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Santa Rosa, CA. ~ In the spirit of positiv- ity being a better and more bal- anced state of mind for healthy liv-
ing compared to negativity, let’s maintain some joy and pleasure about good ol’ St. Valentine’s Day: Ahhh… a special day to focus on expressing genuine feelings for others. T at’s why I am tossing some
pretty, illusionary bouquets— you know, the way great per- forming artists are bombarded with pretty fl owers aſt er glow- ing, successful performances— to some rather special favorites of mine. Obviously, we need to toss the fi rst “nosegay” to George Washington on
his
284th birthday, February 22nd. Second needs to cheer up great Abraham Lincoln on his 207th birthday. No need to elaborate on their brave deeds here. Ever since I fi rst read about
T omas Alva Edison—Happy 169th Birthday on February 11th!—( at age 10 in NYC I dragged every willing friend and family members in 1940
to keep seeing the sweet, old- fashioned Hollywood biopic of “Edison, T e Man.”) Certainly “T e Wizard of Menlo Park” became a global hero for the invent- ing—with his care- fully culled group of highly skilled colleagues—of innumerable
devices that he auspiciously determined
as “things people
need…and want!”
Holding 1,093 US patents and many more in at least three European countries, his business acumen is as aston- ishing as his intuitive grasp of science. Receiving the next bouquet
(perhaps not such a lavish one as I would design for Edison- -all the world knows he pre- ferred apple pie and milk to gardening) would be to Steve Jobs—an extraordinary entre- preneur
and technology in-
ventor who sadly never made it to his 59th birthday Febru- ary 24th. However, the vastly
marked diff erences between these two globally regarded American inventors is stark. If you are as curious as I am,
and also happen to be a fi lm fan and avid reader, I hope you did not miss the care- fully re-
searched and eye-opening documentary that Alex Gib- ney has put out about Steve Jobs: “T e Man in the Machine.”
Con-
scientiously inter- viewing a surprising number of colleagues
re- veals
who worked side by side with Jobs, Gibney Jobs’
life as one
that caused tragic outcomes for some who for only a time were very close to him, fairly mes- merized, but then cut out of his life by him. It becomes appar- ent that driven Jobs had fi erce ambitions, perhaps even trying to convince himself that he was a world shaker. Clips show Jobs presenting
an audience with fi ne photos of Einstein, Edison, Ghandi as people of vision who changed
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the world and adding auda- ciously: “If they had lived to now, surely they would own a Mac!” –Now that’s PR by an expert! Of course, Amazon has DVD and Blueray versions of Gibney’s doc if you wish to own it. Constantly admiring those who impact our lives with their creative genius, I am a loyal fan of books that help us to grasp some meaning in our swiſt ly changing times. What becomes more apparent daily is the large question of “has all this new technology drawn hu- manity closer together really to be of assistance to one another throughout our relatively brief lives?” T at coupled with the nagging question of the seem- ingly ever widening gap be- tween young and older genera- tions? Have you noticed many folks, all in one room, can be
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UPBEAT TIMES, INC. • February 2016 • 5 Catch a Bouquet of February Upbeat Feelings! JOKES & Humor # 2
Three guys, stranded on a desert island, fi nd a magic lantern containing a genie, who grants them each one wish. The fi rst guy wishes he was off the island and back home. The second guy wishes the same. The third guy says “I’m lonely. I wish my friends were back here.”
“If you have a
dream, don’t just sit there. Gather
courage to believe that you can
succeed and leave no stone unturned
to make it a reality.” Roopleen
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