"Somebody said to me not too long ago, 'Dr. King, don't you think you're hurting your leadership by taking a stand against the war in Vietnam? Aren't people who once respected you gonna lose respect for you? And aren't you hurting the budget of your organization?'
"And I had to look at that person and say, 'I'm sorry, sir, but you don't know me. I am not a consensus leader. And I do not determine what is right and wrong by looking at the budget of the Southern Leadership Conference or by taking a Gallup poll of the majority opinion.'
"Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but he's a molder of consensus. And on some positions, cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expedience asks the question, 'Is it politic?' Vanity asks the question, 'Is it popular?'
"But conscience asks the question, 'Is it right?'
I had to steal the quote from Martin Luther King from Paul the BB. Please read Paul's commentary.
"Is it right?" How quaint. Truly an inconvenient and out of fashion question in political and ecclesiastical circles today.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
DISGUSTED, DISCOURAGED, AND DEPRESSED
From Cleveland.com:
With Republicans threatening to win the late Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat and deny Democrats a filibuster-proof majority, White House officials and Democratic congressional leaders are contemplating a major strategy shift to finish health care overhaul without further Senate action.
Under this strategy, House Democrats, who passed a health care bill in November, would be called on to approve the version that cleared the Senate just before Christmas, rather than continue to negotiate compromises over provisions on which the two houses differ.
Now we know that Democrat Martha Coakley lost the Senate seat to Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts. No more seeking the magic 60 votes in the Senate. They're gone. Were they ever there without huge compromises in legislation to capture the votes of the DINOs? There's blame to go around. A good many folks say that Coakley took too much for granted, that she took three crucial weeks off in December, that she generally ran a bad campaign.
The White House didn't get seriously involved in campaigning for Coakley until the last days of the campaign. I want Obama to fire Rahm Emanuel, the cautious centrist, the man who points the finger at everyone else rather than acknowledge his own failures. The buck stops with Obama for appointing him in the first place, but he can rectify the mistake by getting Emanuel out of the White House now.
How to turn this loss around? Howard Dean said it best, with "toughness, boldness, and leadership", and neither Rahm Emanuel nor Barack Obama have shown evidence of the qualities needed. The White House, represented by Emanuel, wasted months pushing a hopeless bi-partisan agenda to pass a health care bill, which was never going to happen. Then, they spent more months trying to appease the DINOs, which perhaps had to be done to get any bill at all out of the Senate.
Will the Democrats in the House get it together, accept the Senate bill, vote on it and pass the bill on to Obama to sign? Too many in the Congress show no signs of toughness, boldness, or leadership. The progressives in the House are threatening to bolt, because they don't like the Senate bill, and centrist and conservatives in the House are backing away from the bill that they voted for, because they see Coakley's loss as a repudiation of the progressive agenda and of health care reform. If no health care bill is passed, the Democrats will have virtually nothing to offer to the voters at election time this year.
Obama delayed fixing "don't ask, don't tell", presumably to get passage of a health care bill out of the way first. Now, we're still stuck with DADT, and we may not have a health care reform bill.
How did Bush push so much of his agenda through the Democratic Congress during the last years of his term? With the cooperation of lackey Democrats, who are besotted with bi-partisanship.
We voted for change, and we're not getting change.
With Republicans threatening to win the late Ted Kennedy's Massachusetts Senate seat and deny Democrats a filibuster-proof majority, White House officials and Democratic congressional leaders are contemplating a major strategy shift to finish health care overhaul without further Senate action.
Under this strategy, House Democrats, who passed a health care bill in November, would be called on to approve the version that cleared the Senate just before Christmas, rather than continue to negotiate compromises over provisions on which the two houses differ.
Now we know that Democrat Martha Coakley lost the Senate seat to Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts. No more seeking the magic 60 votes in the Senate. They're gone. Were they ever there without huge compromises in legislation to capture the votes of the DINOs? There's blame to go around. A good many folks say that Coakley took too much for granted, that she took three crucial weeks off in December, that she generally ran a bad campaign.
