Belinda's brain

2012-02-11T09:40:00.000-06:00

Obama's hypnotic eye didn't work on the American Catholic bishops. Thank's be to God.

2012-01-29T11:18:00.000-06:00

If my son, "The bat boy" ends up in the principals office again tomorrow, I will be livid. The little mutant needs to comply with authorities and do his school work with respect and courtesy for others. My son is a mini version of my father... The perils of the genetic lotto.

2012-01-26T06:36:00.000-06:00

My blog administrator/activity director said that my mini van is on it's last leg and we need to upgrade. (Backwards, 12 years.) He called me from the kitchen (Which by the way he's unfamiliar with - it's down the hall to his right.) and he asked me what I thought of this car pictured below. He said,..."It's a great car because it only has 63,000 miles and the guy only wants $1,500 for it. He said that a little old lady drove it (To mass everyday to pray for souls and then to work in a soup kitchen - I'm sure). He asked me, "Do you like it?" I said, "What, did Huggy bear die?! I can't drive a pimp car! It'll looks like Huggy bear bequeathed it to me after some sort of drug deal gone bad. (You don't actually believe he died of an age related illness do you?) I just can't drive a car like that. I know God likes humility and all but please Dear God don't make me drive around looking like a drug trafficker and I know Dear God that you enjoy a good laugh and often at my expense so please don't make me drive a hearse either. Please?.....

Love, Belinda

2012-01-21T16:31:00.000-06:00

Obama has taken away some of my religious freedom and caused distress to our Catholic bishops, professional medical personnel and hospitals. These faithful Catholics are not only my brethren in Christ but people who I have great love and affection for. I understand that most people use and enjoy the benefits of birth control and I don't bother you but consider me, the minority who doesn't and if it's okay to coerce and manipulate a minority of people because a majority agrees with Obama consider the implications for other groups of people. I believe birth control to be a sin and though I don't expect anyone else to agree with me, the issue now becomes my religious rights and if today it's okay and even popular to stamp out my rights, tomorrow it may be yours.

2011-12-31T23:59:00.000-06:00

During our Christmas break the weather in Kansas has been wonderful for difficult work. The soil and rocks that I collected could be handled in the afternoons after the soil had warmed up and the rocks were no longer frozen together.

I built the fire pit first then I made a wheel chair accessible sidewalk. The next thing I plan on making is a rock patio around the pit and when spring arrives I'll cement it all together and fill in all of the potential snake holes. I would also like to make a small rock wall as some sort of a table to put our things on while we cook over the fire. I will have my kids help repaint the benches and chairs then put some sort of plants out. I'm also going to spruce up their tree house (In the background) for safety sake.

I don't know what kind of plants to buy, I'm a terrible gardener -as you can plainly see.

In the process, I hope this will be a good family project as I teach my youngest children how to cook over an open fire using a dutch oven and little else while my activity director tells his usual fibs about the gypsies who once roamed our forest.

2011-12-15T11:59:00.002-06:00

Cafeteria Catholics who pick and choose church teaching and scriptures which they find comfortable while dismissing what's unpleasant are missing the things which make us grow in Christ.

2011-12-10T15:55:00.000-06:00

Hypocrites and miscellany

While at the mall, our daughter Kate asked to look around Victoria's Secret as Grace and I followed closely behind her. An employee said to Kate,"Hi, I see you go to St. Anthony's, do you know my friends Kelly and Shawn and do you know the White's, they all go to St. Anthony's?! Meanwhile I'm standing there wondering how this woman could identify my daughter- Sister Mary Grace and her twin sister Kate from St.Anthony's and then to my horror I realized, THEY'RE WEARING THEIR SCHOOL UNIFORMS in this upscale trashy store!

As I laughed at my own hypocrisy, I recalled the time when a friend of mine was nursing her baby on Victoria's plush red couch under a huge poster trimmed with a gold frame of partially covered lacy breasts while the employees and patrons sneered at her and made sure she felt uncomfortable.

As I reflected on these things, I said to my daughters, "Get those skirts outta this store." Then Sister Mary Grace, who's skirt is worn below her knees said, "I didn't want to go in there anyway but before leaving, I said to my sweet daughter, "Well Grace, I found an item that I thought was pretty AND it was sparkly but it was marked $98.00! Do you know how many items I could buy for that same amount of money at K-Mart in the returned lingerie department after Valentines day!?

Then Grace sneered at me and said, "Your not very funny mom."

*Disclaimer- We don't wear pre-worn underwear. It was a joke, however I do believe that many individuals are more concerned about the quality of their underwear than the quality of those whom they sleep with.

2011-12-07T21:47:00.000-06:00

Bob Woodward has complained that being seated next to Al Gore during a dinner party was a "Taxing" Experience. I think Bob is being a bit too hard on Mr. Gore, after all, Al's been under a dark acid rain cloud for many years now. Consider Al's brain as a ticking time bomb as he contemplates and calculates how many pounds of chlorofluorocarbons his freezer, refrigerator, ice machine, wine cooler, air conditioner, and ice cream maker produce every day! Those figures don't even include his propane grill or dryer, nor his hot tub, heated water bed , or the space heaters strewn about his various homes. (He has three) Al's brain can barely keep up with the strain. I haven't even mentioned his incalculable carbon footprint for his numerous public appearances. News articles have said that Al is becoming more difficult to be around but that's because in Al's world, the sky is falling and it's falling in big invisible chunks. One of two things will have to happen, either Al will go crazy from the stress and anxiety of trying to save the planet alone with 6 billion uncooperative people or he will have to let go and let God be in charge. The lesson here? At this point, only God can still enjoy the company of Al Gore.

2011-11-05T11:24:00.000-05:00

“I the LORD search the heart
and examine the mind,
to reward each person according to their conduct,
according to what their deeds deserve.”

Jeremiah 17:10

-When our Lord gazes upon your heart it's his own reflection he should see.

2011-10-25T22:51:00.000-05:00

I don't know what Satan looks like to other people but when I've see him he looks like a regular person except that there's always something about him that isn't quite right. His eyes and hair look a little bit like Neil Diamond but I'm pretty sure that Mr.Diamond isn't the devil - though I am speculating. The times when I've seen the devil I've had a feeling of dread followed by high anxiety and unlike Neil, most often he appears disheveled in one way or another as I once saw him mocking a woman by pretending to be pregnant and Holy with strange messed up hair and with a wicked look on his face. Eh, that's probably his standard look though. The the hate which came from him was palpable and terrifying. It was something I couldn't understand because after all what did I ever do to deserve such hate? I just can't comprehend it.

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Late last night I dreamt that Satan threw a Hostess chocolate zinger cake on the ground in front of me and said in a monotone voice, as if he were commanding a dog, "Go get it." And as I stood there and stared at him, I understood that he was making fun of me. He was saying that it takes so very little to distract me from Christ. This act made me feel weak and stupid. He was telling me with out saying anything else that whenever he feels as though I'm bothering him or when I'm some sort of minor threat, there's never really a battle between us, he simply gets me to stop annoying him by throwing food my way and because I feel that processed chocolate zingers are at the very bottom of the food chain, he was insinuating that it doesn't take much to distract me, or lure me away from Christ. So this little visit was a triple insult. Naturally he hurt my feelings but of course that WAS the point.

I suppose it only hurt my feelings because it's true. I AM weak, small and not so bright but the thought of my behavior causing Christ to be disappointed in me brings me to tears. When I remember my weaknesses I also remember that it's Christ who strengthens me and in my humility and smallness Christ fills me with himself. Being stupid is only temporary and I'm okay with that but I can't live with the thought of Christ being saddened or disappointed in me.

I will continue to offer myself and my work to Christ as a living sacrifice and even if my work and I are completely worthless. I'm going to try to not dwell on these things and even though they make me sad, I get how this stuff works.

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What does Satan send into your life to detain, distract, or delay you from either Christ or from the work which Christ has given to you? I pray, you are all better Christians than I am, my dear blogger buddies.

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My penance after confession was to contemplate how much Christ loves me for five minutes. This was the most difficult penance I think I've ever done and poorly at that.

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Lastly, I'm so very sorry for not blogging more but I'm our Catholic schools PTO president and I'm practically living at school now. I sincerely miss all of you.

2011-10-04T09:15:00.000-05:00

I was in the check out line of my favorite thrift shop watching a little boy as he pestered his mother into buying him a toy chainsaw. He jumped up and down, with excitement, thrilled that his mother said yes to the toy with endless creative possibilities. As he bounced off the floor and register tables waiting for his mother to pay for their things, he said, " When I get home, I'm going to saw Dad, aunt Keisha, uncle Wayne, my sister, and Sparkles. (His sisters pet)

I was worried that he meant it in a Texas chainsaw kind of way until I considered the possibility that maybe I misunderstood and he meant in a magical "David Copperfield" kind of way. Whew!

So many people to pray for and so little time.

Somebody better call ahead and warn Sparkles.

2011-09-24T11:21:00.000-05:00

Elizabeth has applied for a job at one of the Disney studios and they have responded favorably to her portfolio. They said that she's one of the finalists

- but then there are probably a lot of finalists.

We've started a nine day novena on Elizabeth's behalf. Our son has been participating with us, praying as he's never prayed before. He threw his whole heart into it, praying solemnly, slowly and with as much devotion and passion as his little heart could muster, unlike his usual method of praying like an auctioneer - late for a pig roast. Joseph believes if his sister is hired, she will then mail him a couple of tickets to Disney World or Disney land so if this prayer is answered God would be in essence killing two birds with one stone.

