I am always pleased when someone famous can share their past in order to help other that may suffer similarly. I am no huge fan of Teri Hatcher. I do respect that she decided to share that she had been abused and share that sometimes you have to do the thing that you don't want to do to save others.
The story is here.
Wednesday, March 8, 2006
More quizzes...
| Your Theme Song: "Daydream Believer", The Monkees 'What is your theme song?' at QuizGalaxy.com |
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
On the death of...
Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett and actress Dana Reeve are dead.
The lessons we take away are nothing new under the sun really:
-Watch your weight and eat healthy
-Live your life to the full since death can hit you at any moment
-Our legacy, our reputation and our work lasts longer than our lives (Rose Wilder Lane would understand)
-Never take anything for granted
-Money does not solve everything
-Fight for your right to be healthy
-Enjoy all that is good
-Find strength in what remains behind (William Wordsworth)
The lessons we take away are nothing new under the sun really:
-Watch your weight and eat healthy
-Live your life to the full since death can hit you at any moment
-Our legacy, our reputation and our work lasts longer than our lives (Rose Wilder Lane would understand)
-Never take anything for granted
-Money does not solve everything
-Fight for your right to be healthy
-Enjoy all that is good
-Find strength in what remains behind (William Wordsworth)
Monday, March 6, 2006
Yeah, I like finding out what character I am today...
Your results:
You are Geordi LaForge
You work well with others and often
fix problems quickly. Your romantic
relationships are often bungled.
Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test
You are Geordi LaForge
You work well with others and often
fix problems quickly. Your romantic
relationships are often bungled.
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Click here to take the Star Trek Personality Test
Sunday, March 5, 2006
Yeah, I like playing with BlogThings...
| Your Values Profile |
 You value loyalty a fair amount.You're loyal to your friends... to a point.But if they cross you, you will reconsider your loyalties.Staying true to others is important to you, but you also stay true to yourself. Honesty: You value honesty a fair amount.You're honest when you can be, but you aren't a stickler for it.If a little white lie will make a situation more comfortable, you'll go for it.In the end, you mostly care about "situational integrity." Generosity: You value generosity a fair amount.You are all about giving, as long as there's some give and take.Supportive and kind, you don't mind helping out a friend in need.But you know when you've given too much. You have no problem saying "no"! Humility: You value humility a fair amount.You tend to be an easy going, humble person.But occasionally your ego takes over.You have a slight competitive streak - and the need to be the best. Tolerance: You value tolerance highly.Not only do you enjoy the company of those very different from you...You do all that you can to seek it out interesting and unique friends.You think there are many truths in life, and you're open to many of them. |
The Five Factor Values Test
The Apprentice-Season 5
I admit it. I want Donald Trump's show "The Apprentice."
I have watched it since its inception though with varying degrees of faithfulness. I do play the fantasy game-I who skewered male friends and coworkers for playing baseball and football fantasy games as if they mattered.
Yes. Me.
This season promises to be interesting since Donald "handpicked" this batch of contestants.
Other blogs such as The Apprentice Blog, can definitely provide better analysis than I ever could, especially since I don't have that type of time.
I can say that the first episode was notable for at least proving that you can belong to Mensa but that does not mean that you are smart.
Other things I took away from Season 5, Episode 1:
-Put up or shut up but realize if you shut up, you may shut yourself out. (Summer should have called more restaurants or at least called Tarek to task for not having a 'hook')
-Russian mafia in da house! Not really. It was the thought that popped into my head when I saw the conclusion of the boardroom.
Lenny is the medicine that this show needs.
Someone pointed out at The Apprentice website on Yahoo that after being subjected to overly confident, pretentitious lawyers we are finally seeing someone who seems not only to have the ambition to succeed but the actual knowledge and real hutzpah to pull it off. This is the guy that should have been recruited for Season Three's "Street Smarts vs. Book Smarts."
He clearly read how the boardroom was going to go. He gave Summer sound advice to keep her head and keep quiet, which she followed until the last moment. He is not a person to waste words and sees things clearly. He thinks on his feet and every move is decisive.
Granted we have only see him on one task. He may well be too much of a "killer," which is what did in his Russian predecessor from Season 4, Alla. She had all the same qualities as Lenny and there is no doubt that had she not made the tactical error of beating the dead horse (the dead horse being ineffectual Felicia who was headed out the door anyway), she would have made it into the Final Three.
