August 2008

Bullies should be drawn and quartered

August 22, 2008

Morning, Did you read about the shooting yesterday in Tennessee?  According to the news: …Slain Tennessee student was target of taunts Police identified the victim as Ryan McDonald, a sophomore who lived with his grandmother and had alopecia, a condition that left him bald since he was 3 and the target of endless teasing as [...]

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Today’s Thought To Share – YOU!

August 22, 2008

Morning all!  Today’s thought to share involves something near and dear to your heart: YOU! You see, yesterday saw me comatose for the majority of the day – I either came down with the 24 hour virus or food poisoning or what have you.  End result

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How I can make $385,293 in 3 Measly Minutes

August 21, 2008

Morning! So nice of you to swing by my blog this morning!  Today you’re going to swoon with delight, prance with pleasure, dance with glee and all those other really odd physical activities that denote joy and excitement. Why?  Because I’m going to show you how I can make $385,293 (plus tax) in 3 measly [...]

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Today’s Thought to Share – The right to be heard does NOT

August 21, 2008

Morning all!  Today’s thought to share involves common sense.  And it’s this: The right to be heard does NOT automatically include the right to be taken seriously. This quote by Hubert Humphrey appeared in my inbox today courtesy of Nicky510′s Daily Dose.  I’ll be blogging more about this concept later on today (especially as I [...]

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Flattening your fear of showing friendliness

August 20, 2008

Morning! Quick!  Don’t just sit there, tell me this! Whenever you meet new people, are you at ease with confidence and friendly with focus? Or instead do you shy away and try to blend into the woodwork? Hmmmm? The art of self-confidence (and actually appearing friendly and inviting) in a public setting can be quite [...]

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Today’s Thought to Share – When carpets attack

August 20, 2008

Morning all!  Today’s thought to share involves carpets.  Yes, carpets, those things that normal families use in their households to cover the floor, instead of to prepare frighteningly goopy scientific food experiments. First the thought:  Ancient Chinese Saying: He who spreads Go-gurt with joyful abandon wakes up to discover the term ‘dessert’ has been transmorgrified [...]

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Parent’s Bill of Rights – Are YOU treated like dirt?

August 19, 2008

Morning! Ah, the undying joys of raising a family.  Yes, the utterly magnificent live-as-you-see-it graying of your own hair, as you walk into the guest room and spot the quarter-sized hole in the wall with a hobby-horse stick, well, sticking out of it! But I am truly getting ahead of the joyous experience that was [...]

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How dare you NOT feel sorry for me!!

August 19, 2008

Morning! I will admit, nothing is better in this world than a freshly-brewed cup of piping hot coffee, swimming with English Toffee zero calorie sweetener and creamer.  Well, okay, perhaps SOME things are better, like great romance, children who shun angsting, being able to catch the 5th degree black-belt with a surprise kick that flattens [...]

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Today’s Thought To Share – Bright Shiny Things

August 19, 2008

Morning all!  Today’s thought to share involves sea turtles.  Yes, you read that right – sea turtles. Apparently in Rome, approximately 60 newly hatched sea turtles lost their way during their ritual passage to the sea and marched into an Italian restaurant instead. And we complain about

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The Church of the Color-Coordinated Jesus – 16 Resources for dealing with cults and mind control

August 18, 2008

Morning! And how are you today?  So nice that you stopped by my blog, I very much appreciate your presence.  Over here in LingLand, life is just dandy – the most magnificent sentence one can imagine has permeated my household (all together now:  "School STARTS in less than 3 weeks!") and finally (FINALLY!) my kids [...]

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