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Mix it up, I say!

Tom Rhodes ROCKS! He is not only one of the best comedians, he is also a very smart man.
"What a silly concept, a "white master race" anybody that studied biology knows: The more you mix a genitic code, the stronger our immune system will become to fight diseases and we will all actually last longer as a people... Keep mixing the races! ...then there will be no more racism.. And then we actually be able to hate someone for the person that they ARE!" - Tom Rhodes

http://comedians.comedycentral.com/tom-rhodes/videos/tom-rhodes---open-minded

This is the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius

♪♫♩Sun is shinin' in the sky There ain't a cloud in sight It's stopped rainin'
ev'rybody's in a play And don't you know It's a beautiful new day
hey,hey ♪♫♩

Today I got this message from the CEO of the company I work for and I want to share it with you, I want to share it with the World Yaaaaay:

Thank you for all your hard ...work. Your Globalness, we now have a #1 rating out of
2,700,000 Google search Increased Action Marketing and we have received
5th place out of 27,300,000 Google search Realm Wisdom and Peace. May our light keep shining and our friends stay well! From Alfred CEO IAM inc

http://realmofwisdomandpeace.com/

http://www.realmofwisdomandpeace.com/presents/Denise/

♪♫♩Sun is shinin' in the sky There ain't a cloud in sight It's stopped rainin'
ev'rybody's in a play And don't you know It's a beautiful new day
hey,hey ♪♫♩

Today I got this message from the CEO of the company I work for and I want to share it with you, I want to share it with the World Yaaaaay:

Thank you for all your hard ...work. Your Globalness, we now have a #1 rating out of
2,700,000 Google search Increased Action Marketing and we have received
5th place out of 27,300,000 Google search Realm Wisdom and Peace. May our light keep shining and our friends stay well! From Alfred CEO IAM inc

http://realmofwisdomandpeace.com/

http://www.realmofwisdomandpeace.com/presents/Denise/

My Take on a Recent Cause I Joined

Two days ago, one of my old high school friends invited me to join a cause. I am glad it was sent to me. I quickly joined. I want more people to do the same. You see, this cause may tune some people out for the mere fact that it deals with marijuana. The legalization of marijuana.

In April, on 4/20 I listened to a very informative webcast show -- The DAMage Report with
Host Johnny Dam
Correspondents
James Tripp - Comedian
Steve Gelder - Comedian/Filmmaker
Dege Coutee - Medical Marijuana Activist

Topics included:
420, we hardly know thee
Zero Tolerance = Zero Intelligence
And that's why alcohol is legal?!?!?!
Got Pot?

Here is the archive webcast of the April 20th show
http://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Johnny-042009.shtml

The whole show was dedicated to educate the public on pot. His expert guest, Dege Coutee, had enlightening things to share. People called in with interesting stories. And I listened in amazement. I actually took notes! (no surprise to my friends who know I carry pen and paper, always)


Here is the website Dege is on:
www.cannabissaveslives.com



It is people like you who understand that this cause is not for "potheads" California has dispensaries that help people with real challenges such as MS, Cancer, and many more. I joined because I am sick of the governmental pharmaceutical rhetoric. But alas, will they give up all the Zanex and such? As Chris Rock said: "Look at all the money Government lost on Polio"(sigh)

Here is the Facebook cause group;
http://apps.facebook.com/causes/616

Here is the site from the Facebook cause group:
http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7877


ps: I also dig pot

WHITE & SPANISH

My Little Cousin, Monique, sent this to me and I laaaaaghed! I just had to share it here:

The difference between WHITE & SPANISH weddings.

WHITES: send out invitations.
SPANISH: send out maps.

WHITES: receive their invitations 3 months in advance.
SPANISH: find out about the wedding 1 week before from the tia or the
abuela, or the chismosa neighbor.

WHITES: have seven BridesMaids..
SPANISH: have seven pages of Padrinos.

WHITES: RSVP their invitation.
SPANISH: show up with three car loads and one gift.

WHITES: go to the wedding AND the reception.
SPANISH: just go to the reception .

WHITES: have elegant food.
SPANISH: have arroz con gandules, pernil, potato salad and guineos en
escabeche.

WHITES: order the cake from a bakery.
SPANISH: have their cake done by la senora down the street.

WHITES: eat the food and cake.
SPANISH: eat the food and cake.......... AND take some home para manana.

WHITES: at the reception, they drink wine
SPANISH: at the reception, they drink Coors, Budweiser. Bud Light, Bud Ice
, Corona , Bacardi, Pina Colada, Coquito, Don Q., Ron Cana, Vodka, Tequila,
Yellow shots, and anything else that is not glued to the decorations.

