Archive for Marzo, 2008

Miércoles, Marzo 26th, 2008

Tax Return Money $$

I was talking to a friend last night about income taxes.  She told me this year she is getting back about 4 grand with her tax return.  I exclaimed, “wow, you really over paid this year”.  She looked at me very puzzled and was like, “how do you know?”  The question was so simple I [...]

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Martes, Marzo 25th, 2008

Taxes (part 1 of many)

Everyone should sit down and look at the tax brackets.  It is a nice eye opener.  I decided to do this today, not just breeze over it, but really get an exact idea of how much is being taken out of my salary.  Here are the examples I used today.  I will probably earn more [...]

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Lunes, Marzo 24th, 2008

present company included only

In my readings one retreat leader explains an exercise that he does at every retreat.  He urges people not to talk about anyone else.  Nothing.  All of us have heard that we should not talk negatively about someone but most of us thought it was ok to say nice things about someone else.  The key [...]

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Lunes, Marzo 24th, 2008

529 College Accounts part 1

I know that I wrote that for my half day of Friday (21 Mar.) I would stop by Huntington Bank and TD Ameritrade and handle my bank account and IRA set up, but I did not.  I spent some quality time with my Fiancé.  It was worth it.   I will have to handle those [...]

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Sábado, Marzo 22nd, 2008

om

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Sábado, Marzo 22nd, 2008

Om Mani Padme Hung

om mani padme hung

Phonetically;  OM MA NI PAD MEY HUNG
wikipedia entry

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Sábado, Marzo 22nd, 2008

Lama Surya Das

I am currently reading Eight Steps to Enlightenment: Awakening the Buddha Within by Lama Surya Das. I love the book. He calls it Tibetan wisdom for the western world. His web site is at http://www.dzogchen.org.

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Viernes, Marzo 21st, 2008

Japa mala beads

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Viernes, Marzo 21st, 2008

Type of Buddhism

There are many types of buddhism; Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Early and Pre-sectarian.  This is similar to the various forms of Islam, Christianity and Judism.  Some of the other religions demand that you chose one form and follow it and follow the rules and beleive like everyone else.  Buddhism is different in the fact that you [...]

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Viernes, Marzo 21st, 2008

Tables Appearence Test

A previous post I attempted to set up tables and it did not turn out well.  This is a different version that I hope shows up well.

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