Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

I’ve done yoga for years, and when I saw that Dahn Yoga was opening, I was excited about it. One trip in following their opening, and I wasn’t as excited. It had that creepy feeling to me. They were very weird about telling me the cost, and I had to ask REALLY direct questions to get a straight answer. There was also this aura reading thing that looked a lot like the weird stuff I saw when I went into the Church of Scientology in Memphis (It was actually on a neighborhood tour of homes, and I couldn’t resist an inside peek!). Anyway, Dahn Yoga was so creepy that I came home and posted a question about it on Ask MetaFilter and quickly decided to give it a miss.

Today, I came across this report on the local CBS affiliate.

I-Team Investigates Yoga Group Some Call a Cult

Glad I trusted my gut!

Post, in which Abby shares a self-generated photograph, both from her perspective, and from the mirror’s. Maybe someone got a little bored tonight. Just a smidge.

Share your Wifi. Find Free Wifi.

I know we’re thankful to Earthen Groove and Ophelia’s Linkup when ours goes down! We ended up meeting the owners of those at a party on New Year’s Eve and were able to thank them directly!

Coretta Scott King has died. What a loss. I was thinking that she was married to Dr. King for 15 years, then she worked tirelessly to maintain her husband’s legacy for 37 more years! She became a human rights leader in her own right.

I think I first saw her when she spoke at the rally at the end of the march in the winter of 1987. A crowd of thousands marched in Forsyth County after a smaller march the previous week had been attacked back by racists. That’s a long story for another day, but man, what an experience! (Read the paragraph beginning "In 1987…" for more information.)

I got a chance to meet her when I worked as a volunteer in the Media Department of the King Center as a Winter Term project while at Oberlin. I was brought into her office by "Rocky," this awesome biker guy who worked there, and formally introduced to her. Of course, she was very pleasant and welcoming. I remember thinking, "Holy shit! It’s Dr. King’s wife!" But again, she was more than just Dr  King’s wife. She founded The King Center and she "kept the dream alive" for almost as many years as Martin was alive. She was a distinguished diplomat, and she made a difference.

So the power went out last night from 5-7pm, then again at around midnight for 3 more hours. Is that normal? I think I’d heard that was a problem, but this was the first time I’d experienced it. No storm or anything. Maybe this will improve?

Although now I’ve done Sudoku by candlelight!