WHITES: relatives get drunk and pass out.
SPANISH: get drunk, shed a few tears and start talking non stop, fight,
then show up at your house drink more, then pass out.

WHITES: dance at the party...................YEAH RIGHT!!!
SPANISH: dance at the party to, Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Reggaeton, Rap,
Old School, Oldies, House, then proceed drunk to the parking lot and resume
the dancing

WHITES: party ends at midnight.
SPANISH: party ends when the COPS show up , then everyone goes to your
house, lol

WHITES: wake up the next morning NOT WANTING another beer.
SPANISH: wake up the next morning at your house WANTING another beer and
left over food and cake!

Send this to all of those who have a sense of humor and are Proud to Be
LATINOS!!! And to the Gringos that love you for being a LATINO!

The Four Leaf Clover

So, early this evening, i came up with the idea to take a picture of that 5 leaf clover I had given Deb yesterday. And Deb told me it was a 6 leaf! man-o-man, I had never found one of those before either
She asked me if I could fine her afour leaf clover, "Not 3, 5 or 6, just one with the 4 leaves"
I was like, ok, lemmie go out side and get her one of those, then. Tra-La-La, Poof and Voila!

Just My Luck

So today, I flew up to visit my friend Deb up here in North Carolina. I will be spending about a week at her place, whilst visiting, and helping her with her last miniute things.
You see, she is moving back to CB, Florida! Yaay! AND will be moving, the luck of the stars, back to the building where I live, DOUBLE Yaay!
So anyways, earlier upon my arrival this afternoon, I noticed that she had clover patches on the side and back of her house. Wow (sigh) this brought back to so many memories of when I was little, sitting in my back yard up in Jersey. I used to sit in the sun and just collect 4 leaf clovers, it was neat, peaceful, and a good quiet time for me
So today I remarked to Deb, "Hey! Clovers! Wow, I wonder if you have any 4 leaf ones here, well if you do I will find them"
Then later, after we came back from lunch, Deb laid down for a power-nap, so I went out side and sat by a big tree, meditated, and looked at the clovers.

I found a 5 leaf clover, my first one. I put it in a cup of water and placed it, quietely on Deb`s dresser.

A Friend I am Blessed to Have

Today I was tooling around the internet and happened upon a published poem by one of my friends. It may also be found at this site:
http://www.poetry.com/voteforme/poemvote1.asp?PID=6133019

I must share it with you



Today, I Dare to Dream
by: Marzena Broel

You were always like a dream yet you meant
more than
any dream... I never dared to dream to be the
one for you.

Today, I feel more evolved so I dare to dream of
being your
eternal love, of becoming more than a dream...

Today, I honor my spirit & embrace my essence
because
today I uncovered the hidden treasures of my
soul thus
today I am able to love you forever...

If today I can still feel your love and see the
magnanimity
of your heart and if today I can capture the
inner nobility
of your soul then today I'll accept your
everlasting love.

Today, I dare to dream because today I know
we need more than love...

Copyright ©2009 Marzena Broel

A Monk

Today I opened my FB inbox and found a delightful and quite moving message. I want to share it with you:

Patrick Dougherty
Today at 11:40am
This is a great email from JD, didn't you pledge with him? Can you post on your Phi Mu group for the ladies he may have pledged with, Thanks

fraymatteomarie@gmail.com>

Hello Pat, What a suprise to hear from you. This is Jimmy Dengler ATO brother from Widner. I am a religious brother with the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal in Honduras as a Missionary. I have been here for 8 years now and love it dearly. You may not reconize my new name. My religious name is Brother Matteo Marie. Or in spanish it is Fray Matteo Marie. Fray means brother. So how are things going? Times have changed, haven´t they. From partying and drinking to praying and serving the most needy and poor. I spent some time in the Military in a Special Forces Unit at FT. Bragg, North Carolina doing Special Ops type stuff. When I got out, I felt this strong urge to do something great with my life. and so here am I, serving the most needy and poor... I have lost all contact with the brothers from the Fraternity. I find it a little ironic because the Lord lead me to a group of brothers called The Alpha Tau Omega. It was Jesus who said that "I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end." The Tau is a symbol of the Franciscan Cross. So here I am serving the Lord in a Franciscan Community. Crazy huh but not so crazy and God would have it. You can check our email address at: cfrhonduras.com Got to go, God Bless

Denise DeWindt
Today at 2:03pm
oh my!
Consider this posted with the sisters!
They're really all around us, Pat, the Angels really are
Thanks

Drinking Adult Beverages

This was sent to me by a close Private Friend:



Stage 1 - CLEVER
This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject in the known universe. You know you know everything and you want to pass on your knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage you are always right, and of course, the person you are talking to is very wrong. This makes for an interesting argument when both parties are CLEVER.

