What’s a misconception people have about happiness?
A common misconception folk make about happiness is they think they know what it means…
Do you remember life before the internet?
Movies at Ferguson Library
Learning how to find the location of a book in the public or school library
Making sure the book was returned by the date stamp inside the cover
The sound the date stamp made that was attached to the end of a pencil
Listening to Peter Frampton – Stairway to Heaven in the library- from a cassette using the tape recorder – headphones provided by the librarian – no hand sanitizer necessary
Call collect from one pay phone to another- I have no idea what possessed me to 1. think about that and 2. Then try it out in LaGuardia airport
This is just a draft first to say my apologies for my crazy looking website. Second second second OK look at that. I did not say second three times as it appears using talk to text number three wonder why it didn’t actually put that miracle representation of the number three considering this should be a list so there’s that but talk to text. I wonder if they thought about oh look at that it did say talk twice and sometimes it corrects itself sometimes it’s a trap but you know what it’s looking just like I wanted to. I’ll be back in a few gonna see if at some point during normal Wagoner I can get World Press on the line find out exactly what’s going on. Seems all over cooperation but maybe your first introduction to Customer Service and sometimes they run naked and neck. both are terrible. I’ll be back. Have a good day and a better one tomorrow. 
Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.
I believe all humans have made a or many not-so-good decision(s) while navigating this thing called life.
I’ve heard that blood is thicker than water. When comes to family – blood is sometimes thicker only if you choose to drink it.
An individual member may behave in the following manners:
There have been several instances when information (unsolicited information-she does not care – when delivered in the family dynamics) was rejected and the consequences come through loud and clear- yet the recipient doesn’t acknowledge either out of fear, guilt, anger, shame or maybe they haven’t identified the connection – OR perhaps for whatever personal reason – one of my vices is used as global permission slip to reject my verbal concern.
Just this morning a family member created a create a nickname which to me was derogatory and painful because it was a label for one of my vices I struggled with for a long time.
Just this morning that family member called me, by and loving and caring phrase – immediately the weight of the disrespect that I carried instantly disappeared.
Is Blood Thicker Than Water?
A 7-billion-dollar industry that in prior years one would have to purchase a separate airline ticket to travel with a cello. A new company just received investors to fund the printing of cellos – with individual specifications. That confirms the population of folk that attend events w-that include classical music performed with an orchestra is alive and well in spite of the destruction of The Kennedy Center.
According to Bachtrack’s 2025 classical‑music statistics the most comprehensive global dataset available:
This is the clearest indicator that the orchestral ecosystem is not shrinking it’s stabilizing and in some regions expanding.
🎼 Who’s Performing the Most?
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2024 report shows:
If the new company can:
…it taps directly into a market where international mobility is a constant requirement.
Here’s the connection:
Professional cellists often:
With 31,455 live events and heavy touring by top orchestras, the demand for:
…is structurally supported by the volume of global performances.
History of The Kennedy Center
In 1955, recognizing America’s need to take its place on the world’s cultural stage, President Dwight D. Eisenhower established a commission for a new public auditorium in the nation’s capital. Three years later, he signed the National Cultural Center Act (Pub. L. No. 85-874). In signing this act, President Eisenhower confirmed the inherent value of the arts to all Americans, and created what would ultimately become the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts—a true ‘artistic mecca,’ and one of the world’s most respected organizations.
Marcotte argues this incident is part of a larger trend:
Her overarching claim: The movement cannot create culture, so it seeks to destroy or suppress the culture it cannot control.
Summary of the 1978 Secret Memorandum – crafted to cause division and keep Black folk from gaining power in numbers and economically. Clearly in some ways it has worked – wealthy Black folk will send their children to the segregated school, will not co-mingle [downtown], self-elevate, attend segregated churches, create groups where Shaniqua and Dante are not now and never will be accepted. It makes one wonder if the struggles occurring today has reached the doorstep of the Black Elite – perhaps those prayers have reached a level of clarity?
The memorandum, titled “Black Africa and the U.S. Black Movement,” is a Presidential Review Memorandum (NSCM/46) dated March 17, 1978, directed by the President to key officials (Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, Director of Central Intelligence, etc.). It calls for a comprehensive review of developments in Black Africa and their potential impact on the black movement in the United States.
