Comments for Ways to Say Hello

Comment on Hug One Another by ethnicomm

ethnicomm — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:01:38 +0000

Have you heard of the hugging saint? http://www.amma.org/

Comment on From the Neck and Up by Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:51:00 +0000

Funny – I have a whole PowerPoint that I did for an instructional design class on how to tie a half-windsor knot

Comment on The Power of Nice by Allen

Allen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:39:17 +0000

Linda Kaplan Thaler is a huge hypocrit. She writes a book on the power of kindness yet she is now sitting next to the likes of Gene Simmons, helping to soul rape auditioners on the new show CBS Jingles. They start insulting some auditioners as soon as they enter the room. How does that equate to her book. I guess her philosophy is thrown out the window at the chance to market herself and make a buck. What a joke.

Comment on Hug One Another by johnnypeepers

johnnypeepers — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:41:45 +0000

One of my best friends was a Samoan named Justin. He was a huge man (400+ pounds) who suffered from narcolepsy. I was incarcerated in a minimum-security boy’s home at the time, and he was the only one who actually cared about me. Even though his job was to supervise and control me, his humanity and yearning to understand was apparent. His cousin worked there too. His name was Illema and he was a pro NFL athlete with the San Diego Chargers franchise. I would make fun of him and say he was an extra from the film “Planet of the Apes.” It is only through Allah’s guiding hand that he did not crush my face and send me to an early grave.

Comment on Relationship Repair by kweenmama

kweenmama — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:41:17 +0000

I had never thought of apologizing as a “potent reputation enhancer” before. It makes sense though. It’s a great way to set a good example.

Comment on The Cost of Immersion by sezgi yalin

sezgi yalin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:20:15 +0000

Thank you very much for the comments. I am happy to know that the aim of my article has found its target.

All the best,

Sezgi

Comment on Smiling Counts by johnnypeepers

johnnypeepers — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:51:24 +0000

I was never good at smiling, it always seem so forced. I reckon I had a lot of life taken out of me as a kid by an abusive string of step-dads and mommy’s boyfriends. I know what you mean though. I just wish I could bypass that initial impression and tell people what I am about.

Comment on On a More Subtle Note: Gas. by mn

mn — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:52:12 +0000

Never ever fart during romantic date! Don’t fart in front of your girlfriend. That’s so rude. But my roommate asked me, “Can you fart when you are with your boyfriend?” I said, “Why? What kind of question is that?” She replied, “Because I think if you can, your relationship with him has built. There’s trust there.” Ugh… it’s rude and nothing else…

Comment on On a More Subtle Note: Gas. by Randy Nichols

Randy Nichols — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:44:06 +0000

I found your site on google blog search and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. Just added your RSS feed to my feed reader. Look forward to reading more from you.

- Randy Nichols.

Comment on The Power of Nice by dontbesadblog

dontbesadblog — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:11:37 +0000

Hey,

A curious post, thank you for sharing.

“If a book needs to remind us to be nice, what odes that say out the world we live in?” A valid point- perhaps in days gone by, where people conversed rather than vegetating in front of a screen, or got to know their neighbours or colleges and shared a thing or two, it wouldn’t be needed.

Today, much of this past is no longer (indeed the opposite is encouraged in mainstream culture) and such an encouragement is well merited in my view- it in our inherent nature to be nice, kind and share, just the consumerist and very individualist culture we live in overrides this humanity within us.

Kind regards,

Dont be sad