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2011-10-19T11:35:00.002-04:00

Keep Your Head Up

2011-09-23T10:45:00.007-04:00

'Some say the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
I say the darker the flesh then the deeper the roots ...

And uhh, I know they like to beat ya down a lot
When you come around the block brothas clown a lot
But please don't cry, dry your eyes, never let up
Forgive but don't forget, girl keep your head up
And when he tells you you ain't nuttin don't believe him
And if he can't learn to love you you should leave him
Cause sista you don't need him ...

And since we all came from a woman
Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman
I wonder why we take from our women
Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?
I think it's time to kill for our women
Time to heal our women, be real to our women ...'

-- 2PAC

Video was sent to me from two good friends that I am thankful
to have in my life. You know who you are -- love you guys.

Love Your Body !!!

2011-09-20T16:21:00.006-04:00

I love this campaign. This is the 2011 poster.

Another poster I love is the 2008:

Thought of the Day

2011-08-05T11:49:00.001-04:00

Every woman deserves a man that calls her baby, kisses her like he means it, holds her tight like he never wants to let go, doesn't make her jealous with other women, instead makes other women jealous of her, is not afraid to let his friends and family know how he really feels about her, and makes sure she knows how much he loves her.

Super Moon

2011-03-29T20:12:00.010-04:00

I love the clear night sky with a full moon. So naturally, I was outside on the evening of March 19, 2011 taking pictures of the super moon rise.

I also was out at the brightest point approx 2:30 am and again at moon set between 6 and 7 am March 20, 2011.

Breakfast at Bagg's

2011-03-27T11:03:00.024-04:00

I was introduced to Bagg's Sq. Cafe from a friend of mine at work, and I have been in love (with the cafe) ever since. The building, I assume, once thriving as employment for factory workers, has been renovated into a first floor cafe, top floor lofts and businesses in between.

The experience I get from this little cafe is one that makes me feel as if I am on vacation. My friend Reena and I like to meet on Saturdays for breakfast. Yesterday was one of those days that we met. We usually bring our cameras and laptops, talk about photography and life experiences.

It is really a fun, relaxing time and I look forward to my next vacation at Bagg's !! :-)

Christmas Cheer

2010-12-10T12:19:00.003-05:00

On the first day of Christmas I went to work to see, turkeys in a crabapple tree !!

Togetherness

2010-12-03T16:14:00.001-05:00

I like the idea of growing old with someone who knows me better than anyone on the planet, even if we annoy each other on occasion (or more).

Information Control

2010-05-14T09:56:00.003-04:00

This is a form of mind control. If one controls what you can and cannot see or hear, one is unable to make a rational decision about that matter.

A Hillarious Quote From a Friend on Facebook

2010-05-09T16:23:00.006-04:00

I am a programmer and my stuff works most of the time (lol), but the last sentence in the following quote is true at least some of the time!!!

"Theory is when you know something but it doesn't work. Practice is when something works but you don't know why it works. Programmers combine Theory and Practice: Nothing works and they don't know why."

Hit the Trails by Walking Tails

2010-02-19T16:45:00.001-05:00

Quote for the Day (and to live by hopefully)

2009-08-25T09:54:00.000-04:00

Truth is the only hope for clear communication between people.

Randy Pausch - An Inspiration to Us All

2008-04-07T16:04:00.001-04:00

Carribean Cruise: Feb 24 - Mar 5, 2008

2008-04-05T21:37:00.017-04:00

The ship we cruised on called the Emerald Princess (left) and the island of Grenada our third stop (below).

Character

2008-01-22T07:22:00.000-05:00

"Character is determined not by where you stand in times of comfort and convenience, but where you stand in times of conflict and controversy."

