is the mind’s primary tool of separation.” Diane Berke One of my biggest shadows is judgement. Calling it a shadow feels almost like sugar coating it. You smoke? Of course I have something…

Image by Eco Heathen via Flickr Do you ever feel some deep love arising inside yourself that empowers you to overcome almost anything? And you feel like hugging the world? And then it vanishes again? I wish I could tie this form of unselfish love to my heart and stay…

Strict smoking ban introduced in Turkey incl. the tea houses. Only exceptions: Prisons, retirement home and psychiatric hospitals. Go figure # @JRU_1962 Yes, u figured that out in no time. If u are an insane, retired prisoner you also get to stuff your hookah w. whatever u want ;-) in…

Here is one of the better-kept secrets for you: Apple doesn’t market it publicly for liability reasons but they are well aware of it. The 17″ MacBook has been found to be the perfect birth control device. Why? Do you think that people glued to Facebook or Twitter are either…

Thirteen women were caught in Sudan wearing pants: 10 whips for each of them. Cultural differences? I don’t think so. # Finally: Psychologists in England found out that cursing reduces the pain when you get hurt. I knew the F-word was good for something :-) # Brazilian soccer player sent…