I was just reading an article about the increased health risk of people spitting in public. It was an opinion article talking about the nasty habit of spitting. The author of the article was concerned about the health risk of spitting for diseases such as H1N1. Here is the link: Link
Do you think it is gross to spit in public?
A police officer and a Harvard scholar found themselves in the spotlight this week when the President made a reference to them.
The Harvard scholar happened to be black. The police officer was responding to a call that reported that two black men were trying “to force open the front door.” The Harvard scholar was trying to push his door open because it was jammed.
The police officer arrived and confronted him. The Harvard scholar yelled at the white police officer and accused him of racial bias. The police officer determined it was the black Harvard scholar’s home and tried to calm him down. When he kept yelling at the officer, the police officer arrested him for “disorderly conduct.”
President Obama was asked about the arrest of the Harvard scholar and said, “But I think it’s fair to say, No. 1, any of us would be pretty angry. No. 2, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home.” Here is the link: Link
Who do you think acted stupidly in the incident?
1. The Harvard Scholar
2. The police officer
3. President Obama
I want to be the top performer at my work.
I want to produce better results than anyone else in the organization. There are about 250 employees in the whole organization. I want to beat them all. I am one of the newest employees in that I have only worked at my work for a little over a year. I am currently in the top 40 employees when it comes to results.
They always post the top 10 performers in terms of results. I want to be at the top of that list. I am hoping that this month or perhaps next month I will hit the top 25.
I had a friend who was a professional counselor for 30 years tell me once that one of my flaws was that I had tunnel vision. He said I would become focused on one thing and that would cause me to miss other things. I sort of chuckled at the thought because although he was my friend I would think his biggest flaw was the opposite problem.
It is not possible to be number one at everything. Instead you can only try to be number one at one or two things.
I am convinced that most people do not actually aim for number one. Most people aim for above average. In other words, so many people say they are aiming to be first but in reality they aim to be better than most of the other people.
Do you aim to be number one?
Tell the truth.
How many people have you romantically kissed in your life?
Dr. Regina Benjamin has been picked by President Obama to be the Surgeon General.
The Surgeon General is responsible for making “health care and policy decisions for the country.” Based on her looks, some in the media and blog land were guessing she was about a size 18 and about 40 pounds overweight.
So the question is being asked “Is she too fat to be Surgeon General?” Here is the link: Link
Is Regina too fat to be Surgeon General?
A fellow xangan is dying of cancer. She was given 6-8 months to live. We talked on IM and I asked her about her bucket list that she posted about and asked if there was anything we on xanga could do for her.
She said she would like a bunch of friends added on xanga.
She had a brain aneurysm today and they are not sure if she can be given surgery.
So help me out. I promised her a bunch of xanga friends.
Please go to her site and friend request her. I want to get her a 1000 friends.
Here is her site: TinyTrouble
Please recommend this post and help me get the word out.
A poll was taken recently that suggest that President Obama’s approval is dropping.
President Obama has 50% of the country approving of his performance while 49% disapprove. That means the country is evenly split.
What is interesting is that after six months of being president, President Obama has a 97% approval rating of black voters. Here is the link: Link
Do you think black people will support President Obama no matter what he does as president?
I have a friend on xanga who said I could tell her story but didn’t want me to link her site.
She mentioned that a guy is showing an interest in her. She weighs 160 pounds. Her main concern is that she has known the guy for a few years and he wasn’t interested in her when she weighed 215 pounds.
She mentioned that she is the same person emotionally and mentally. The only thing that has changed is her weight.
Would you want to avoid a relationship with someone who was not interested in you at 55 pounds heavier than your current weight?
President Obama is moving ahead with his plan to make sure every American has medical coverage.
One issue that is being discussed is whether abortions should be covered in a government run health care system. Here is the link: Link
If we add government run health care for everyone, should we cover abortions in that plan?
A bunch of us from xanga were talking in the BFN chat the other day. Download it here if you want to talk to fellow xangans: Link
We were talking about parties when we were in high school. I mentioned that in high school, that I went to about 30-40 parties and there was alcohol at all of them.
A few people mentioned going to parties in high school and that most of the time there was no alcohol. That appeared strange to me because I can’t imagine calling something a party in high school without alcohol.
Was there alcohol at your high school parties?
