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Friday, September 18, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Newest Blog
This will be the last entry of a personal nature, in this blog -- which I will reserve for announcements and such, that I feel compelled to write "out loud". I'm excited to announce that I'll be using the other, newer blog on the site most of the time (for 'vents', 'journal', 'life bits-n-pieces' ).
See you there or here
See you there or here
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Biggest Loser
I can't wait for this season to be over.
I think a lot of it isn't real and is set up -- I don't trust the scales and the way they make people vote off others, is just mean. If this was truly a contest to see who can be the biggest loser, they would automatically let the person with the lowest weight loss percentage, go home.
Also, last season they had a guy named Neil, who gained 11 pounds by drinking water. It was all a strategy so he would be one of the people up for elimination -- this way, the group would vote to get rid of the other guy. This made me angry! It's dirty, dishonest and physically dangerous and (in my opinion) impossible and unlikely. That's one of the reasons I don't trust the scale and think it could be rigged. Anyhow, this season there's a father - son team and the father is underhanded, sneaky and manipulative. He has said and did whatever he can to make sure his son in in the final four. Both of them ended up in the final four so the ending should be interesting.
I know who I'd like to see win but I'm betting it won't be that person....
Incidentally, I wonder how much a size 8 person weighs.
Also, I wonder what size a 161 pound person would be... curious because of something the biggest loser contestant, Helen, said.
I think a lot of it isn't real and is set up -- I don't trust the scales and the way they make people vote off others, is just mean. If this was truly a contest to see who can be the biggest loser, they would automatically let the person with the lowest weight loss percentage, go home.
Also, last season they had a guy named Neil, who gained 11 pounds by drinking water. It was all a strategy so he would be one of the people up for elimination -- this way, the group would vote to get rid of the other guy. This made me angry! It's dirty, dishonest and physically dangerous and (in my opinion) impossible and unlikely. That's one of the reasons I don't trust the scale and think it could be rigged. Anyhow, this season there's a father - son team and the father is underhanded, sneaky and manipulative. He has said and did whatever he can to make sure his son in in the final four. Both of them ended up in the final four so the ending should be interesting.
I know who I'd like to see win but I'm betting it won't be that person....
Incidentally, I wonder how much a size 8 person weighs.
Also, I wonder what size a 161 pound person would be... curious because of something the biggest loser contestant, Helen, said.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Murder Suicide and Facebook Popularity
Man, Woman Dead in Murder-Suicide at Michigan College Fox News - April 10
"The bodies of Asia McGowan, 20, of Ecorse, and Anthony Powell, 28, of Detroit, were discovered inside a classroom at a Henry Ford Community College building after police responded to an emergency call of an assault and shortly afterward reports of a shot being fired on campus, said Dearborn Deputy Police Chief Gregg Brighton." ~ Newsday
It's sad this sort of thing happens and I feel really bad for the families involved but the reason I'm blogging about this tragedy is because of a T.V. news broadcast. They showed some YouTube video of the victim dancing and also showed video of the gunman ranting and venting whatever was on his mind at the time. Based on the small video clips, he obviously seemed angry and crazed - if that wasn't enough to convince the viewer, they announced that he had only three or four facebook friends; the victim and object of his obsession, was one of them. Whereas, the victim had friends that numbered somewhere in the high eight hundreds.
This is the part that bothered me. Facebook is full of spammers and trolls that add people randomly. It's also full of innocent people that don't say no to friend requests. I'm guessing the victim, Asia McGowan, was one of those nice people who was popular and friendly with many people but not necessarily friends with everyone on her list.
My question is: How does the Facebook "popularity" of the victim and her killer, factor into this?
"The bodies of Asia McGowan, 20, of Ecorse, and Anthony Powell, 28, of Detroit, were discovered inside a classroom at a Henry Ford Community College building after police responded to an emergency call of an assault and shortly afterward reports of a shot being fired on campus, said Dearborn Deputy Police Chief Gregg Brighton." ~ Newsday
It's sad this sort of thing happens and I feel really bad for the families involved but the reason I'm blogging about this tragedy is because of a T.V. news broadcast. They showed some YouTube video of the victim dancing and also showed video of the gunman ranting and venting whatever was on his mind at the time. Based on the small video clips, he obviously seemed angry and crazed - if that wasn't enough to convince the viewer, they announced that he had only three or four facebook friends; the victim and object of his obsession, was one of them. Whereas, the victim had friends that numbered somewhere in the high eight hundreds.
This is the part that bothered me. Facebook is full of spammers and trolls that add people randomly. It's also full of innocent people that don't say no to friend requests. I'm guessing the victim, Asia McGowan, was one of those nice people who was popular and friendly with many people but not necessarily friends with everyone on her list.
My question is: How does the Facebook "popularity" of the victim and her killer, factor into this?
Friday, April 10, 2009
Happy Easter
I'm going to dye some eggs tomorrow with neon colors.
Here's a picture of last years eggs -- I think they turned out really nice.
