Honest question

If I had to make a choice...

I don't know which of these I would pick for today's post

"...there is nothing especially laudable about working your ass off on the 12 Steps.  In fact, I'm reminded of a saying attributed to Bill Wilson: 'Congratulating an alcoholic for not drinking is a little bit like praising a cowboy with hemorrhoids for staying off the horse.' "

~ MS

or

When a soldier is killed in the line of duty, his family eventually gets a flag and a note conveying sympathy and respect and  from the  United States Government.

        
When a Black pro basketball player announces he is gay, he immediately gets a personal phone call from the President congratulating him for his courage.
        
Am I missing something?

I'm glad I don't have to choose today

In the news

Harvard defeated #3 New Mexico in the NCAAs 
In related news, a Hobbit named Frodo apparently has destroyed Sauron

So my good buddy called me...

He says.

"Sorry for not calling you on New Years, I just got out of jail.
"I got locked up for punching the crap out of this idiot at a party.
"In my defense…when you hear an Arab counting down from 10, your instincts kick in."

I'm tryin' way too hard to come up with stuff
Gotta take another break

Eh?

There ain't gonna be any good $#|+ on TV tonight

Boredom can lead to madness in parrots. The birds need constant interaction, affection, and mental stimulation; bird authorities have determined that some parrots have the mental abilities of a 5-year-old human child. When caged by themselves and neglected for long periods of time, these intelligent, sociable birds can easily become mentally ill. Many inflict wounds upon themselves, develop strange tics, and rip out their own feathers. Should a neglected parrot go mad, there is little that can be done to restore it to normalcy. In England, there are mental institutions for such unfortunate creatures.

Commentary

As a public service

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Feel free to copy the image below and embed it in all of your emails...



...after following the instructions

Just this...

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"Until recent years, people living in remote areas of Afghanistan and Ethiopia were immunized against smallpox by having dried powdered scabs from victims of the disease blown up their noses.This treatment was invented by a Chinese Buddhist nun in the eleventh century. It is the oldest known form of vaccination."

'n this


Yeah, I know nobody over on the East Coast is laughing.

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Sentiment

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"No one’s ever made me feel
the way you do…

Worried that everything I say
might be taken wrong."

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quote

"With whatever you do, there is always an afterward. The trick is to get the afterward that you want."

Found this

Their hurting and their hunger is the measure of their need
And the manner of our giving is the measure of our deed.
The growing need for caring is the measure of our task
And the little you can give them is the little that I ask.

I figured it's worth repeating now, rather than wait until the new year. There's always still time to do something.

Be careful what you wish for

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A man was walking on the beach one day and he found a bottle half buried in the sand. He decided to open it. Inside was a genie. The genie said," I will grant you three wishes and three wishes only." The man thought about his first wish and decided, "I think I want 1 million dollars transferred to a Swiss bank account. POOF! Next he wished for a Ferrari red in color. POOF! There was the car sitting in front of him. He asked for his final wish, " I wish I was irresistible to women." POOF! He turned into a box of chocolates.

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Dona Nobis Pacem

Found the idea here and the explanation here.

It beats having to come up with something original