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IF YOU CAN’T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS’ VULNERABILITIES, WHAT’S THE POINT IN BEING A RAGING ASSHOLE? — A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM HELEN CHRISTIE Continue reading More Empty Pondering
IF YOU CAN’T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OTHERS’ VULNERABILITIES, WHAT’S THE POINT IN BEING A RAGING ASSHOLE? — A PUBLIC SERVICE MESSAGE FROM HELEN CHRISTIE Continue reading More Empty Pondering
Guts By Telgemeier, Raina Graphic Novel, Paperback $12.99 Publisher: Scholastic Graphix © 2019 I wish this book had been around when I was turning thirteen, and suffered with a debilitating “nervous” stomach that knocked about a year and a half from my life. Guts is an autobiographical graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier, whose work can offer comfort to children and teenagers — particularly girls — who mistakenly believe their lives are over when stress becomes overwhelming. Raina is a ten year old child who must always focus on the question, “How will my stomach react to (fill in the blank)?” She … Continue reading Guts by Raina Telgemeier (Review)
ANYBODY CAN BE UNHAPPY. WE CAN ALL BE HURT. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE POOR TO NEED SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY. REDNECKS, HIPPIES, MISFITS — WE’RE ALL THE SAME. GAY OR STRAIGHT? SO WHAT? IT DOESN’T MATTER TO ME. WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE, REGARDLESS. — WILLIE NELSON Continue reading Willie Nelson on Human Universality
A HURTFUL ACT IS THE TRANSFERENCE TO OTHERS OF THE DEGRADATION WHICH WE BEAR IN OURSELVES. — SIMONE WEIL Continue reading Simone Weil on Transference
UNHAPPY IS THE LAND THAT IS IN NEED OF HEROES. — BERTOLT BRECHT Continue reading Bertolt Brecht on the National Void
I THINK A LOT OF SELF-IMPORTANCE IS A PRODUCT OF FEAR. AND FEAR, LIVING IN SORT OF AN UN-SELF-EXAMINED FEAR-BASED LIFE, TENDS TO LEAD TO NARCISSISM AND SELF-IMPORTANCE. — MOBY Continue reading Moby Quotation
OFTEN, THE MOST EGREGIOUS POWER ABUSES ARE DISGUISED AS ACTS OF COMPASSION. JUST A THOUGHT. LOVE, HELEN Continue reading Compassion or Abuse?
SAYING “MANY THINGS IN LIFE ARE UNFAIR” WHEN YOU EXPLOIT OTHERS’ VULNERABILITY DOES NOT MAKE YOU A WISE PERSON. IT MAKES YOU A COMMON OPPORTUNIST. Continue reading Many Things in Life…
No, this isn’t a George Carlin joke. Here are the words (and phrases), in alphabetical order: Diversity Entitlement Evidence-Based Fetus Science-Based Transgender Vulnerable In case you haven’t yet read about Our Fearless Leader’s change in the public health vernacular, please click the link to this Washington Post news report: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html?utm_term=.1ab4d86cc109 Continue reading Trump’s Seven Dirty Words You Can’t Say at the CDC
SELF-RESPECT IS NOTHING TO HIDE BEHIND. WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST, IT ISN’T THERE. — MAY SARTON Continue reading May Sarton Quote