Miscellaneous References and Links

(BTW, if you decide to purchase any of the books or other items mentioned, it'd be greatly appreciated if you'd use my links, as I earn a percentage as an amazon affiliate. While this site is primarily to help promote a positive world view, I'd love it if it also earned me some money! Many thanks :-))

There are some items I wanted to share with you that didn't really fit any of the other categories. Enjoy!

Music

Music can inspire and uplift. I enjoy music with meaningful lyrics coupled with moving melodies.

1. Retrospective Indigo Girls

2. Playlist: The Very Best of Dan FogelbergDan Fogelberg

3. Jars of Clay Jars of Clay

4. John Denver - Definitive All-Time Greatest HitsJohn Denver

5. The Essential John Denver John Denver

6. Portrait John Denver (listen to the seasons suite!)

7. The Distance Taylor Hicks (check out his older music too!)

8. Songs of the Spirit II Karen Drucker. This is the one artist thus far that I have found whose lyrics pretty much all align with my point of view AND the songs are catchy!! Great music to sing along with or to have in the background to fill your mind with positive thoughts!

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Humor

I realize people have different ideas of what's funny, but here are some things that make me laugh.

1. Steven Wright: When the Leaves Blow Away Steven Wright (the king of one-liners)

2. Robin Williams - Live on Broadway Robin Williams (a bit racy at times but hilarious)

3. Jam-Packed FoxTrot

4. Wildly FoxTrot : A FoxTrot Treasury


 

5. The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes (A Calvin And Hobbes Treasury)

6. The Indispensable Calvin And Hobbes

7. Sign up for Beliefnet's Joke of the Day. Go to http://www.beliefnet.com/Entertainment/Joke-of-the-Day/Daily-Joke.aspx About half way down the page there is a link to sign up for this newsletter or any one of their additional newsletters. Beliefnet is the largest multi-faith online community for spirituality and inspiration. Its mission is to help people find and walk a spiritual path that instills comfort, hope, clarity, strength and happiness for people who are exploring their own faith or curious about others.

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Web-sites and social media

  1. www.massivegood.com--MASSIVEGOOD lets you make a $2 micro-contribution towards major global health causes every time you buy a plane ticket, reserve a hotel room or rent a car.
  2. Easy2dogood--follow on Twitter: Ideas of simple brilliance that benefit both companies and charities.
  3.  http://www.fanx.com This is a cute site that allows you to send appreciative messages to people via the ever popular social network--Face book :) 
  4. www.goodstoriesgoodnews.com  This web-site links to multiple good news stories and sites--another attempt to focus attention on what's right vs what is wrong :)