The White House didn't get seriously involved in campaigning for Coakley until the last days of the campaign. I want Obama to fire Rahm Emanuel, the cautious centrist, the man who points the finger at everyone else rather than acknowledge his own failures. The buck stops with Obama for appointing him in the first place, but he can rectify the mistake by getting Emanuel out of the White House now.
How to turn this loss around? Howard Dean said it best, with "toughness, boldness, and leadership", and neither Rahm Emanuel nor Barack Obama have shown evidence of the qualities needed. The White House, represented by Emanuel, wasted months pushing a hopeless bi-partisan agenda to pass a health care bill, which was never going to happen. Then, they spent more months trying to appease the DINOs, which perhaps had to be done to get any bill at all out of the Senate.
Will the Democrats in the House get it together, accept the Senate bill, vote on it and pass the bill on to Obama to sign? Too many in the Congress show no signs of toughness, boldness, or leadership. The progressives in the House are threatening to bolt, because they don't like the Senate bill, and centrist and conservatives in the House are backing away from the bill that they voted for, because they see Coakley's loss as a repudiation of the progressive agenda and of health care reform. If no health care bill is passed, the Democrats will have virtually nothing to offer to the voters at election time this year.
Obama delayed fixing "don't ask, don't tell", presumably to get passage of a health care bill out of the way first. Now, we're still stuck with DADT, and we may not have a health care reform bill.
How did Bush push so much of his agenda through the Democratic Congress during the last years of his term? With the cooperation of lackey Democrats, who are besotted with bi-partisanship.
We voted for change, and we're not getting change.
OH NO!
My visitor count yesterday was 666, the Mark of the Beast. What to make of THAT?
Click on the picture to enlarge.
My numbers are higher than usual because of the many visitors to my two posts on Holy Trinity Cathedral in Haiti.
Is it the voudou in Haiti, or the voodoo in New Orleans?
Tongue pressed firmly in cheek!
ON THE DELAY FOR WOMEN BISHOPS IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND
A couple of days ago, I received a note from John Iliff in which he commented on the delay by the committee tasked with producing the draft legislation on women bishops in the Church of England, with the result that General Synod will not be able to debate and vote on the legislation at their February gathering. John's words stuck in my mind, and I asked him if I could post them, and he agreed.
Does the pope's upcoming visit to England play a role in the delay? I suppose we will never know, but to ask the question makes sense to me. As a former Roman Catholic, if I wanted to be part of an institution as centralized as the RCC, I would never have left. I've grown quite fond of the relatively democratic governing process in the Episcopal Church. I realize that the Church of England functions differently and not quite so democratically as TEC.
Of course, John and I may be getting a little paranoid, which would seem rather understandable in the present ecclesiastical atmosphere in which we live and breathe, with our primus inter pares, Archbishop Rowan Williams, gazing longingly toward Rome as the model for his "New Anglican Communion".
Ann Fontaine's post at The Lead, references Churchmouse.
Be sure to read the rest of Churchmouse's post and the comments, in which one of the committee members, Bishop Pete, responds to Churchmouse.
What, if anything, IS going on behind the scenes with the delay?
UPDATE: From Thinking Anglicans comes a statement from WATCH (Women and the Church). An excerpt:
There will be great expectations of the draft legislation after the delay.
I don't know the intricacies of how an established church runs it business, and politics. But I just wonder, if they are delaying and putting off this very necessary legislation to allow women bishops for one reason alone. Isn't February when B16 puts the rubber to the road on his much ballyhooed Anglican Ordinariates? (Or whatever they're called) This may be a way for the CofE to increase pressure on those fence-sitting nose-bleed-high Anglo's flirting with going over to Rome. Just a thought. But it still riles me that B16 by implication trashes my Catholicism, and yours and every other Episcopalian's. The solution of course is to "detach" from such stupidity. Still a work in progress, I guess!
Does the pope's upcoming visit to England play a role in the delay? I suppose we will never know, but to ask the question makes sense to me. As a former Roman Catholic, if I wanted to be part of an institution as centralized as the RCC, I would never have left. I've grown quite fond of the relatively democratic governing process in the Episcopal Church. I realize that the Church of England functions differently and not quite so democratically as TEC.
