Today's Miracle Mind ?

Why there are so many men who feel that abuse is right, excusable, acceptable, powerful, and normal, I'll never know. Why they can't see that there is something wrong and that help is needed, I'll never know. Why they actually have to act out in abusive ways and feel it is either justified, the only answer, or the final solution, I will never know. Why more (enough of more) isn't being done to stop this from being such a common problem, I'll never know.

It definitely does sound like a must-read. Educators, clergy, counsellors, anyone dealing with youth that may include those that are going through a divorce situation in their home may need to read this to help in being able to recognize certain things and to deal with certain things if situations should arise.

There are still good people in this world, thank goodness, or we would never be able to get through the days with all of those who lie and cheat and try to take advantage of others.

Ahh, Gustav has passed. I'm looking for a more recent post from you to find out if everyone got through ok.

Gustav and Hannah are gone, thank goodness. Ike made a heck of a mess where it hit, but it didn't pose a problem here. We're all the way up to K now and Kyle blew by and out of here over the weekend.

I have not seen this, can you believe it? I guess I should.

Ohhh, the bunny is too cute for you to be mad at it, anyway.

Glad you had such a nice day.

Most relationships start as a result of a physical attraction, so there's a lot of physical activity that goes along with it and it's bound to go on for awhile, if you know what I mean. Just how long, though, depends on a whole hell of a lot of things...like, how important is sex to a person to begin with, in OR out of a relationship? Just because it comes quite naturally with somebody different or in a new relationship, it may wear off later when the personal need (or drive) tapers off. I can say that this would be the initial, therefore possibly the biggest reason for the slowdown/infrequency in our relationship. Add in some medications and their side effects and you'll get the rest of the story. The drive is effected, although it isn't completely gone, but sometimes being physically tired or physically uncomfortable (not feeling well, for instance) and/or bad timing (or not enough time), or any number of "inconveniences" may prevent the "drive" from actually getting any mileage.

But, more than likely true in many cases. Still, a funny story!

Oh, Edie has worked retail for so many years now and spends so much time behind that checkout counter and she will tell you that the most important thing for getting through each work day with optimum performance is a good pair of shoes. It's hard to keep up the pace, the personality, and the attitude about the job itself if feet are aching and the mind gets preoccupied with that. She has to purchase shoes quite often for they lose their quality rather quickly, so she always has a little money in reserve waiting for the next time she needs another pair. (She hates to admit it, but she often finds the ones that close with Velcro are good because she can more easily adjust the tightness/looseness as she needs to.)

There are a lot of things that I don't like to do or see alone, either, but then I've also learned that I can enjoy a number of things by myself, too. Why? Because sometimes when with somebody else, he/she wants to just sit while I want to walk, look, shop, or try...or I want to stay (or leave) but the other person wants the opposite...or the other person doesn't like "that" food or beverage or music or type of entertainment or style or whatever. Often, too, if it's in or close to home, I'll often bump into somebody I know and then there's a little or a lot of hanging out together but no real obligation for having to stay together. I don't care for salmon...oh, the shame!...but I would go just for the sake of being a part of something that's going on. Who knows, I might not be able to do certain things some day and I'll wish I had taken advantage of the time that I did. But, that's the way I think and I respect and understand how you and others might feel differently if comfort levels are felt in different ways. It's good that your hubby is active and helpful, but there should be some time to spend with you, too. Surely, even helpers don't have to work the whole thing for every minute of it.

It is so true that almost everything we purchase and use comes from another country. It might not matter so much if those other countries were buying so many goods from us that they were spending all their money on our stuff and filling up our economy with their cash. I don't mind EVEN trade, but it has gotten so darn lop-sided that it's hard to find our goods on their shelves as well as on ours. (Oh, some country's people will get into some of our fad things, such as jeans, music and movie CDs and DVDs, but a lot of that stuff even gets manufactured for us by other places. Tsk! Tsk!)

What? Gays gone wild? How can that be? Everyone knows gays are so quiet, calm, reserved, well-behaved, modest, properly mannered, and shy. It must have been real tough to find anyone to be in this movie because the pickings must have been exhausted in the original film!

I HAVE TO GET THIS BOOK AND THE SERIES ON MY READING LIST!

Well, we the people have also let certain things in life exist and change so that the way was paved for some of these "new" means of dealing with just about every action in life. Then, you get the "decision makers" out there to weave "appropriate" actions to go along with those actions and what do we get? An unfair mess! There had to be measures taken to right some wrongs, but then new wrongs came out of it, so more measures had to be taken...gee, it's like a snowball.