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Elizabeth was sitting in her office overlooking Paramount studios next door and watching people come and go in their Bentley's, and Mercedes, then as she turned to gaze at the "Hollywood" sign, she told me she thought to herself, "Is this all there is?" This place is such a joke. How did it become so iconic. Hollywood has sold us all a bunch of lies.

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Here's another movie, Elizabeth has made.

Please consider praying for our daughter. We need people like her in Hollywood.

2011-09-14T22:30:00.019-05:00

My bad

It was my brother in laws birthday and he decided to take his wife, my activity director and myself, to Knuckleheads, a night club in Kansas City Missouri.

My brother in law seated me directly behind an older man who was sitting next to a pole nearly the width of the mans head. The three people in my party could see just fine, I on the other hand could not and as we watched the musicians portraying Buddy Holly and the crickets revving up the crowd, the old man decided to get up and get himself another beer but not before he wisely left his jacket on the back of the chair to save his spot. I spontaneously decided to move his chair three little inches to the right and when the old man returned with his tall boy beer, he noticed nothing. I said to my activity director, "When he drinks himself under the table, I will be able to see."

After about 15 minutes the old man got up to get another beer and so again I moved his chair three inches to the right and after doing this for the forth or fifth time, the old man found himself squarely seated behind the pole and straining to see around it. He struggled to move his chair but the floor was uneven and one of the legs kept snagging on the uneven concrete cracks in the floor and because he appeared too drunk to figure out this simple equation, he simply sat behind the pole staring at it for a few minutes, then he picked up his coat and stammered away.

I moved up to the seat next to the mans chair as my activity director sat directly in the newly vacated chair and I looked at my activity director and laughed as I said to him , "Good thing the man wasn't incontinent," "You checked first right?"

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My bad, as defined by the Urban dictionary;

Moronic phrase used by pretentious, clueless twats to acknowledge they have made an error.
Example; I forgot to remove the safety catch before putting the gun against my own dumb head and pulling the trigger. My bad

2011-09-11T09:42:00.000-05:00

I cannot love a soul which is stained with sin; but when it repents, there is no limit to My generosity toward it. My mercy embraces and justifies it. With My Mercy, I pursue sinners along all their paths, and My Heart rejoices when they return to Me. I forget the bitterness with which they fed My Heart and rejoice at their return…”

Jesus to Sr.Faustina

2011-09-03T12:11:00.000-05:00

To my children -

As I walked into Walmart, I watched an elderly couple arguing in public next to the parking lot. The man must have been around 95 with his cougar wife who's frozen bouffant was defiant to the wind. The woman had a patch over her right eye and glared at the poor man with her one good eye as he haunched over a shopping cart which was serving double duty as a walker. He mumbled something to the woman and she yelled back loudly so he and everybody else could hear, "Now what are we supposed to do, just stand here and look STUPID!?!

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I thought to myself , geese if you argue like this in public what must it be like at home in private? And why would a person speak nicer to the grocery store checker than to her own husband.

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Colossians 3:19

Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter towards them.

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We wives have an obligation to not give cause to our husbands becoming bitter.

2011-09-01T14:12:00.000-05:00

2011-08-30T12:27:00.002-05:00

My son has the analytical brainpower of a rocket scientist - three months
in utero. He told me his life's ambition is to live alone in the forest avoiding people, particularly girls like his sisters - Much like a Sasquatch.

So is it any wonder he said to me, "Mom, I know something that would be really funny, I will lay down on the railroad tracks and I want you take my picture, okay?!" I said, "Yeah, sure, that would be hilarious," "And I'll bet social services would find my top notch parenting skills amusing!"

*Disclaimer- The zoo train had quit running for the day and was parked in the garage but when the conductor was putting it away for the evening, I laughed and said, "It sounds like a lawn mower engine, hahahaha." However my son didn't appreciate the passive aggressive comment about the train lacking speed and power and had he remained on the track at that time, he may have encountered some serious bruising.

2011-08-27T13:42:00.003-05:00

I've started going back to the YMCA to exercise since my kids have have returned to school and I saw my friend Stacie who was working at the front desk. I said to her, "HI Stacie, how are you honey!?" "I haven't seen you for a while!" Her personality is always very serious and she never cracks a smile - which makes me laugh. She said "I'm good," but then she became excited and said very quickly in her usual monotone, "I've lost 18 pounds!" I said, "That's terrific, good job, how did you do it?" She said, "I exercised." I said, "Well, point to the machine you used, that's the one for me!" "It's not here, she said, I go to "Curves."

Alrighty then.

My friend George attends the parish across town and he always likes to tell me about whats going with the Knights of Columbus. He's a proud member of the K of C and he gets particularly excited when it's Lent as he goes on to describe how he participates in their annual fish fry. George is my grocery sacker, and we chat at least once a week and have done so for many years.

Last week I bought two carts of groceries and George said he would help me to load them into my car. I said, "It's okay, I know you have other things to do, I can do it," but he insisted, and because I was feeling my age, I relented. I parked my car in the drive-thru lane and he began to move my things but as I got out to help him, he insisted, very sweetly, "You get back in the car, I will do it, besides your going to have to put it all away." Yeah, your right George, and I should bring you home with me, your very helpful.

Ah, thanks George, your the best!

Then when I was leaving another store, a group of special needs people began to exit their bus. Their leader was a very handsome young man who was making playful walking gestures with his hands and trying to engage the older teens and young adults with his humor. I glanced at him and shot him a smile of approval as he laughed with embarrassment when he noticed that I had been watching him act silly. Naturally I considered him to be very saintly and felt love at first sight for this man who was apparently as gorgeous on the inside as he was on the outside.

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* "An estimated 92 percent of all women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome choose to terminate their pregnancies, according to research reviewed by Dr.Brian Skotko, a pediatric geneticist at Children's Hospital Boston."

*Source- ABC news -Susan Donaldson James

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92 percent of these women don't know what they're missing and the world is worse off without these people.

2011-08-25T13:04:00.000-05:00

2011-08-14T11:02:00.000-05:00

The splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily
do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm.
If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness."

— St. Thérèse de Lisieux

2011-08-14T10:17:00.001-05:00

Tears are no sign that a man is in the grace of God, neither must we infer that one who weeps when he speaks of holy and devout things necessarily leads a holy life.

- St Philip Neri

2011-08-10T18:39:00.000-05:00

The Lord was Baptized, not to be cleansed Himself, but to cleanse the waters, so that those waters, cleansed by the flesh of Christ which knew no sin, might have the power of Baptism.

- St. Ambrose of Milan

2011-08-09T11:40:00.003-05:00

Don't you hate it when the beautician gives you a mullet when you SPECIFICALLY said, "For the love of God, please don't give me a femullet!" What's the emoticon for crying?

I'm going to paint my toes and try to calm down.

2011-08-04T12:39:00.000-05:00

Ana said to me, "A man who works at the bank asked me out on a date today, he wanted to know if I ever dated older men and I said yeah, my last boyfriend was twenty-three , then he said, "Have you ever considered dating anyone older - like say... 46? But I told him no, though I would have considered it if he were the bank owner and not the bank president. (Ana loves to tease me and say things to raise my blood pressure- for fun.)
I said , "Don't make me slap you."

I wish I could have been there to put grandpa in his place.

2011-08-04T12:02:00.000-05:00

“How very much I desire the salvation of souls! My dearest secretary, write that I want to pour out My divine life into human souls and to sanctify them, if only they were willing to accept My grace. The greatest sinners would achieve great sanctity, if only they would trust in My mercy. The very inner depths of My being are filled to overflowing with mercy, and it is being poured out upon all I have created. My delight is to act in a human soul and to fill it with My mercy and to justify it. My kingdom on earth is My life in the human soul. Write, My secretary, that I Myself am the spiritual guide of souls –and I guide them indirectly through the priest, and lead each one to sanctity by a road known to Me alone.”

Jesus to Sr. Faustina

2011-07-31T11:28:00.000-05:00

Yesterday, after one of our two daughters wedding engagements were called off, I said to her, "Fall into Christ, he should be our first love and our main focus, he's everything." She said, "I'm going to drive to Kansas City and walk through the ghetto and hope I get shot to death." I said, "Well, something much worse would happen before you were shot to death and then you'd get to live. It's time for you to live for Christ alone." She said, "He hates me, and he's screwed me over." I said, "Christ screws no one, people screw one another, besides Christ knows exactly how you feel because he was also betrayed by a kiss.

Our broken hearted daughter doesn't realize it yet but she did indeed dodge a bullet and she didn't even have to go to Kansas city to do it.

2011-07-30T20:22:00.003-05:00

A band of vagrants in Prospect park were ticketed after being caught trapping and eating ducks, squirrels, pigeons, opossum, turtles and pink flamingos, all the while mistaking the flamingos for chickens as they chased them around the city's cement pond. The vagrants were also sited for domesticating a rabid raccoon and though their fines totaled more than $2,100 dollars they insisted they were multimillionaires and could easily afford the exorbitant fees.

(Chalk one up for the high cost of fine dining at their billy-ard table.)

Personally, I think this would make one terrific reality show!

One of the vagrants swore he was an Oxford man with a third grade education specializing in cyphering and spying.

