This morning I logged onto Facebook to see a disturbing (to me) post on the FE: Butterfly Effect's Facebook page. The post was a open letter from Facundo Element (FE) to Gallaudet University's Delta Sigma Phi (DSP) pledges, brothers & alumni regarding a flyer that they circulated promoting a pageant-style event. This letter bothers me so I have decided to blog about it, ...
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This is what I gifted my son Lucas with for our "Home-made Christmas 2012." He loved it and couldn't stop giggling as he read the story that featured HIM as the main character along with funny, photoshopped graphics. Please enjoy, come back for more, and don't forget the check out Logan's story in "Legpit Logan & The Hungry Boy #1".
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Last Christmas (2012) the family decided that we'd only give each other home-made gifts. We had a blast with a Christmas we'll always remember. For my sons I made short stories featuring them as characters, complete with Photoshopped images. This is the one I made for Logan - "Legpit Logan & The Hungry Boy #1". Of course, he no longer likes ...
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I'm going to wait until the Free and Equal Presidential debate (hopefully it's captioned, we asked and update if it is) to make my final decision, maybe it wouldn't be throwing away my vote if I voted for one of the other candidates. It's not too late for a big upset. If I am to vote for either Romney or Obama, I will vote Obama. ...
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Let's face it, granola is expensive, even when you buy it in bulk. Making it isn't cheap, either, if you use honey or maple syrup, but it's still more bang for your buck. Here's the basic recipe that I use for my granola. 4 cups rolled oats 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 1 cup of your favorite nuts (I like 1/2 almonds, 1/2 ...
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A friend of many of my friends passed away suddenly a couple days ago. I did not know her but just from who our mutual friends are, and looking at a photo of her with her children and husband, I can tell that we would have been friends too, had our lives crossed paths. The thing is, nobody knows yet what happened. Heart attack, ...
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Run. He was out of breath. Run anyway. He was tired from running for hours. Keep running. He wanted to stop. He slashed his way through dense ferns and shrubs as he ran, hopping and skipping at times to avoid the partially glimpsed rocks and roots that rose out of the ground. He was good at this, in peak condition ...
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The Professor, tall, bespectacled and slightly stooped from long years laboring over the various instruments of Science stepped into the classroom. Pausing at the entrance which closed seamlessly behind him, he absently readjusted his white laboratory robes and looked around at the Listeners sitting, wandering in silent awe or chatting in hushed groups here and there. Hundreds of rows of alternating ...
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A cigarette is lit and smoke inhaled, Nerves banished with breath exhaled, Yet thoughts shimmy, twist and dance, Blooms yin and yang feelings' entrance. Hearts and minds, together in part, Screaming silence, stopping to start. Flipping floppy on sandy slopes trod, Whichever way is Way; sight is shod. In oldest night dreaming newest day, Resolves thicken, fears in shadow lay. Fleeting courage desperately gripped, And tattered hope pools shallow lipped. History's a ...
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I just read this article on CNN - opinion section: Opinion: Facebook threatens to 'Zuck up' the human race While I completely agree that there are issues with social media and that it is changing the fabric of society, exactly in what direction we cannot predict, I don't agree with all of it. There are plenty of us who don't live our lives ...
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