A HAND UP

photo by 99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Photographers

Remember when Blake Shelton saved some good ol' country teen boys from the muddy pickle they and their truck were stuck in?   Sir, out neighborly-like "rescuing strangers from dangerous" situations when you come across 'em, is what we call being a good cowpoke.      news       

Principle in the type:  "The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and to have it found out by accident."   Charles Lamb

CHRISTMASTIME CHEER

photo by Tagosaku

Late on their payments and generally in debt, an elderly couple in Illinois had their car repossessed.  But parked around the corner with the car, repo man Jim Ford called the bank and paid them up to current.  The gesture made him think of his own grandparents.  Ultimately donations paid off the car in full.  "We raised most of it in the first eight hours," said Ford.   Just a good ol'fashioned feel good story.  Thank you, Illinois.       story           

Principle in the type:  "Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure."    Hymn

BELL OF THE BALL

photo by Disney / ABC Television Group

Kristen Bell told People magazine her new show The Good Place with Ted Danson, fuses her two favorite things, "laughter and discovering what it means to be a good person."   Girl crush!  Two of my favorite things too!

Principle in the type:  "...'cause you're a sky full of stars. . . . 'Cause you get lighter the more it gets dark."      Coldplay

PENALTY

photo by Landry Heaton

Yeah, so, that didn't take long, did it?  "The Los Angeles Rams preseason opener got off to a rousing start."  And I'm talking about the fan fights, arrests, and hospitalizations.  I mean, really?  The first game back in Los Angeles?   All you folk have to do is sit there and enjoy yourself.  Los Angeles I continue to be worried about you.  You got it all going on, but you still can't make it happen.   news

 

Principle in the type:  "If only you could sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet, how important you can be to people. . . . There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person."     Fred Rogers

DONKEYS AND ELEPHANTS

photo by Nico Paix

You say potato, and I say potahto. Politically.  And in some ways--and only sometimes--that makes for some humor.



                                  
        

Principle in the type:  "... strive to have in our lives kindness, gratitude, forgiveness, and goodwill."    Thomas S. Monson

 

                                                                                            Happy Weekend good Peeps!

BEACH BOYS

photo by tiarescott

Life is a beach.  For real.  Waves at Lunada Bay in Palos Verdes, California, have called to surfers and the likes for decades.  Allegations exist that a gang of middle-age locals consider the hot spot their territory and harass any who infringe.  "For years, beachgoers and witnesses have accused the Bay Boys . . . of . . . bombarding outsiders," with a string of physical and verbal attacks.     story         

Principle in the type:  "The voice that is most effective is the one that is calm, is respectful, acknowledges both sides of the issue, and comes up with a good solution.  It's not the voice that is loudest in volume; it's not the voice that is most critical."    Candace Kay Andersen