Recharge Your Battery

Written by Steve Dimeck


It was 4:15PM on a Thursday when I arrived atrepparttar hair salon to get my haircut. My hair appointment was at 5PM but I arrived there quite early.

As I set down inrepparttar 122751 comfortable leather chair inrepparttar 122752 little “waiting corner,” I looked down to my left with an intention to pick a magazine fromrepparttar 122753 big basket that was filled with maybe over 50 magazines.

I sorted throughrepparttar 122754 magazines but nothing would catch my eye. There were so many different magazines; I couldn’t decide which one to pick and read while waiting.

Then, as I lifted a big batch of magazines to choose from, one of them fell down onrepparttar 122755 floor. I immediately dropped allrepparttar 122756 other magazines back intorepparttar 122757 basket and tookrepparttar 122758 one that fell onrepparttar 122759 floor.

The beautiful view of a tropical island inrepparttar 122760 background, surrounded by crisp clear water coveringrepparttar 122761 entire cover ofrepparttar 122762 magazine, got my attention.

The magazine contained a large number of photos from tropical islands, vacation resorts and everything tropical you can imagine. I submerged myself intorepparttar 122763 pictures so much that 40 minutes went by like 4 seconds.

When I was all done withrepparttar 122764 haircut, I asked Isabella (the hair stylist) if I could takerepparttar 122765 magazine. She said that it wouldn’t be a problem because anyway they recyclerepparttar 122766 magazines atrepparttar 122767 end of each month when they bring new ones in.

The magazine is called Islands. It was a June 2004 issue. When I went home I put it next to my computer and until today’s day, it’s still sitting there.

I look through it periodically. All my life I’ve lived inrepparttar 122768 northern hemisphere ofrepparttar 122769 planet, and winter is definitely not my favorite season. Not to even mentionrepparttar 122770 driving headaches when we get dumped with a few feet of snow.

The tropical theme has always been a dream place of mine.

So, every time I feel down, discouraged, marketing plan isn’t working well, a goal doesn’t get accomplished, problems and obstacles appearing out of nowhere, motivation is down, no inspiration,repparttar 122771 world is coming down on me.....

Banana Republic

Written by malcolm james pugh


Banana Republic

Like a cat I slumber, blissfully unencumbered, Through eighty per cent of my allotted span, Occasionally awoken, when dissent is spoken, And I invent another cunning five year plan, Lately it was pensions, that were being mentioned, So I borrowed fromrepparttar French and Robespierre, Scrap all that went before, saved by tooth and claw, And let my all equal Citizens appear, Currently it is time, for me to be in my prime, For there is another election looming, I have to appear sincere, for part of this coming year, And assure everyone that everything is booming, Never mind strict quotas, Ive imported multitudes of voters, And told them which party let them stay, Though Ive riggedrepparttar 122750 postal vote, and defamed everyone of note, You never know what might happen onrepparttar 122751 day. So to be onrepparttar 122752 safe side, I swallow all my pride, And allow my people to hear my hallowed voice, And roll outrepparttar 122753 charade, put onrepparttar 122754 facade, And even make believe they have a choice, Next time aroundrepparttar 122755 crown, will be trampled underground, House of Lords and Lord Chancellor history, Withrepparttar 122756 other Chancellor gone, I alone will soldier on, Yes, then there will only ever be me, Ill hold elections for you, as all dictators do, And fill positions with those that grease my palm, As for civil unrest, there is always house arrest, Or secret imprisonment for those that mean me harm.

So from national nursery, via educational history, You can in time joinrepparttar 122757 New Labour Youth, Be taught gay is fun, andrepparttar 122758 state is number one, And any other opinion is untruth. Askrepparttar 122759 media if unsure, or philosophically impure, Brainwashing British Citizens is their forte, They will surely put you right, or visit you at night, Either way they will stop you being naughty. Meekly follow allrepparttar 122760 rules, laid down in our schools, Where state is all and learning is suppressed, And you can safely be ignored, not seen as being flawed, Just be another number likerepparttar 122761 rest. Better far to be, a part of mediocrity, Within your state andrepparttar 122762 seeds they have sown Than to disappear, or to live in constant fear, For having a mind and will all of your own.

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