"Bin Laden is Dead, Obama Says"


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In the days after the funeral, Mom and I went on a field trip to Michaels, the local arts & crafts store, in search of a mother-daughter hobby. We decided to knit. She picked up a few skeins and has been working on her project: a blanket for my sister ( Read more... )

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important that appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or ( Read more... )

I believe each person, whether they admit it to themselves or not, desires a deeply loving and lasting relationship with another person. Someone with whom they can completely be themselves without any restrictions, knowing the other person will always accept them and be there for them through thick and thin. That kind of love is a piece of heaven ( Read more... )

In Philadelphia, New Cases Loom in Priest ScandalNon-Catholic friends have approached me asking my thoughts on the latest of the child-molestation, especially with it being in the City of Brotherly Love, my hometown. Will I finally consider going to that Baptist church and join the awesome gospel choir? Or the Presbyterian church that has a ( Read more... )

Once upon a time, on an island there lived six feelings and emotions: Happiness, Knowledge, Love, Sadness, Richness and Vanity. One day they discovered that the island began sinking! So all of them built boats and canoes and left, one by one. Except for Love. Love wanted to delay abandoning her beloved island as long as possible ( Read more... )

How many boxing movies do we need? Apparently, never enough! And is every boxing movie an Oscar contender? It seems so. Some have compared The Fighter to Rocky and Cinderella Man. Boxing and the underdog overcoming obstacles would be the two themes that run common between the three movies. I've also heard it's similar to Raging Bull, but I ( Read more... )

I've said this before and I'll say it again. The best stories in life (and film) have simple plots and complicated, inspiring and intriguing characters ( Read more... )

Yesterday marked two months since Dad passed away ( Read more... )

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming, 'Wow, what a ride!!!'

I have no idea whose quote that is. But I love it!

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it ( Read more... )