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Stop Twittering and Smell the Coffee

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I often just stop to – focus on breathing, look around, listen to silence, smell my coffee, take a photo. What about you? ~ sarah nean bruce
“Let’s put down at least some of these gadgets and spend a little time just being ourselves. One of the essential problems of our society is that we have a tendency, amid all the craziness that surrounds us, to lose sight of what is truly human in ourselves, and that includes our own individual needs — those very special, mostly nonmaterial things that would fulfill us, give meaning to our lives, enlarge us, and enable us to more easily embrace those around us.”-Bob Herbert
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TrekWeb Reviews YESTERDAY

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“What attracted me was its origins in the old-school film noir of the 1930’s and 1940’s – that’s something we don’t get to see in today’s era of quick flashes, big bangs, and dumbed-down moviemaking to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Movies rarely require you actually think. That’s what YESTERDAY WAS A LIE does – it makes you think, and that’s a very good thing.”-Bill Williams … read/see ~more~

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