Of course, John and I may be getting a little paranoid, which would seem rather understandable in the present ecclesiastical atmosphere in which we live and breathe, with our primus inter pares, Archbishop Rowan Williams, gazing longingly toward Rome as the model for his "New Anglican Communion".
Ann Fontaine's post at The Lead, references Churchmouse.
From Mouse's perspective anyone looking in on this process will consider it a farce. I know that there are complex issues involved, and that it is important to get this right, but it seems incredible that the Revision Committee have simply failed to meet the deadline. This issue really should be settled. Dragging feet and stringing out the arguments simply doesn't help anyone.
Some had argued that this would be rushed through in the aftermath of the Pope's offer to take in disaffected Anglicans. Doesn't seem to be working out that way.
Be sure to read the rest of Churchmouse's post and the comments, in which one of the committee members, Bishop Pete, responds to Churchmouse.
What, if anything, IS going on behind the scenes with the delay?
UPDATE: From Thinking Anglicans comes a statement from WATCH (Women and the Church). An excerpt:
Despite this disappointing setback, WATCH would like to thank those members of the Revision Committee who have worked hard and with dedication in their attempt to achieve the aims of the General Synod to create something that offers a moment of transformation of historic proportions in the life of the Church.
“At least no one can say that any stone has been left unturned” said Christina Rees, chair of WATCH. “We now expect the very best legislation to be presented well in advance of the July meeting of General Synod. We hope to see a clear, workable and straightforward set of proposals, which are closely aligned to what Synod requested in July 2008, namely legislation making it possible for women to be bishops within the existing structures of the Church. Perhaps all the extra time this is taking will help the Revision Committee to reach the simplicity that lies beyond complexity.”
There will be great expectations of the draft legislation after the delay.
Monday, January 18, 2010
MARTIN LUTHER KING - "LOVING YOUR ENEMIES"
From Martin Luther King's sermon Loving Your Enemies preached at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Montgomery, Alabama, on 17 November 1957.
So I want to turn your attention to this subject: "Loving Your Enemies." It's so basic to me because it is a part of my basic philosophical and theological orientation the whole idea of love, the whole philosophy of love. In the fifth chapter of the gospel as recorded by Saint Matthew, we read these very arresting words flowing from the lips of our Lord and Master: "Ye have heard that it has been said, "Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy." But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven."
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Now let me hasten to say that Jesus was very serious when he gave this command; he wasn't playing. He realized that it's hard to love your enemies. He realized that it's difficult to love those persons who seek to defeat you, those persons who say evil things about you. He realized that it was painfully hard, pressingly hard. But he wasn't playing. And we cannot dismiss this passage as just another example of Oriental hyperbole, just a sort of exaggeration to get over the point. This is a basic philosophy of all that we hear coming from the lips of our Master. Because Jesus wasn't playing; because he was serious. We have the Christian and moral responsibility to seek to discover the meaning of these words, and to discover how we can live out this command, and why we should live by this command.
Now first let us deal with this question, which is the practical question: How do you go about loving your enemies? I think the first thing is this: In order to love your enemies, you must begin by analyzing self. And I'm sure that seems strange to you, that I start out telling you this morning that you love your enemies by beginning with a look at self. It seems to me that that is the first and foremost way to come to an adequate discovery to the how of this situation.
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And this is what Jesus means when he said: "How is it that you can see the mote in your brother's eye and not see the beam in your own eye?" Or to put it in Moffatt's translation: "How is it that you see the splinter in your brother's eye and fail to see the plank in your own eye?" And this is one of the tragedies of human nature. So we begin to love our enemies and love those persons that hate us whether in collective life or individual life by looking at ourselves.
A second thing that an individual must do in seeking to love his enemy is to discover the element of good in his enemy, and every time you begin to hate that person and think of hating that person, realize that there is some good there and look at those good points which will over-balance the bad points.
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And this simply means this: That within the best of us, there is some evil, and within the worst of us, there is some good. When we come to see this, we take a different attitude toward individuals. The person who hates you most has some good in him; even the nation that hates you most has some good in it; even the race that hates you most has some good in it. And when you come to the point that you look in the face of every man and see deep down within him what religion calls "the image of God," you begin to love him in spite of. No matter what he does, you see God's image there. There is an element of goodness that he can never sluff off. Discover the element of good in your enemy. And as you seek to hate him, find the center of goodness and place your attention there and you will take a new attitude.