*Drudge report news
* Vincenzo, from Sancte Pater - photoshop wiz.

2011-07-28T19:37:00.000-05:00

“Before I come as the just Judge, I am coming first as the King of Mercy. Before the day of justice arrives, there will be given to people a sign in the heavens of this sort: All light in the heavens will be extinguished, and there will be great darkness over the whole earth. Then the sign of the cross will be seen in the sky, and from the openings where the hands and the feet of the Savior were nailed will come forth great lights which will light up the earth for a period of time. This will take place shortly before the last day.”

Jesus to Sr.Faustina

2011-07-26T12:28:00.000-05:00

I was speaking with our daughter Elizabeth about which second hand stores are my favorite and I said to her, "The Savers store on 95th street is better than the Goodwill in Shawnee, it always has the best stuff and it's way better than the Salvation army in Lawrence." Elizabeth said, "That's pretty sad when you know which secondhand stores are the best, it's kinda like a hobo who knows which dumpster always has the donuts!"

2011-07-21T11:19:00.000-05:00

- To my daughter, whom I'm frustrated with.

How can we become saints if we refuse to forgive even the smallest infractions against us? Clinging to our pain while saying, "It's not fair," does not justify our refusal to forgive, because with forgiveness we have no "rights".

Christ commands us to forgive and without being asked to forgive first and without a conditional apology or a sign of remorse from our offenders. Don't even waste the priests time in the confessional by expecting forgiveness for yourself, when you refuse to extend it to others.

When we forgive, we let things go and try to forget about the past sins against us and we don't rehash hurtful scenarios in our mind, in essence- picking at our emotional scabs. When we forgive and forget, we allow Christ to step in to heal our wounds.

When you forgive someone, it doesn't negate any sort of justice from God. Our God of the ten commandments will still demand justice and an accounting from each and every one of us but for now, while we are living, we step back and let God have our hurt and anger and we do the things which we've been called to do. In other words, you go to confession and work on making yourself a better person and let God work on your offenders.

The business of forgiveness is a serious matter, it's one of the things your eternal life will be judged upon.

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you.

Matthew 6:14-15

"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. {15} "But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

2011-07-18T22:47:00.000-05:00

Last night I dreamt I was inside of a beautiful cathedral and standing off to the right side of the alter watching religious people known and unknown to me as they prepared their habits and vestments for some sort of religious festivity which we were about to participate in and we were all very excited about it!

Though these saints had long since died, they were very much alive and busying themselves with their joyful preparations. They had all been members of various religious orders and were adding the finishing touches to their robes and beautiful vestments trimmed with gold and jewels but then I see Barry Manilow walk in from the side door and I'm thinking aw, geese, he's gonna ruin everything, besides he's Jewish. he shouldn't be here!

Barry then begins to chit- chat with the saints about the kind of music they wanted him to sing and as he yammers on and on about his songs , I'm thinking, "Beat it Barry, we're busy," I want to hang out with the saints and watch them prepare to meet God, besides your songs are not "Mass worthy." But noooooo, I'm stuck listening to him and worse yet I'm the one who has to ride with him in the car to a different Cathedral which had been prepared for this special occasion.

As we rode in the car Barry tries to decide which songs to preform and he began to speak to me about his thoughts and feelings but then he asks me, "Did you know, I write the songs?" I said, "Yeah Barry, I know, I know." But all the while I'm praying, I just want to talk to God, and hang out with his people. I don't want to pray for Barry, I don't want anything to do with Barry.

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I know there's a lesson for me in that dream but I haven't figured it out yet. Thanks Barry.

2011-07-08T18:59:00.000-05:00

Westwood Village cemetery

This is the building where funeral services are held.

Bob Crane was murdered and his second wife,

Sigrid Valdis is buried beside him.

She was a humanist and note the Darwin fish.

(I prayed extra hard beside her grave.)

I have searched high and low but I can't remember who was buried in the unmarked grave next to Natalie Wood. My activity director took notice that people were buried rather tightly and positioned every which way because of the lack of space.

2011-07-07T18:38:00.000-05:00

"I love you more than I loved myself " - Jesus

2011-07-02T14:32:00.002-05:00

God's beautiful creation

By Kate

People in this society sometimes tend to ignore people who are disabled, and think, "What are they doing here on this planet", but they don't ask themselves, what they can do to make this world a better place for everyone. Sometimes people can be hurtful in their actions or by the things they say.

For example: People can hurt others by saying something unkind, but they can also hurt another person with their expressions. (Language of their Body): Using hurtful emotions to communicate with each other.

People with disabilities are very wonderful people. People who are born with a disability are exactly the same people as any other person on this earth. God made every person with a different look, and no two people are exactly the same, inside or outside. People are beautiful on the outside, but sometimes they can be ugly on the inside.

We need to treat other people who have a disabilities the same. God created each person in a special way. We need to treat others with dignity and respect because anyone can make a difference, not just really smart people but anyone with a kind heart. Unfortunately people don't love each other because of prejudice and hatred. People are destroying the beauty of humanity and they are not wanting to have people with disabilities in their lives. So unfortunately, people are being aborted and it is Wrong! People shouldn't take life away that is innocent. It's not theirs to take.

God is the director and we are his masterpiece. We are the handiwork of his creation. Our lives need to be directed towards God and we need to learn to love one another, and accept one another even when people may not want us.

Golden Rule: Treat others as you would want to be treated.

2011-06-26T12:03:00.000-05:00

Ray Bradbury - He's not dead yet.

Peggy Lee

James Coburn

Merv created "Wheel of fortune."

2011-06-20T18:02:00.045-05:00

The true meaning of marriage

Many people think that baptism is the primordial (first) sacrament. However, this is not true. Baptism is the first sacrament received, but matrimony is the first sacrament. We know this for two reasons. Firstly, because it was the first sacrament given to Adam and Eve in the Bible and secondly, because the human family perfectly mirrors the Holy Trinity in the sacrament of marriage.

Marriage is the building block of family and family is the building block of society.

We can look at it this way...

Father                                                                        Mommy
                             \ /          --> Holy Spirit                                               \ /              ---> Baby
Son                                                                            Daddy

The Father completely loves the Son and the Son also completely loves the father. They are one in being that they completely love each other. The Father completely pours Himself (love) into the Son and the Son completely pours his (love) into the Father. The Holy Spirit is the love between the Father and the Son and a being within itself. They are all three God.

In this way the human family mirrors God. The husband will completely give himself to his wife and the wife will completely give herself to her husband. The love between the husband and the wife is a baby. We can see, the husband and the wife are one in marriage and their baby is also apart of them (DNA). So, the human family is also one.

(Cute!)

Therefore, we can come to the conclusion that because Satan can't beat God, he will try to destroy the closest thing to God and because the human family completely mirrors God, he will attack it instead. This is why divorce is so sad. It destroys not only the relationship between the husband and wife, but is also has an adverse, harmful effect on the children.

Posted by -Grace

2011-06-17T11:58:00.001-05:00

2011-06-16T11:09:00.001-05:00

2011-06-04T14:24:00.001-05:00

This is Grace, Belinda's daughter. Mom said I could make a "post." I have decided to tell you about the life of St. Therese of Liseux. She was the one who people call, "the little flower." They called her this because she compared life on Earth to Heaven. I love the little stories she tells about life. Here are a few...

When she was a little girl, she asked her sister, "why do some people receive more grace than others?" Her sister got out two glasses. One was big and the other little, she then proceeded to fill the glasses until they reached their capacity. Her sister then asked, "which one is more full?" Therese answered, "they are both equally full." This is comparable to how God gives us grace. We are only given as much as we can take. Even if it seems that others have more grace than us, we should be happy because we have as much as we need. Just as in the prayer of humility, the last line states, "May others become holier than I, provided I become as holy as I should. Jesus, grant me the grace to desire it." St. Therese understood this. That is why she's my favorite saint.

She said that in God's garden of life, we are all like flowers. Some of us are roses, others are lilies. There are big flowers that stand out and the little flowers that nobody seems to notice. We are each a flower. She asked, "How would the garden be if all of the lilies wanted to be roses? We should be content with what flower we are, in real life the amount of grace is given in what we can take. If we are a rose we may require more water than the lilies. The lilies must be happy being a lilly because they can't pretend to be roses. Some of us must be content in only being a lilly while others should do their best in being a rose."

You can listen to or read her autobiograpy here. :)
http://www.storyofasoul.com/

Have a great day!

2011-06-04T07:55:00.001-05:00

Westwood cemetery, Los Angeles, California

This cemetery consists of two acres smack dab in the middle of the city of westwood village and is surrounded by towering sky scrappers. It took my activity director two tries on separate days to find the place because of it's odd seclusion.

Eddy Arnold is buried next to his wife Margo and also his friend Eva Gabor. Eddy lived to be 99 years old.

Bride of the monster, Loretta King

Don Knotts

Truman Capote

Heather O' Rourke

It's believed that Heather haunts stage 19. (I didn't see her but then again, I wasn't looking for her either.) They say she runs and plays on the cat walks.

Stage 19

Hugh Hefner plans to be buried next to Marilyn Monroe and has purchased the spot on the left. ~~With Hef pushing 86, I'm thinking it could be any day now~~. Many women have kissed Marilyn's crypt but I don't understand why people touch tombstones. It seems so disrespectful.

