Peace

Normally I use this blog for humor, but in honor of the holiday season...I'd like to pass this on.  I received an email from my mother-in-law who received this message from a friend so it is not the typical forward.  It is beautiful, truthful and for many a good reminder we are all human and live in this world together.  Happy Holiays. 

"I think Albert Einstein was right - "Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved through understanding." My Buddhist friends would say that at its core, peace comes from the recognition that we don't exist as separate selves; from the willingness to see others as not so different, but made of the same substance, which is humanity. Mother Teresa said, "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." The same idea is there in the Hebrew word "shalom," which means not only peace, but wholeness, where no part is missing or damaged.

My friend Thich Nhat Hanh, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, often says that the first act of peace is for each side to recognize that the other side also suffers - possibly as a result of our own actions, or by our inaction, or as a result of misperceptions or lack of understanding - and out of that compassion, for each to have the desire for the other side to suffer less. To do that, it helps for us first to be in touch with all of the things in our own lives that we have a reason to be grateful for. As Thay says, "If in our daily life we can smile, if we can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This is the most basic kind of peace work."

Peace to you.....

Fun to Make Fun

As I make plans for my own wedding, I appreciate the efforts of others and the effort people make in making fun of others. Your wedding should be your own! A long marriage is one that never stops laughing!

Celeb Quotes (and other things famous people have said)

Celeb gossip may be a waste of time, but you have to appreciate how clever the mind of a celebrity can be, and they never fail to entertain when it is at their own expense. The real enjoyment is in the interesting insights they offer which come from their unusual lifestyles and because many times they are less afraid to make fun of themselves since they find themselves with little privacy from the public eye. I love a person who can poke fun at him/herself and I love those that truly have something genuine and beautiful to say.

Enjoy!

"Love may not make the world go round, but I must admit it makes the ride
worthwhile" ~Sean Connery (My favorite actor of all time!)

"When I'm good, I'm very, very good, but when I'm bad, I'm better" ~ Mae West

"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up in the morning and that's the best they are going to feel all day" ~Frank Sinatra

"Try not to become a man of success, but rather, try to become a man of value" ~Albert Einstein (Great advice)

"Woman are meant to be loved, not to be understood" ~Oscar Wilde (Very true)

"I wouldn't have turned out the way I was if I didn't have all those old-fashioned values to rebel against" ~Madonna (This is so obvious to me, I didn't rebel as a teen or young adult because I didn't have an overabundance of rules-we practiced mutual respect in the house I was raised)

"Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake whole relationships" ~Sharon Stone (HA!)

"Clinton lied. A man might forget where he parks or where he lives, but he never forgets oral sex, no matter how bad it is" ~Barbara Bush (This quote is awesome, not only because its true, but because it came from a little old lady! Reminds me of my Grandma Verlie)

"Women complain about premenstrual syndrom, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself" ~Roseanne (my alter ego is Roseanne I think)

"Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and just give her a house" ~Rod Stewart (This ones for you Colleen, because I know you love Rod)

People Making Fun of Other People is Always Funny!

Grown men imitating children...hmmmm...not dating material, but good for a laugh!

Faking Fellatio Crosses the Line?

Adam Lambert's improv, over-the-top on-stage performance at the AMA's seems to have devastated ABC and stirred up quite the controversy. Although he claims his moves were spontaneous and unplanned, I say, YEAH RIGHT YOU MADONNA WANNA BE! And, as for ABC, Cry me a RIVER, it was ten o'clock on a Sunday-the kids were in bed, asleep, and if they weren't they've probably seen worse on TV that late anyways!

Well, the big Adam Lambert concert wont be filed away as one of my favorite images, that's for sure, but I have to say, It was AT MOST a tiny tip toe over the line, NOT a leap across it! Lets look for some precedence to see if there is even a case in the matter!


Nice Album Cover Adam, but Madonna did it better!

The kiss was AWESOME if you ask me! Well done Adam!

Madonna blind folded men at her concerts, and rubbed up on the dudes too. Its been done!

Stop crying about Adam flippin the bird, its been DONE! How offensive is it anyway???

Now, this is the big one-if you're gonna fake fellatio, do it with a person, not a guitar. Just a thought! Adam did it better here, but I'm not surprise he got a great deal of slack for it! Madonna was controversial too, she was just a little ahead of the rest of the world, and so is Adam. Do it up right you dirty little performer! Keep up the controversy, its good for a laugh!

By the way, didn't MJ do this one first?--If you're gonna do it, you gotta one-up the one who did it before you or NOT DO IT AT ALL! Props to Adam, you sick super star!

A New & Exciting First

Lucia was cooking up some plastic hot dogs and fries last night in the little play kitchen she got for her 2nd birthday (Halloween), when we all stopped and realized she was counting to ten. It was soooo exciting! I couldn't believe my ears. Its the firsts that get me; the first time she took a step, the first time she really laughed, the first time she sang a tune, the first time she said mommy and daddy...it is like a big breath of satisfaction for me today. My little girl is learning to count, and say her alphabet (only to G so far). They grow up so fast. I feel like I scaled a mountain yesterday and I can't stop smiling. I asked her this morning to do it again and she did. It is going to be a beautiful day today rain or shine! I'm happy to say, too, that my good friend Nikki just came into town last night from Minnesota and was there to share it with us. What a perfect moment.

Sexiest Man Alive!!!!!!!

CONGRATS to Johnny Depp on his 2nd Sexiest Man Alive award!!! He is one delicious man! From Fear and Loathin in Las Vegas to Benny & Joon, Edward Scissor Hands to Donnie Brasco, from Blow to Pirates of the Caribbean--I salut you!!! What woman wouldn't love a guitar playing, wine-maker, restaurateur, film/television star? He's beautiful, successful, talented...mmmm mmm!

(photo courtesy of People magazine online)