Ethics

MacDonalidisation: Braverman, Taylor & Mayo

Background: George Ritzer defined McDonaldization as “…the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurants are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as the rest of the world.” For our purposes, MacDonaldisation is a process of rationalisation that results in an efficient, logical sequence of methods that can be used to complete a given task in a controlled way. Frederick Winslow Taylor:... 

May 14, 2008 | Read the story »


Happiness

Creating Better Relationships

The most important achievements you can ever have in this life is your own happiness. And the majority of all the happiness you will ever have, will come from your personal relationships. Your interactions and the time you spend with the people you care about will be the major source of the pleasure, enjoyment, and satisfaction you have on a daily basis. The key to a happy family life is communication and the amount of time you spend with the people... 

May 14, 2008 | Read the story »


Humanities

Those Dirty Mexicans–Oh, Really?

When my wife and I announced that we were moving to Mexico, one of my wife’s relatives asked us, “Why do you want to live with those dirty Mexicans?” Besides wanting to slap some sense into this person, I was particularly sickened (as in wanting to projectile vomit Linda Blair-style) by this hideous and most heinous stereotype. I have wanted to know since then where this originated. I think, after doing what writers do-too much research,... 

May 15, 2008 | Read the story »


Religion

The Freemasonic Order of the Golden Centurion

I think most people who will read this will not accept what I am saying here without doing a lot of checking into the facts. ‘I tried sending through an attachment from a fellow researcher who is working on the Kaballah as derivative from Qaballa which is an ancient Verbal Tradition such as kept by the Bairds or bards and the Bardic Tradition for over 25,000 years. He finds my history is supportive and I see his sets of codes in English and... 

May 13, 2008 | Read the story »


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