No, this isn't about The Color Purple. It's about losing one of my icons.

‘Golden Girls’ actress Estelle Getty dies at 84
Her son, Carl Gettleman, says she died early Tuesday at home

Here are a few articles:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/22/ ( Read more... )

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Olny srmat poelpe can raed tihs. Cdnuolt blveiee that I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, clmais it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset ( Read more... )

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John and I tried calling on the way to church yesterday, but never got anyone. It rang and rang and never went to voicemail...we figured you were on the phone with other well wishers. :-)

Hope it was a wonderful day!

Hugs!

M@ & John

Well, the graduation party was a success, thanks to all the folks that pitched in to help.  The first to arrive was The Divine Ms. M, who was working her little toosshie off!  My ex-wife and her husband jumped in and assisted, though kitchen tasks were never her forte ( Read more... )

Where does time go?  It seems like just yesterday I was changing his diapers, taking him to the park, tickling him till he almost peed his pants (he does this to me now).  My baby boy is going to be graduating this coming Tuesday and then will be off to play football at Methodist University this fall.


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Well, I made it through another April 30.  Why is that so important you may ask?  Well, 14 yrs ago at 8:59 a.m. my mother screamed as she realized my brother Mark was dead.  He spent three months suffering at the hands of the bitch we know as AIDS and his once strong and vibrant life ebbed away and he breathed his last ( Read more... )

I was informed by my English teacher that I would need twenty people to use a poll like this, but he would allow as few as 10-15 ( Read more... )