Disaster Relief

I will not start by apologizing for another post on Haiti, but that is what it will be. For the past few days I have been trying to follow the disaster in Haiti and just fathom what it truly must be like. The destruction, the horror, the separation from normalcy, the despair from thinking no one cares. Why should this be?

I understand the destruction, not really a lot you can do about this when you live near a fault line, and the horror goes with the destruction. However, separation from normalcy and the despair these people must be feeling could and should of been taken care of within 48 hours.

The argument is that if food and supplies were to be air dropped in it would have caused a riot; well we now have witnessed 2 major disasters where waiting will cause riots. Any time you push people to a point they think it is every man for himself, they will do what is required to survive. Now would you please educate me on why a UN doctor would abandon his patient because of possible riots and literally walk away? If this is the UN, then they might as well join the Red Cross.  Though I have never heard of the Red Cross abandoning any survivor of a disaster.

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Haiti and Emotions

I wish to blog today about emotions. I started the day with high emotions of the thought of enjoying a lunch with an ex co-worker. Of catching up on where we each had gotten to after being laid off. Our plan was to meet at noon, in a small restaurant; passing the time catching up on the trivial issues we each have at hand. Just being the typical Americans on any given day.

As I sat in my living room waiting for the time to put the girls up, arm the alarm, and venture out for this lunch date; I turned on the news.I began to watch the horrible events unfolding in Haiti. I felt a tinge of emotion at the time but my mind was on the lunch date I was about to embark on. Time passed and I began the routine of leaving the house.

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Appearance and Weird News

     As most of you can tell the appearance of the blog has changed. In an effort to continue to grow and stay in touch with technology I keep pushing myself to try new things; thus the new look. I will be changing some of the visual content on occasion to keep it fresh and I hope you enjoy it .
     Now for some weird news of the day. I found this headline on the weird news section of Kentucky.com, must have been some vindictive, inventive woman; you go girl!
Wife allegedly changes wires on saw to shock hubby
I just thought it funny she elected to use power tools as her revenge. What a way to get a guy back; give him a fear of power tools.
     Then there was this one: Cops: Pa. man steals $50, flees on Walmart scooter - Weird News - Kentucky.com
I don't know about you but I've never been able to find a scooter there that even had a charge, let alone think of using it as my get away vehicle. He must have really needed the $50.00. Sometimes you just have to laugh.

Enough weirdness for one day. Until later.

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Silly Little Thoughts

Thoughts that pass this way..... what a description for my blog. Today I feel like being silly; only because it helps keep my mind off the back pain I am experiencing. Silly little ideas that pass are daily lives that we merely ponder for a second and go on.

Our local weather channel provides the daily pollutant for those allergy sufferers; ever noticed it usually has the major pollutant as "ozone." What exactly does that mean? Is the ozone layer now a pollutant we have to monitor? Today be prepared for to much ozone!

Where did the term purse come from? I understand handbag, but purse? What exactly is a purse and how does it differ from a handbag? Now that we are on that subject; why does the Queen need one at all? She does not need an ID, nor does she need money and you know you are not going to catch her in the ladies room fixing her make-up. So why the bag at all?

Silly thoughts, early morning, maybe more later.

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Junk and Neighbors

What is on my mind today is cold weather, crazy neighbors and the accumulated junk we seem to fill our lives and homes with. It is so cold here, only to have a forecast of even colder, snowy weather ahead. Though if it is going to be cold I would much rather it be snowing. Besides my 3 girls like the snow; which by the way, does not bode well with crazy neighbors.

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New Year's Rant

It is the first Monday morning of 2010 and I need to get back into the saddle. Hard to believe it is twenty ten and of course I'm hoping this is my year. I did not want to blog on the typical year end review or about resolutions that by June I could not remember why I even thought about in January. I would however; like to blog about a lesson I learned from in the past year though. That lesson came from being laid off this past year.

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