Category: Musings
Be Your Own Clarence
It is that time of year again – the time when watching It’s a Wonderful Life and bawling your eyes out is not only appropriate, it is darned well expected. My personal favorite part of the movie has always been when Clarence, the guardian angel, takes George Bailey on a tour of what could have […]
Your Neighborhood Just Became The World
You’ve probably heard the saying, “Not in my backyard!” It’s an interesting statement. To me, it is meant to indicate that various problems the world experiences won’t be present in your general sphere of living. There shouldn’t be anyone starving in your proverbial backyard. There are no homeless in your backyard. Nobody is sick without […]
My Garbage Has To Smell Good
Remember the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina? It was a lot of forecasting, a lot of doomsday “this is the storm of the century” kind of reports, but we hear those a lot. Then the storm came and we all saw the aftermath, and we realized the forecast had actually undersold the severity of […]
Sometimes The Show Should Not Go On
So, as you might have noticed, my big thing is trying to make the world a better place in whatever little ways I can. There are so many groups of people I’m worried about, not the least of which are teenage girls like two of my beloved cousins. Teenage girls have so much to deal […]
I am thankful on an epic level
My first year in the online world, I watched and observed the work Epic Thanks was doing. This year, I’m taking part. The idea behind Epic Thanks, like so many wonderful ideas, is simple and pure, 100% concentrated power. Its engine is gratitude. Its motivation is getting everyone to be on that same plane of […]
The Mirror Is Not Your Enemy
As some of you may know, I have a very guilty pleasure. I’m ashamed of it really. *sigh* For the last two years, I’ve been a loyal fan of Biggest Loser. I’m not really sure what I find so addictive about the show, but lately something has started to bother me about the show, along […]