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The victims, the survivors . . .

7/22/2012

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      Actions of a mad scientist continue to test the strength of all those, victims or survivors, who were there the fateful night.  They and the community of Aurora, Colorado will be changed, forever.  The ripple effect from his horrendous display is worldwide, and on so many levels.  I, like many, do not want to mention his name.
       The heros are the ones who lost their own lives, protecting others.  Also, the ones who had injuries themselves, yet came forth to help those who could not help themselves.  No one really knows how they would react, filled with panic and fear.  It's easy to say what you "might" do, but quite another when confronted with the actual horror of such an event.  The healing has only begun; I can only imagine what families and friends will be going through.  If only such a tragic, heart-heavy event would impact every person on this earth and we could "give peace a chance.  But, unfortunately, there are those who thrive on such devastation, loss, and what I might term as 'sick pride'.  There are so many injustices in the world that go unnoticed, ignored and unpunished.  The sad irony of life is ... it goes on ... even in the shadows of death.
      I was sad to hear that the mother (Ashley Moser) of a 6-year-old child (Veronica Moser-Sullivan) is still struggling for her life, drifting in and out of consciousness.  As a mother myself, I still don't understand taking a child that young to a movie such as that one.  Having said that, I can't express enough empathy and compassion for her and her family.  From what I read all this mother asks about, when conscious, is about her daughter.
      A close friend of Jonathan Blunk told how he had wanted to re-enlist and become a Navy Seal, wanting to be a first responder on the front line  Instead Jonathan became one, but rather on the front line, in a movie theater.
      Alexander J. Boik, an 18-year-old who loved life.  He and his girlfriend were described as the "perfect couple".  She survived.
      Gordon Cowden, the oldest victim - proud father, and local businessman - was at the midnight premier with his two teenage children.  His teenage children survived, unharmed (physical injuries).
      Jessica Ghawi, an example of the irony of life, had recently survived a shooting at a Toronto mall, blogging "how fragile life was" ... still pursuing her dreams, that very statement ending in her own death.  How very, very sad.
      John Larimer, a Navy sailor based at Buckley Air Force Base, and Air Force Sgt. Jesse Childress, both lost their lives in the wrath of this volatile rampage.  Another example of the irony of life.  They didn't lose their lives protecting us in battle, but rather being killed by one of those very people they were willing to put their own lives on the line for, even a mad man's freedom to wreak havoc, and kill.
      Matt McQuinn, another victim and a hero. Matt lost his life protecting his girlfriend and her older brother.  He died from injuries he sustained.  
      Micayla Medek - her family had to agonize for a full day, before learning of the loss of their loved one.  Heart broken, yes, but relieved to finally hear something.
       Alex Sullivan - another family who had an agonizing wait to hear about his passing.  Alex was there to celebrate his birthday and his first anniversary.
      Alexander C. Teves had just earned a master's degree in counseling psychology, with plans of becoming a psychiatrist.
      Rebecca Ann Wingo, 32, was a customer relations rep for a mobile medical imaging company.
       Want to read more about these victims?
http://news.yahoo.com/look-lives-colorado-shooting-victims-015820264.html?_esi=1
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Try to dwell on the goodness . . .

7/21/2012

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     It restores my faith in the media to see and hear them doing interviews and sharing stories of the victims and survivors, rather than dwelling on the shooter.  The heroism is heart-warming; it's all so bittersweet - death, tragedy, and horror laced with survival, empathy, and compassion.  What does the word "faith" mean to you, in your life?
      What still bothers me most is my attempt to understand why any parent would take a young child (especially an infant) to a movie premier that time of night - especially knowing it is rated PG-13.  I just can't wrap my head around what would make parents bring their children.  The child may not understand, but I can't help but think even the audio score would penetrate those younger minds. ... and, obviously, those parents that made those choices didn't understand that either.  I just hope and pray that those parents learned something from this horrible, tragic incident and will think twice the next time they take in a movie.  If you don't have a sitter, do the right thing, don't go ... and who knows the reasons why. I just don't understand.
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Movie madness ends in death, injury, and sadness . . .

