please take a minute and go read this story titled "A victim treats his mugger right" and let this story of a man called Julio Diaz challenge you to think more creatively about the people in need around you whatever shape or form or flavour you may find them in [had a super rad encounter with a homeless guy called Paul today who i will blog about later, made my day!]
i don't want abortions to happen, but i don't want to adopt a child or support a home that looks after abandoned kids i don't want drug dealers on my back door step, but i don't want to come up with an alternative for the guys whose only income comes through selling drugs i don't want racism, but i don't want to take the time to really engage with someone of a different race or [...]
my good friend Mel [or Melissa Jayne Donaldson of you listen to Facebook] sent me a link to this article on marriage which covers a few steps [harr] that the recent marriage series didn't and is a very light and easy read: 7 Marriage Lessons Learned on the Dance Floor by Jen Smidt
from thedoghousedairies.com and brevity [by guy and rodd]
my brother-in-law keith just introduced me to this new cartoon strip called Prickly City by a guy called Scott Stantis and i took a look at a bunch of them and there's some good stuff - great series on the Occupy phenomenon and some other good ones - here are a quick pick:
one of my favourite cartoon strips is called 'Pearls Before Swine' and in this one i think Stephan Pastis nails it on the head [the premise is rat who is a cynical and mean character rediscovers the chest in the attic where he locked his conscience many years before]: [For another great Pearls Before Swine moment, this time involving a mini-thesis from me on being Facebook poked, click here]
so i have just posted the last [for now at least] post in the marriage series which ended up being a great 18 blog posts written by a whole bunch of my friends who are married well and passed along some really great marriage-enhancing advice and tips and wisdom. the beautiful Valerie ad myself might add some thorts of our own later but we're about to head for Texas to visit my sister and her [...]
And the series rages on, and my friends continue to write some incredible marriage-growing things and so i continue to post them... this post from someone who has been a dear friend of mine from long, long ago and is now happily married to one of my old youth okes who is not called PG any more cos he got all grown up... so let's hear it from Bev Le Roux Brodrick: Hi Brett The [...]
this great marriage-enhancing advice is from a friend of mine, Clint Botha, whose friendship has grown a lot since we both ended up in different countries and went virtual... By no means do I consider myself and Karin some kind of pro married couple (although that would be an awesome competition and/or reality tv show). We have only been at this thing for 6 years and a bit, but these are the things we have [...]
and now for the long ones... this one directed to the women... and a great write... - by now you know what's going on so read, enjoy, learn... this one by my internet friend Rachel T Moore: Since I only know my half of what works (my husband is amazing and mysterious like that), I'm going to address what a wife can do to build a good marriage. I've only been married two years (dated [...]