The ‘daily hot! quote’ has been breathing since June 2012. As of today, there are 760 hot! quotes, with 651 being originals (meaning, written by me, Amy Larson, aka. AmyJalapeño!) And I am on a mission. Here’s why… 1. I have received a lot of feedback. On-liners have sent messages stating they enjoy the “daily […]
There has been a shift in dates. The launch date for my Kickstarter publishing project INNER FREEDOM IS HOT is re-set for October 1st, 2014. Honestly, there are things I did not initially consider when planning the project; but when I realized it (after reading the book mentioned below), it was too late. It will […]
“We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.” -Alan Watts
It was July 21st, 2013, one of the highest traveling months of the year. The male airline employee at the gate was tall and gray-haired. I was flying stand-by. “Is there any way I could find out where I’m at on the stand-by list?” I asked. (I checked an hour earlier and a female airline […]
Richard P. Feynman – Biographical Richard P. Feynman was born in New York City on the 11th May 1918. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his B.Sc. in 1939 and at Princeton University where he obtained his Ph.D. in 1942. He was Research Assistant at Princeton (1940-1941), Professor of Theoretical […]
“‘Many people have a misconception that martial arts is about fighting and killing,’ the monk was quoted as saying, ‘It is actually about improving your wisdom and intelligence.’” –Peimin Ni, Professor of Philosophy at Grand Valley State University Change uproots what we are most familiar with, what makes us safe (or so we think). When […]
Seeing as I have lived the extreme version of religion and have turned my brain over to its leader’s to validate and direct (for a time) and then mustered up the courage to leave (stay tuned for the memoir), I have something to say regarding the differences between spirituality and religion. And they are most […]