Thursday, November 27, 2008

Thank you Oprah! My moai is dope!

Happened to be timeshifting yesterday and caught Oprah's show filled with thrifty tips for the holidays. Great recipes for turkey, cornbread stuffing, and fun inexpensive gift ideas. She also made some music available for free on her website oprah.com. Follow the instructions to download 8 songs and make your own mixed CD. But only for 48 hours from Wednesday at 5pm (so do it tonight).

Also found a link to Secrets of the Blue Zones, areas of the world where people regularly live to be 100, with great quality of life. Everyone interested in vital longevity should check it out! Every time I haul bags of groceries home without a car I'll be thinking of those women hauling buckets of water. Or Uma hauling water uphill as part of her training in Kill Bill vol. 2.

Speaking of Uma and Japan, here are two words you need to know from longliving Okinawans: ikigai - "that which makes one's life worth living" and moai - which means you have a social support network.

My moai is dope!
Living long is the new black.
What's your ikigai?

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends!

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