Who profits from your donations.....

THINK BEFORE YOU DONATE

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE YOU MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS:

As you open your pockets to do a good thing and make yourself feel good, please keep the following facts in mind: ----------------------------

The American Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans' salary for the year was $651,957 plus expenses

MARCH OF DIMES It is called the March of Dimes because only a dime for every 1 dollar is given to the needy.

The United Way President Brian Gallagher receives a $375,000 base salary along with numerous expense benefits.

UNICEF CEO Caryl M. Stern receives $1,200,000 per year (100k permonth) plus all expenses including a ROLLS ROYCE. Less than 5 cents of your donated dollar goes to the cause.

GOODWILL CEO and owner Mark Curran profits $2.3 million a year. Goodwill is a very catchy name for his business. You donate to his business and then he sells the items for PROFIT. He pays nothing for his products and pays his workers minimum wage! Nice Guy. $0.00 goes to help anyone! Stop giving to this man.

Instead, give it to ANY OF THE FOLLOWING

GO "GREEN" AND PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE IT WILL DO SOME GOOD:

The Salvation Army Commissioner, Todd Bassett receives a small salary of only $13,000 per year (plus housing) for managing this $2 billion dollar organization. 96 percent of donated dollars go to the cause.	The American Legion National Commander receives a $0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!	The Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander receives a$0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!	The Disabled American Veterans National Commander receives a $0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!	The Military Order of Purple Hearts National Commander receives a $0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!
The Vietnam Veterans AssociationNational Commander receives a $0.00 zero salary. Your donations go to help Veterans and their families and youth!	Make a Wish:For children's last wishes. 100% goes to funding trips or special wishes for a dying child.	St. Jude Research Hospital 100% goes towards funding and helping Children with Cancer who have no insurance and can not afford to pay.	Ronald McDonald Houses All monies go to running the houses for parents who have critical Children in the hospital. 100% goes to housing, and feeding the families.	Lions Club International 100% OF DONATIONS GO TO HELP THE BLIND,BUY HEARING AIDES, SUPPORT MEDICAL MISSIONS AROUND THE WORLD. THEIR LATEST UNDERTAKING IS MEASLES VACCINATIONS (ONLY $1.00 PER SHOT).

Haiku

I don't like Haikus.
Seriously, I hate them.
I never Haiku.

December 7, 1941 Never Forget

Some Rules to Live By

Give yourself permission to be imperfect.
Breakfast for dinner is always a winner.
It’s really none of your business what other people think about you. But it is really important what you think of your self.
Don’t worry so much. It’s a waste of time you could spend doing things that make you happy.
Forgive yourself.
Always be honest with the people you love
Always say please and thank you
Choose your mother-in-law wisely. Someday you might have to take care of her.

5 on Friday

1. If you have a phobia (or something close to one), what is it?
No actual ones - which people don't seem to understand. According to the study  a fear has to be bad enough to actually change your life before it can be considered a phobia. "I don't like swimming" isn't a phobia; "I moved to Kansas despite drastic pay cuts and being uprooted from my family/friends because I couldn't stand to be anywhere near the ocean" would be a phobia. That's what they said, anyway.
I have mildly neurotic fears, though. Heights - I don't even like standing on chairs/step-stools to change light bulbs or reach things, though there's practicality to that too. As much as I love dogs, I still have a residual fear of unfriendly dogs (I was deathly afraid of all dogs as a child. All of them.) People in authority, because I fear being judged by them.  And strangers, particularly men. Went through that circus of stupid .
Used to have neurotic fears of electricity/electrocution and millipedes, but those aren't too bad now, both in a logical proportion, I think.

2. How long have you had the phobia (or something close to it)?
I don't know? Forever? It's hard to pin down when things like this start. In my case they didn't start with one cataclysmic event or anything, 'cause... my life doesn't have cataclysmic events, really.

3. If you know anyone with a phobia (or something close to it), how does s/he act when s/he is experiencing it?
I know people with mild cases of social phobias.  They get really anxious in certain situations. Well that would be me too I guess. hmmmmm

4. What is one phobia you would wish not to have?
Strangers/men. It's really fairly stupid, and goes against my belief to treat people as people. But I still have this ingrained expectation that they're going to yell at me / hit me / mock me. Which I'm sure passes through the minds of many, but it doesn't get carried out often enough to be a rational fear.
And yes yes, everyone should carry a healthy amount of doubt re: strangers to avoid getting themselves mugged; that's not what I'm talking about. 

5. What is one phobia you wouldn't mind having, if you were to face one?
Spiders probably. Everybody's deathly afraid of spiders, my boys still scream like girls when they see one and I have to kill it for them..

Wow after answering these I guess I am really a worse mess than I thought. 

Happy Thanksgiving, my friends.

 

May your stuffing be plenty
May your turkey be plump
May your potatoes and gravy have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
May your pies take a prize
May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off your thighs.

Thinking of you at Thanksgiving and wishing you the Happiest Day!
I feel very blessed this year, to be able to write a post such as this, and thank all of my readers friends for enjoying my blog enough to come back every day, read it and leave me comments! I wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving, and as you count your blessings today please say a prayer for all of our servicemen and women who aren't with their families today, but are standing guard protecting ours.

HOROSCOPES

I am Aquarius.. yikes. 

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18)

You are inventive and imaginative, which explains your habitual lying.  Because Aquarians have no sex appeal whatsoever, they are fortunate to have no sexual drive.  Of course, everyone regards you as being dense, but you never notice.  Your idea of fine food usually involves some form of hot dogs.  Inherent dishonesty may cause problems in P.M.

