Ridiculous Message

I had a break at work today. Watched the tube in the Community Room. MONTEL was on. Before I could change the channel, I saw the word: deaf popping up on the screen.

Of course, I had to step back and look a little.

It was a show about "What A Miracle!"

Sheesh.

There was a white wife who told Montel that her husband who has been "hearing impaired" and had been searching for a job in the last 12 years. Then one day, he got a massage from his wife. Then he fainted in the bathroom. His head clunked on the sink, bathtub, toilet bowl or the floor.

Voila! He can hear. What a drama! The husband nodded and sobbed. And said that he finally got the help he needed to get a job, for the first time in 12 years. There were loud applause in the background.

Montel said, "He is not disabled. He is able-bodied now!"

Again, a loud applause. I rolled my eyes, muttered to myself: "I love this. I'll tell my co-workers."

I grinned and walked back to the office, told it to my co-workers who are also Deaf. Their initial reaction was: Are you serious?

I nodded. Samuel shook his head and smiled, "So I guess it is safe to say that the message for millions of hearing mothers who saw that to drop their deaf babies on the floor in hoping to make them hear again, eh?"

I smiled and nodded.

Well said, Samuel.

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Insane Thoughts

It is bitter cold outside. I hate that.

Was on the subway train #1 en route to my home. One vagrant sat down right across from me. He saw the Indian lady next to me. He stared at her, then pulled his sketchbook out. And worked on her looks. It took a lot of me to suppress my laughter to see this Indian woman feeling awkward that a vagrant is drawing of her on his sketchbook.

What made me lose the control of my snickers were the guy *next* to the vagrant who was reading the newspaper. He was cute, he has to be a blogger or a reader of Craigslist.org -- he was reading the newspaper then saw the vagrant (probably smell him first) drawing the lady on his sketchbook. The guy discretely puts his newspaper away in his backpack and pulled his tiny digital camera and took the picture of the vagrant drawing without the vagrant knowing.

People around us stared in amazement as I snickered. He turned to see me and put his finger on his mouth as to say, "Sssh!" Then he puts his digital camera back in the backpack. He slipped off on 50th Street.

The vagrant continues to draw and gave it to the Indian woman who was enamored then donated him $10.

I had to look away. It was too "sweet" for me to handle. I like bad things.

Now I wonder whatever will happen to this particular photograph that this guy took of a bum doing the sketchbook? Only time will tell.

Ahh, on another subject, four Britons who were imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay Prison for the last 4 years were interviewed and freed in London. They confirmed that they were subjected to psychologically, physically and sexually tortures.

Listen to me, Republicans, Conservatives -- if we are to be "better" than them, we have to treat them better. With these tortures at Gitmo Bay and Abu Guhraib, you can bet that the hate will increase. The resentment will worsen. The fan of hatred will rocket. We have to stop being arrogant and trample people's dignity or our generations will suffer more problems and hardships.

Don't tell me that they deserved it. Nobody deserved it. Except maybe for Republicans, Conservatives and Christians.

The 60th Anniversary of Auschwitz's Liberation has passed on, and we need to understand the ramifications of hate, ignorance and fear that caused the Holocaust to happen. Both sides (them and us) are inflcting hate, ignorance and fear on each other. And I'm trying to stop both sides -- but the problem is nobody is listening, you may as well as go ahead and build new concentration camps for all I care.

Our beloved Senators confirmed Dr. Rice (who knew about the tortures, of course) to be the Secretary of State. And it is likely that we will confirm Gonzales as the Attorney General ... the same guy who wrote the Memorandum on torture techniques. Small leap for the erosion of our rights, giant leap for the fascists. Republicans, Conservatives and Christians -- you should feel proud of this!

I found this picture -- we have zillions of god-damned squirrels in this country -- how come we train them and send it to the places to stop the Terrorists. At least, they are not covered under the Geneva Conventions!



And here is a message for New York Yankees from Boston Red Sox regarding the upcoming baseball season.



That's it, good nite. I'm outta here.

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Few Comments Before I Cook Steak!

For Xanga Users: If you want to privatize your thoughts, WRITE down on the papers, not on the Internet. I hope Xanga will implode eventually. It sucked ... badly.

Fat Guy With Skimpy Shorts: I found this picture -- to some, I may look like him -- but hey, I will not wear that skimpy shorts until I lose some more first. That guy has the guts, for sure -- but I can see why people wanted it to be banned.

Can You Relax Like This? Imagine going to Phuket for a vacation after the heavy devastation of Tsunami last month, can you relax with the debris around you? Certainly not me.

Too weird for me, but certainly did not ruin my appetite to feast on steak!

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Odd Tidbits

Missing Cabbie Found Dead. He died of heart attack in his cab just during the Blizzard and nobody knew until the snow melted. What do I think of this? Only in New York, lovers, Only in New York!

Anyone want to reminisce the old times with Savage Creek? I had some interesting memories at Savage Creek. They had rednecks that I drooled when they flexed their bodies. I'm like, "Gross but so cute!" Too bad, this article had to remind me of Savage Creek. Good and bad memories, though.

Cheers,

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Who Is Likely To Do This?

If you look at the neighborhoods like Chelsea, Greenwich Village, East Village, DuPont Circle, Capitol Hill et al., who are more likely to invest in the area when it was dubbed as the worst place to live? I mean, who is likely to renovate the homes, clean the neighborhoods, improve the living standards and all that?

Of course, it is Liberals.

Conservatives prefer to live in their delusional suburban world. They preferred the new megasupermassivestore Walmart over a store in the city. And they call themselves the "conservative one".

Kiss my ass.

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Suicidal Guy Eligible for Death Penalty

I love this.

In Glendale, California -- a suicidal man changed his mind then got out of his SUV which was parked on the railroad. He walked off and watched the MetroLink train ram into the SUV and subsequently killed 11 people and wounded 180 people.

This suicidal man was arrested for murder and is eligible for Death Penalty.

At least, he got what he wanted. Someone to kill him for him.

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Sometimes A Picture Defines Who You Are

Cardoza, Head, Harrison and Staley

Gaze at the picture for a second or two. Please observe Tonya Cardoza on your left. She is the one who attempted to rebound the ball but was beaten by another player.

I am a sucker for pictures that have facial expressions, be it sports or real life. This game occured in the National Championship Game in New Orleans '91 which Tennessee won in an overtime by 3.

Many pictures can tell you about yourself or others. The way the picture was taken in a millisecond depicted how they performed with a passion. When I see Tonya Cardoza, I see her in myself. Tonya is a great player in her own right, who is also the most hardworking and ambitious player. If she wants to crash, she will do it. This picture obviously indicated that she did make an effort but sometimes it does not go her way.

Like me. Sometimes things do not go the way I wanted it to but I don't let it stop me. I try to change the directions and see where I go from there.

Do I make any sense?

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