The core objective of U.S. policy toward Black Africa is to prevent social upheavals that could radically change the political situation, which is tied to U.S. political and economic interests, including access to vital raw materials in southern Africa and control over sea routes. The memorandum expresses concern that hostile attitudes from Black African states could intensify the activity of the black movement in the United States.
The document highlights the risk of the nationalist liberation movement in Black Africa acting as a catalyst to stimulate organizational consolidation and radical actions within the American black community, potentially leading to joint actions, demonstrations, public protests, and even violence. These actions could include protests against U.S. policy toward South Africa, attempts to establish a permanent black lobby in Congress, and the reemergence of Pan-African ideals. Internationally, coordinated activity could condemn U.S. policy at the United Nations.
The memorandum notes that the U.S. black movement has undergone changes since the mid-1960s, with social and economic issues supplanting political aims, and is currently characterized by fragmentation, lack of unity, and the absence of a national leader of Martin Luther King’s standing.
To protect U.S. national security interests and prevent adverse trends, the memorandum makes several recommendations and outlines policy options, including:
Recommendations:
Take specific steps to inhibit coordinated activity of the Black Movement in the United States.
Launch special clandestine operations by the CIA to generate mistrust and hostility against joint activity of U.S. and African forces, and to cause division among Black African radical groups.
U.S. embassies must be highly circumspect regarding opposition to U.S. policy toward South Africa.
The FBI should mount surveillance operations against Black African representatives, especially at the U.N., who oppose U.S. policy toward South Africa, and collect information on their links with U.S. black movement leaders for neutralization purposes.
Policy Options (to ensure continuing development of present trends and prevent instability):
Enlarge programs for the improvement of the social and economic welfare of American Blacks.
Elaborate and implement a special program to perpetuate division in the Black movement and neutralize active leftist radical groups.
Preserve the present climate that inhibits the emergence of a nationally appealing Black leader.
Work out and realize preventive operations to impede durable ties between U.S. Black organizations and radical groups in African states.
Support actions designed to sharpen social stratification in the Black community to widen the gap between successful, educated Blacks and the poor, weakening the movement as a whole.
Facilitate the greatest possible expansion of Black business through government contracts and loans.
Use AFL-CIO leaders to counteract the increasing influence of Black labor organizations and encourage hostile reactions among White trade unionists to Black welfare demands.
Support the nomination of loyal Black public figures to elective offices, government agencies, and the Court to control their activity and undermine the idea of an independent black political party.
Daily Prompt Admiration
What is something others do that sparks your admiration?
Something others do that sparks my admiration how interesting this is the prompt so here’s the story.
Last night I was watching storm chasers in this show the storm chasers work in a state that didn’t get a lot of stones however when they get one you know they’re thrilled storm comes they run out get a vehicle and chase the storm. This storm is horrible the golf size hail is putting little cracks in the windshield which is not a good thing but they carry on. As they drive down the road there’s a deer the deer is caught in the stone trying desperately to find some kind of shelter as Life would have it there is no shelter anywhere.
The storm chasers have a conversation do we risk our lives and save the deer or feel bad basically for the rest of our lives and most assuredly every time a storm comes? I am now on my feet in front of the television telling them do not leave that deer out there in that storm you can see the deer is struggling – I don’t think they can hear me however they make a decision – the guy gets out of the truck in the storm scoops up the deer he wiggles and it gets away momentarily – he takes his coat off to be able to scoop up the deer safely and hold on to him. The deer calms down they make it into the truck and the dear starts to wiggle around he’s not calm anymore and he started bucking guy pulls him and closer and tightens up his coat to manage him because he doesn’t want to get bucked in the chin. Well, just about the time they’re thinking this is not going to work – the storm subsides and my floodgates are released in full Niagara Falls Fashion.
I admire the fact that those two storm chases shows the life of a deer stranded in a tornado over self preservation.
Kinda reminds me of the song – I can’t sing but the lyrics go a little like this “🎶what the world needs now is love…🎶
Sometimes one simply can’t help a homeless cat – they keep coming back…
Don’t be afraid to call the #ProblemSolver
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Best piece of advice, at the moment the best advice was, “…everyone gets a turn…”
Seriously, the best advice is – when I immediately reject it – it’s usually just what I need and don’t want to accept…