Martin Luther King, Jr

I took a geek survey today and verified:

2007-11-15T13:04:00.000-05:00

Fall Is My Favorite Season

2007-10-21T08:18:00.001-04:00

A foggy Fall morning:

Beautiful Fall colors:

'Clair the Loon'

2007-10-16T17:45:00.001-04:00

On Saturday morning October 13, 2007, at about 10am, my brother Mark and Mom noticed a weird looking bird lying down in my backyard. We didn't know what it was. Mom thought it was a goose. But it looked more like a duck with a pointed bill. We thought it was injured, and I called the human society to ask if they took care of injured birds, they said no and gave me person to contact who could help me. Well around noon I looked in the back and the bird wasn't there. I was a bit relieved as I thought that it may have flown away. I looked around the house and found that the bird managed to move itself to my concrete driveway. We were all very concerned about this bird, but I was not able to get in touch with anyone to help me. I didn't know what to do because anytime my Mom or I approached it, it would make a loud bird call and I thought it was scared and I didn't want make it more uncomfortable. Mom gave the bird bread and sunflower seeds to eat, I'm surprised she didn't try to feed it spaghetti and meatballs!

We were really worried and I hadn't heard back from anyone. Finally, I was able to get in contact with a woman named Judy who knew a lot about birds. I explained what our little visitor looked like; grey head, white neck and belly, grey feathers with white spots, and webbed feet. Judy told me that she wasn't in the business of rescuing wild birds, but she could help instruct me on what to do when she knew what kind of bird it was. After I described the bird, Judy was already getting pretty good idea of the species of bird and how it may have come to land in my yard.
Once Judy saw the pictures she knew exactly what we needed to do. She said that our little visitor was a healthy juvenile Loon. They are migrating to their winter homes right now and sometimes when they land they don't get it right. They are supposed to land in water and this Loon thought my back yard was water. Loons are not equipped with legs that are directly underneath them to walk with. Their legs and webbed feet are closer to the tail of their bodies and stick out like paddles, and they need a long water runway to take off and fly. Also, loons feed primarily on fish and other aquatic creatures, so trying to feed it bread was useless. So my little buddy was stuck and it couldn't fly away from a stationary position nor could it walk. All it could do was just scoot along by pushing itself with its webbed feet. Furthermore, when it scooted along the concrete one of its toenails were injured and bled a little.

Judy explain that I would need to throw a blanket over the Loon, tuck the blanket under it's belly, pick it up, put it in a box and take it to the nearest big body of water. I called my brother Mark to come and help. He was visiting his in-laws. I got a box, blanket and gloves ready and then Mark, my sister-in-law Carla and two other people arrived to help. Carla threw the blanket over the Loon and she and her brother-in-law pick up the bird and put it in the Dell box. We drove to a nearby lake and released our friend from the boat launch. We decided to call him/her Clair after Debussy's classical love song ClairDeLune.
Our little Clair came out of the box, spread her wings and swam out to the deeper water and immediately dove under, I assume to fish for whatever aquatic food that was available. She probably was very hungery. She seemed very happy just swimming along and diving. She didn't take off and fly. I called Judy to tell her she was right on the money and I mentioned that Clair didn't take off and fly away. Judy said that Clair would probably spend the night and take up with the next migrating group of Loons that fly by.
So our little Clair was happily swimming along getting further and further away heading out to the open lake. And she lived happily ever after! hehe.

Collage

2007-10-07T10:20:00.001-04:00

This is a collage I put together today.

Today's Thought

2007-09-06T13:39:00.000-04:00

It's always reassuring to see that not everyone lives inside the walls our society builds around sexual issues and realities.

Consider This

2007-09-04T16:03:00.000-04:00

'The kind of guy you truely want isn't the kind of guy that would act how this guy is acting.'

Inspiration

2007-08-18T15:34:00.000-04:00

Here is a bracelet I made with inspirational words on it.

Truth, Laugh, Love, Accept, Live, Faith, Strength, Hope, Honor, Believe

Today's Thoughts

2007-08-14T19:50:00.000-04:00

Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where I renew my springs that never dry up.

Joy is a sustained sense of well-being and internal peace - a connection to what matters.

I am grateful for everything that I have.

Tattoo Lady

2007-07-30T03:52:00.001-04:00

This was gift from two of my good friends. I took a picture of the original art. It is painted on a 16" x 16" canvas created by Kyaa Brundritt, and the piece is hanging in my family room. On the picture it says the following: "A women in touch with her inner Goddess is free to be herself ... Dance under the moon ... Accepts and embraces her quirks ... Becomes comfortable in her own skin ... Makes her dreams come true one day at a time ... No regrets no fear"

2007-07-29T09:35:00.000-04:00

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