Hi folks!
I have been planning this post for a few days. CNN has hired Piers Morgan to host some evening show. He's a famous British journalist. The thing is, the commercials announcing his up-coming show feature him saying "I'm Piers Morgan", but when it comes out of his mouth, it sounds like "Abysmal".
I watched an interview with him and Anderson Cooper, and he seemed to be an OK guy.
But he has to change the commercial!
Abysmal!
Friday, January 14, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
Epiphany, or the Feast of the Three Kings
Hi Folks,
Many have speculated about the number, names, and origin of the visitors to Bethlehem after Jesus' birth. In any case, it is treated as the point at which Jesus' existence became known to the world...hence, Epiphany (a sudden understanding).
Over the last three days, I have had my own Epiphany. A friend has been lying in bed for two months, after suffering a back injury, then complicated with a hip injury. At 64, and having worked in physical labor all of his adult life, he's having a hard time healing.....not to mention that he recovered from bone cancer about 2 years ago. When he collapsed the day before yesterday, as we were trying to transport him to a doctor's office, I had no choice but to call in paramedics.
Whatever my struggles and stresses may be, this man has seen more. Whatever my aches and pains may be, this man has suffered more.
I have been privileged to help him and his family deal with this situation. I checked him out, based on simple first aid things I learned in the Boy Scouts, and from military folks along the way...He had enlarged lymph glands under his arms, under his chin, and down his sides. We found him a motorized hospital-type bed, went and collected it, and installed it in his room.
Anyway, the paramedics came, stretchered him and took him to a hospital. All on the taxpayer's dime! He has no insurance!
Wake up, people! Suffering is not a Human Right. Suffering is not a Civil Right enthroned in the Constitution. Health insurance is not a guarantee, unless you pay for it, but it should not be denied to anyone.
We all need to take a step back from the chasm of more and more uninsured people rushing to the emergency room only because they are close to death, and then it may be too late.
Call your Congressperson or Senator or both, and tell them to vote against health-care repeal.
In Other News:
Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar may have known something that we often forget.
The end is in the journey.
Love and Peace to All!
Many have speculated about the number, names, and origin of the visitors to Bethlehem after Jesus' birth. In any case, it is treated as the point at which Jesus' existence became known to the world...hence, Epiphany (a sudden understanding).
Over the last three days, I have had my own Epiphany. A friend has been lying in bed for two months, after suffering a back injury, then complicated with a hip injury. At 64, and having worked in physical labor all of his adult life, he's having a hard time healing.....not to mention that he recovered from bone cancer about 2 years ago. When he collapsed the day before yesterday, as we were trying to transport him to a doctor's office, I had no choice but to call in paramedics.
Whatever my struggles and stresses may be, this man has seen more. Whatever my aches and pains may be, this man has suffered more.
I have been privileged to help him and his family deal with this situation. I checked him out, based on simple first aid things I learned in the Boy Scouts, and from military folks along the way...He had enlarged lymph glands under his arms, under his chin, and down his sides. We found him a motorized hospital-type bed, went and collected it, and installed it in his room.
Anyway, the paramedics came, stretchered him and took him to a hospital. All on the taxpayer's dime! He has no insurance!
Wake up, people! Suffering is not a Human Right. Suffering is not a Civil Right enthroned in the Constitution. Health insurance is not a guarantee, unless you pay for it, but it should not be denied to anyone.
We all need to take a step back from the chasm of more and more uninsured people rushing to the emergency room only because they are close to death, and then it may be too late.
Call your Congressperson or Senator or both, and tell them to vote against health-care repeal.
In Other News:
Melchior, Caspar and Balthazar may have known something that we often forget.
The end is in the journey.
Love and Peace to All!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Homeless man with a radio voice
Hi Folks,
Many people who might or might not read this blog may or may not remember when baseball was mostly on the radio....before cable TV brought us live games from every state in the nation. We followed our teams through the season, into the playoffs, and hopefully into the World Series. In itself, the World Series has been decried by some as a misnomer, because it only includes teams from the USA and Canada.
The World Cup of Football (Soccer), on the other hand, seems to be more inclusive. Maybe the reason why, as I've grown up over the years, and lived in a lot of places where baseball is non-existent, that I like the beautiful game more than the game I was raised on. My dad tells me that he hit a home run once as a young player. I never did. Never scored a goal, either, because I mostly played goalie and defense. Or I just never got myself in the right place at the right time.
There is a guy, Ted Williams is his name, who was in the right place at the right time....
He has a radio announcer's voice, and was homeless....he will now be a millionaire. Someone gave him a chance to get back to his true calling--good voice on the radio.
Ironically, Ted Williams is also the name of one of baseball's greatest hitters in history. I believe he averaged a career batting average of around .400....this means that nearly half of the time he went to bat, he got a hit. I only pitched one season, and I sucked, but I don't think many other pitchers would have done better against Ted Williams.
Look at this new Ted Williams....the black homeless guy with the radio voice. He's batting 1000 now (that means that he gets a hit every time he bats). Second chances are great. I guess that is part of God's plan. St. Peter got three chances....it seems he blew them. I hope we don't.
Love and Peace to All.
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