Moment of Lightness

Despite the fact that Obama's 43% approval rating has now dipped below that of Jimmy Carter, there is a funny video that helps ease the harshness of reality for a few moments.

Just a Little Twisted

Alright, I just walked out of a little movie theater in a college town 30 miles north of us where we saw a movie that made me feel like a voyeuristic and twisted little %u@K! I'll start by saying that it had subtitles. I love subtitles! Next, it had Antonio Banderas. I like Antonio. Last, I'll mention that the movie, The Skin I Live In, has such a twisted storyline that I can not even begin to explain it because you won't buy into it unless you watch it for yourself. I'm not saying that you should but if you find yourself... Even after I finished watching it, I was muttering to myself that I still couldn't believe what happened, had happened, even though it did. Then there's my husband who just kept saying, "Yeah, but she was hot!" Twisted.

The Power of a Mother's Love

I picked up the phone only to hear the voice of my son's best friend who had recently joined the Navy. Both my husband and I always enjoyed visiting with him and our family has missed having him around, almost as if he were one of our own. As I told him that our son wasn't home, I asked him how he was doing. That's when I started tearing up. I told him that I was sorry but I was just so proud of him and happy that he was doing so well.

While that emotional reaction was still fairly fresh, I found myself tearing up again while half-watching 20/20. They were covering the story about a soldier who was killed in Iraq. The story took a turn when I began listening to the mother's story. She shared how she felt funny one morning, only to discover later that her son had been killed at approximately that moment. As her family dealt with the terrible loss of their son they found themselves looking at photos of her son, Justin, only to discover that these photos in particular had been taken the day before he was killed. In the photos Justin and his comrades were seen holding up puppies that they had found. As shown in the picture below, Justin was enjoying this particular little guy.

That's when his mom got the idea. She wanted the puppy that Justin was seen holding. Most people thought this was impossible. A stray puppy in Iraq. Only a mother would have the faith needed to believe that this little guy could be found. After much pressure, mom got her way and the puppy was rescued from Iraq, brought to the states, and given to Justin's family, where he was christened, Hero. What a perfect ending to a sad story...the power of a mother's love!

If that weren't enough, 20/20, while filming this story, caught this picture of Hero on the back deck - beautiful!



You Know You've Met Her

We've all come across people who send up a "red flag". Often times they amuse for awhile but you soon figure out that you really just need to stay as far away as possible. SNL did a perfume commercial of such a person for which the scent was called, Red Flag. I think that maybe it's based on Elizabeth Taylor's perfume commercial called White Diamonds, too funny!

From Russia With Love

This video was simultaneously a hilarious, appalling, and sad expression of what many other countries think of us...thank you, Mr. Obama. I do appreciate the fact that the newscaster, while being so prim and proper up to that point, uses the sign language only while invoking Obama's name.  I suppose it's all a little tit for tat, as President Obama has used the same method of expressing himself when speaking of John McCain and Hilary Clinton. You sir, are classy...FAIL!

Early Christmas for Catholics

When the mega-church, Crystal Cathedral, was originally built in 1980, few would imagine that one day the Catholic Church would own the ostentatious 40 acre complex, complete with over 10,000 glass panes. And all for the low, low price of $57.5 million dollars...Merry Early Christmas Catholic neighbors!

In order to avoid belaboring the hypocrisy in not only this purchase, but most organized religions, I thought we could take a moment to reflect on our own spending this holiday season. So, as we eagerly look forward to perusing our way through the Black Friday ads next week, with the selfless act of helping our economy get back on track by purchasing the biggest and cheapest electronics ever made, and probably not even in the USA, let's take a moment, a deep breath, and consider the true meaning of Christmas. For your convenience, I've listed some films that might assist you in this activity. First a film that I've not seen, but have at the top of my "to-do" list, along with two of my all-time favorite Christmas films. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!