MARSHA, MARSHA, MARSHA!

photo by Loren Javier

Attack on Americana!   In Studio City, California, "an elderly woman who lives in a home made famous by 'The Brady Bunch"  television show scared  "off burglars who targeted the house in the middle of the night."   Scary!  I don't know if Alice could have pulled this off?      story

Principle in the type:  "Go live your absence-of-emotion life somewhere else, because the rest of the world, --you're here to be moved or else you're just a drone.  You're here to care about someone, you're here to have feelings."      Ted Melfi

WADDLE IMPROVED

photo by Craig Murphy

Okay, the Craigslist sold printer story left a sour taste in your mouth, right?  I know.  Let's leave on a high note regarding printers, okay?  What if printers can make wittle ducky feet?  Feel better?  
Using a 3D printer, Wisconsin middle school teacher Jason Jischke and his class, took "six weeks of trial and error," but were able to make prosthetic feet just right, for a duck that had lost its feet to frostbite.     story      

Principle in the type:  "You are under no obligation to be the same person you were five minutes ago."      Unknown

READY TO SEE

photo by Amy

The latest (greatest?) Star Wars: Force Awakens premiered Monday night.  A big deal, and around Hollywood "the movie was shown to VIP crowds in three separate theaters across L.A. . . " (story)  ---Original cast members were there, people are thrilled, and records will and are going to be broken.    Awakenings are exciting!   
    

Principle in the type:  "Many of us have a difficult time seeing ourselves as we truly are, and even successful people overestimate their own contribution and underestimate the contributions that others make. . . . Being able to see ourselves clearly is essential to our spiritual growth and well-being."    Dieter F. Uchtdorf

THIS ONE'S ON ME?

photo by Neon Tommy

"Former USC [football] coach Steve Sarkisian filed a lawsuit against the university on Monday saying he was 'kicked to the curb' instead of being allowed to seek treatment for alcoholism."   Sarkisian was let go Oct. 12th, a big to-do if you remember.   USC was "profoundly disappointed in how Mr. Sarkisian has mischaracterized the facts . . . "      news

Principle in the type:  "In matters both temporal and spiritual, the opportunity to assume personal responsibility is a God-given gift without which we cannot realize our full potential . . . " D. Todd Christofferson       

GOOD MAKEUP

photo by The home of Fixers on Flickr

Paralyzed as a teen following a car crash, England native Jordan Bone found herself depressed, "which wasn't like me."  She was determined to turn that around, and found motivation in meditation videos on YouTube.  Bone is "paying it forward" with "her own motivational blog" and videos.  "My videos are about makeup, but they're also about positivity."     story             

Principle in the type:  "Be miserable.  Or motivate yourself.  Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice."      Wayne Dyer