If you're not concerned, you're not paying attention...

I haven't blogged in awhile, but sometimes something just BEGS to be written and shared...

US Judge rules Muslims have a right to assault people who offend them 

Muslim Admits to Attacking Atheist; Muslim Judge Dismisses Case  

The song remains the same.

On this date, one year ago, I wrote this:

Broken relationships are like broken glass. Sometimes it's better to leave it broken than to hurt yourself putting it back together.

~Author Unknown

You'd think I'd learn.

Quote of the day

"Until technology enables me to handcuff you from afar, I will need to arrest you face-to-face, man-to-man. This means that, when we fight, when I call upon those elements of the warrior within, I will be close enough to smell you, to touch you, to strike you, to cut you, to hear you, to plead with you, to wrestle with you, to shoot you, to handcuff you, to bleed on you and you on me, to tend your wounds, to hear your last words. Our meeting may be brief, but I will have had a more intense contact with you, my unwanted adversary, than with most of my loved ones."
Scott Mattison, Chief Deputy, Swift County Sheriff's Dept, Benson, MN. as quoted by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in "On Combat"

Quote of the day

"His code in peacetime is the same as that in the military: do your duty, protect the weak, protect the community, face the bully,  stand tall, stay aware, think ahead, be ready, be loyal, avoid aggression if possible and, if not, win and win fully."
Justin Smith, as quoted by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman in "On Combat"

Quote of the day

There's nothing a man can do to protect his family from himself.
~ Tommy Lee Jones in The Missing

Wisdom from Gossip Girl

"Some stories open the door for something more. And then there are fairy tale endings where the girl gets her prince. And endings that turn you introspective about your own life and your place in the world. And then there's the ending that you saw coming from a mile away and somehow it still takes you by surprise."

Wisdom from Gossip Girl

"Maybe it's not blood bonds that make a family. Perhaps it's the people who know our secrets and love us anyway.  So we can finally be ourselves."