tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120975672024-03-08T11:44:55.386-05:00The Cheese BoxI'm sayin'...Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-6440333538889940762008-01-18T22:10:00.001-05:002008-01-18T22:10:25.016-05:00Recreated Faces<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #666666; background: #e5e5e5; border: solid 4px #b2b2b2; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:C5F85E8F-4B46-458D-A580-97DFD1498129:0 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #e5e5e5;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="clipmarks' clip-to-blog"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/00adb364-6ca6-4b81-97e2-14b452005784/C5F85E8F-4B46-458D-A580-97DFD1498129/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=4" href="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=4" style="font-size: 11px;">www.news-press.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=4"><div align="center"><img src="http://content62073.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.news-press.com/img/31D8009B-A193-45E0-BB94-EA441B999FF2" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=4"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>These sculptures represent the victims in a Fort Myers Police Department investigation of a mass grave discovered last year. Investigators hope the sculptures will prompt new leads from citizens.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="clipmarks' clip-to-blog"><img src="http://content62074.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=5" href="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=5" style="font-size: 11px;">www.news-press.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=5"><div align="center"><img src="http://content62075.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.news-press.com/img/CF072927-C14E-42BA-A106-D95EBFF506EE" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=5"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>These sculptures represent the victims in a Fort Myers Police Department investigation of a mass grave discovered last year. Investigators hope the sculptures will prompt new leads from citizens.</TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="clipmarks' clip-to-blog"><img src="http://content62076.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=2" href="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=2" style="font-size: 11px;">www.news-press.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=2"><div align="center"><img src="http://content62077.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.news-press.com/img/39FAF808-ED80-45B0-BCAF-82C99116A0CC" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=A4&Date=20080118&Category=NEWS01&ArtNo=801180801&Ref=PH&Profile=1075&Params=Itemnr=2"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD>These sculptures represent the six victims who have not yet been identified in a Fort Myers Police Department investigation of a mass grave discovered last year. Investigators hope the sculptures will prompt new leads from citizens.</TD></tr></table></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C5F85E8F-4B46-458D-A580-97DFD1498129/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content62078.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div><!-- END_CLIP_CONTENT --></td></tr></table><div > The reconstructions are the work of a forensic sculptor in Wyoming and will be featured on an episode of America's Most Wanted to air at 9 p.m. ET on Saturday, January 19th 2008 on FOX. </div> Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-70231466688869879412008-01-08T09:45:00.001-05:002008-01-08T09:45:50.967-05:00Knife Thief Stabs Self While Fleeing<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #666666; background: #e5e5e5; border: solid 4px #b2b2b2; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:62EB2578-9CC4-4969-8AEC-6964A99542E2:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #e5e5e5;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/62EB2578-9CC4-4969-8AEC-6964A99542E2/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/bebd2fcb-4361-4f94-8543-b075bdac9047/62EB2578-9CC4-4969-8AEC-6964A99542E2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320935,00.html" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320935,00.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.foxnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320935,00.html"><P>The suspect was hospitalized after Monday night's attempted theft from a Meijer Inc. superstore in Grand Rapids and is expected to face a misdemeanor shoplifting charge, police say.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320935,00.html"><P>The wounds did not appear to be life-threatening, The Grand Rapids Press reported.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320935,00.html"><P>The man had put about $300 worth of hunting knives in his waistband, police told WZZM-TV. Police say he tried to leave the store, but Meijer employees confronted him and a scuffle followed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320935,00.html"><P>The man then fell and was stabbed by the knives he had hidden in his clothing, police said. They said it happened about 5:40 p.m.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320935,00.html"><P>"I saw a man laying down on the mat by the carts, a knife by him with blood on the full blade of the knife," shopper Heather Dodd told WOOD-TV. "It was not a dull kitchen knife or a sharp butcher's knife, it was somewhere in between.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320935,00.html"><P>"Someone was holding him down so I just walked around him, grabbed my cart, made sure everything was OK and got out of the way."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/62EB2578-9CC4-4969-8AEC-6964A99542E2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content338564.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div><!