And honestly, for the same reason that I chose Summer as the one to be fired this week, I will say that Lenny will not be the apprenctice. I chose Summer because I could not envision someone named 'Summer' as working for Donald Trump, that would be making deals with real sharks. I think that poor Lenny's very heavy Russian accent will work against him. Just as I listened to the boardroom and hear his "not for long" comment in response to Tarek's future in the game and said, "Russian mafia in da house," I am sure that potential partners to Trump corp might shy away from someone who sounds like they are plotting to take care of Mr. Bond.
I might be wrong. There is a sizable Russian immigrant population in New York City and Lenny may be the norm. I don't live there. I would like to see him make the Final Two.
I also play the Fantasy Game on Yahoo as well. My addiction knows no bounds.
I have watched it since its inception though with varying degrees of faithfulness. I do play the fantasy game-I who skewered male friends and coworkers for playing baseball and football fantasy games as if they mattered.
Yes. Me.
This season promises to be interesting since Donald "handpicked" this batch of contestants.
Other blogs such as The Apprentice Blog, can definitely provide better analysis than I ever could, especially since I don't have that type of time.
I can say that the first episode was notable for at least proving that you can belong to Mensa but that does not mean that you are smart.
Other things I took away from Season 5, Episode 1:
-Put up or shut up but realize if you shut up, you may shut yourself out. (Summer should have called more restaurants or at least called Tarek to task for not having a 'hook')
-Russian mafia in da house! Not really. It was the thought that popped into my head when I saw the conclusion of the boardroom.
Lenny is the medicine that this show needs.
Someone pointed out at The Apprentice website on Yahoo that after being subjected to overly confident, pretentitious lawyers we are finally seeing someone who seems not only to have the ambition to succeed but the actual knowledge and real hutzpah to pull it off. This is the guy that should have been recruited for Season Three's "Street Smarts vs. Book Smarts."
He clearly read how the boardroom was going to go. He gave Summer sound advice to keep her head and keep quiet, which she followed until the last moment. He is not a person to waste words and sees things clearly. He thinks on his feet and every move is decisive.
Granted we have only see him on one task. He may well be too much of a "killer," which is what did in his Russian predecessor from Season 4, Alla. She had all the same qualities as Lenny and there is no doubt that had she not made the tactical error of beating the dead horse (the dead horse being ineffectual Felicia who was headed out the door anyway), she would have made it into the Final Three.
And honestly, for the same reason that I chose Summer as the one to be fired this week, I will say that Lenny will not be the apprenctice. I chose Summer because I could not envision someone named 'Summer' as working for Donald Trump, that would be making deals with real sharks. I think that poor Lenny's very heavy Russian accent will work against him. Just as I listened to the boardroom and hear his "not for long" comment in response to Tarek's future in the game and said, "Russian mafia in da house," I am sure that potential partners to Trump corp might shy away from someone who sounds like they are plotting to take care of Mr. Bond.
I might be wrong. There is a sizable Russian immigrant population in New York City and Lenny may be the norm. I don't live there. I would like to see him make the Final Two.
I also play the Fantasy Game on Yahoo as well. My addiction knows no bounds.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Thought on the Olympics-Part 1
I realize that I have been remiss in airing my opinions of the skating competitions of the XX Winter Olympiad. I also realize that where I have been silent, others have stepped into the breach and more than made up for any kind of analysis that I would offer.
Some of them have been good and some of them have been bad.
I think most importantly something has been lost. Athletes gather every four years to test themselves against the cream of countries other than their own. Some countries do very well in very areas and some do not. Hopefully you did your best and you grow from it.
I truly hate that coverage in the US in regards to "Team USA" is that there is something wrong with us and that we should be living up to our hype and the gains made at Salt Lake City.
I think one of the great examples heights of this hubris that we must be so very dominant or else is the case of poor Emily Hughes. At 17, she is supposed to be one of the Holy Trinity of skaters that will retain the dominance of the US women in figure skating. I was very glad when her sister Sarah, the Ladies champion from the 2002 Olympics said that her sister should be focused on having fun and doing her best at her first Olympics-not worrying about rescuing the US' medal count.