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Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it. There will come a time, in many instances, when the person who hates you most, the person who has misused you most, the person who has gossiped about you most, the person who has spread false rumors about you most, there will come a time when you will have an opportunity to defeat that person. It might be in terms of a recommendation for a job; it might be in terms of helping that person to make some move in life. That's the time you must do it. That is the meaning of love. In the final analysis, love is not this sentimental something that we talk about. It's not merely an emotional something. Love is creative, understanding goodwill for all men. It is the refusal to defeat any individual. When you rise to the level of love, of its great beauty and power, you seek only to defeat evil systems. Individuals who happen to be caught up in that system, you love, but you seek to defeat the system.
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Now for the few moments left, let us move from the practical how to the theoretical why. It's not only necessary to know how to go about loving your enemies, but also to go down into the question of why we should love our enemies. I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think this was at the very center of Jesus' thinking, is this: that hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe. If I hit you and you hit me and I hit you back and you hit me back and go on, you see, that goes on ad infinitum. It just never ends. Somewhere somebody must have a little sense, and that's the strong person. The strong person is the person who can cut off the chain of hate, the chain of evil. And that is the tragedy of hate, that it doesn't cut it off. It only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe. Somebody must have religion enough and morality enough to cut it off and inject within the very structure of the universe that strong and powerful element of love.
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There's another reason why you should love your enemies, and that is because hate distorts the personality of the hater. We usually think of what hate does for the individual hated or the individuals hated or the groups hated. But it is even more tragic, it is even more ruinous and injurious to the individual who hates. You just begin hating somebody, and you will begin to do irrational things. You can't see straight when you hate. You can't walk straight when you hate. You can't stand upright. Your vision is distorted. There is nothing more tragic than to see an individual whose heart is filled with hate. He comes to the point that he becomes a pathological case. For the person who hates, you can stand up and see a person and that person can be beautiful, and you will call them ugly. For the person who hates, the beautiful becomes ugly and the ugly becomes beautiful. For the person who hates, the good becomes bad and the bad becomes good. For the person who hates, the true becomes false and the false becomes true. That's what hate does. You can't see right. The symbol of objectivity is lost. Hate destroys the very structure of the personality of the hater.
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Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. That's why Jesus says, "Love your enemies." Because if you hate your enemies, you have no way to redeem and to transform your enemies. But if you love your enemies, you will discover that at the very root of love is the power of redemption. You just keep loving people and keep loving them, even though they're mistreating you. Here's the person who is a neighbor, and this person is doing something wrong to you and all of that. Just keep being friendly to that person. Keep loving them. Don't do anything to embarrass them. Just keep loving them, and they can't stand it too long. Oh, they react in many ways in the beginning. They react with bitterness because they're mad because you love them like that. They react with guilt feelings, and sometimes they'll hate you a little more at that transition period, but just keep loving them. And by the power of your love they will break down under the load. That's love, you see. It is redemptive, and this is why Jesus says love. There's something about love that builds up and is creative. There is something about hate that tears down and is destructive. So love your enemies.
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So this morning, as I look into your eyes, and into the eyes of all of my brothers in Alabama and all over America and over the world, I say to you, "I love you. I would rather die than hate you." And I'm foolish enough to believe that through the power of this love somewhere, men of the most recalcitrant bent will be transformed. And then we will be in God's kingdom. We will be able to matriculate into the university of eternal life because we had the power to love our enemies, to bless those persons that cursed us, to even decide to be good to those persons who hated us, and we even prayed for those persons who despitefully used us.
Oh God, help us in our lives and in all of our attitudes, to work out this controlling force of love, this controlling power that can solve every problem that we confront in all areas. Oh, we talk about politics; we talk about the problems facing our atomic civilization. Grant that all men will come together and discover that as we solve the crisis and solve these problems "the international problems, the problems of atomic energy, the problems of nuclear energy, and yes, even the race problem" let us join together in a great fellowship of love and bow down at the feet of Jesus. Give us this strong determination. In the name and spirit of this Christ, we pray. Amen.