-- END_CLIP_CONTENT --></td></tr></table><div > </div> Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-25094141314805038062008-01-07T11:21:00.001-05:002008-01-07T12:44:31.738-05:00Changing abortion's pronoun<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #F2984C; background: #FFFFCC; border: solid 4px #FFEEAA; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:AD836C96-5D84-46CC-A614-AD9983A0D51E:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #FFFFCC;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #FFEEAA; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #EEEEEE ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #F2984C; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/AD836C96-5D84-46CC-A614-AD9983A0D51E/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/91d8b510-1a07-424e-9b94-2b757963d4b4/AD836C96-5D84-46CC-A614-AD9983A0D51E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center" style="font-size: 11px;">www.latimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center"><DIV class="storysubhead">'We had abortions,' say men whose lovers ended pregnancies. It isn't just a women's trauma, they insist. But critics see a political calculation.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #FFEEAA; border-bottom: solid 1px #FFFFFF; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center">Abortion is usually portrayed as a woman's issue: her body, her choice, her relief or her regret. This new movement -- both political and deeply personal in nature -- contends that the pronoun is all wrong.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #FFEEAA; border-bottom: solid 1px #FFFFFF; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center">When men are widely recognized as victims, Rue said, "that will change society."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #FFEEAA; border-bottom: solid 1px #FFFFFF; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center"><br />The concept of post-abortion trauma is hotly disputed.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #FFEEAA; border-bottom: solid 1px #FFFFFF; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center"><br />It may be, she said, that women who have abortions are more emotionally unstable in the first place.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #FFEEAA; border-bottom: solid 1px #FFFFFF; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center"><DIV><br />Shostak encourages clinics to reach out to these men. But he views the activist movement with alarm.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #FFEEAA; border-bottom: solid 1px #FFFFFF; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center">The men are urged to think of themselves as fathers, to name -- and ask forgiveness from -- the children they might have raised</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #FFEEAA; border-bottom: solid 1px #FFFFFF; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-menabort7jan07,0,2009070,full.story?coll=la-home-center"><DIV><br />"They draw in men who may have a little ambivalence, possibly a little guilt, and they exacerbate those feelings," Shostak said.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AD836C96-5D84-46CC-A614-AD9983A0D51E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content4.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div><!-- END_CLIP_CONTENT --></td></tr></table><div > I've often felt that the needs and rights of men are overlooked when it comes to abortion. And that the whole "my body, my choice" justification by women is lame and selfish. However, I'm still pro-choice. I have my own non-selfish justifications for abortion. That being said...<br/>If these men feel some sense of comfort from coming together and acknowledging their pain, then that's what they should do. But recognizing men as "victims" to abortion? And asking them to think of themselves as fathers and name the children their partners aborted... and ask them for forgiveness? That's going to far. Doesn't sound healthy to me. I know a woman who runs a post-abortion group for women that employs that same method of "recovery". I think it likely contributes more to the need of recovery than helps anyone. <br/>And this new men's movement is already being politicized -- encouraging men to tell their stories of post-abortion trauma in hopes of tugging at the heart strings of American voters. If the Christian Right can't scare us into believing as they do with threats of an eternity in Hell, then they'll create a psychological and societal crisis where none exists. Pitiful. </div>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-33420764818711878842008-01-06T21:59:00.001-05:002008-01-07T12:39:22.938-05:00For cat lovers<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #F2984C; background: #FFFFCC; border: solid 4px #FFEEAA; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:95994D79-6F17-440D-AAFB-CF5C35279DBB:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #FFFFCC;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #FFEEAA; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #EEEEEE ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #F2984C; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/95994D79-6F17-440D-AAFB-CF5C35279DBB/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/63abfd18-a294-4aa3-95ba-e3b171e9b750/95994D79-6F17-440D-AAFB-CF5C35279DBB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://stressu-net.ru/new_year.htm" href="http://stressu-net.ru/new_year.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">stressu-net.ru</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://stressu-net.ru/new_year.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content121568.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/stressu-net.ru/img/528C0A74-D455-4CAB-A372-90FBE1F32700" alt="????? 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Check it out..<p>I just got interviewed! Check it out...</p><div style="border: 1px solid black; padding: 10px;"><h3>'Doesn't everybody talk to them self? Honestly... ...'