Placebo

I just watched an episode of Wire In the Blood that dealt with witchcraft, voodoo, suggestion.  Also NLP (neuro-linguistic-programming) which I have seen demonstrated but am not very familiar with.  I think one plants a suggestion indirectly by using words in different sentences, but the subject's subconcious picks them up and is influenced by them.  At any rate, I found the show very interesting.  Some of how hypnotism works is called the placebo effect.  The expectation for an outcome becomes reality.  That is one of the "Rules of the Mind,"  ie. "What is expected tends to be realized."

I wanted to report that I put an ad in the local paper to get some volunteer practice partners for hypnosis.  The ad will run Sunday only.  I also created a second blog which has more detailed information about the fantastic opportunity I am offering.  I thought I'd make the readers here aware of it also, just in case you wanted to be a practice partner.  Basically this would be a chat group that would come over and talk hypnosis and give me feedback on my plans and techniques for my practice.  We would also do suggestion work in any area they might like.  

I'm looking forward to the results.  I invite you to join in, or if you just want to try individually, at no cost- except I might ask for some feed-back, please call or email.  Search the blog if you need the email address.

The new blog is http://hometownhypnotist.blogspot.com/. 

So far that is just to give information regarding the ad but may develop into something more later.
Pleasant dreams and high expectations.  Ken

My NBF

Hey everybody.  I'll stop with the text message references as of now.  If anyone out there wants me to refer to them with a "blog name" just let me know via email. kenlamson@hotmail.com So far Jman and Buck-naked are taken.  Just kidding (if it is not obvious).  Please keep the name short.  I don't like to type.

I friended a hypnotist in Austrailia, and she accepted me, sight unseen,  maybe that's why.  I think I'm searching for someone to give me the boost I need to get off the couch and start seeing some clients.  I remember an experiment we read about in Psychology class that involved cats, electric shock and food.  The point was when the motivation for food (hunger) was strong enough, the cat will overcome it's dislike of electric shock and go get the food.  My motivation is still not quite there yet.  The doubts are more about me than the field of hypnosis. Every day I see on Face book and in blogs, everywhere, people have problems that are regularly solved with hypnosis.  Anger issues, stress, money problems, sports improvement, breast enhancement... Did he say breast enhancement?

I should use it on myself. Not for the breast thing.

I was making a tomato sandwich yesterday.  To deal with the tomato, I used a paring knife to cut out the stem area, a slicing knife, to slice the tomato(needs to be sharp) and just as I was going for a dinner knife, to spread Miracle Whip Lite, I remembered a knife I had that could, at least, do the slicing and the spreading.  It is a beautiful Case knife with a rounded end and serrated blade.  This was one of those nice garage sale finds.  I wanted to use this introduction to the point that if you ever wanted to start eating a little healthier, this is the time to do it in Michigan.  I love tomatoes from here.  The corn is great and other fruits and vegetables as well.  

I'm wasting too much time here, in the sidebedroom. Hope everone of you is happy and motivated to do the things you want/need to do.

Beer

OMG have you heard that beer is good for you?  My brother-in-law, Buck, was right after all.  He used to say beer was like a liquid sandwich.  I heard about some study that was released touting the benefits of beer.  I've gotta say I feel better about my beer drinking now.  I'm in the ball park on the limit per day too.  I'm sure if you skip a day it's a good idea to double up on the following day.

I watched a very informative television program on beer last night.  The origins of beer,  early ingredients,  development, the whole story.  Lagers were developed in Germany(don't quote me) they use cold temperature yeast.  The beer is lighter and smoother.  Ales use warmer temperature yeast and have more taste and bite.  They're more popular in England and are darker.  They didn't mention Estonia in the program for some reason.  I've heard they have some awesome micro brew there.  Well, if the program is going to be aired in your area, I give it a thumbs-up.  Brewing is on the rise, big time, in the United States.  Hops are in!

Take a decision

That always sounds funny to me.  In the USA we usually say make a decision.  G. Gordon points out it is not proper use of the Queen's english.  There are several choices and you take one.  No big deal how you say it but important to consider options and choose the ones that will be best for you.  Life is to live.  We have our lives and if we want to be sky-divers we can do it and I say do it.  If you don't mind being overweight, eat drink and be merry.  There may be health consequences so be aware and do what makes you happy.

