Lately, I find myself wishing I lived in blissful ignorance. The whole notion of living in a bubble of positivity with an almost complete lack of outside input seems so incredibly appealing and potentially freeing. Can you imagine such a place? A place where one could ignore the daily realities of the cruelty of individuals [...]
Distraction - it's a national epidemic. Technology advances have resulted in our collective obsession with the devices that connect us to places both near and far. As a result we pay less attention to other things, important things such as work, school, driving, walking, and our time with each other. Every place you go you [...]
Mike shared a great story with me that he caught on Yahoo's home page. It reminded me of a concept I shared with my students in class on Tuesday about people's behavior in disaster. On Tuesday, we watched Boatlift - a short documentary video (approximately 11 minutes) about the amazing boat evacuation on 9/11. 500,000 [...]
I love receiving confirmation that the heart of humanity continues to beat vigorously. WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee provided said confirmation via the story of Scotty Maloney's homecoming win in Unionville, Tennessee. Scotty is a high school junior with Williams Syndrome. Williams Syndrome is a neurological disorder that inhibits learning and speech, but it apparently has [...]
I appreciate news stories that focus on the positive things going on in our community, state, nation, and world. Let's face it, there just aren't enough of them that make it into the paper. There are too many other things to cover -things like local political happenings, crime, weather concerns, sports, new laws, national issues, [...]
I like the marketing campaign Target Stores has used this season - Santa has elves; you have Target. It is one of my favorite holiday marketing campaigns for quite awhile. Of course, I still love the crazy Target lady that has been used for a couple of years now; but, mega-retailers like Target have to [...]
I scan the daily news online at InForum. Lately I have noticed that the Casey Anthony trial has been featured on the front page of InForum. I don't want to read that stuff. The fact that such a precious little life was snuffed out by her sociopath of a mother makes me sick. I don't [...]
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