Although I have run across this blogger, known as “Midnight Dancer”, on another social site (currently called Fubar and fka Cherry Tap & fka Lost Cherry), his blog entitled “Let’s Dance Through Life: Love, Honestly, and the Internet” has a posting called “No Guts, No Glory” and poignantly states: It has been said many ways: [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Possible Goal for the New Year?
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Art, Blogging, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, De-Cluttering, Great Quotes, Health, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Love, Mission Work, Procrastination, Recycling, Relationships, Research, Self Marketing, Self Promotion, Sexual Assault, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Well said!, Writing, writing research, tagged birth, cycle, death, Desire, divorce, Domestic Violence, focus, future, Goals, happiness, hope, inspiration, life, marriage, Mission, New, opportunity, Oprah, Resolutions, Stability, statement, Year's on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Received Oprah’s “Today’s Mission Calendar Inspiration” email today wherein in the first paragraph it states about the January issue, “Let the hot air out of the self-esteem balloon–and find a more stable basis for carrying yourself through the world.” What a great quote! Wow! Isn’t that a formidable quest at times??? A more stable basis for [...]
As Allergy Ridden as I am….
Posted in A Way With Words, Art, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Society, Viruses, Weather, tagged allergies, allergy, cats, cedar, dander, fever, Heathcliff, nose, pollen, stuffed, suffering on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I sure feel like Heathcliff — excepting it has been ongoing for the past couple of weeks…and, I suspect, it isn’t going away anytime soon. I saw something big, black and furry scurry aross the ditch along the roadway on the way into work tonight — it could have been a skunk that sprayed me [...]
Heathkits Regaining Exposure???
Posted in Academia, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Education, How to, Human Relations, Radio-TV-Film, Relationships, Research, Scientific, Self Help Sites, Society, Technology, Technology Support, Trainings & Conferences, tagged at-home schooling, Education, electronic, Heathkit, instruction, kits, robot, training on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A fellow blogger wrote in his posting, Heathkit Reincarnates the Hero Robot, about Heathkit re-establishing themselves from the televisions, radios, and the like that they taught many folks about electronics through their kits and instructions. Although they have had a long lapse of time, they seem to be making a come back. I do so remember [...]
Merry Christmas!!
Posted in Art, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Healthy Living, Holiday Celebrations, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Relationships, Savage Chickens, Shopping, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Storytelling, Well said!, tagged Chimney, Christmas, Merry, Santa on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As Families Grow and Expand,
Posted in A Way With Words, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Holiday Celebrations, Human Relations, Relationships, Shopping, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged Christmas, Day, Eve, family, figgy, happiness, Happy, Merry, pudding, tradition on December 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
so do the family traditions. It is time for my daughter to develop new traditions with her new family with the onset of their baby girl this past June. They are quickly learning how to adjust to meeting each sides’ family to continue Christmas family traditions. Because I have to work today and tomorrow, I [...]
A Different Kind of Christmas Poem
Posted in 911 Remembrance, Advocacy, Armed Forces, Being famous, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Criminal Justice, Human Relations, Iraq, Law & Legislation, Politics, President George Bush, Relationships, Religion, Security, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, US History, Victimology, Violence, Volunteering, War, Well said!, tagged Christmas, Different, Poem on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I, honestly, cannot remember if this was also circulated around last year or not in our emails as well; whatever the case though, it certainly would bear repeating….enjoy!! A Different Christmas Poem The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, [...]
Old Fashioned Caroling???
Posted in A Way With Words, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Mission Work, Music Collections, Music Events, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Volunteering, Youth on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Gone seem to be the days when the neighbors would gather at someone’s home, practice some caroling songs that they would be singing, have hot chocolate and goodies to warm themselves up, put on their scarves and mittens, and head out the door to sing from house to house in their neighborhood. Why would that [...]
Evolution of a Snowman???
Posted in Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, How to, Humor & Laughter, Savage Chickens, Society, tagged building, evolution, snowman on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
lol.. Like we here in Texas are going to know too much about this…. Even if we are going to get the opportunity to build a small one, it is gone within hours of building one — not days/weeks/months!! lol…
In the times of religious acknowledgment…
Posted in A Way With Words, Censorship, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Law & Legislation, Politics, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged book, Chanukah, Christmas, Church, faith, God, Happy, Jim, Merry, Politics, Public Radio, State, Viewpoint, Wallis on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
especially in the world of the media and politics which can often grey out some black and white viewpoints, leaving folks not knowing whether they stand for what they believe in or believe in what they stand for, an author comes forward and writes a book entitled, God’s Politics: Why the Right gets it Wrong [...]