My brother-in-law (I think I mentioned him in a previous blog) enjoyed smoking.  He was in great shape.  He got cancer and died within 6 months.  If we could go back in time and know the result, I wonder if he would have taken a non-smoking path.  Just staying alive for the sake of being alive seems a bit empty to me.  But he had golf!  He also loved fishing and hunting.  He had his share of the good life.  I just noticed, by way of a typo) that if you take the f out of life it spells lie.  Now I know what's missing from my life. 

The weather here has been too hot for much work to be accomplished.  This morning was different.  It was cool when I awoke, so after a while I came down and laid on the couch with a quilt and my novel.  It was pleasant lying there except for the cat issues.  That's how I would have it most every day;
cool in the morning, warming up to no more than 75 F.  Partly cloudy and every third or fourth day, rain. 
Good bye for now, and remember, IF you have decided this, YOU ARE A NON-SMOKER AND WILL REMAIN A NON-SMOKER FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!

Jman difference

Things are different when Jman is here.  Friday he and Helene went to a friends wedding and when we woke up the next morning a significant contingent of the wedding party were sleeping in our living room and camper van.  You just don't know what will happen next.  It's fun and we are flattered that they feel comfortable in crashing here. I heard the basic reception pattern of behavior was behave-behave-behave-drunk.

I even heard of a leprechaun sighting.  He was said to be sleeping under a tree, wearing kilts! 


There also must be at least one campfire.  I regret that I didn't shake off being too tired to attend.
Next time, we'll have a good time,
I know we'll have a good time then.

How is Summer going?

Summer used to be the best part of the year.  The school break, the warm weather and family vacations.  It changes when you get older and you may be working through the Summer months.  But the weather is nice and you will probably take a vacation.  I always hated it when, even in early July stores would start advertising for back to school.  There's still a lot of Summer left.  I have  been trying to get some of the fun feeling back but so far my success has been limited.  I find myself thinking about what needs to be done before the colder weather gets here.  In September football season begins and that's something I look forward to. 

There is a full month of Summer left and I'm going to use it.  I'll go somewhere where there are boats.  I may rent a boat.  I think I'll get into some nice cool water.  Lake Michigan always does the trick.  Maybe I'll go down to the local bar and listen to the people talk about their Summer adventures.

I know many of you have already traveled this year and are thinking about Fall.  Well I say enjoy August.   

I love me-I love me not

You may have noticed that I changed the title of my last blog.  I'm telling you, unless you're blogging under a pseudonym, you have to be careful of what you say.  

I was thinking of how we accept so many things as being true without examining them at all.  The one I'm talking about now is, "You have to love yourself, before you can love someone else."  Why is this so widely accepted?  I've heard people try to explain that if you don't love yourself, you don't know what love is, therefore how can you love someone else?  I have also been told the analogy of someone coming to you for money.  You can give him money if you have it.  Likewise you can give love if you have it.

Well, I know I love some people, who shall go unnamed.  Does that mean I must love myself?  I think the jury is out on this idea.  I don't believe it.

 I've spent a fair amount of time this week working on the volkswagens.  I had spent a lot of money on the convertible and thought I'd fix one or two things myself.  The car would be in better shape and I would feel good about improvement without spending money.  The rear bumper has been loose on the left side since I bought the car.  I looked underneath to see if this was a welding issue or what.  I could see two bolts that were just not tightened up.  Hey, easy fix-right up my ally.  It turned out, there were three bolts on each side.  One (on each) had been broken off.  The others were frozen (a rust term).  By the time I had removed the bumper, each side had two frozen broken-off bolts and one usable threaded hole.  I had to drill out bolts, find new bolts, disassemble the rest of the bumper, wire brush the interior of the bumper, rust bullet the thing, etc.  These jobs keep going on.  Meanwhile I wanted to scrub the top of the camper.  I noticed one edge doesn't have a protective strip so I decided to use a similar item to replace that.  It was rusty in the gutter up there so I used more Rust-Bullet.  Both projects are still uncompleted.  I'm going to put the bumper on this afternoon.  Eventually, I may get to the ultimate goal of cleaning out the garage so I can store the convertible in there along with my screw-driver collection.  Then maybe I will love myself.

By the way, I fixed the bathtub drain lever.  That was very easy.