Love and Thanks

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IF you get time this week-end read this and reflect but don't rush it.


One of my Mothers' "LifeLongers" (people you've spent their entire careers at IBM) sent her this-i usually delete things from my mother (sorry mom) but this one idk i just didnt.

Recently i've been thinking about life and how lucky I am to have moved to Berywn. I can't imagine meeting in my life a better more genuine group of people and such a unique set of individuals. Christian, Pearce, Brisco, Kerry, Hanna, Mich, Jake, Chase, Curt, Diego, Andrea, Amy, Davey, Becca ("if i forgot you, i don't hate you, that just my human nature you dig")-- I'd like to think that is us dancing and partying in that picture below..only they need a few more minorities in that pic eh?


Berwyn thanks for last night and every night. I love you guys.

and to my Diamonds across the country sTs, JR, FOX, BRY, The Stews(now one Foster :-P), B Led, JHS, RR, LAW, HC, Nate Dogg and Abster-i Really miss you guys-we should all try and meet in Athens for the first GA game this year-mini-reunion of sorts.

LOVE





The Charles Schulz Philosophy!



The following is the philosophy of Charles Schulz, the creator of the?
'Peanuts' comic strip.


You don't have to actually answer the questions.


Just read the e-mail straight through, and you'll get the point.


1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.


2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.


3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America pageant.


4. Name ten people who have won ?the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.


5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and
actress.


6. ?Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.?





How did you do?


The point is , none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.


These are no second-rate achievers.


They are the best in their fields.


But the applause dies..


Awards tarnish.


Achievements are forgotten.


Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.





Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one:


1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.


2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult ?time.


3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.


4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special!!


5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.





Easier?

The lesson:


The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials..
the most money...or the most awards.


They simply are the ones who care the most.





Pass this on to those people who have made a difference in your life, like I did.


'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!'




''Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Taken!"

is Dogdeball harmful? the end of a great american sport?

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Across the United States in several middle and elementary schools the sport of Dodge ball is banned!
I am talking school districts in Virgina, Maryland, Flordia, Texas, Colorado, Massachusetts, and California (ok no surprise there) have banned Dodge ball in middle school and elementary school.
Critics of Dodgeball (and musical chairs, and tag) argue that dodge ball is demeaning to students who suck at the sport. Also tht Dodgeball does not offer any redemming while and promotes bullying, exclusing, injury and my favorite-Humiliation.
HELLO!? I thought that High School promoted those things.

"Hey kids-the world is going to be a really tough place but we're going to make you as soft and vulnerable to it as possible so you grow up weak and unable to coup with the realities of life."

I found one bi-partisan page in the sea of Pros and Cons pages.
Here are some memorable quotes



Con
"The bottom line is kids are being used as targets. And it's not giving children the right message that we want with the violence in society today"
Chet Bunting, Physical Education Teacher

"We take the position that [dodgeball] is not an appropriate instructional activity because it eliminates children and it does not respect the needs of less skilled children"
Judith Young, Executive Director for the NASPE

"Any time you throw an object at somebody, it creates an environment of retaliation and resentment. There is nothing positive that can happen except a bully gets to beat up on little kids"

Thomas Murphy, Physical Education Teacher

"A person trying to record the positive attributes of dodgeball would end up with a very short list…In today's world, with so many things breeding violent behavior in children, there is no room for dodgeball anymore"

Dennis Docheff

Department of Health and Human Performance at Concordia University

"Dodgeball is a mild reestablishment of the Roman custom of throwing cap

tives into the area to fight for survival against gladiators"

Dean Sullivan, Liberation Journal

"[Dodgeball is] an activity that masquerades as a playful game when it is much m

ore akin to a carnival arcade shooting extravaganza"
Scott Crawford, Eastern Illinois University

Pro
"Dodgeball is one of the few times in life when you get to let out your aggression, no questions asked. We don't need less we need more!"
Rick Reilly, Columnist at Sports Illustrated

"I go to dodgeball for two hours, I walk out and I'm calm, completely centered"
Murray Fenstermaker, Member of Tulane Dodgeball League

"[Dodgeball] develops the transferable sport skills of teamwork, quick movements and change of direction, and the importance of keeping your eye on the ball"
Rick Hanetho, NADA Director

"Stopping students from throwing foam balls at each other will not come close to ending the nation's violence in schools"

Steve Gotch, Founder of GAGAVA
^{an organization whose goal is to co}

^{unteract the removal of "violent activities" from the Virginia school system}

"We are all both hunter and prey in the game, and we can master our fears in small quantities"
Ronald Kamm, Leading Sports Psychiatrist

"They Don't Make Americans Like They Use To"- STS

Cheap Eats for lunch time-KFC (for Fox and JR esp!)

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KFC is doing $2.99 Famous Chicken Bowl Meals thats Chicken, corn, Mash potatoes, gravy, cheese, a soda and a spork for $2.99!*

and with 10en items staring at 99 cents you can always get a deal



*for a limited time only

LAST NIGHT

I didn't even get an answer!, i tried to call, but you probably let me down"
I love that long, don't like diddy so much, but like that song.

Ok so Props to the Lunar eclipse last night, (a full moon was blocked from the sun, because of the earths shadow) we (on the western hemisphere) get another one in 2010.

Last two nights went out for my Best friends Birthday, pictures are soon to come, sTs i hope you enjoyed.

Lessons learned:
1. Never give a drunk person your keys for any reason, i don't care if he or she claims to have a carton of cigs in the car, or a screaming baby: JUST SAY NO.

2. Young Couples that are cool and non possessive about each other and don't care who they dance with Kick ass.

3. Everyone thinks i'm a guy, and i don't know if i like that.

4. The hip-hop room at MJQ smells like balls, gross sweaty balls.

5. The girl at the coat check at MJQ looks like a super cool kick.....but i think i was to drunk, and i'm sure she didn't hear me say that (so if anyone knows her tell to sign on to LaChabenn.com!)


Friendly reminder for a few:

"The right thing to do, more times then not, will be the hardest thing to do" -L.A.Benn

Had fun, hair cut, then work,
Holla