Creative Career Marketing!
Posted in A Way With Words, Career, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, Humor & Laughter, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Marketing Ideas, Self Marketing, Society, Spiritual, Telemarketers, Well said!, tagged Advantage, Career, Chimney, Christmas, Claus, Creative, Helper, Marketing, Moment, Santa, Sweeper on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Not too sure that it is going to work for the Easter Bunny too, though!!
Mike Huckabee on the “floating cross” image…
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Censorship, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Politics, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged adknowledgment, Christmas, faith, Merry, public, Religion, wishing on December 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
and the overreaction of the criticism of his message to wish everyone a Merry Christmas in one of his recent messages on tv. This video is from the Today Show appearance… [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKMDJ46G4M4] It is such a shame that folks have to be intimidated by expressing a simple greeting based on their religious belief. Gone are [...]
A Naughty Balloon: Good Grief!
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Cartoon, Creativity, Entertainment, Healthy Living, Humor & Laughter, Relationships, Religion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged Accountable, Christmas, Naughty, Nice, Santa, visit on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What happend to the giving of the lump of coal in the stocking??? Can you imagine the psychiatrist bill in overcoming a child’s potential emotional impact from being degraded and humiliated by carrying a balloon marked “Naughty!”??? Of course, on the other hand, if the child deserved it though, is it good to hold them [...]
How Do You Become a Shopping Mall Santa?
Posted in Being famous, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Customer Service, Entertainment, How to, Humor & Laughter, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Parenting, Relationships, Religion, Shopping, Society, Spiritual, Storytelling, Youth, tagged beard, Christmas, Mall, memories, opportunity, photograph, Santa, Shopping on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
OMG…. just perusing Slate.com and came across a “recycled article” that is republished to make it a new article on Monday, December 17th called, “How to be a shopping-mall Santa”, which is indeed a very thorough article about Shopping Mall Santas. It brought a smile to my face and a rush of memories as I [...]
Okay… so, it has been a few weeks since I had checked my MySpace comments…
Posted in Art, Being famous, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Relationships, Society, Storytelling, Youth, tagged Big, Bird, Sesame, Street, Thanksgiving on December 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
but when I checked it tonight, I found this Sesame Street cartoon in relation to Thanksgiving. I know, it is SOOOO wrong! Poor Big Bird!
Chris Taylor: Stay Wild…
Posted in A Way With Words, Art, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Music Events, Relationships, San Antonio Music, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Texas Music, You Tube Videos, tagged Artist, Chris, Music, San Antonio, Stay, Taylor, Wild on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Congrats, Chris, on your new marriage…. [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaH4iJVdcPU] See Chris’ page on MySpace — http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=54285664
Maybe a change of uniforms is necessary???
Posted in A Way With Words, Art, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Marketing Ideas, Relationships, Self Marketing, Shopping, Society, Sports, tagged footlocker, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, referree, uniform on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas Elf Annoyances??
Posted in A Way With Words, Art, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Humor & Laughter, Relationships, Religion, Savage Chickens, Society, tagged Annoyances, Christmas, Elf, Elves, Holiday on December 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Powerful Speech by Evel Knievel on God!
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Being famous, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, National Day of Prayer, Our Heroes, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Storytelling, Well said!, You Tube Videos, tagged Evel, God, Knievel, Testimony on December 17, 2007 | 5 Comments »
[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZVNOGtEINw]
Awe – Doesn’t that take the fun out of it????
Posted in Accountability, Art, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, How to, Humor & Laughter, Relationships, Society, Youth on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When I was little, we had lived up in Ft. Meade, Maryland, on Suzie Court. When it snowed, it would snow very hard and we would have feet upon feet of snow — unlike where I live now in Texas where we are lucky if it snows above 3-5 inches!! lol….. We would go sliding [...]
Okay…. so 5 books a month hasn’t been accomplished…
Posted in Bookcrossings, Creative Ideas, Creativity, eBAY marketing, eBAY sales, Entertainment, Fund Raising, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Internet Sales, Marketing Ideas, Relationships, Self Marketing, Self Promotion, Shopping, Society on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
to distribute and promote the Bookcrossings concept; however, I am seriously thinking about introducing these books on eBay as well. Do you think people would buy these on eBay???? See more progress on: Distribute five books a month via Bookcrossings program
Ordered one of those programs on tvs…
Posted in A Way With Words, Adademia, Career, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Education, Finance, Fund Raising, Human Relations, Internet Savvy, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Marketing Ideas, Procrastination, Realty, Self Help Sites, Self Marketing, Self Promotion, Shopping, Society, Telemarketers on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
that promise to instruct you how to make it rich selling real estate. Although I suspect that it won’t be all that it purports to be, I am hoping that I, at least, learn a few things from it. Has anyone ever found these programs helpful to direct you to the appropriate sources??? See more [...]