The excerpt from the sermon on the very hard saying of Jesus, words that I sometimes wish Jesus had never said, "Love your enemies", is long. The entire sermon is even longer, but I urge you to read it all. MLK's words are for the ages, certainly as timely today as in 1957, as are Jesus' words in the Gospel.
I had never read this sermon before today, and I felt chills and a sense of wonder at the timeliness of the words of this prophet. In the sermon MLK says, "I love you. I would rather die than hate you." He died for the sake of love, and truth, and justice, and is thus a not only a prophet but also a martyr.
MURALS IN HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL - HAITI
John D sent me the photos of the murals in Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I wanted to see pictures of the murals, about whose beauty I'd heard so much, but my online search proved fruitless. Perhaps, I was not diligent enough in my search, but then these two photos from John D landed in my mailbox. When I asked permission to post the pictures here, John D responded:
Please post them, if you wish. I'm afraid very few people in the rest of TEC ever saw them. I particularly love that the artist(s) chose African faces for the traditional stories.
Mrs. John D (Betsy) took the photos.
Of the picture above, John said:
Actually, this is my favorite, and apropos for Epiphany.
Yes.
How sad that the lovely cathedral and the beautiful murals are now a pile of rubble.
Of course, compassion and help for the people of Haiti must be our concern before buildings, but I can't help but grieve the loss of such beauty as the cathedral and the murals.
If you'd like to help, I suggest Episcopal Relief and Development. They're one of the best, with low overhead and nearly all of the money going to help the people of Haiti.
UPDATE:
Ormonde Plater said...
The famous murals of Cathédrale Sainte Trinité, on the life of Christ in a tropical setting, can be seen at Windows on Haiti. All were destroyed except the wall with the Baptism of our Lord (lower left).
Thank you, Ormonde, for the link to photos of all of the murals.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
BITCHOLOGY
FINALLY -
Someone is bitchy enough to say it like it REALLY is!
When I stand up for
myself and my beliefs,
they call me a
bitch.
When I stand up for
those I love,
they call me a
bitch.
When I speak my mind, think my own
thoughts
or do things my own way, they call me
a
bitch.
Being a bitch
means I won't
compromise what's
in my heart.
It means I live my life MY way.
It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.
When I refuse to
tolerate injustice and
speak against it, I am
defined as a
bitch.
The same thing happens when I take time for
myself instead of being everyone's
maid, or when I act a little selfish.
It means I have the courage and
strength to allow myself to be who I
truly am and won't become anyone
else's idea of what they think I 'should' be.
I am outspoken, opinionated and
determined. I want what I want and
there is nothing wrong with that!
So try to stomp on me, just try to
douse my inner flame, try to squash
every ounce of beauty I hold within
me.
You won't succeed.
And if that makes me a bitch, so be it.
I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.
B - Babe
I - In
T - Total
C - Control of
H - Herself
B = Beautiful
I = Intelligent
T = Talented
C = Charming
H = Hell of a Woman
B = Beautiful
I = Individual
T = That
C = Can
H = Handle 'anything'
Don't blame me. Blame Sue, who will probably say I'm lying.
Update from the comments:
Rick+ said...
I think the final line should be, "And if I did all these things and was a man, I'd be called assertive."
Quite true, but, of course, I'd never say that, but Rick is a man and he can.
Someone is bitchy enough to say it like it REALLY is!
When I stand up for
myself and my beliefs,
they call me a
bitch.
When I stand up for
those I love,
they call me a
bitch.
When I speak my mind, think my own
thoughts
or do things my own way, they call me
a
bitch.
Being a bitch
means I won't
compromise what's
in my heart.
It means I live my life MY way.
It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.
When I refuse to
tolerate injustice and
speak against it, I am
defined as a
bitch.
The same thing happens when I take time for
myself instead of being everyone's
maid, or when I act a little selfish.
It means I have the courage and
strength to allow myself to be who I
truly am and won't become anyone
else's idea of what they think I 'should' be.
I am outspoken, opinionated and
determined. I want what I want and
there is nothing wrong with that!