I was glad to know at this hour that Shizuka Arakawa won the gold in the free skate.
The last time a Japanese woman won an Olympic medal was in 1992. Her name was Midori Ito and she won the silver in a heavily contested free skate against Kristi Yamaguchi, the American who did win the gold medal. I felt that either Shizuka or Fumie Suguri had a great chance of standing on the podium. I was not quite sure of the medal color.
Sasha Cohen won the silver, which I think will be good for her. She has always been a great short program skater and she has had her moments but if she has ever had a skate where she did not fall, she skated very "thank-lordy" and you would wonder what the outcome would have been had she not skated that way.
When I saw Sasha's free skate at the US nationals, I could see that her program was expertly crafted and she could have "knocked it out of the park." The fact that I credited her with talent says a bit about the fact that while I may not quite like her, I will always give her credit where it is due. Sasha is still young, as are both Kimmie Meisner and Emily Hughes. All three and Michelle Kwan can try for Vancover in 2010.
Irina...I love her and I love her "comeback" (hate the word). That she won bronze after being told more than two years ago that she should consider giving up skating is something to celebrate. That she staved off the anklebiters and held onto bronze at the age of 27 is something to celebrate as well.
I think that we should be happy that our athletes did as well as they could at competition, not bemoaning the fact that we did not win the medal count, especially the gold medal count. I find it interesting that the people with the most criticism about the winter sports-especially figure skating are people who talk a lot about nothing. They barely follow the sports and I wager would not be listed as a donor to any fund for these athletes. Once the games are over, will sports writers who spin out article after article on football, basketball, and baseball even follow Sasha and Emily and Kimmie and Shani and Chad during their regular seasons, which is where they build and hone their amazing skills?
Likely not.
Some of them have been good and some of them have been bad.
I think most importantly something has been lost. Athletes gather every four years to test themselves against the cream of countries other than their own. Some countries do very well in very areas and some do not. Hopefully you did your best and you grow from it.
I truly hate that coverage in the US in regards to "Team USA" is that there is something wrong with us and that we should be living up to our hype and the gains made at Salt Lake City.
I think one of the great examples heights of this hubris that we must be so very dominant or else is the case of poor Emily Hughes. At 17, she is supposed to be one of the Holy Trinity of skaters that will retain the dominance of the US women in figure skating. I was very glad when her sister Sarah, the Ladies champion from the 2002 Olympics said that her sister should be focused on having fun and doing her best at her first Olympics-not worrying about rescuing the US' medal count.
I was glad to know at this hour that Shizuka Arakawa won the gold in the free skate.
The last time a Japanese woman won an Olympic medal was in 1992. Her name was Midori Ito and she won the silver in a heavily contested free skate against Kristi Yamaguchi, the American who did win the gold medal. I felt that either Shizuka or Fumie Suguri had a great chance of standing on the podium. I was not quite sure of the medal color.
Sasha Cohen won the silver, which I think will be good for her. She has always been a great short program skater and she has had her moments but if she has ever had a skate where she did not fall, she skated very "thank-lordy" and you would wonder what the outcome would have been had she not skated that way.
When I saw Sasha's free skate at the US nationals, I could see that her program was expertly crafted and she could have "knocked it out of the park." The fact that I credited her with talent says a bit about the fact that while I may not quite like her, I will always give her credit where it is due. Sasha is still young, as are both Kimmie Meisner and Emily Hughes. All three and Michelle Kwan can try for Vancover in 2010.
Irina...I love her and I love her "comeback" (hate the word). That she won bronze after being told more than two years ago that she should consider giving up skating is something to celebrate. That she staved off the anklebiters and held onto bronze at the age of 27 is something to celebrate as well.
I think that we should be happy that our athletes did as well as they could at competition, not bemoaning the fact that we did not win the medal count, especially the gold medal count. I find it interesting that the people with the most criticism about the winter sports-especially figure skating are people who talk a lot about nothing. They barely follow the sports and I wager would not be listed as a donor to any fund for these athletes. Once the games are over, will sports writers who spin out article after article on football, basketball, and baseball even follow Sasha and Emily and Kimmie and Shani and Chad during their regular seasons, which is where they build and hone their amazing skills?
Likely not.
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