Colorado Kimmie

Hello, Pilgrims and Indians - can I even say that these days since the Pilgrims were imperialists simply trying to steal land?  Regardless, I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving!    I've been working on a post about why we get sick.  But, this event JUST happened and I wanted to share a post about it.  I won't mention any names at this point, because the business has offered a resolution after a very heated phone call.  Five days ago my brother had his motorcycle towed into a shop.  He requested a QUOTED $170.00 diagnostic to see why the engine was trickling gas.  The shop called back three days later and quoted $2200.00 to CLEAN (for 8 hours labor at $109/hour) the carburetor and for some miscellaneous preventative maintenance.  My brother looked up the price of new carburetor and it was $350 + install (1.5 hours).  He requested the shop return the bike with the printed diagnostic HE PAID FOR to his home.   The bike was just dro...

I have a background in law.  Both law and history have always appealed me...from reading legal non-fiction to legal fiction/dramas, to having been in the legal system as a client, it sparks lots of interest.  Law is ever changing, yet always staying virtually the same.  And, law can't seem to keep up with a continually changing environment and upgrading technology.  It's also remarkable to learn how landmark court cases have shaped our country and interpretations of our founding documents.  Stare Decisis - the principle interpreted from Latin to mean "let it stand on it's own," -- which means court cases, unless unprecedented or overruled by a higher court (like the Supreme Court throwing out legalized racial segregation - Plessy v. Ferguson), are decided by prior court cases.  Things don't always stand the test of time.  However, Stare Decisis works because you don't have to rehash everything every time or "reinvent the wheel." The title of this...

I woke up this morning thinking about Codependency.  I always thought this was a psychological term for weak people who couldn't survive life without the sources or energies of another person (or even people - a clique).  I was not wrong.  But, I wasn't completely right either.  Are you the helper?  The people pleaser?  Chronically pouring out your light and energy for basically useless bullshit? If you find yourself always being the therapist, the life jacket, the safety net, the bright and shining light (EVEN with greatest of intentions of the illusion of  helping "save" someone from a cesspool of hurt) -- CONGRATS you are CODEPENDENT!  In a codependent relationship there is the (for lack of better way to describe) - alpha and the beta.  The beta is the empty vessel who traded their light for the comforts of hell.  And, the alpha is the fire, the light, the medicine - with great intentions of saving the beta from hell fire.  But h...