Dean Martin

Why would a Catholic choose to be buried in a non -Catholic cemetery?

Walter Matthau and his wife Carol.

Someones movin' in.

2011-05-29T15:42:00.003-05:00

The Hollywood Museum.

I really want to keep my gossiping in check and so I'm not trying to encourage you to participate in my sins when I post these photos. I know it's really tempting because of the kinds of lives these people led but where ever they are now, they're paying for every decision they had made during their lives and they need our prayers.

Elizabeth Taylor's dress.

Brangelina clothing.

Darned, dirty apes.
Here's what happens when Chuck doesn't run fast enough.

Cheap plastic.

Expensive plastic - on the left.
(Photo for my Kate.)

Cher had/has a teeny tiny waist and is 5' 8-1/2" tall.

"The Roddy McDowell powder room." - Located in the Max Factor museum.

Elizabeth Taylor's dress.

Pamela Anderson's bay watch swimsuit is so large on top that the museum staff had to stuff the bodice with tissue paper- and rather poorly I might add. I assure you, no one gives David Hasselhoff's clothing a second glance because your transfixed on Miss Anderson's suit and not in a creeper kind of way but in amazement, - how'd she keep those things up?

Now, I understand why "Babe watch" was so popular.

The teen who wore this was shockingly small.

Phyllis Dillers dresses

The dress Marilyn wore in Korea.

2011-05-28T10:19:00.001-05:00

How is it that a person wouldn't know or understand the content and character of their spouse after 25 years of marriage?

2011-05-26T12:54:00.000-05:00

Lucille Ball's makeup drawer at the Max Factor museum, Hollywood California.

Max Factors stage makeup -inside of this pink display case in the front lobby - one of three display cabinets.

Some of Marilyn Monroe's personal items and a few locks of her hair. Below is a copy of the coroners report but the thing that made me sad - and still does, is the blank spot where it mentions her religion.

When you die, will people know what religion you were?

Inside of another display case and you can see they're old and worn.

Max Factors stage makeup. (There's a bottle of fake blood behind the yellow bottle which my son thought was cool.)

Judy Garlands child hood dresses. Poor baby.

Judy Garlands dress.

Max had rooms just off of the lobby where he would greet his clientel' and apply their makeup. The rooms were segregated by red heads, brunettes, blonds, and raven hair.

Max Factors ~~cootie~~ beauty salon.

What do you think Max used the permanent artistic oils for?

Mr.Max, doing his thang.

(I failed to take a photo of this machine I saw tucked away in a corner.)

2011-05-25T21:58:00.000-05:00

I have more photos of dresses from the Betty Paige store to share with my daughter Grace who loves dresses and can sew most anything by making her own patterns.

2011-05-25T14:16:00.000-05:00

My front yard.

Directly overhead.

Here comes the bad weather and for the third day in a row.

We normally don't have to seek shelter so early in the day because tornadoes around here generally happen in the afternoon or evening.

2011-05-24T14:54:00.002-05:00

~~The back alley of~~ Venice beach, California.

I enjoyed watching these boys and they liked being photographed.

Medical marijuana anybody?
There was a real live doctor inside ~~hahahaha~~ and he shook his head "No", at me when I stopped to take a photo of his store. Later on in the week we saw a medical marijuana shop with people standing in line about 30 people deep - and they didn't look like rocket scientists either.
(On second thought, I guess maybe they did.)

We don't have illegal drugs in Kansas, nor huge selections of custom hand blown glass pieces used for room decor accents.

Here's where you could go to get a medical evaluation for marijuana.

(I'm confident that it's all cootie free and above board.)

2011-05-22T16:38:00.001-05:00

Forest Lawn - Hollywood hills.

I had joked with my daughter Elizabeth and said that when the studios next door were finished with their actors, they simply threw them over the fence onto Forest Lawn : (

When I read this I thought of our blogger buddies Red and Subvet. They write great stuff like this.

I understand that my skirt wasn't as modest as it could have been but my main concern at the time was a giant snake hanging above and along the top of the wall behind me.

On the left of your computer screen and behind me were two men trying to wrangle the anaconda.

Naturally I didn't stay long and my prayers were abruptly shortened -which discouraged me.... I said to my activity director, "Satan ruins everything!"

My advisor always makes me feel better, he said, "It's okay, everything is okay, you can still pray for him."

(But it's not the same.)

Who wouldn't have said a prayer for Stan as they walked by?

2011-05-20T17:20:00.004-05:00

Directly across the street from the Graumans Chinese theater is the Jimmy Kimmel show and behind his building is an enclosed parking lot where the concerts for his show are performed. Across the street from the concert lot is the Hollywood high school., which has these amazing paintings of former students along the exterior walls. West of this building is the school track and field and it's all situated in the middle of the city and is fully enclosed.

Here I'm hangin' out with Buster Keaton (kinda- sort of) ... I love him and I pray for him often.

Buster had two stars, one for his movies and one for his television work, naturally, I prayed twice.

The "Betty Paige" store had the prettiest and most modest clothing along the street - go figure. That idea cracked me up. Then I worried about where Betty might be today , so I prayed for her soul too. I also asked God if I he would mind sending me a pink dress with a black cardigan sweater - to wear with my pearls.

These dresses were beautiful replicas from the 1950's. The side walk out in front has the "Walk of stars" and it runs for several blocks along both sides of the street."

Here's where I could of purchased a "Permullet" (- a permed mullet) for my activity director!

Urban dictionary defines those haircuts as being....."The 30-10-60" (30% up top, 10% on the sides, 60% out back).

(Just say no.)

Elizabeth Taylor had tiny feet but then again she was wearing high heels.

Here's where I offered to get matching tattoos with my activity director. He declined - again. ;)

Ironically,.... not the Betty Paige store.

The Grauman's Chinese theater.

Next door to Graumans was Madame Tussauds where this Marilyn replica sat out in front of the museum. She's made of silicon so she wont melt in the sun.

Scammers.

Here's where Spiderman begs for a photo with me and at first I declined but then I thought, "Maybe my seven year old back home would be impressed, so I relented. After the photo they demanded to be paid but I should have told them no because my eyes were closed.

Ugh, repulsive.... Cat woman was all over my blog administrator like, "White on rice."

Can I be an honorary Spinner now?!

2011-05-14T08:53:00.000-05:00

I"m having a blast in California! My activity director and I were in the Jay Leno audience last Thursday when Ann Curry was a guest Naturally, my children at home couldn't be bothered with watching the show and seeing their parents, in fact when I called home, they seemed to be "Put out".

If you watched the tonight show, I was sitting on the forth row from the stage with my activity director and while everyone else was freaking out with excitement, I sat there in my power pink blouse with as much enthusiasm as you'd imagine Al Gore would have. Though I had a terrific time, I can't fake enthusiasm. This has been - so far , my only bout with anxiety.

Yesterday, I called home and asked, "Joseph, did you do your homework?" He said ( - all put out and bothered), "No, mom, it's Friday and we don't have school tomorrow because tomorrow is Sunday!

( Parents can be so stupid!)

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Yesterday Susan Sarandon dropped her cell phone under a bathroom stall on to the floor. Another mom had Miss Susans hand reaching under her stall fishing for it. Can you imagine the phone numbers on that phone , or the weirdness of hearing Susans voice asking for her phone back and having that hand fishing around as you go about your business? Anyway, I'd think I'd have to throw that phone away after it hit the floor, God only knows the kind of cooties you'd pick up in there.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Today, I'm going to a cemetery - my favorite, I will share my photos when I get home.

2011-05-10T17:05:00.000-05:00

I'll be detained for a while.

I hope, Dear Jesus, it's not in the literal sense of the word.

Please pretend you missed me when I return :-)

2011-05-10T13:16:00.000-05:00

So if Christians and non- Christians alike think that the world is going to end, then why is it that people don't seem to be making any meaningful changes in their lives?

Could it be that the protestant idea of , "God loves me just as I am", is the reason? Or do they reject the notion of God entirely. If many people do think the world is going to end then what do they think will happen to them after that? Why can't they think this stuff through?

What happens to a nation of people who've been watching, listening and worse yet participating in Sodom and for decades now? Should I be looking back at Sodom?

*This video is very much like Jennifer Lopez, and Enrique Iglesias latest music videos but Katie Perry's video is the creepiest music I've ever heard, simply demonic and it has over 52 million views - none of which had better be from any one of my kids.

2011-05-09T10:41:00.000-05:00

2011-05-06T23:41:00.001-05:00

Dear God, why can't every day be Cinco de mayo?!
~~~~~

Our priest said we're supposed to pray before meals and even in public. Father said, "You shouldn't be ashamed or embarrassed about Jesus, followed by... "You wouldn't want him to be embarrassed about you, now would you!?"

~~Well of course not but I really think it's too late for that since I've been blogging for some time now.~~

I never pray in public before meals because I don't want to draw attention to myself and I don't want to appear as self righteous, or haughty and honestly, I don't want to embarrass Jesus, ~~what if I have to slap one of my children at the table?~~ (I never slap my children, I can't afford the counseling.)

My activity director decided to take us out for lunch yesterday and as you can see I'm having a great time but my poor director on the other hand, looks as though he's getting ready to part with one of his favorite dogs or maybe he's scheduled for some sort of costly, yet painful dental procedure or perhaps he's lost his best friend?