So try to stomp on me, just try to
douse my inner flame, try to squash
every ounce of beauty I hold within
me.
You won't succeed.
And if that makes me a bitch, so be it.
I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.
B - Babe
I - In
T - Total
C - Control of
H - Herself
B = Beautiful
I = Intelligent
T = Talented
C = Charming
H = Hell of a Woman
B = Beautiful
I = Individual
T = That
C = Can
H = Handle 'anything'
Don't blame me. Blame Sue, who will probably say I'm lying.
Update from the comments:
Rick+ said...
I think the final line should be, "And if I did all these things and was a man, I'd be called assertive."
Quite true, but, of course, I'd never say that, but Rick is a man and he can.
NOT OUR ABILITY, BUT OUR AVAILABILITY
It is by God's grace that our feet don't lose contact with the path we set out to follow. We say, 'Here I am, Lord' when He calls. He calls continually to the willing and the unwilling. It is not so much our ability He has need of, but our availability.
Bryan Pollard
From Celtic Daily Prayer.
Jesus stands on the shore and whistles
for his people to respond, wave upon
wave. He calls them to bind the
broken-hearted, and build up waste places.
I see a Man walking by the seashore,
whistling gently to the waves of those
who will come to restore the ruined
places, who're crying,
'PREPARE THE WAY!
Prepare the way, Prepare the way.
Prepare the way for the Lord!'
Bryan Pollard
From Celtic Daily Prayer.
"Benedict XVI: Ecumenism=Conversion to Catholicism"
From the New York Times:
Pope Benedict XVI defended his decision to invite disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Church en masse, saying Friday it was the ''ultimate aim'' of ecumenism.
Benedict told members of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that the invitation wasn't an attack on the church's reunification efforts with other Christians but was rather designed to help them by bringing about ''full and visible communion.''
....
The Vatican's invitation ''is not in any way contrary to the ecumenical movement but shows, instead, its ultimate aim which consists of reaching full and visible communion of the Lord's disciples,'' Benedict told the members of the congregation, which he headed for a quarter century before becoming pope
The title of the post is the headline of the the story at The Lead. The headline says all that needs to be said.
Thanks to John for sending the link.
Pope Benedict XVI defended his decision to invite disaffected Anglicans to join the Catholic Church en masse, saying Friday it was the ''ultimate aim'' of ecumenism.
Benedict told members of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that the invitation wasn't an attack on the church's reunification efforts with other Christians but was rather designed to help them by bringing about ''full and visible communion.''
....
The Vatican's invitation ''is not in any way contrary to the ecumenical movement but shows, instead, its ultimate aim which consists of reaching full and visible communion of the Lord's disciples,'' Benedict told the members of the congregation, which he headed for a quarter century before becoming pope
The title of the post is the headline of the the story at The Lead. The headline says all that needs to be said.
Thanks to John for sending the link.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
WHAT I THINK...
1. I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer's history if you die.
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger..
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
7. Map Quest needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my damn neighborhood.
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.
13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to the ten-page paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
14. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this -- ever.
15. I hate it when I miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!) but when I immediately call back it rings nine times and goes to voicemail.. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
18. My best friend's 4-year old grandson asked him in the car the other day "Poppy, what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do you respond to that?
19. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
20. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
Thanks to Doug and Julie. If two people send me what they think, and they think exactly the same thing, then I think I should post their identical thoughts, don't you?
2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
3. I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger..
4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.
5. How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
6. Was learning cursive really necessary?
7. Map Quest needs to start their directions on #5. I'm pretty sure I know how to get out of my damn neighborhood.
8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
9. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
10. Bad decisions make good stories.
11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you know that you just aren't going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.
12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue Ray? I don't want to have to restart my collection...again.
13. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to the ten-page paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
14. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this -- ever.
15. I hate it when I miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Damn it!) but when I immediately call back it rings nine times and goes to voicemail.. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
17. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
18. My best friend's 4-year old grandson asked him in the car the other day "Poppy, what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do you respond to that?
19. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
20. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
Thanks to Doug and Julie. If two people send me what they think, and they think exactly the same thing, then I think I should post their identical thoughts, don't you?
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