So one of my goals this year is to keep up on the news better. I've always kinda ignored the news. I know, I know....terrible. I just never paid much attention. Plus, sometimes they can really manipulate the news to get a certain reaction. Other times it's downright depressing, so why bother? I like my happy bubble!!! Anyway, so I'm aiming to look through the top news stories every now and then.
Today I went to a local news website and under the "Odds & Ends" link (bound to be something interesting right?) I read the following story. Something makes me think it was a rather slow news day....
Burning bagel empties Portland City Hall
January 27th, 2010 @ 6:49pm
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An overdone bagel forced the evacuation of Portland's City Hall. The Oregonian reported that City Hall emptied for about 20 minutes Wednesday morning while firefighters dealt with the burning bagel in the break room of Mayor Sam Adam's office. There's no immediate word on who burned the bagel in the toaster oven or what type of bagel it was.
Information from: The Oregonian, http://www.oregonlive.com/
I find the last sentence particularly amusing. I hope they figure out whodunnit and especially what kind of bagel!!!!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
It was so bad that it's good!
"It was so bad that it's good!"
This is a phrase that has wandered into my mind recently.
In reference to one really bad relationship in particular, I've realized just how much appreciate the fact that it was SO bad it's actually GOOD! Thanks to those "bad" experiences, I can now enjoy the good so much more!
All that stress, anxiety, worry, heartache, lameness, confusion, miscommunication, misunderstanding, frustration as well as a few tears and a bunch of terrible blind dates (that felt like a huge waste of time)....All worth it. Kinda reminds me of that book by Sheri Dew: "If Life Were Easy, It Wouldn't Be Hard". Well duh....
More than once during some of those most troubling times in life I've been guilty of wishing I could have all the answers right then and there. Just when I felt as if I'd explode from the seemingly unbearable uncertainty, knowing the Whys, Hows, What-ifs what have been just the ticket. We can be such pansies sometimes, thinking to ourselves things like:
"It hurts!"
"Take it away!"
"This is too hard!"
"If I could just know everything at that very moment the pain would go away, right?"
Honestly, I'm glad things don't work that way. SO glad! It's a wonderful feeling to look back and see how all those experiences have added up to make me into who I am today (and hopefully that is a better person). How would we learn anything otherwise? To me it's yet another reminder of how aware God is of His children, and how everything is for our good and ultimately our happiness.
:)
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Best Places to Die
In my death and dying class, our professor shared with us some interesting trivia, which I shall now pass along to you.
When you think of the best place to die (which I'm sure is something you've thought about quite a lot, am I right? hehe), what comes to mind? Why not paradise (Hawaii)? Or.....I dunno, maybe you've got your own idea.
Bet you never thought it would be.......UTAH!
According to Forbes magazine, here's the Top 10 List of Best Places to Die
The Top Ten
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| 1 | Utah |
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| 2 | Oregon |
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| 3 | Delaware |
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| 4 | Colorado |
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| 5 | Hawaii |
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| 6 | New Hampshire |
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| 7 | Iowa |
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| 8 | North Dakota |
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| 9 | Vermont |
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| 10 | Montana |
There you have it. Surprised?
They did look at several factors such as ship-in rate versus ship-out rate compared to other states (which very much correlates with quality of healthcare & hospice, which Utah rates pretty high ---considering we've got Huntsman Cancer Institute, Primary Children's Medical Center, and the Intermountain Hospital being among some of the top facilities in the nation--, number of cemeteries, etc).
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