November 16, 2007 by ratcheer.

Since I last wrote about shaving, I have made a grand personal discovery. Thanks to my many friends at the Badger and Blade web site, I have started using and come to strongly prefer triple milled, or hard, shaving soaps. They can be quite expensive, but they last a very long time so they seem to be “worth it”. My current favorites are Mitchell’s Wool Fat, George F. Trumper Coconut Oil (both from Great Britain), and Provence Sante from France. I have a couple of others and there are more on my wish list. All of these soaps provide luxurious lather, comfortable shaves, and leave the skin feeling as if it had already been rubbed with a fine lotion.

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November 16, 2007 by ratcheer.

Yesterday’s remembrance of having once met Baba Ram Dass prompted me to think of other prominent people I have met. One that came to mind almost immediatelt was Gene Kranz, whom I met at a business meeting in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1997. He was the motivational speaker. I met and talked with him for several minutes at a cocktail party and dinner. He was an exceptionally gracious man, very friendly and easy to talk to.

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November 15, 2007 by ratcheer.

I was feeling stressed out after a pretty hard day at the office this afternoon, so I started practicing my deep breathing exercise. While I was doing it, I remembered back to when it was first taught to me and it struck me - that was really cool! I was taught this very specific deep breathing technique by none other than Baba Ram Dass. The time would have been around 1975. He was giving a seminar sort of presentation one evening at the University of Alabama, where I was a student. I was expecting a sizable crowd, but I was one of only about 15 or 20 who were interested enough to show up. I met him personally at the end of his talk, though I wouldn’t go so far as to say we had a meaningful conversation.

Anyway, it is kind of amazing how fairly significant life events can go completely forgotten for years, only to pop up again when least expected.

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