Personally, I hope I get chocolate
Here's a picture of last years eggs -- I think they turned out really nice.
Personally, I hope I get chocolate
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Grow up already!
When acquaintances grow horns and cause trouble...
About two years ago, I met a couple that I can honestly say, I didn't like. She's touchy feely and becomes even more uninhibited and hands-on the more she drinks (and ingests etcetera's ...), and he's a short guy that suffers with masculinity issues.
Something about them bugged me right from the start.
Maybe it's the way she throws herself on all the men, touching, kissing, gyrating or maybe it's the way they are clingy and needy creatures that demand all your attention, like a couple of kids going through the terrible two's. Quite possibly it's their gossipy giggly need to spread rumors and destroy relationships for the sheer pleasure of watching the process of collapse in their friend's relationships, that bothers me the most.
I've had to tolerate them because they are friends of friends. I've had to watch and listen to them complain, brag, whine, have hissy fits, lie and snicker. All along grinding my teeth behind my fake smile. Realistically, I wouldn't normally put up with that for as long as I did, but I really felt like I was obligated to until, they decided to include me in their most recent fight with a friend.
The woman sent an email to the female half of the couple we are friends with. It was a nasty bit of email. She made accusations and waited for the sparks to fly. By the time it was over, I was receiving copies of all the correspondence between them because she said she was trying to "protect" my husband and I from our friends. None of what the emails contained were of any concern to us nor did any of it pertain to us; she simply wanted to forward email to start trouble.
This time her target was us and here's a little bit of the reason behind her jealous fit and outrage ...
Several weeks ago, we went away overnight with our friends (couple A) but the problem couple (we'll call them couple B), got all bent out of shape over it. They (couple B) don't like anyone getting close to their friends (couple A) even though we had been friends with couple A, about a year longer than couple B had been, we didn't want to cause trouble so we kept our distance. Cautiously optimistic that we can maintain our friendship with couple A, without ruffling feathers. At that time, we were being much more guarded because we knew couple B would attempt to cause trouble, all that remained to be seen was the how and when.
The when, apparently is now; the how, is by trying to destroy the credibility of couple A, and planting seeds of doubt about their loyalty.
When I received the emails, I read through them carefully for any reference to myself or my husband and sent a simple response and clarification to a statement she had made -- with that, I have heard no further from either the husband, nor his wife.
So, I no longer need to babysit and monitor their behavior or share my evenings out with them. I feel a sense of relief as though a heavy nagging weight has been lifted from my shoulders...
I say, goodbye, so long and good riddance.
That was yesterday ... and how was your day ?
About two years ago, I met a couple that I can honestly say, I didn't like. She's touchy feely and becomes even more uninhibited and hands-on the more she drinks (and ingests etcetera's ...), and he's a short guy that suffers with masculinity issues.
Something about them bugged me right from the start.
Maybe it's the way she throws herself on all the men, touching, kissing, gyrating or maybe it's the way they are clingy and needy creatures that demand all your attention, like a couple of kids going through the terrible two's. Quite possibly it's their gossipy giggly need to spread rumors and destroy relationships for the sheer pleasure of watching the process of collapse in their friend's relationships, that bothers me the most.
I've had to tolerate them because they are friends of friends. I've had to watch and listen to them complain, brag, whine, have hissy fits, lie and snicker. All along grinding my teeth behind my fake smile. Realistically, I wouldn't normally put up with that for as long as I did, but I really felt like I was obligated to until, they decided to include me in their most recent fight with a friend.
The woman sent an email to the female half of the couple we are friends with. It was a nasty bit of email. She made accusations and waited for the sparks to fly. By the time it was over, I was receiving copies of all the correspondence between them because she said she was trying to "protect" my husband and I from our friends. None of what the emails contained were of any concern to us nor did any of it pertain to us; she simply wanted to forward email to start trouble.
This time her target was us and here's a little bit of the reason behind her jealous fit and outrage ...
Several weeks ago, we went away overnight with our friends (couple A) but the problem couple (we'll call them couple B), got all bent out of shape over it. They (couple B) don't like anyone getting close to their friends (couple A) even though we had been friends with couple A, about a year longer than couple B had been, we didn't want to cause trouble so we kept our distance. Cautiously optimistic that we can maintain our friendship with couple A, without ruffling feathers. At that time, we were being much more guarded because we knew couple B would attempt to cause trouble, all that remained to be seen was the how and when.
The when, apparently is now; the how, is by trying to destroy the credibility of couple A, and planting seeds of doubt about their loyalty.
When I received the emails, I read through them carefully for any reference to myself or my husband and sent a simple response and clarification to a statement she had made -- with that, I have heard no further from either the husband, nor his wife.
So, I no longer need to babysit and monitor their behavior or share my evenings out with them. I feel a sense of relief as though a heavy nagging weight has been lifted from my shoulders...
I say, goodbye, so long and good riddance.
That was yesterday ... and how was your day ?
Thursday, March 12, 2009
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