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

calabasas

photo by Joe Wolf

Happy Birthday Calabasas, California.   25 years old this year.   Home to all the giants (Kardashian, Bieber, so on and so on.)    And probably some other relevant folk too.    " 'Culture and community bring the people together. Every age group and culture is represented.   This is what the world should be like,' ” said Calabasas councilmember Karyn Foley.     story               

Principle in the type:  "We need to remember that though we make our friends, God has made our neighbors --- everywhere.  Love should have no boundary; we should have no narrow loyalties."     Howard W. Hunter  

MOTHER'S DAY GIFT, NOT

photo by torbakhopper

Remember this post?    Well, leaving your little one with a car as the babysitter, lives on.   This time Poppa, a personal trainer, needed to "met with a client" at 24-hour Fitness.   His crying 8-month-old remained in an unlocked, engine running, parked car for about an hour before the police came.   Nice one, Poppa.   Not.    news          

Principle in the type:  "Every child needs at least one adult who is irrationally crazy about him or her."      Urie Bronfenbrenner        

WINNING

photo by Disney / ABC Television Group

About the Oscars, I made a couple correct predictions.  (I know stuff.)  
Other than that?  I'm kind of on board with the Kevin Hart "Let's not let this negative issue of diversity beat us," speech.  Go ahead.  Be whatever color you are, do your best, share your talents, help society, and keep your head up.  Everybody hang in there.  We got this.        news           

Principle in the type:  "There must be purpose. We are here to accomplish something, to bless society with our talents and our learning. There can be fun, yes. But there must be recognition of the fact that life is serious, that the risks are great, but that you can overcome them if you will discipline yourselves . . ."      Gordon B Hinckley 

HERO'ISH

photo by Urbanworld Film Festival

Actor Jamie Foxx saved a man from a fiery car crash, when near his Los Angeles home "a 32-year-old man . . . hit a ditch" causing his truck "to roll many times over and burst into flames."  Two witnesses of the crash, including Foxx - rushed to pull the man "to safety."    Foxx later told reporters, "I'm not a hero ... but had to do something."  story        But can we count pulling people from burning cars, at least as a good deed?

Principle in the type:  "But I believe in my capacity and in your capacity to do good, to make some contribution to the society of which we are a part, [and] to grow and develop. … I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world, be it ever so small.”                       Gordon B. Hinckley

DREAMIN' NOT IN BLACK AND WHITE

photo by U.S. Embassy New Delhi

Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy was celebrated yesterday.  There is no shortage of interesting tidbits about him and his story.  According to sources, King almost left out of his most famous speech, the 'I Have a Dream' bit, if not for "a remark shouted by gospel singer and King friend Mahalia Jackson . . . ' Tell them about the dream, Martin! ' "   she called to him.      story                         

Principle in the type:  "Civility in society is achieved when the majority of people do what is moral because they believe they should, not because they are compelled by law or by police force."      Wilford W. Andersen     

LUNCH IS OVER

photo by anna Hanks

Former subway pitchman Jared Fogle, as you very likely already know, was sentenced last month to 15 years in prison "for trading in child pornography and having sex with underage prostitutes."    ---Leaves very, very much more than a bad taste in one's mouth.      news            

Principle in the type:  "Societies depend in large part upon religion and church to establish moral order.  Government can never build enough jails to house the criminals produced by a society lacking in morality, character, and faith. . . . It is impossible for government to control the attitudes, desires, and hopes that spring from the human heart.  And yet these are the seeds that grow into the conduct government must regulate."    Wilford W. Andersen 

JE L'ENTENDS PLEURER

photo by PapaPiper

As France's pain is felt around the world,  President Francois "Hollande imposed a state of emergency, after the worst peacetime attack in France since World War Two. It is also the deadliest in Europe since the 2004 Madrid bombings. . . . The violence began soon after 21:00 (20:00 GMT) as people were enjoying a Friday night out in the French capital. . . . A gunman opened fire . . . 'It was endless' . . . "     news               

Principle in the type:  "Tears are prayers too.  They travel to God when we can't speak."        Psalms 56:8  

GRAVY TRAIN

photo by Phil Denton

Mum will be working herself to a tizzy for your Thanksgiving dinner, I hope you know!  If she needs to get to the store for some last minute huevos, this may help.




                                     

Principle in the type:  "When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the shaping sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and in neighborhoods? Will what happened in cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congresses?"        Neal A. Maxwell   

      

                                                                                       Happy Weekend Little Ones!