Hope

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I’m Absolutely Heart-Broken and Empty

Some time within the last week, I think, a little boy died as a result of… I don’t even know what to call it.
I’ve seen a couple of articles about the incident and I keep thinking about what the little one had done after the abuse occured:
” His skull fractured, [he] grabbed his blanket and [...]

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“…You Don’t Ever Walk by a Red Dress.”

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying, “The Soul of Baseball: A Road Trip Through Buck O’Neil’s America” by Joe Posnanski.
If you find this book, read pages 126 to 127.
If you’re a guy, you’ll discover an important lesson. 
If you’re a woman, I hope you find a reason to wear your red dress. 

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What Will Be Seen at the Gate of Hope?

I’m looking forward to working in a new position soon.  If all goes well, I’ll be responsible for increasing the number of transplants done between people who are related. 
People who get organs from relatives face less problems, in general, after the surgery.  There is less chance the body will reject the transplanted organ because the [...]

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What We Do for Peace and Glory

The fighting in the Gaza Strip makes me absolutely sick.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/09/world/09fighter.html?hp
 
I try to get my head around the situation to see if I can understand why the Israeli Soldiers and Hamas Militants choose to continue down this path but I cannot do it.
There is a reason for everything in life.  Sadly, the explanations often lie just beyond our reach.

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From Page 50 of Buck O’Neil’s America

Life doesn’t turn out the way you think.
You just hold on to each other.
That’s the trick.
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Page 51
In our beautiful memory
We were all handsome.
We all could sing.
We all had the heart
Of the prettiest girl in town.
And we all hit .300.
- Buck O’Neil
November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_O’Neil

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Mr. Walt Kowalski

At one point… well, several points actually… during the movie Gran Torino I found myself to be the only one lauging when Mr. Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) made his racial jokes.
White audiences are like that. White audiences and suburbanite audiences are like that. They’re so appalled that they don’t see they’ve created [...]

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Gran Torino

Note: This post will be poorly-written.  It’s more a collection of mental notes.
As I watched Gran Torino tonight I kept being reminded of many different people and aspects of my own life.  Don’t get me wrong,  I’m not Thao.  Not even close.  Never was.  Don’t have it in me. 
I kept thinking of my dad, my [...]

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Optimism’s Saving Grace

Where does bitterness take you?
To a broken heart?
To an early grave?
When I die
I want to die from natural causes.
Not from hate
Eating me up from the inside.
-Buck O’Neil
Buck O’Neil’s America

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