~~~~~~

Nope, he still has his best friend!

~~~~~~

Dental repairs are waaaay more painful than poison ivy, I'd better make my administrator some chocolate pudding but thinned down so he can slurp it through a straw and though he's getting rather expensive, I'll probably still keep him..... for now.

2011-05-05T10:15:00.000-05:00

A photo of six of my seven daughters.

The missing daughter is in California and needs prayers for a new job but please dear God,

- no sponge bob square pants. (And nothing her mom would have to boycott.)

No wound is as direct or as piercing as the words that come from the hearts of any one of my daughters when she's angry.

Dipped in truth, these are crushing blows and I find it difficult to recover.

2011-05-04T06:25:00.000-05:00

Oh death were is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

1 Corinthians 15:55

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible: and we shall be changed.

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Consider Satan's three day victory - it was short lived and the victories Satan has gained through us are temporary as well.

As sons and daughters of the most high God, we win and we will never renounce this faith nor relinquish our victory -through Christ to anybody - ever.

2011-05-02T17:54:00.000-05:00

I believe auto tune is rock music's answer to country music's steel guitar.

All of you..... stop it.

Stop it now.

2011-04-29T21:16:00.002-05:00

I'm blogging through a migraine- but not very well,... though, who can tell the difference?
~~~~~

What concerns me the most about the royal wedding is,"Who's watching Elton Johns baby?! Clearly Mr.John has decision making deficiencies. I'm so concerned! I hope it's not Dame Edna. How much do you think Elton pays a sitter anyway? Ugh,... look at that photo,... that poor baby! I think I'd crap my pants too.

~~~~~

I noticed the Queen doesn't sing, "God save the Queen" but Elton sang it.

~~~~~

If the royal couple has been living together for a few years now, why is it that William finally decided to buy instead of lease and why do women freely give away something which is so prized by men? Maybe Big Ben had reminded Kate of something,..... tick, tock, tick, tock.

~~~~~

If the royals are the head of the church of England, why do they appear to behave more like sinners than saints?

~~~~~

About Beatrice's hat,... if you can't say something nice then I shouldn't say anything at all but why doesn't her father take out his sword and hack some of that masterpiece back somewhere to the normal zone. I noticed he can't even look at her. I bet they collectively blame her mother. (Someone is projecting- sang in a melodic tone.. hahaha)

Migraine + codeine = Your way funnier when my anxiety disappears.

2011-04-29T13:39:00.000-05:00

2011-04-27T22:12:00.000-05:00

Planes, trains and crappy automobiles.

My activity director and I are going to California

to see our daughter Elizabeth graduate from animation/film school and I'm so excited, I can hardly wait! My blog administrator asked what I wanted to do when we get there and I told him, "I really wanna go to the cemetery." Naturally, he scoffed and asked, "What for, are you kidding?" Nooooo, I'm not kidding, who wouldn't wanna hike through a cemetery?! ~~but not at night because it's really creepy.~~ I'm not much of a movie fan anyway ~~so my kid left home to make movies to annoy her mother~~ and I'm not a fan of actors either but I am a big fan of Elizabeth and cemeteries.

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I cashed my ~~teeny tiny~~ ginormous check from the election office and said to my banker, "I'm going on vacation, I'm so excited, I need to get some cash for ~~stereo cards or view master reels!~~ meals. He began to live vicariously though our conversation and excitedly he asked, "Where are you going on vacation!" I replied, "Watts" and he said, "Where" and I said, "Watts!, and again he asked, "Where", and again I said, "Watts!! Watts!!Watts! as the black man sitting next to me couldn't stop laughing because our pasty white banker had no idea of what I was talking about though now in retrospect, I'm glad I didn't mention the cemetery, or Compton.

~~~~~

Here's an email from an NBC page who's discussing the rules of the Jay Leno show with me.

Bring a copy of the front and back of her (Elizabeth's) drivers license with you when you attend the show, and you should be able to use the same reservation (Which Elizabeth secured under her name.)You may have your cell phone on you but it must be turned off and kept completely out of sight until you leave our studio at the end of the day. Cell phone usage is strictly prohibited in our studio and that rule is heavily enforced.
NBC TICKETS

NBC Page

Okay, thank you for your speedy response. I can't wait to see the show! ~~(I also noticed my hypocrisy)~~ So photos of Jay and I are strictly prohibited? Darn :(

How then, will my blogger buddies believe me when I say I was there- with Jay! It's kinda like when a tree falls in the forest with no one to hear it. Was I really there?

Belinda

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She sent no reply, honestly, I don't think she cares about my blogger buddies as much as I do.

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I hope I run into Ben Stein, but not with my car.

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I've thought about getting tickets for the "Price is right." I really need a new car but I don't wanna win a showcase full of crap, a pontoon boat with a complimentary severe sunburn ~~( Sara,I'm scared of the water),~~ or a trip to a ski lift in Samoa.

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I'm looking forward to mass at the cathedral in L.A., ~~I like puppets, dancing and face painting,(again with the hypocrisy~~ ~~- just kidding),~~ watching the sunrise on Venice beach, ~~with entertaining half naked drug users~~ Forest lawn, criminals- in the distance, people making fun of me in Spanish, GPS position # 34.14472-118.31762 (Guess who's buried there!), laughing at my blog administrator who'll be wearing his tube socks with elastic shorts ~~pulled up to his man nipples~~, hiking behind Griffith park, the Griffith observatory with Leonard Nimoy, tamales, Randy's donuts, Roscoe's chicken and waffles (I said Waffles Vincenzo!!) and meeting Elizabeth's mentor Candace who I have great affection for. (She created the visual part for the music video, "Take on me".)
~~~~~
My activity director threatened to put me on a train if I throw up beside him on the plane. I'm still gonna throw up but I'm counting on him being too poor to put me on a train back to Kansas. ~~I'm a pain in the ass.~~

2011-04-25T15:17:00.000-05:00

With over 6 billion people on the planet and a variety of medias competing for our attention, I'm always flattered - honored really, when ever people stop by my blog to visit. I love my blogger buddies and I pray for those 45 people who for some reason - known only to God, chose to follow my blog.

To me, catholic bloggers fill a void of common sense, and fidelity that's becoming harder to find in the real world but because we're never going to get back the time we've spent blogging together, I hope you feel as though your time with me was also well spent.

I'm wishing each of you an Easter season full of joy as we contemplate how it is that our savior was willing to endure such a horrible death on our behalf. How incomprehensible the gulf of of love, passion, and forgiveness he has for each and every one of us. Who could measure the depth of his love?

How great a wound to the Holy Spirit when he's rejected- an open wound that can never be replaced by another soul, what a terrible blow to the most sacred heart of Jesus especially after all that he's done for us.

~~~

We don't have enough Catholics yet.

2011-04-23T08:26:00.001-05:00

Ana saved a young mans life who had a seizure in the pool this week. I'm so proud of her. I would've ignored the teen who went completely still. I have the idea that if a kid is being good, quiet,
or better yet -still, then you don't bother them. Thank God Ana thought otherwise.