Stage 2 - ATTRACTIVE
This is when you realize that you are the most ATTRACTIVE person in the
entire bar and that everyone fancies you. You can go up to a perfect stranger knowing that they fancy you and really want to talk to you. Bear in mind that you are still CLEVER, so you can talk to this person about every subject under the sun.

Stage 3 - RICH
This is when you suddenly become the RICHEST person in the room. You can buy drinks for the entire bar because you have a bottomless wallet. You can also make bets at this stage because of course you are still CLEVER so, naturally, you will always win. Anyway, it doesn't matter how much you bet because you are RICH. You will also buy drinks for everyone that you fancy, in the knowledge that you are clearly the most
ATTRACTIVE person present.

Stage 4 - INVINCIBLE
You are now ready to pick fights with anyone and everyone, especially those with whom you have been betting or arguing. This is because you are now INVINCIBLE. At this point you can also go up to the partners of the people who you fancy and challenge them to a battle of wits or strength. You have no fear of losing this battle, because as well as being. INVINCIBLE you are CLEVER, you're RICH and you're more ATTRACTIVE than them anyway.

Stage 5 - INVISIBLE
This is the final stage of drunkenness. At this point you can do anything, because you are now INVISIBLE. You can dance on a table to impress the people who you fancy because the rest of the people in the room cannot see you. You can also snog the face off them for the same reason. You are also INVISIBLE to the people who want to fight you. You can walk through the street singing at the top of your lungs because no one can see or hear you and because you're still CLEVER you know all the words.

THE FIVE STAGES OF SOBERING UP

Stage 1 - STUPID
As you regain consciousness and begin to enjoy the headache, the churning stomach and the cold sweats, you realize that you have lost not only several hours of your life but also the ability to concentrate on anything whatsoever. You are now STUPID and will remain so for a minimum of 12 hours.

Stage 2 - UGLY
Never entirely happy with the effects of the bathroom mirror first thing you are horrified to discover that you have now become even UGLIER than you previously thought possible. Not only have you got bloodshot eyes and a glorious collection of spots but you are shaking so much that your grandfather probably looks healthier. Unfortunately you are still too STUPID to know better than to try and shave whilst shaking.

Stage 3 - POOR
Having crawled out of bed and got dressed you are about to shamble out he door when you discover that the money that was to last you the week is now missing from your wallet. Being STUPID, you have no idea what happened to it but the traces of curry on your clothes allow the possibility that you might have treated everyone to a takeaway at some point. Alternatively your pocket could have been picked or you might have given the taxi driver a fifty-pound note by mistake. Rationalizing that you couldn't possibly have been that STUPID and that you would remember being robbed, you come to believe that you were the only one who bought any food or drinks all night and start to loathe all your friends.

Stage 4 - FRAGILE
As you are now STUPID, UGLY and POOR, your consequently FRAGILE self-esteem plummets. Your already FRAGILE physical condition ensures that you feel liable to shatter if anyone even speaks to you.

Stage 5 - CONSPICUOUS
This is the final stage of sobering up. Unfortunately, everyone can spot this CONSPICUOUS condition and its cause from a great distance. Even
worse, they know that they can complete your misery by making fun of you, and that you are too STUPID to retaliate, too FRAGILE to hit them, too POOR to bribe them and too UGLY to hide.

Kathy`s Black Bra

Below is a story that my friend Kathy published in Notes on FB
It is way to funny not to share, she is just a gem!

The Black Bra
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Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 8:50am
The Black Bra


I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends.
One is engaged,one is a mistress, and of course I have been married for 20+ years.

We were chatting about our relationships and decided to amaze our men by wearing a black leather bra, stiletto heels and a mask over our eyes. We agreed to meet in a few days to exchange notes. Here's how it all went.

My engaged friend:
The other night my boyfriend came over and found me with a black leather bodice, tall stilettos and a mask.
He saw me and said, 'You are the woman of my dreams. I love you.'
Then we made love all night long.

The mistress:
Me too! The other night I met my lover at his office and I was wearing the leather bodice, heels and mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat he didn't say a word, but we had wild sex all night.

