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We are all in this

January 17, 2011 this i believe

**The following is a repost from Martin Luther King Day, 2010** Mr. Monk, my 7-year-going-on-50-old child, asked me last Friday at dinner, “Mom, is it true that you would not be here if Martin Luther King did not give THAT speech?” I was caught by surprise, I’ll be completely honest. Although I understand the impact [...]

Tagged as: Martin Luther King, my youngest, people smarter than I am, schooled and humbled, the golden rule, things kids say, we are all in this, we are the world

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$5000 a Bullet

January 13, 2011 this i believe

Many of us have seen Chris Rock’s standup routine on gun control, or as he called it “Bullet Control”, either on YouTube or in the movie Bowling for Columbine. In the wake of the shooting in Arizona, there is a heated discussion surrounding the fact that 1) the gunman fired off a large capacity magazine [...]

Tagged as: damn liberals, funny haha, funny scary, i am a fan, Once you realize what a joke everything is being the comedian is the only thing that makes sense, video, what do you know?, what keeps me awake

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35 seconds

January 12, 2011 this i believe

. . On January 12, 2010, at 4:53 pm, in Haiti, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 on the Richter scale has plunged Haiti into hell… 35 seconds later… the capital of Port-au-Prince was destroyed over 75%. Today it is estimated that the number of dead could rise 300.0000 dead “as many” injuries and [...]

There is no shame on the bandwagon if it is for a worthy cause

December 16, 2010 this i believe

WARNING: Wagon jumping here! . . I learned of Beads of Courage from BugginWord, a charity that I have never heard of until today. The main program is based on a concept so “simple” yet so brilliant (’cause many probably thought to themselves: “Why didn’t anybody think of this sooner?!”) that is making a huge [...]

Tagged as: Beads of Courage, When they own their stories they own their illness, wish i were a better writer so i could adequately express how much i love this and why

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Let’s paint the town red

December 1, 2010 this i believe

Let’s paint the town red because there is much to be celebrated today. Elly kicked cancer’s butt! She has been declared cancer-FREE by her doctor. It is likely though that she is still radioactive from, you know, activating the Wonder Twin power in her epic battle against that super villain. But like Harry Potter, LOVE [...]

Tagged as: "She sat down that we might stand", Civil Rights Movement, Happy Hanukkah!, i am a fan, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!, World AIDS Day

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This is what hope looks like

November 15, 2010 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

As a researcher, you hate it when you come across a piece of evidence that proves against the theory/conclusion you are hoping to make. How I wish I could sweep it under the rug. Pretend I’ve never seen it. Plead ignorance. I hate being able to see both sides: Why can’t I just believe in [...]

Tagged as: i am a fan, psychotic foaming, strangers I am grateful for, we are all in this

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The Faces of Those Who Were There

November 11, 2010 this i believe

. . In 2005, as he watched the news of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Matthew Mitchell, a painter in Amherst, MA, felt disconnected and feared that the memories of the soldiers, like the news, would soon fade. “The big danger that we have is that we can forget about war.” He decided to do [...]

Tagged as: NPR, strangers I am grateful for, Thank you!, You don't have to support the war to support the troops

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ROCK THE VOTE!

November 2, 2010 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

. . . I know many will disagree: but for me, this election is all about a (not so covert any more) culture war. “Cutting taxes & Smaller Government” to me is another code for “Compassionate Conservatism”, i.e. “I feel sorry for you man but I am not gonna share with you. Sorry. It sucks [...]

Tagged as: GOP YOU CAN’T TAKE AMERICA BACK THE REST OF US ARE STILL USING IT, rock the vote

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Rally to Restore Sanity: Perspective is everything

October 30, 2010 imho is just a polite way to say I know you don't give a hoot what I think but I'm going to say it anyway

. This is today. I wish I were there. But I am here at home, trying to restore my own sanity, in a very personal, trivial way. Some dear friends that I have the honor of getting to know were there on the Mall in D.C. witnessing history: Nancy at Mature Landscaping. Renee at Life [...]

Tagged as: funny haha, i am a fan, jon stewart, Rally to Restore Sanity, SNL, things that keep me from going to bed where my husband is waiting, we are all in this

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Reality bites. No. Reality kicked my ass.

October 19, 2010 no manual for parenting

There is no other way around it: I am a hypocrite. Isn’t it an ironic coincidence that after my holier-than-thou tirade against bullying and my immagonnakickyourpunkass battle cry, my 12-year-old son told me tonight that he has been called all sorts of names at school? Names such as gay, nerd, retard. Hurled at him, in [...]

Tagged as: are you fucking kidding me?, i am a badass inside my head so shut up, i love my kids but i hate parenting, psychotic foaming, reality bites, trying to do the right thing

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