~~~~~

Ana -1

Ronald Reagan -77
~~~~~

Good Job Ana!

2011-04-20T13:20:00.001-05:00

“My Jesus, let my sacrifice burn before Your throne in all silence, but with the full force of love, as I beg You to have mercy on souls. - Sister Faustina

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I love her.
Just think, she could of prayed, "Please God save me, save MEEEE" but she didn't and even at a risk to her own spiritual well being by praying for others instead of herself. Though salvation without Christ is impossible, it's when your concerned and preoccupied for the redemption and salvation of other souls that you in fact, seal the fate of your own.

2011-04-18T13:01:00.004-05:00

Mass was crowded so I had to sit in the opposite pew across the isle from my blog administrator. I love it when he winks at me but who could tell if he was winking with his eye swollen shut? I winked back at him anyway and after mass he said the man sitting beside him thought I was winking at him. Maybe I was. Actually I was thinking about Padre Pio because I had the privilege of sitting next to a man who had served mass for Saint Pio.
I thought, "I should ask this man that if he would happen to die before me, if he could please tell Padre Pio thank you for all of his intersessions and prayers on our behalf and then give Padre a hug for me, I'm so grateful." But because my pew pal is frail and has trouble walking, I thought I 'd better leave him alone to go about his business. I'd hate to be the cause of a fall or maybe my comment -about the dying part, might insult him. I walked away sad because I didn't get to speak with him, though God must have told Pio what I was thinking because later that evening Gracie handed a gift to me and said, "Our deacon gave this to me and told me to give it to my mom." It was a rosary in a box with Padre Pio's photo on top," It was the picture of Padre giving a blessing.

I'm gonna wink at God, do you think he'll notice? I love it when he winks back at me.

Dear God, check inside the Japanese lunch box, third drawer from the top but try and guess what's in it first. Maybe you could act surprised.

2011-04-17T13:19:00.000-05:00

SUBJECT: Missing cat.
Shannon (the secretary) has lost
her cat and has asked David (the graphic designer) to help create a lost cat
poster. This is their email correspondence...

Hi
I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got
out and has been missing since then, so I was wondering if you are not too
busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy
it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.

This is the only photo of her I have. She answers to the
name of Missy and is black and white and about 8 months old. missing on
Harper street and my phone number is - - - - - - -
Thanks Shan.

From:David
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
9.26am
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Poster
Dear Shannon,
That is
shocking news. Luckily I was sitting down when I read your email and not
half way up a ladder or tree. How are you holding up? I am surprised you
managed to attend work at all what with thinking about Missy out there
cold, frightened and alone... possibly lying on the side of the road, her
back legs squashed by a vehicle, calling out "Shannon, where are you?"
Although I have two clients expecting completed work this afternoon, I
will, of course, drop everything and do whatever it takes to facilitate
the speedy return of Missy.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
9.37am
To: David
Subject: Re: Re: Poster
yeah ok thanks. I
know you don’t like cats but I am really worried about mine. I have to
leave at 1pm today.

From: David
Date: Monday 21
June 2010 10.17am
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Re: Re:
Poster
Dear Shannon,
I never said I don't like cats.
Once, having been invited to a party, I went clothes shopping beforehand
and bought a pair of expensive G-Star boots. They were two sizes too small
but I wanted them so badly I figured I could just wear them without socks
and cut my toenails very short. As the party was only a few blocks from my
place, I decided to walk. After the first block, I lost all feeling in my
feet. Arriving at the party, I stumbled into a guy named Steven, spilling
Malibu & coke onto his white Wham 'Choose Life' t-shirt, and he
punched me. An hour or so after the incident, Steven sat down in a chair
already occupied by a cat. The surprised cat clawed and snarled causing
Steven to leap out of the chair, slip on a rug and strike his forehead
onto the corner of a speaker; resulting in a two inch open gash. In its
shock, the cat also defecated, leaving Steven with a foul stain down the
back of his beige cargo pants. I liked that cat.
Attached
poster as requested.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June
2010 10.24am
To: David
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
yeah
that’s not what I was looking for at all. it looks like a movie and how
come the photo of Missy is so small?

From: David
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 10.28am
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Re:
Re: Re: Poster
Dear Shannon,
It's a design thing. The
cat is lost in the negative space.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
10.33am
To: David
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Poster
Thats just stupid. Can you do it properly please? I am extremely emotional over
this and was up all night in tears. you seem to think it is funny. Can you
make the photo bigger please and fix the text and do it in color please.
Thanks.

From: David
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
10.46am
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Poster
Dear Shannon,
Having worked with designers for a
few years now, I would have assumed you understood, despite our vague
suggestions otherwise, we do not welcome constructive criticism. I don't
come downstairs and tell you how to send text messages, log onto Facebook
and look out of the window. I am willing to overlook this faux pas due to
you no doubt being preoccupied with thoughts of Missy attempting to make
her way home across busy intersections or being trapped in a drain as it
slowly fills with water. I spent three days down a well once but that was
just for fun.
I have amended and attached the poster as per
your instructions.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
10.59am
To: David
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Poster
This is worse than the other one. can you make it so it
shows the whole photo of Missy and delete the stupid text that says
missing missy off it? I just want it to say Lost.

From: David
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
11.14am
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Poster

From: Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
11.21am
To: David
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Poster
yeah can you do the poster or not? I just want a photo and
the word lost and the telephone number and when and where she was lost and
her name. Not like a movie poster or anything stupid. I have to leave
early today. If it was your cat I would help you. Thanks.

From: David
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
11.32am
To: Shannon
Subject: Awww

Dear Shannon,
I don't have a cat. I once agreed to look after a friend's cat for a week
but after he dropped it off at my apartment and explained the concept of
kitty litter, I kept the cat in a closed cardboard box in the shed and
forgot about it. If I wanted to feed something and clean feces, I wouldn't
have put my mother in that home after her stroke. A week later, when my
friend came to collect his cat, I pretended that I was not home and mailed
the box to him. Apparently I failed to put enough stamps on the package
and he had to collect it from the post office and pay eighteen dollars. He
still goes on and on about that sometimes, people need to learn to let go.
I have attached the amended version of your poster as per your detailed
instructions.
Regards, David.

From: Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
11.47am
To: David Thorne
Subject: Re: Awww
Thats not my cat.
where did you get that picture from? That cat is orange. I gave you a
photo of my cat.

From: David
Date: Monday 21
June 2010 11.58am
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Re: Awww
I know, but that one is cute. As Missy has quite possibly met any one of several
violent ends, it is possible you might get a better cat out of this. If
anybody calls and says "I haven't seen your orange cat but I did find a
black and white one with its hind legs run over by a car, do you want it?"
you can politely decline and save yourself a costly veterinarian bill.
I knew someone who had a basset hound that had its hind legs
removed after an accident and it had to walk around with one of those
little buggies with wheels. If it had been my dog I would have asked for
all its legs to be removed and replaced with wheels and had a remote
control installed. I could charge neighborhood kids for rides and enter it
in races. If I did the same with a horse I could drive it to work. I would
call it Steven.
Regards, David.

From:
Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.07pm
To: David
Subject:
Re: Re: Re: Awww
Please just use the photo I gave you.

From: David
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
12.22pm
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Awww

From: Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
12.34pm
To: David
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww
I didn’t
say there was a reward. I don’t have $2000 dollars. What did you even put
that there for? Apart from that it is perfect can you please remove the
reward bit. Thanks Shan.

From: David
Date: Monday 21 June 2010 12.42pm
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Re:
Re: Re: Re: Re: Awww

From: Shannon
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
12.51pm
To: David
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Awww
Can you just please take the reward bit off altogether? I have
to leave in ten minutes and I still have to make photocopies of
it.

From: David
Date: Monday 21 June 2010
12.56pm
To: Shannon
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

2011-04-17T10:22:00.000-05:00

2011-04-16T08:01:00.002-05:00

Two days ago, I said to my blog administrator, "Ya know,....... the stick that you just threw into the fire pit, along with the last one, was poison ivy?" (As he ignored me and projected silent mockery which could be recognized with an eye stare / glare and an ever so slight change in his breathing pattern.)

This morning he looks like a one eyed puffer fish only he lacks the same kind of excitement and amusement of a puffer fish

and with extensive redness and swelling around his eyes and arms, his general personality has, well frankly - tanked. I put Ivy itch medicine on his boo-boos and he practically cried in response and as I blew on the stinging patches of magenta skin -which are now spreading quicker than Muslims in France, it was then that I reminded him of the time - when I was giving birth to one of his little ~~stressors, who can't seem to consume enough food~~ angels and he said to me, "Awww, come on Belinda, it doesn't hurt that much!"

We would have remained childless if he'd a been the one asked to push a watermelon through HIS nose.

Don't feel too sorry for my administrator, he's a better person than I am and everyone knows it.
I will make him some "Jello" or homemade chocolate pudding today. That will fix everything.

2011-04-15T14:42:00.004-05:00

Some private citizens have cooler phones than our very own president.
:(

Does it take a great phone or superior technology to make a great president?

2011-04-15T05:48:00.002-05:00

Dear God,

I was wondering if you would consider making me a member of the Detroit Spinners ~~and even though I'm a really, really~~ ~~white woman~~ ~~(practically translucent in fact) from~~ ~~Kansas~~ ~~and I have no rhythm or musical abilities~~ ~~-what so ever~~ , but not just a regular Spinner ( hidden in the back row), I wanna be the lead singer of the Detroit Spinners! I love their sound, demeanor, and their outfits - a lot in fact. I love everything about them and as the presiding Spinner I will draw attention to myself ~~and make it mostly all about~~ me so as to raise awareness about the Spinners and to convert others to the Spinners message of love , peace, and perfect timing throughout the world . Keep in mind dear God, that I need ~~I wont take no for~~ an answer rather quickly because I'm not getting any younger. I do however, have a few slight ~~demands~~ requests to make, small ~~demotions, reductions, devaluations of their work, time and talent, which will essentially render the group worthless when I'm finished~~ ideas really, stuff no one would probably ever notice and would in fact enjoy if they did!

# 1 - We could have puppets during the show, who doesn't love giant puppets? Wait, that's been done before, ummm......... we could have clowns, mimes or finger puppets!

# 2- I could dress like Toni Tennille and the men could wear sailor hats. Keep in mind Lord, that I know all of the words to "Midnight train to Georgia." -Just in case.

# 3- I would ban all dancing at Spinner concerts, particularly on stage. I'm uncomfortable about being rhythmically challenged , besides, I can't dance and sing at the same time.

# 4 - I'm gonna have to ban the "fro" because I can't grow one.
# 5- I want to slow the songs waaaay down to be more inclusive and I'll eliminate any sad lyrics.
Lord, when I'm finished the Spinners will be ~~unrecognizable and only a shadow of what they once were~~ - great!

Dear God, If you should decide not to allow me to become a Detroit Spinner then would you at the very least make me a Soul Train line dancer? Maybe, an Isley brother, Dear God, or a Temptation? Who doesn't love Smokey Robinson!
I've got some ~~terrible~~ terrific ideas about those groups ~~because I can't let go of pretending to be something that I'm not nor ever will be so I'm going to make everyone else around me as miserable as I am~~ as well!

Love,

Belinda

Don't you hate it when people ruin the things you love the most?

2011-04-13T07:25:00.000-05:00

(Would the committee member who drew the number 666 last night, please begin the meeting.)

2011-04-11T06:20:00.000-05:00

Sunday Night

My boy handed the thermometer to me and asked if he was sick enough to stay home from school tomorrow. His temperature was 105.3 and I said , "Certainly, you are sick but I'm taking you to the emergency room tonight." He said, "I put the thermometer in the bath tub but do I still have to go to school tomorrow?" Well, not if you go to the hospital tonight!"

It's a miracle. The boy healed instantaneously but because he's been playing with the digital thermometer since Friday, I 'm surprised that it took him so long to figure out that trick. I also wonder how long it will take before he learns that he can get fake doctors notes off of the Internet.

2011-04-07T18:31:00.000-05:00

The things I thought about while I was at work yesterday.

