My personal glimpse into the first half of the 21st Century for some yet to be known future
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Soccer Mom talks about Mental Illness in US
Here is a very touching and poignant telling of one mother's fears about her own child and how mental illness is being mishandling in America with our skewed sense of priorities.
In the wake of another horrific national tragedy, it’s easy to talk about guns. But it’s time to talk about mental illness....A few weeks ago, Michael pulled a knife and threatened to kill me and then himself after I asked him to return his overdue library books. His 7 and 9 year old siblings knew the safety plan—they ran to the car and locked the doors before I even asked them to. I managed to get the knife from Michael..." con't to read whole article here.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Saturday, December 08, 2012
Live Oaks Homes of Rivermark
On a recent and brief (mostly business) trip back to California, I was able to stop by my old community and take a photo of the Live Oaks homes within Rivermark. I think these homes are iconic, representing a well planned group of neighborhoods at the heart of Silicon Valley.
Related silly questions
1) They call them spiders, but what do they spide? I originally asked this here, funny answers...
2) They are called fingers, but what so they fing?
3) What exactly do hammers ham?
4) When's the last time you've seen a grocer groce?
Update: This link wasn't the inspiration of my quick article, but something funny I found soon after: Do fingers fing? And then Urban Dictionary has a say: fing (nsfw).
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
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