</h3><h4>Experience Project talks with one of today's hidden gems in an exclusive interview covering Totally Random Questions About Anything and Everything</h4><div style="border-top: 1px solid rgb(153, 153, 153);">By The Experience Project Editorial Staff</div><div style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">October 1, 2007, 3:53 pm CST</div><p>SAN FRANCISCO (EP Wire) - </p><p><i>Experience Project recently had the opportunity to sit down with...</i>...</p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/interviews.php?iid=676&m=-1587436469">Read my interview</a> | <a href="http://www.experienceproject.com/interviews.php?iid=676">Get interviewed</a></div></div>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1160276819582726412006-10-07T23:06:00.000-04:002008-01-07T12:44:31.738-05:00Do not stand by my grave and weep<a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.matsinger.net/pages/grave.html"></a><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.matsinger.net/pages/grave.html">Do not stand by my grave and weep</a><br /><br /> by Mary E. Frye<br /><br /> Do not stand at my grave and weep:<br />I am not there. I do not sleep.<br /><br />I am a thousand winds that blow.<br />I am the softly falling snow,<br />I am the gentle showers of rain,<br />I am the field of ripening grain.<br /><br />I am in the morning hush,<br />I am in the grateful rush<br />Of beautiful birds in circling flight.<br />I am the starshine of the night.<br /><br />I am in the flowers that bloom.<br />I am in a quiet room.<br />I am in the birds that sing.<br />I am in each lovely thing.<br /><br />So do not stand by my grave and cry.<br />I am not there.<br />I did not die.Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1159705044910764722006-10-01T07:53:00.000-04:002008-01-07T12:45:57.827-05:00A story of modern celebrity: The trials of Anna NicoleWorthy quotes from the <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1772339.ece">Independent article</a>, by David Usborne<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><blockquote> She's given birth to a daughter, seen her son die in her arms - and sold the family pictures for $650,000. Now, she's said to have married her lawyer, one of the baby's two possible fathers. Even by her standards, the past month in the life of America's most outrageous personality defies belief.<br /></blockquote></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><blockquote>They do say that in America any dream can come true if you try hard enough.... It helps if you have a brain, but even that is not entirely necessary. Women should always consider breast enhancement surgery.</blockquote></span><blockquote>...you may have taken the tragic side of the Monroe mystique a little far in the past couple of weeks...</blockquote><blockquote>It begs that old film title game again: "Two Fathers, a Baby, a Wedding and a Funeral".</blockquote><blockquote>...she gave birth to a girl named Dannie Lynn or Dannilynn, depending on which tabloid version of the happy event you are reading.</blockquote><blockquote>Few of us have experienced as much personal trauma as Ms Smith. Surely, September 2006 was the moment for her to put family and soul before headlines. But that, apparently, just isn't her style...</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote>Read the <a href="http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1772339.ece">complete article</a><br /><br /><blockquote></blockquote>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1158376241886313232006-09-15T23:03:00.000-04:002008-01-07T12:44:31.738-05:00The Unhealthy Relationshipmy lover<br />for 20 years<br />we have known each other<br />you have been there for me<br />when no other has<br />consoling me in my darkest hours<br />never apart<br />for more than a few hours<br />lest my failed attempt<br />10 years ago<br />to leave you behind<br />i have tried several times<br />to leave you<br />but each time i have failed<br />you always call me back<br />i always come running<br />even though you suffocate me<br />and i know that some day<br />you will be my death<br />but you are an addiction<br />that's hard to break<br />an unhealthy relationship<br />which i know i must end<br />and when i do<br />i will celebrate my freedom<br />while also mourning<br />the loss of my best friend<br />nicotinePoogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1156873425606143752006-08-29T13:28:00.000-04:002006-08-29T13:43:45.670-04:00And I smokeI created this blog<br />To take the place of my original blog<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Smoke Rings in the Dark<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>When I was attempting to quit smoking<br />But<br />I started smoking again<br />And started posting on <span style="font-style: italic;">Smoke Rings </span>again<br />But I still maintain this blog to some degree<br />Probably as much as I do any other blog<br />I will attempt to quit smoking again<br />But this time<br />I won't even plan to stop posting to my other blog<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Smoke Rings in the Dark<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span>Was not just named with smoking in mind<br />It has many other connotations in my life<br />It represents the general fog<br />That I still to this day<br />Smoking or not<br />Live my life in<br />As that blog's tagline states<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A look at life through a cloud of cigarette smoke<br /></span>But it's not just cigarette smoke<br />It's the hazy uncertainty<br />That has come to define<br />My existence<br />Of course it also references the song<br />By the same name<br />And in referencing the song<br />It in turn references my mother<br />Just as this blog<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Cheesebox</span><br />References my mother<br />Her cheesebox<br />Her poetry and other writings<br />And here I shall carry on that legacy<br />Which is why this blog<br />Like my other<br />Must go on<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1156008476860805992006-08-19T13:09:00.000-04:002006-08-19T13:27:56.890-04:00Dusting Off The CheeseboxI can't believe I haven't posted in here since right after Mother's Day. Well... I mean... yes, I <i>can</i> believe it -- it just doesn't <i>seem</i> like it's been that long. I intended to post more later on in May -- around the time of the 6th anniversary of my mother's death and Memorial Day, but those events came and went with no posts, as you can see. Then came Father's Day, the Fourth of July, and my 38th birthday. And here I am, August 19th, finally posting again.