~~~~~~~~~~

"I'm what cha call one of those cougars" said my election official co-worker, they call me that because my husband is ten years younger than I am.

As I thought, um..... lucky boy, then I must be what cha call one of those kittens ; ) hahahaha

~~~~~~~~~

The first half of the entire morning she complained about not being able to take a break and go out to her car or maybe run to the store to buy a salad or something. As I'm thinking, "Duh, That's why they call it work, and workers generally have to be at work to be considered working."

I thought, "Why are you complaining? We're in a climate controlled building and the most taxing thing you have to do is to sit and ask people for their names and addresses. Who complains about a job like that? For me it was like a paid vacation from my housework and laundry. I was looking forward to getting away from the immature whining and complaining from children for the day but apparently I was wrong.

She asked me how many children I had and after I told her she said something rude and crude which I purposefully ignored but how could she have said something so mean to me after I had just given her quiche for breakfast?

As I listened to her I remembered that people are mean to others to build themselves up. It helps them to feel better about who they are.

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While watching her I decided that I need to stop putting myself down because I'm a nice person and I love people and even though I struggle with my temper - I really am trying and if I ever had to choose between me and you - I would choose you.

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If gay women don't like men then why do they dress like men? I thought they weren't attracted to men.

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I don't appreciate it when an occasional voter stands in my personal space and leans in towards me to return his voter card. It's rude.

~~~~~~~~

Co- worker Bob is a such a sweet man. He talks to his wife on the phone a couple of times a day and she packs pudding for him in his lunch but I tease him because she never remembers to send enough for the rest of us. I like chocolate pudding too Bob!
~~~~~~~~

I'm told that if your wearing red, white and blue while working an election then you're automatically considered a Republican. - Who knew?

2011-04-06T19:16:00.000-05:00

Congratulations to Al Green because his song, "Let's stay together" was entered into the national library of Congress today.
That move was a win- win for all of us.

When I sing with you Al, you make me sound really good.

2011-04-06T18:57:00.000-05:00

Today is national "Jump over things day" and I'm assuming that since your sitting at your computer reading this, that you haven't actually jumped over anything today so I posted Super Dave Osbourne jumping over something in your place. :)

2011-04-06T18:30:00.000-05:00

My son told me he's afraid of people with electrical body parts so naturally I started doing the
"Robot"- though very poorly and as usual he didn't get my joke.

Come to think of it, I'm scared of people with electrical body parts too.

2011-04-04T12:15:00.000-05:00

Since Mike Tyson loves ~~ears,~~ ~~chickens,~~ pigeons and they seem to have a calming effect on his personality as they bring out his tender- gentler side.

I'm thinking that maybe we could mail a pair of peaceful doves or love birds to Chris Brown, with that very same intention.

People ~~like me~~ who are quick to anger might want to consider making some meaningful changes with their tempers because your - "I'm sorrys", only go so far and then your sincere remorse becomes worthless to your fellow man - except unto God.

~~~~~~

We may be too late, but has anyone noticed that Mr.Tyson's pigeons don't any have ears?!

And do you think he understands how many possible contaminants he's exposing himself to by kissing pigeons?

- St.Louis Encephalitis, salmonella, ,candidiaiasis chlamydia psittachi,histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, bed bugs,chicken mites, yellow meal worms, dental decay, halitosis, E coli and with one well placed peck he could'a lost an eye!

~~~~~~

My activity director/blog administrator has ordered 24 chicks...... darn!

He must have forgotten about our cats. hehe

2011-04-01T18:36:00.000-05:00

Real estate agent or nun... you decide.

I don't know. I guess it all depends on how you view disobedience.

~~~~~

I once knew a man who I fear may have gone to hell when he died. I watched him speak about himself in glowing terms and he went on and on about his great accomplishments and how wonderful he was and had been throughout his life but as he spoke, a weed began to take root and grow around his feet, then up around his legs and it wove it's self around his mid section and chest while securely entangling him but he didn't notice because he was still too busy going on and on about how great he was but by now, the leaves from the vines - which had grown as large as the mans head, began caressing and patting his back as he continued talking until finally he was strangled by the invisible entity which had soothed, supported and comforted him.

Now, I suspect that Satan mocks him and demands, "Tell us again how very great you are!"
~~~~~
After begging God for forgiveness my next most important prayer is to ask the the Holy Spirit to help me to not be deceived because deception equals certain death.

~~~~~

*If your reading something and it says's "renewal" anywhere within the book - put it down!
"Renewal" is the code word for destruction.

2011-03-31T10:27:00.000-05:00

“When pain overwhelms my soul, and the horizon darkens like night, and the heart is torn with the torment of suffering, Jesus Crucified, You are my strength. When the soul, dimmed with pain, exerts itself in battle without respite, and the heart is in agony and torment, Jesus Crucified, you are the hope of my salvation.”

- Sr. Faustina

2011-03-31T10:20:00.000-05:00

Dear Mom,
I was sitting at my desk, working on chemistry. I had headphones plugged into my laptop. I was trying to calculate the amount of Oxygen at 800 torr. pressure. It was really boring.
As I was typing the equation into my calculator, my i-tunes suddenly turned off. I said to myself, "that was weird," and reached over to push play.
A second time, it went from "Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro," to sudden silence. I started freaking out and I thought, "Uuuuuuum, I think my computer is possessed...."
I turned my music back on, and literally 2 seconds later, my screen goes black and media settings come on. I pushed the "esc" button. This happened 3 times within (estimated time) 12.4 seconds. It was very aggravating.
Because my music was rather loud, I did not notice the laughing boys behind me.
At this point I thought that my computer was about to crash, so I quickly started to save my homework files and close down applications. After saving almost everything, I noticed the girl in front of me also frantically pushing buttons on her laptop while the screen went on and off.
I took off my headphones and heard the boys laughing. I saw that one of them had a Mac Book remote ( for computers, just like a t.v.). He was aiming it at random computers and controlling them. You would be surprised at the girls reaction (she did not think it was funny). He does not have that remote anymore.

:) <3 -Grace

2011-03-27T12:57:00.028-05:00

Dear Mickey Rooney ,
My children and I love you and we've enjoyed watching your "Andy hardy" and "Huck Finn" movies together as a family but our favorite film of yours has been, "Boys town" and because of that movie, we took our children to see the actual boy's town, where our twelve year old daughter Grace declared -after mass to her stunned parents, "I'm going to become a nun to help poor disabled children. "
- Thanks Mr.Rooney!
(Though to be honest, Father Flanagan's tomb is practically magnetic.)

We will keep you in our prayers and please don't cry anymore because your making
Grace and I cry - for real.

Father Flanagan please intercede on Mickeys behalf as you have done for my daughter Kate on many occasions. Your intersessions have arranged for my teen with learning issues to attend a Catholic (college prep) high school where the staff has created a whole new curriculum to accommodate her and then other teens like her. There wasn't a place for my child but Father Flanagan's intersession changed all of that.
Thanks be to God.

2011-03-26T18:38:00.002-05:00

‎"Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen I say unto you: Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His Blood, you shall not have life in you." (John 6:54)

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The interpretation of this scripture is to be taken literally and not as a figurative sort of idea or act . What Christ had said, is what Christ had meant and partaking of his flesh and blood isn't to be enjoyed as a symbolic representation of a once great man, nor as an act of celebration in remembrance for the nice work that he had accomplished on our behalf, but as Christ - our God clearly pointed out - his flesh - his actual body was and is given up for you and I and we are expected to partake. This is the very same flesh which the foundation of our church and her beliefs rest upon and if you don't believe this then your not really Catholic.

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After we come to understand the reality of Christ in the Eucharist, then the next questions we have to ask ourselves are, "Am I worthy to partake and if not, then how do I make myself fit to receive?"

The answer is confession and our eternal salvation depends upon it.

2011-03-26T07:17:00.000-05:00

“O Mary you are pure, of purity incomparable; at once both Virgin and Mother, You are beautiful as the sun, without blemish, and Your soul is beyond all comparison. … O Mother, Virgin, purest of all lilies, your heart was Jesus’ first tabernacle on earth.” -Sister Faustina

*Thanks, Kathy D.

2011-03-19T08:37:00.001-05:00

The reading at mass for Friday, March 18, 2011

Ez 18: 21- 28

says the Lord GOD:
If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed,
if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just,
he shall surely live, he shall not die.
None of the crimes he committed shall be remembered against him;
he shall live because of the virtue he has practiced.
Do I indeed derive any pleasure from the death of the wicked?
says the Lord GOD.
Do I not rather rejoice when he turns from his evil way
that he may live?

And if the virtuous man turns from the path of virtue to do evil,
the same kind of abominable things that the wicked man does,
can he do this and still live?
None of his virtuous deeds shall be remembered,
because he has broken faith and committed sin;
because of this, he shall die.
You say, “The LORD’s way is not fair!”
Hear now, house of Israel:
Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair?
When someone virtuous turns away from virtue to commit iniquity, and dies,
it is because of the iniquity he committed that he must die.
But if the wicked, turning from the wickedness he has committed,
does what is right and just,
he shall preserve his life;
since he has turned away from all the sins that he committed,
he shall surely live, he shall not die.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This pretty much sinks the - once saved always saved, theology.

