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All living things die. But when they die out of their time and violently it becomes jarring beyond comprehension - most of the time that is. For unfortunately, unexpected deaths by violence happen every minute throughout the world which we, in the USA, don't notice and therefore can't care about. However, when we do notice and care: 9/11, the movie theater in Aurora, CO; Newtown, CN; Boston, MA; we pull out all the bells and whistles for news coverage and compassion. And then go back to our average lives until the next time our grief is called for on the national stage.
But lost under all these moments, days, weeks of national compassion and shock is a willingness look at the propensity for violence rampant in the human species which is so often exhibited individually or collectively. We never ask the question: Can we change this human propensity for violence and its resulting carnage?
We never take a step back to realize that these gunmen, these bombers, whether we like it or not, are our "brothers and sisters" in the human species. We may try to fool ourselves that they are the "other" and different from our imagined persona as the "good guy" but no baby enters the world thinking: Wow! I hope I get to gun down a lot of people when I grow up. However, somewhere along the way their "souls" get so twisted in hatred that the idea of loading multiple bombs in backpacks and exploding them remotely becomes a idea they are willing to consider and carry out.
Perhaps, we can never stop the human propensity for violence because it's bred in the bone, but I do know there are national and international organizations which try valiantly to find solutions to violence. Isn't it time to try to achieve a more peaceful paradigm in human behavior? To borrow a quote from a long-forgotten politician: I'm tired of going to funerals.
There are some interesting pictures on this page of Alpha Designer which are witty and insightful, like a map of how Americans see the world (the USA is labeled "awesome"), It's called Mapping Stereotypes and scroll down for some chuckles and thinking. Be sure to click on "Blog" to read Yanko Tsvetkov's, a freelance graphic designer, observations on a lot of topics. He's an artist and he writes well, a great combination.
OK, so I'm dealing with a teen and a soon-to-be teen so the above link is interesting: Twenty-five Things to Know on Becoming a Teenager. It's a good read for teens and their parental units.
Then, be sure to visit Library Thing's home page:
If you're a book lover, it looks like an easy, free registration to join or you can cruise around and read a lot of good stuff as a guest.
I think I may have linked to/may have mentioned this type of site early in my blogging:
You can search for all sorts of house plans here and nothing "soothes my soul" in times of stress (apart from knitting) more than looking at house plans and mentally redesigning the ones I see. (I'm looking at the one featured, W6903AM, and trying to imagine a bedroom instead of a study on the first floor.) OK, maybe I'm wacky but cruise around; you might get hooked.
And finally, my picture site:
This train shot at Evan Travels just blew me away! Be sure to scroll around this page and click the top bar for more amazing pictures. Evan Spiler is a New Jersey born (Hooray!) photographer and makes the state proud with his photography. And don't miss his blog with more pictures and observations.
That's it for today. The medical emergency I mentioned on Monday, hopefully, will finally get resolved today. More on this another day.
See you next week.
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