MAKING THE GRADE

photo by Boris Johnson

In the old days being called a cow wasn't a great thing.  If I do the being-called-a-cow-math, it's probably still not great.  But what if even cow's have beauty pageants?   May 7th, "hundreds of cows and bulls walked the ramp in a north Indian town . . . in a bovine beauty pageant . . . "   The pageant was an effort to raise awareness about domestic breeds and animal health.  If your animal was paraded before the judges, it'd get points for good-looks, length of horns, or "milk-yielding capacities." story              ~And, um, humans can get points for a lot of things too.

Principle in the type:  "Increments.  It's what my father said to me every morning before I left for school.  He meant every test, every quiz, every paper adds up to the final grade.  In life, everything counts."   Milo Ventimiglia

OZZ'RON

photo by Alberto Cabello

Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne have separated.  Ozzy has moved out of the house he shared "with his wife of more than 30 years."    The public can speculate (sex, drugs, and rock n' roll?) but who knows ...        news

Principle in the type:  "The real essence of happiness in marriage lies not so much in romance as in an anxious concern for the comfort and well-being of one's companion.  Thinking of self alone and of the gratification of personal desires will build neither trust, love, nor happiness.  Only when there is unselfishness will love, with its concomitant qualities, flourish and blossom."       Gordon B. Hinckley

THE APPLE

photo by Ashley Van Haeften

While I didn't see anything Adam and Eve related in the paper this week, I have nonetheless been directed to write a post on Adam and Eve.   What, you think I know everything about everything??   Well, I don't!   Surprise.    Sooo I will simply leave you with a cool quote (as usual) for you to chew on.   And an even cooler song.   Each AdamAndEve'ish.   The original everything team. 



                                         

Principle in the type:  "Woman was made of a rib out of the side of Adam; not out of his feet to be trampled upon by him, but out of his side to be equal with him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved."           Matthew Henry

                                                                                  Happiest of weekends to you Peeps!

NOT PUTTING ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE PURSE BASKET

photo by Mauro Cateb

Some babe returned to a department store her purchased, unused purse -- but forgot she had "began to stock it with belongings . . . "   Oh, you know, stuff like jewels, rings, watches.  Central Pennsylvania is trying to find the precious things' owner.    story         

Principle in the type:  "The best things in life are free.  The second best are very expensive."    Coco Chanel   

ALL A TWITTER

photo by Ester Vargas

I can tell you this:  On Twitter Katy Perry is number one.  But on Instagram Selena Gomez is king.   Taylor Swift you ask?  No. 3 on Twitter, with only 72.8 million followers.  What's a girl to do?   President Obama Tweets behind her at No. 4 in followers, and ... Well I could go on.   Just know that yes, Bieber and Rihanna, are heavy in the mix also.  Me, I'm in a race for 1,628,999 place on Instagram.  I'm keepin' it real.  

Principle in the type:  "We're spread.  We have so many more opportunities to connect with people, and yet --  to connect deeply and vertically and all the layers of things that take time and focus and shutting off everything, --the tv [your texting, your typing] .... there's so much competition for eyeballs --but really, there's so much competition for your soul.  Where do you connect?  Where do you put your feeling, and your love, and your need and your yearning and all that?   It isn't satisfied--no matter how far you go--in that wide network. ... you have to go deep for it."         Meryl Streep   

JAILBIRD ROCK

photo by Evan Forester

Brian Earl Taylor was sentenced to up to 17 years, "for unlawful imprisonment and carrying a concealed weapon."   His in court commentary before sentencing was to sing "I'm sorry" lyrics to his own version of Adele's Hello -- followed then by a request for a "much shorter sentence."   ... maybe it's a Michigan thing.   story

Principle in the type:  "You want room for your thoughts to get into sailing trim and run a course or two before they make their port. The bullet of your thought must have overcome its lateral and ricochet motion and fallen into its last and steady course before it reaches the ear of the hearer, else it may plough out again through the side of his head."      Henry David Thoreau

FAMOUSLY

photo by Ross

This is nice, right?   Have you seen it?   A big part of life seems to be not giving up.   Myself, I'm really feeling the burn this week.



                                    

Principle in the type: "If for a while the harder you try, the harder it gets, take heart.  So it has been wth the best people who ever lived."      Jeffrey R. Holland    

 

                                                                              Happy Momma's Day out there!  You know who you Are!