2011-03-18T18:44:00.001-05:00

Joseph,............ Mom, what does the word amnesia mean?

Me,..................I'm sorry honey, I forgot.

All my best jokes are wasted on a seven year old.

2011-03-18T18:37:00.001-05:00

Excuse me, but I was wondering if you're okay?

I wanna say to the gay men in the St.Pats day parade yesterday that I feel so very sorry for you. Could you not tell that everyone - especially the men in the crowd were laughing at you and not with you and in a less than positive kind of way? This wasn't good and it couldn't have left you with feelings of affirmation. I hate it when people make fun of other people and though you were awesome at the bat- ton twirling and you looked marvelous wearing those teeny tiny gold lame' hot pants and a pair of converse tennis shoes, I want you to ask yourselves, what kind of message were you sending to the crowd. Dare I say - you bring on most of your heart ache yourselves.

~~~~~~~~~

Where do you buy gold lame' hot pants anyway? My blog administrator would look ....... hahahaha
Never mind... A well placed joke here would get me in trouble.

2011-03-17T17:49:00.001-05:00

Our children were prepared for St. Patrick's day and even though your not able to see their faces, they were excited to be at the university of Kansas.

The St. Patrick's day parade in Lawrence Kansas - the city of K.U. basketball - the future winners of March madness - 2011 - Obama said so.

2011-03-15T18:05:00.002-05:00

Let's say, I wanna make a disaster movie and I begin my story with a huge earth quake, then I add a tsunami, where I make cars swirl around like toddler toys in the bottom of a bathtub drain. I would create a nuke explosion , and then another , and yet another followed by some nuke snow but not before a volcano eruption - for good measure and all the while I would have throngs of helpless people waiting for aid and news of missing loved ones. In this horror movie I would watch and wait for the food and water to deplete while disease loomed large as people came to terms with being blown back to the stone age - without electricity or housing and with a chill in the air. I would tank the NIKKEI and make Japanese goods undesirable because of possible radioactive contamination and so would go their economy. What a movie that would make but then who would believe it?
I wouldn't - not in a million years.

Lord, how much worse will the real Armageddon be?

I'm praying hard and like I mean it. Please God, make this nightmare stop and heal the people of Japan.

*These photos are old stereo cards of Japan, which I do not own.

2011-03-14T21:13:00.001-05:00

A close up of cherry blossoms from Elizabeth's thesis film, "The Seven Rooms of the Soul."

2011-03-14T10:36:00.001-05:00

If you run over me in the grocery store parking lot with your Chevy Tahoe hybrid, I believe that negates any sort of eco-virtue you might have gained.

I hope that when I die, I don't end up in hell with virtuous pagans - which by the way, I richly deserve.

2011-03-14T09:51:00.000-05:00

Remember, O most loving Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to your protection, implored your help, or sought your intercession was left unaided. Inspired with this confidence, we turn to you, O Virgins of virgins, our Mother. To you we come, before you we stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, do not despise our petitions, but in your mercy hear us and answer us.

***

Please dear God, heal and comfort Japan, in Jesus name. Amen.

2011-03-10T11:25:00.000-06:00

Grace sends me these kind of e-mails at least twice a week.

-Grace.......Mom, can I go on a retreat and visit these nuns?
http://www.benedictinesofmary.org/
here is a blog with pictures of them
http://kansascatholic.blogspot.com/2010/05/benedictines-of-mary-queen-of-apostles.html
i love you. I'll e-mail you again in 5 minutes.

-Me............Um,..... no and thanks for not pestering me about it. It's important to finish high school first. We Catholics don't want stupid nuns. I love you too. I'll wait 4 minutes.

Kansas Catholic: Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles--Perpetual Profession of Vows, Mass & Ceremony--Part IV

2011-03-10T11:24:00.000-06:00

Kansas Catholic: Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles--Perpetual Profession of Vows, Mass & Ceremony--Part IV

2011-03-07T20:12:00.000-06:00

While watching a "Save the children" commercial on television, our daughter Grace said to her dad, "Those poor children make me feel so sad," but her dad said, "Don't worry Grace, we send them money," and as she gratefully exhaled, she said, "Thanks dad, when I become a nun, I'm going to Calcutta to feed the poor African children," to which I replied, "Good luck with that, but how then will you kiss your mother good- night?"

God is calling our Grace to himself, but he's making me cry.

2011-03-03T13:09:00.000-06:00

2011-03-02T17:45:00.002-06:00

The news is reporting that Legionnaires' disease has been found at the Playboy Mansion. I'm thinking that if the L.A county health department looked a little harder, they might be able to find and identify a few more "Speciality" diseases and some of which would curl the hair of a Legionnaire or at the very least - make him blush, though I seriously doubt that a little disease here or there will stop the kind of people who frequent the playboy mansion from doing so.

Can you imagine for a moment, if you were a platonic guest and were invited to the mansion, would you actually eat any of the food?! You wouldn't really know where anyone's hands have been and although my same food theory applies to pretty much every restaurant - everywhere, you can bet no one is having sex on the tables at Wendy's and I know this because the fry cooks always look cranky and even though he has the appearance of a parolee on furlough, perhaps I've mistaken his demeanor as dangerous when in actuality it was simply sexual frustration.

And speaking of Charlie Sheen, two months ago I got into a discussion ~~argument~~ with a family member about him. I would like to say -first off, that I don't think it's right to delight or take pleasure in another persons sins and even though I've enjoyed the Charlie Sheen jokes as much as everyone else has, I'm over them and they've become passe' and to be honest I feel bad for having found them funny in the first place. Especially when I consider that he has ~~spawned~~ fathered five beautiful children.

(Please God, bless and protect those kids!)

*****

I went on to argue with my _______ and said that I feel nothing but compassion and sadness for Charlie and his family, especially since Charlie doesn't, "Get it." I don't think I'm any better than Mr.Sheen as I've not been able to conquer some of my sins either and though I'm not at the stage of embracing them anymore, I have been working on the same ones and some of them for decades. When it might seem as though I've beaten one back then another sin steps up to take it's place within me. The thing that I understand which Charlie and so many other addicted people don't, is that it's through Christ alone, by his grace - which strengthens us to overcome our sins and to heal. Christ can't heal what we refuse to recognize and without Christ, these situations are hopeless and will remain so - without exception. If we don't try to overcome our sins and accept Christs grace and mercy, then these same sins will greet us in hell, where our bondage to them will become eternal.

Sadly, my relative felt little compassion or sorrow for Mr.Sheen and he shook his head while scoffing at me because he simply couldn't understand why I would pity such a rich man.

*****

Charlie,.... your face is gaunt and you have that -"death's a knocking" kind of look. We know in reality you have a meth mouth and I'm really scared for you. Can you say, "Michael Jackson?"

I will offer up my next migraine and some prayers for you- it's all I've got.

*The above photo is of the playboy mansion - I'll bet there's an exxxact replica somewhere in hell, only you know who gets to sit on the throne and you know who else will be getting screwed.

2011-02-28T07:57:00.001-06:00

Madagascar, A Journey Diary

This was one of the Oscar nominated short animated films that lost to the cartoon -"The lost thing."

2011-02-22T08:40:00.000-06:00

2011-02-20T11:55:00.005-06:00

2011-02-19T15:42:00.000-06:00

We owe our love of handheld three-dimensional color slides to a photographer with a wild idea. In 1938, cameraman William Gruber was taking photographs of the Oregon Caves National Monument through two cameras strapped together. The idea? To produce new 3-D color slides for stereoscopes common in most 19th century drawing rooms. A chance encounter at the caves with Harold Graves, president of Sawyer's Photographic Services, led the two to strike a deal. Together, they would produce the View-Master, a new way of viewing tourist attractions in America. The famous red device made its big debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair and was sold through specialty photography stores until Graves and Gruber scored a major licensing agreement with Disney to offer 3-D images of Disney films, TV shows and theme parks. From that point on , the View-Master became a beloved classic.

Source - TIME on CNN

Above photo - "Chilling with my blog administrator." ;)

2011-02-17T12:25:00.000-06:00

This is a sample of one of Elizabeth's earlier practice projects from 3 years ago.
She said these clips are time consuming and not easy to produce.

2011-02-15T10:35:00.000-06:00

Dear Elizabeth,
Happy Valentines day sweetheart. You know what some people are calling Valentines day don't you?
Single Awareness Day or S.A.D. for short. :( I made chicken florentine for dinner for your dad and brother and sisters, then we drank sparkling wine and got drunk with the children. They're really funny when they're tipsy but of course you know I'm totally kidding about the chicken florentine. Your dad bought chocolates for your siblings who ate them as if tomorrow were "The day after" except that Ana had made a grievous error in judgement when she decided to eat some of Josephs candy there by causing the boy to have a melt down. Do you know how hard it is for a 7 year old with cash flow problems and no vehicle to score chocolates ? Someone owes him some candy after school today or my life will be a living hell - and that's the only thing I haven't exaggerated about. XOXOX Mom

BTW. You might want to start cleaning your room, I'll be there sometime in May ;) That is if I make it though the airport security without being touched otherwise I'll be in the L.A. county jail - can I call you?