Burbia Blogs

The home for writers with loud, amusing, engaging, provocative - totally original - voices, riffing on all things 'Burbia'. No limits on creativity or expression here. Just great writers teeing up great stuff every week.

submitted on 10/20/2009

  

Confessions Of A Recovering Leaf Blower Addict -- 2

I've been doing pretty well the last couple weeks. My wife, against my explicit instructions, disposed of my last blower. It was a Makita "demo." Not on the market. I'd gotten it as a gift from a landscaper I know and it was, simply, amazing. Lightweight, balanced to ...read more.

submitted on 10/19/2009

  

Wise Wisdom from... THELifeCoach -- Lesson 13

Learn, grow, achieve all your dreams...

Wise Wisdom...

Do you watch infomercials and think, 'huh, I had that idea last week. I could be a millionaire'? You will never be a millionaire.
    -THELifeCoach

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submitted on 10/16/2009

  

Fake Umpires Have Got Balls To Call Strikes

The so-called Fake Umps Phenomenon has gone on longer than a twilight doubleheader pitcher's duel plagued by multiple rain delays... and has become just about as exciting. At this point, the real phenomenon is why the two foul balls who sit in the stands behind home plate haven't realized that not only ...read more.

submitted on 10/14/2009

  

Wise Wisdom from... THELifeCoach -- Lesson 12

Learn, grow, achieve all your dreams...

Wise Wisdom...

Do you want personal transformational bliss? Ha ha ha.
    -THELifeCoach

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submitted on 10/13/2009

  

Robert Redford. Actor-Director, Environmentalist. Hypocrite.

A lot of us have received a lot of messages over the years from Robert Redford -- from his Natural Resources Defense Council & other environmental groups. We've read his NY Times op-ed pieces imploring the government -- and us -- to be more environmentally sensitive. I don't disagree with a lot of what he's been telling ...read more.