  PISCES   (February 19-March 20)

Your idea that you are attractive to the opposite sex is rooted in your vivid imagination.  The rest of us laugh a lot about that.  Research shows there are twice as many Piscean jokes as Polish jokes, but you, of course,  are not aware of that.  Hair in nose presents social handicap in P.M.  Good day to practice alphabet.

  ARIES (March 21-April 19)

You are loyal, hard working, and trustworthy, which helps explain why you are a minimum wage flunky.  You have no special skills not involving a broom.  Most likely, you drive a used Camaro with empty Burger King sacks under the front seats.  Avoid wearing swimsuit until very late P.M.

  TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

You are persistent and determined when striving for a goal, but have no clue how to achieve it.  All your friends pretend not to notice  your lack of intelligence–at least to your face.  Research shows that if Taureans were not counted in student tests, grade point averages in this country would rise 4.5 percent.  A.M. good time to quit school.

  GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

You are extraordinarily intelligent and articulate, and those around you appreciate intelligence in someone so ugly.  Geminis are known to become more repulsive as they grow older; future looks bleak.  You are known among co-workers as “Horse Face”.  P.M. best time for plastic surgery; A.M. good time to buy breath mints wholesale.

  CANCER (June 21-July 22)

You are conservative and against taking risks.  This makes you the dullest person in your circle of friends (if you have any friends), especially considering your utter lack of ambition and/or imagination.   There has never been a Cancer who has amounted to anything.  Ignore your fantasy of meeting Pat Sajak in person, since he wouldn’t like you either.  P.M. don’t miss Tournament of Champions on “Family Feud”.

  LEO (July 23-August 22)

You are compassionate, understanding, and sympathetic; that’s why you are known among friends as a sucker.  Your parents secretly gave your brothers and sisters hundreds of toys, and while you slept the rest of the family ate meat.  You wore hand-me-downs even though you were the oldest child.   Tomorrow P.M. check career opportunities at McDonald’s.

  VIRGO (August 23-September 22)

Virgos are clever and able to achieve notoriety; that’s why your friends regard you as a self-centered boor.  You most likely have never watched a PBS program, but it you did, you didn’t understand it.   If you were at all likeable, friends would pity you; as it is, no one ever thinks about you.  No Virgo has ever been elected to public office.  A.M. best time for sulking.

  LIBRA (September 23-October 22)

You are shrewd in business matters and can usually get your way with others.  That’s why everyone despises you.   Closest friends enjoy having parties that are kept secret from you.   Co-workers often mimic your poor posture.  Even Dale Carnegie wouldn’t like you.  P.M. good time to commit fraud you’ve been considering.

  SCORPIO (October 23-November 21)

You are optimistic, enthusiastic, and ambitious.  Too bad you have no talent.  Most Scorpios end up in prison or on welfare, and it has been documented that all Scorpios have husbands or wives who cheat.   There has never been a Scorpio with a successful marriage, and all Scorpios have less-than-average children.  P.M. best time to spy on spouse.

   SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21)

You are artistic and imaginative, but that stems from your warped view of reality.  Very few people admit to being a Sagittarian, but the rest of us know who you are because all Sagittarians are left-handed.   If you are not left-handed, your mother has lied to you about your birthdate as part of a cover-up.  A.M. good time to search for real father.

   CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19)

Capricorns can often be trained to be fairly good bus drivers and reasonably successful shoe sales clerks, but they cannot be taught to succeed at personal relationships.  You probably have no social plans for the weekend anyway, but if so, they will result in disaster.  It is unfortunate that Capricorns have no sex appeal to go along with their inordinately powerful sex drive.   P.M. good time to rent videos.

Kennedy Clinton Connection

I wonder what your thoughts are on this: As we all know, 50 years ago today JFK was killed. He was much loved as both a President and a person. Yet we all know that despite being a married man with children and a devout Catholic, he had many many affairs. Bill Clinton, on the other hand, gets “cozy” with  an intern once and we wanted to impeach him. I am not making judgment on either of these men...I am just wondering. 50 years ago, people valued discretion and "family values" so much more than today, when morals seem to be of no concern to most. Yet Clinton is always going to be the guy who had sex in the oval office...JKF is always going to be the guy who was cut down in his prime.  Thoughts??

5 on Friday

1. one place you volunteer (or would like to)? Why?
I don't volunteer anywhere, isn't that sad? But I would like to volunteer  at the local food bank or soup kitchen.  There's no stress, no sales-pitching, no having to lie to people, and it's for a great cause. It's one of the very few jobs I can think of that I would like enough to work there without pay.

 2. one book you'd like to see made into a movie? Why?
Most of the books I loved  have been planned into movies, I dread the news of my favorite books made into movies because sometimes Hollywood can butcher it mercilessly.

3. one creature (living, extinct, or mythical) you'd like for a pet? Why?
I'd love to have Unicorn as a pet. I mean, it is a beautiful creature -- they are so magical and well, they can fly, right?

4. one place on Earth you'd like to visit? Why?
New York City. I have this strange fixation towards the city, I don't know why. Or Alaska. Pictures of it look so beautiful and I've just always wanted to go there.
 
5. one talent or skill you'd like to develop? Why?
I would like to develop a talent or skill in playing musical instrument. Either guitar or piano. It's one thing missing for me. I love music I would love to be able to actually play music in the future. I don't have the rhythm or coordination so it will be a challenge.