Seeing these play and freeze ice cream balls offered now on eBay….
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Trouble is… I don’t know how well they work, do you???? See more progress on: purchase a play and freeze ice cream ball
Gulp, gulp, gulp….
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
lol… Although I have been drinking more water, it isn’t consistent enough; however, I have found that I have desired to have a soda even less—and, that can only be a good thing!! See more progress on: Drink eight glasses of water each day
Not necessarily a “God Bless You!”,
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged fuzzies, Warm on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
but it was a very kind note that I received from a scheduler today, “Just taking a moment to say hellow and thank you for all the wonderful work you do for our clients and FE. Thank you for always brightening my day, and for puting up with my always being scatterbrained! We are very [...]
Counting “God Bless You!”s …
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Counseling, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Customer Service, Domestic Violence, Health, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Mission Work, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Volunteering, Well said! on December 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
has become a way of my looking at life in the advocacy world when answering domestic violence calls on a daily basis… or in working with the elderly… or in my victim advocacies…. It is a way of, essentially, looking at the glass half full rather than half empty. Instead of going home a bit [...]
Still working on finding the Feng Shui…
Posted in A Way With Words, Art, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Environmental Concerns, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, Procrastination, Relationships, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, tagged Feng Shui on December 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
in my apartment. It has a lot of good possibilities; however, I have been busy trying to make ends meet and have some for savings, that it never seems to find the way to the feng shui. lol… Any ideas??? See more progress on: Finding feng shui
“It’s Called Christmas with a Capital C” by Go Fish!
Posted in A Way With Words, Advocacy, Austintatious, Censorship, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Entertainment, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Language Growth, Politics, Prayer, Relationships, Religion, Shopping, Society, Spiritual, Spiritual Growth, Victimology, Well said!, tagged , About, All, along, C, Capital, celebration, Christians, Christmas, Fish, Go, Holiday, hope, It's, joyous, proud, sing, splendor, With on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s about time… bring back the jingle and the jangle back into Christmas!! Make us proud of our beliefs…not having to hide them like many countries have to do in their countries. After all, being proud of our beliefs and not having to hide our thoughts, dreams, and ambitions is part of what make Americans [...]
Searching your dream job…
Posted in A Way With Words, Accountability, Advocacy, Business Ethics, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Customer Service, Domestic Violence, Education, Healthy Living, How to, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Job Search, Job/Careers Search, Law & Legislation, Love, Our Heroes, Relationships, Research, Self Promotion, Society, Technology, Well said!, Youth, tagged , 50th anniversaries, 75th, ambitions, American, Career, culture, dreams, fulfilling, growing up, jobs, leaders, retirements, Society on December 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Does anyone actually achieve their dream job — or, is it just merely a figment of everyone’s imagination? While someone may be doing the job they absolutely love to do, it may not pay all that well and they have to struggle to make ends meet. Additionally, family members or friends may look down upon [...]
Where do you think it would be the quietest place???
Posted in A Way With Words, Art, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Relationships, Savage Chickens, Society, Violence, Well said! on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Tired of Storytelling??? ;)
Posted in A Way With Words, Art, Cartoon, Creative Ideas, Creativity, Human Relations, Humor & Laughter, Just for fun!, Parenting, Procrastination, Relationships, Savage Chickens, Society, Storytelling, Well said!, Youth on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Parent Alienation Syndrome – “Junk Science” says…
Posted in Accountability, Advocacy, Counseling, Domestic Violence, Healthy Living, Human Relations, Law & Legislation, News, Parenting, Petitions, Politics, Relationships, Research, Science, Scientific, Society, Victimology, Violence, Well said!, writing research, Youth, tagged alienation, parent, PAS, syndrome on December 4, 2007 | 19 Comments »
those at the Justice for Children program. “It is the position of Justice for Children that PAS is junk science. “P.A.S. per se (not “parents lying about abuse allegations”) is not a syndrome. People lie on the witness stand every day but that does not make it a syndrome. Various credible studies have documented that [...]
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