7/20/2012

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      I am saddened by the horrific actions of a lone gunman who wreaked havoc in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater.  It happened during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises", the new Batman movie.  Mass devastation and chaos was unleashed during what appears to have been pent-up rage or revenge ... in a matter of minutes.
      I want to extend my personal condolences to those who lost loved ones during this tragic event.  My prayers are with all those injured, and their families.  What sad news to wake up to this morning.  My heart is heavy for all victims, of death, injury and also those who survived the shooter's wrath but will be forever emotionally effected.
      The saddest thing about an event like this is that the perpetrator of what happened will get undue coverage (usually what they are looking for - recognition).  I can only imagine what the family of the shooter must be going through.  How do you understand such actions played out by your child, your sibling, etc.?  How sad ...
      I'm sorry, but why would someone take a 3-month old baby to a midnight movie premier (and one without child content)?  I hope those parents have learned from this.
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Hmmmm . . .

7/19/2012

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Never  allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.  ~Unknown

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it.  Autograph your work with excellence.  ~Unknown

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.  ~James D. Miles

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good  company.  ~Charles Evans Hughes
    I tell people, "It's a good thing I like myself, I can't send her home!"  ~nr lenz

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.  ~Samuel Butler
   I ask people, "What mirror you lookin' in?"  ~nr lenz

People who fight fire with fire end up with only the ashes of their own  integrity.  ~Michael Josephson, whatwillmatter.com
   "Two wrongs, don't make a right."  ~nr lenz

Conscience is that still, small voice that is sometimes too loud for comfort.   ~Bert Murray

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America's Got Talent . . . my winner's choice (already)

7/18/2012

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Well, here's my choice for winner this year on America's Got Talent:

http://www.tvguide.com/News/Americas-Got-Talent-Quarterfinals-Lightwire-Theater-Ashleigh-Pudsey-1050095.aspx

Stupendous, excellent, awesome, so visually appealing, yet able to touch your emotions.  I love these kids!
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No room . . . price negotiable . . .

7/16/2012

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Unfortunately, I just have no room.  I love this piece, but it just doesn't seem to "fit right" with the shape of my room.  It is a heavy, solid piece ... black ... photos are poor, sorry.  It swivels, has two small shelves on both sides, has one adjustable shelf inside, glass doors open with a touch (magnetized).  Price is  negotiable.
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Daily Life . . .

7/16/2012

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"In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back."  ~Charlie Brown
"Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears that we never use." ~Charles Schulz
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1126.html
Learn more about how this humorist extracted his personal failures in life and turned the comic pages upside down. Your legacy and legendary lessons about life, live on! Thank you, and may you rest in peace; no more worries, angst, or anger. ~nr lenz

"There's always room for improvement; it's the biggest room in the house."
~Louise Heath Leber

"When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile."  ~Unknown
 
"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year."  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Live each day as if your life had just begun."  ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass ... it's learning to dance in the rain.  ~Unknown

"In life, you are going to be lied to, left out, talked about, and used; you have to decide who is worth your tears, and who isn’t."  ~Unknown

"When you stop chasing the wrong things, you give the right things a chance to catch you."  ~Unknown
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"Made in America" . . . NOT . . . shame, shame . . .