Then I had to share my story:
When my husband came home I was wearing the leather bodice, black stockings, stilettos and a mask over my eyes.
As soon as he came in the door and saw me he said,
"What's for dinner, Batman?"

Happy not Sappy

When I woke up a few days ago, I went straight to my laptop. I was on a mission. My mission was to treat myself to a happy time that many, and I do mean many of my friends, from twenty-five years ago, told me I just had to do. Within, lets say three to five minutes, I had accomplished my goal. I bought an airline ticket to Jersey. I will be going home home to attend my high school reunion. I wish I could put into words the elation I felt when I pressed the `confirm button`. I don't want to sound sappy, because I am so happy! HAPPY not SAPPY!! For I will be re-connecting with friends that I haven't seen in many years.
I just cant waaaait! Yaaaaay!!!

Your take-away:
Make sure you treat yourself to happiness, because if you wait for somebody else to hand it to you, you may wait forever, and we know how long THAT takes!

My New Friend Angela

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(sigh)

I have a friend who is married, I have a friend who is engaged, and then there is me: ripe and involuntary single

Por Favor y Gracias

I just had to share this post with you, I love sarcasm, only when it is side splitting funny-NOT hurtful
I am a product of multi-mixed decent and was raised in a white suburban neighborhood
I remember kids asking me if I was black (and I did have a Nanna, Ethel McLaughlin, who was born in Jamaica her husband Anton DeWindt who was born in Curacao from my Fathers side and Rosiaro Garcicia who was born (and is 98) of Spanish decent and her husband Juan Pabon who was a native Indian from Puerto Rico) Yes I am a mutt of pure and refined collection of cultures

5 years ago I left my job, sold my condo on the beach, and headed to Florida. What a culture shock, I mean let me put it this way:

I have been around many ethnic back rounds, and we (I have a younger sister) were brought up to understand the diverse shades of people, if you will, but there are certain areas of Miami where that if you don't speak the Cuban dialect, you are fucking screwed

For example:
I wanted to order some take out from this place that that was known for their great food As part of my order I wanted Tostones to which I am very familiar because mi Abuela taught me how to make them, using the leftover paper bags from the day`s groceries. She showed me how to pound the green plantains with the heel of my hand until they were just the perfect width She would use the garlic and. .

Oh, please pardon, I went off into a memory tangent.

Ok, so I want to order Tostones from this Cuban restaurant, I am, as I said before, completely familiar as to what they are but, alas, I stumble upon this quandary.
Do I order the:

`sliced green plantains, fried to a wonderful delight` named - Mariquitas
or
`crisp fried golden bananas with a soft bite` named - Tostones

I did not want the sweet unmashed plantains which are the golden ones but as you could tell from the names and the descriptions I was quite confused as to what to order

So what do I do,,, I call Mommy.
She has no idea what Mariquitas were, she had never even heard of them before. She advised me to call my Godmother, her sister, to find the answer.
My Titi Gloria would know, for Pete's sake, she lives in the Bronx, right! Nope she had never heard the word Mariquitas either. But the one thing she did say that happened to part the waters for me was:
Maybe its a Cuban thing.

Hence my comment to a group I joined on FB entitled:

I speak SARCASM as a Second Language



Denise DeWindt wrote
at 10:40pm
I am from from North America and now I live in Miami FL
I am Bilingual, I have to be
I speak the American language and Sarcasm
THANK you

Pardon me, North America-um besides Canada, it does include United States of, right
or is it Central America, because I sure as heck know I'm not from South America!

Tune in later to find out the result of my take out order escapade,,,

Ch-Ch-Changes

So I was hanging at the pool the other day with my friend Jeanie and in our conversation she said: D, You should become a teacher you are so good with people

I looked in to it and found that I am 30 credits away of becoming one So that's what I'm gonna do

Wish me luck

I am Dizzy

I feel like I have so much going on right now, I just don't know where to begin
Well I know I got to get my laptop to Best Buy while it is still under warranty because I have lost the use of some important punctuation marks
Some of my friends know all about it, you will too when you continue to read and wonder why it seems I constantly use run-on sentences ( the period is one broken key )

Anyways, that Facebook is cooler than I thought I will need to write about my adventures on FB, at another time

I have been away from Blogging for a good while, in fact so long that when I re-read my story about my friend Deb, its funny to think that she will be flying me up to NC in May After visiting and helping her do the last of her packing we will load her cats in the car and drive back down to Coral Gables Yes, my friend Deb is moving back! And talk about the stars being all aligned: She will be moving back to a unit right here my building The building manager has already put her name on her mailbox! Yaay!