Brummet's Conscious Blog

-- World of Writing --  It is time for another World of Writing Interview - this time with Communications Director for Saybrook University - Benjamin Wachs, who says " We're too ready to abandon the human for the technical. Our notion of what people are capable of - what makes us human - is getting narrower and narrower ." and this interest in humanistic studies led him to his 2nd career as a writer.  *(Shout out to his PR agent:Isabella Michon of IMPublicity.com) Benjamin writes for SF Weekly and a blogger for Burningman.com .  A multi-award winner for journalism, he traveled the world as a nightlife reporter for Playboy.com . And in A Guide to Bars and Nightlife in the Sacred City, his collection of short stories loosely based upon his travels, he proposes that humanity is turning to its bars and nightlife to ask its spiritual questions. His most recent book: Q: Is there a connection between spirituality, music, and bars, during your...

-- Quote --  “If you want to reach the peak, you have to start from scratch.” ~ Ghulam Hassan -- Positive News --  The Ontario government has made a decision to restrict the number of farm land treated with neonicotinoid insecticides (a class of neuro-active insecticides chemically similar to nicotine) by 80% by 2017 and move toward banning the chemical altogether. A fantastic move to protect bees! Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's Store - and help raise funds for charity as well!    

 -- Quote of the Day -- "It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by.  How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment?  For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone.  That is where the writer scores over his fellows:  he catches the changes of his mind on the hop."  ~ Vita Sackville-West  -- Poetry -- I love sharing poetry on this blog - be it mine or written by someone else - and today I'm going to share one poem excerpt from Rhythm and Rhyme written by my husband Dave. This poem he says is " my theses on the magic of the power of music. How it keeps us young and takes us away from the blues of everyday life. I believe it is the element that sets people who play music apart from those that don't. We have the ability to sit in that sandbox and play without a care in the world for what is going on around us at the time ." Groove Yard As childre...

How To Pay Your Bills When You Are Broke * Written by: Oliver J Kingsley It seems like your bills keep getting bigger and bigger and you are barely getting to the next paycheck. Maybe you can't even pay all of your bills anymore. What can you do to get bills under control so you have more money available? The easiest way to get started turning your financial situation around is to quickly cut spending to free up some cash. Everyone has some spending they can cut and then use that money to pay down bills. At first, you may think that you don't have any "extra" spending, but almost everyone has optional expenses they can cut to get more cash right away. You have to decide it is worth some effort and sacrifice to find some things you can live without and break some spending habits you have developed. Here are 10 ways to cut expenses quickly to get cash to pay bills: Cut cable TV / satellite TV- most people could save...

-- Quote of the Day --  "He has spent all his life in letting down empty buckets into empty wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up again."  ~ Sydney Smith  -- Positive News --  Some interesting numbers for you… 90% of large Japanese cities have instigated plastic bag and packaging recycling and reduction programs. Methods for achieving this vary from region to region but tend to include the discontinuation of offering plastic bags, creating cooperation between shop owners and increasing benefits to consumers such as coupons, local currencies, gifts, discounts, etc. The country has been able to reach a 91% collection rate for plastic bags and packaging as well. According to a 2013 survey, 41% of the respondents bring their own bags and don’t accept retailer bags. However that means that 59% still consume single use bags and the reasons offered were convenience,...

 -- Quote of the Day --  “Negativity is a waste of energy.” ~ unknown   Mass Text Messaging: Perfect for After the Holidays!   * Written by : Andrew Lisa - a freelance marketing writer. He covers SEO and mobile marketing. Even though it's nearly 25 years old, text messaging remains the most direct, most effective and most intimate medium for marketers. Unlike emails, users view 98 percent of texts within just a few minutes. The start of the new year – after the roar of holidays sales have died down – seem to have been built with text marketing in mind. Here are some ways to take advantage of mass text messaging when the holidays have passed. Offer A Discount As discussed in the article " 4 Great Ways to Use Bulk Text Messaging for the Holidays ," shoppers, of course, are looking for deals after they've racked up huge credit card bills over the holidays. The redemption rate of text messa...

 -- Quote of the Day --  "Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed,  one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people."   ~ Garrison Keillor -- Positive News --    Kudos to Sony Corporation who are now going to use SORPLAS (sustainable oriented recycled plastic that contains up to 99% recycled material) for their products. Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, their radio program, blog, and more at: http://brummet.ca * Support the Brummets by telling your friends, clicking those social networking buttons, or visiting the Brummet's Store - and help raise funds for charity as well!