7/14/2012

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“What a privilege it is to be the outfitter of Team USA for the 2012 Olympic Games. The Olympic Games are the ultimate tradition of international competition, sportsmanship, and personal excellence.” 
~Ralph Lauren
http://www.ralphlauren.com/frontdoor/index.jsp

http://global.ralphlauren.com/en-us/about/Pages/default.aspx

      The above quote is from official Ralph Lauren website homepage.  Shame on you.  How very disappointing to find out the uniforms for the 2012 opening & closing ceremonies are “Made in China”!
      I feel it's an abomination for the U.S. Olympic uniforms to be "Made in China"!  With the state of the economy and the stats of unemployment here in our own country and now the U.S. Olympic committee has chosen a designer who "outsources" something so representative of our "red, white, and blue" ... OUR country, OUR athletes, OUR patriotism and pride. What the hell were ALL of them thinking anyway?!
      And, personally, I wouldn't care if it cost more money ... this travesty is a slap in the face to us, as a country.  Obviously, someone didn't do their homework.  Wowsa!  Privately funded or not, supported by sponsors or not … sure Ralph Lauren is one of those “sponsors” and is an “American” company, but he “outed”our unemployed and “OUT SOURCED” this job. 
C’mon what about that doesn’t HE get?!
      Ralph makes me want to "ralph" !  I cannot believe he actually thought he could get by with this, and have no one notice. How and why did this happen?  How can he purge this faux pas, without personal regurgitation?  I hope he’s as embarrassed as we are sick about his poor choice to out source.             
      Shame, shame, shame … I would like to see the games boycotted (even by those who are having to wear them).  I’m sure that won’t happen, but I know I won’t be watching.  As a natural born American, I am personally offended by Ralph Lauren.  I’m not a politician, but even if we do “owe”China, does that make it right that we keep feeding into their hands, rather than keep work and business here at home?
      Now he promises “American made” in 2014 –rather presumptuous to think he will have the “privilege” of doing them again …dance, Ralph, dance!  It’s obviously about “money” … their PROFITS … profit, and simply a “business” deal … forget pride and home.  Are we that easily“bought”?
      Having expressed all this, I must make it clear that this is not about China (it could have been any country), or our imports from them.  We need imports and exports.  This is about our country, our own survival, and country pride!
      And a French “beret” … what’s with that?  … made in “Canada” … hmmm … no offense,
Canada!

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/us-olympic-team-uniforms-made-china-16758952 

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A few quotes of female comedians

7/13/2012

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Of course, my favorite quotes by females are "X" or "R" rated.  Since I don't know who reads my blog, I'm excluding the ones that I enjoy the most!

"
Comedy is tragedy plus time."  ~Carol Burnett

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Why  is it that when we talk to God we're said to be praying, but when God talks to  us we're schizophrenic?”  ~Lily Tomlin

"Some people think having  large breasts makes a woman stupid.  Actually, it's quite the opposite: A woman  having large breasts makes men stupid.
"  ~Rita Rudner

"Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next."  ~Gilda Radner

"If somebody makes me laugh,  I'm his slave for  life.
"  ~Bette Midler

"Neurotics build castles  in the air, psychotics live in them. My mother cleans them.
"
~Rita Rudner

"Sometimes you have to  get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.
"  ~Mary Tyler Moore

"In your 20's you dress  to impress men. In your 40's you dress for business. In your 80's you dress for  the bathroom."  ~Betty White

"
Normal is in the eye of the  beholder.
"  ~Whoopi Goldberg

"Personal beauty is  a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
"  ~Fanny Brice

"It's a good thing that  beauty is only skin deep, or I'd be rotten to the core."  ~Phyllis Diller

"I don't set out to offend or  shock, but I also don't do anything to avoid it.
"  ~Sarah Silverman

"My mother always told me I  wouldn't amount to anything because I procrastinate. I said 'Just wait.'"  ~Judy Tenuda
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July 13th, 2012

7/13/2012

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"The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"And though she had some decays in the face, she had none in her sense and wit."
~Brendan Francis Behan, Oroonoko,  or the Royal Slave.

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."  ~Anonymous

"The winds of grace are always blowing; all we need to do is raise our sails."  ~Anonymous

"Age should not have its face lifted, but it should rather teach the world to admire wrinkles as the etchings of experience and the firm line of character."   ~Clarence Day

"With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come."  ~William Shakespeare 

"The spiritual eyesight improves as the physical eyesight declines."  ~Plato
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