<br /><br />You know what? Today is also the anniversary of a significant event in my life -- it's the 19th anniversary of the day I was released from Letterman Army Medical Center after a more than 3 month stay there. The day I left San Francisco for a "brief visit" back to Michigan while I awaited the finalization of my medical discharge. The day my short army career came to an end, and I faced a whole new beginning. The world was my oyster.<br /><br />On this day in 1987, I sat in the window seat of a plane and watched the city of San Francisco get smaller and smaller below me. I bid the city farewell, but "only for awhile" -- I promised I would soon be back. I had it all set up. The nice lady at the donut shop down the street offered me a job. One of the night nurses at the hospital offered to let me stay with her until I'd gotten back on my feet. I would begin my life anew in the most beautiful city in the world -- San Francisco. But something went wrong...<br /><br />Here I sit, 19 yrs later -- still in Michigan. And I've accomplished nothing of real value in that time. It's almost as though my life has been on hold. Like I've been here this entire time just visiting family. Like I'm still waiting to return to San Francisco to begin my life again. Do you think the donut shop is still there? Is the nice lady that owned it still around? Would she remember me? Would her job offer still stand? What about the nurse who was willing to let me stay with her? I doubt any of the above. But does that mean it's to late to return to San Francisco? And would my life be better if I did?<br /><br />Perhaps I should make good on my promise to the city and return to find out...Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1147690682081779712006-05-15T05:58:00.000-04:002006-05-20T23:20:47.096-04:00Just Another Day...<table valign="top" border="0"><tbody><tr><td align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">Well I made it through another mother's day... the sixth since my mom died. And of course it's closing in on the 6th anniversary of her death, as well. So, yeah... I spent the day listening to my 'Tribute to Mom' mood on my launchcast station... and remembering my last mother's day spent with mom. Mom's last mother's day was difficult... it was just 2 weeks or so before she died, and we knew the end was near. She was bedridden and so doped up on morphine she didn't know what day it was. When I came to wish her a happy mother's day,</span></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/pooge/extras/0b484f7f.jpg" alt="Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting" border="0" /></a></span></td></tr><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top"><span style="font-size:85%;">all she could say was 'it's not mother's day is it? no... no... it </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >can't</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> be'. I bought her a card, which I had to read to her. (Did you know they make mother's day cards for dying mother's? Yes... it's true!) I also bought her one of those metallic helium-filled balloons that said 'Happy Mother's Day!' and tied it to the frame of her 'hospital' bed, which we had set-up in her living room. My grandma came and made her famous meatloaf for dinner. My mother was unable to eat, but she managed to nibble on a few green grapes. I noticed her toenails had been painted, but not recently. The nail-polish was growing out and only covering half of her toenails. So I found her nailpolish remover and got her toenails all cleaned up... then I located some more polish and re-did them for her.<br /><br />Later in the day my uncle showed up, bearing carnations... both red and white. It's tradition in my family to wear carnations in honor of our mothers. The red are worn by those whose mother's are still living, and the white by those whose mother's have died. I managed a joke that he should have brought pink carnations for myself and my siblings, given our mother's state at the time. But I took a red carnation and pinned it to my shirt, knowing it would be the last red carnation I would wear on mother's day.</span></td></tr></tbody></table>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1117241686924961792005-05-27T20:53:00.000-04:002005-05-27T20:54:46.926-04:00Five years ago today...Since my mother died... <span style="font-style: italic;">I miss you mommy!</span>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1117072873615059512005-05-25T21:39:00.000-04:002008-01-07T12:44:31.738-05:00since you've been gone (Dear Mother...)five years have passed (doesn't seem possible)<br />i've moved (but just once!)<br />i rescued a cat (she's all white-- like Bruno)<br />i've fallen in love (yes... with a <span style="font-style: italic;">woman</span>)<br />i came out to Dad (said he was neither disappointed nor surprised)<br />i've quit smoking (again)<br />my grey hairs have increased (as have my wrinkles)<br />Ted lost his job (several times over)<br />and he's living back with Gram and Dad (much to their dismay)<br />Grampa B. passed on (have you run into him in Heaven?)<br />rainbows and sunsets have special meaning to me now (<span style="font-style: italic;">'paint the sky pretty colors for me'</span>)<br />i notice alot of things I didn't notice before (and see a piece of you in everything)<br />things i thought were important aren't now (and things that <span style="font-style: italic;">weren't, are</span>)<br />i still see you in my dreams (a couple times a month)<br />I realize now how much I loved you (and how much you loved me, too)Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1114388717336247802005-05-23T17:29:00.000-04:002005-05-23T14:31:35.433-04:00Channel 4 - The Worst Jobs in History - Career guide<a href="http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/W/worstjobs/quiz.html">Channel 4 - The Worst Jobs in History - Career guide</a>: A career interest test, of sorts... with results being from the crappiest (sometimes literally) jobs in history. Here's what the test revealed about me--<br />"70 to 100 Youre bold as brass and brave as a lion, but not such a messy pup. You might be prepared to cope with being an Arming squire with its potential for you becoming a knight, but youre actually ideally suited to some of the high-risk worst jobs such as Topman, Powder monkey, fish-fingered Viking sailor/warrior, outnumbered Riding officer, Petardier's assistant or even Guillemot-egg collector."Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1116008267907511432005-05-13T14:17:00.000-04:002008-01-07T12:44:31.739-05:00Vitamin Z<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/pooge/Artwork/Photo%20Art/future.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com" /><br /><br />Trapped... in the insanity that is mine<br />Running for cover from my own thoughts<br />Dodging bullets of negativity<br />My only armor a little yellow pill<br />That I affectionately call...<br />"Vitamin Z".Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1113421538698463472005-05-13T00:24:00.000-04:002005-05-12T21:46:04.116-04:00First Lines<a href="http://www.gladwell.com/2002/2002_08_05_a_face.htm">Some years ago, John Yarbrough was working patrol for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.ldmproductions.fr/main/41_cou.php?langue=en">This month, we showcase the work of Luis Torres.</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.nero.com/en/">Do you have a LightScribe drive and LightScribe media?</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.patent.freeserve.co.uk/">Anyone who has made an invention can apply for a patent.</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.unclemelon.com/how_to_eat_pussy.html">Eating pussy can be one of the most wonderful things you can do for a woman (or so I read on the cover of Cosmo).</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.shoutfactory.com/">“Old school.” There’s something about that term that sums up what’s great about the classic ’70s and ’80s funk and soul jams.</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/apps/custom/cap/findorg.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=124702">This new database charts conservatives' dishonesty and compares it with the truth.</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://philosophy.group.stumbleupon.com/forum/11111/">Is everything people do ulitimately driven by how it makes them feel about themselves? If so, doesn't that make everyone selfish on some level?</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.adatile.com/?source=LookSmart">For over 10 years,<br />ADA Tactile Systems has been on the leading edge of the design, manufacturing and installation of detectable warning systems.</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/www/part1_1.html#SECTION0100000000000000000">This is not a normal diet book, and I am not a normal diet book author.<br /></a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds3-4/ellen.html">Frameless Rendering (FR) is a rendering paradigm which performs stochastic temporal filtering by updating pixels in a random order, based on most recent available input data, and displaying them to the screen immediately [1].</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.commercialalert.org/blog/">Advertisers' exploitation of captive audiences is on the rise.</a><br /><br /><a href= "http://www.sexuality.org/erotmass.html#C1">This guide teaches how to give and receive erotic massage.</a>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1114178440245708782005-04-22T10:00:00.000-04:002005-04-22T10:00:40.246-04:00Alter Ego<a href="http://theblackforge.net/perl/game.pl">Alter Ego</a>
<br />I had a lot of fun with this game. You get to relive your life from birth to death. It can take a while to complete the game, but your place will be automatically saved for you to come back to and continue.
<br />As things worked out for me, I graduated from college with a degree in Engineering, but wound up with a job in business, after holding several part-time jobs and long periods of unemployment. It took me awhile to find a stable relationship and did not get married until late-adulthood. Also did not have child until late adult-hood (adopted it, as I'd already begun menopause)... and didn't get to name the child until I had reached old age...lol. Overall, my health through most of my life was not so great, and infact, I was heathier in old-age than I was in youth. My husband died from a fall, and I eventually died in my sleep, our child still a baby.Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1113254489793287722005-04-11T17:21:00.000-04:002005-04-11T17:21:29.793-04:00Typo Generation<br><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/pooge/Artwork/chbox4.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1113251881491736662005-04-11T16:38:00.000-04:002005-04-11T16:38:01.490-04:00For those who don't know...<br><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/pooge/Pics/CheeseBox.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br><br /><br />This is a cheese box.<br><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12097567.post-1113239848356838312005-04-11T13:12:00.000-04:002005-04-11T13:17:28.356-04:00Why 'The Cheese Box'?Well, when I was a kid, my mom used to keep a cheese box under her bed in which she would have all of the poetry and such that she'd written. I always tried to get to the cheese box so I could read the contents, but my mother would catch me and tell me I wasn't allowed to read it until I was older. When I grew older, my mother changed her story and said I couldn't read it until she was dead. She died in May of 2000, and I now have her cheese box and have thoroughly enjoyed going through her writings. So I decided to name my blog in honor of my mother and her cheese box.Poogehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13437204514278087580noreply@blogger.com1