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It wasn't her beauty and it wasn't his chivalry.
The qualities that drew two Johnson County residents together more than a quarter-century ago in New York City were their love for words and for savoring life, slowly and with great attention. When they found those in each other, the journey of a lifetime began.
One enchanted evening
Wyatt and Roderick Townley celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary in February.
"We met, as tall people can, across a crowded room at a poetry reading in New York," Wyatt recalled.
The two aren't hesitant about discussing their height. She stands 6 feet 2 inches tall, he comes in just under 7 feet. It was a James Merrill poetry reading, and both of them almost didn't go. They were each nursing broken relationships, and despite a feeling of inertia, each managed somehow to show up at the event (though she arrived a bit late, which made it even easier for him to notice her).
"Roderick found me at intermission," Wyatt said. "When he approached, the first thing I did was drop my glass of wine. The first thing he did was drop to his knees and mop it up."
When the reading ended, they went for a drink and then walked for hours. They agreed to meet the next day in Central Park, taking their favorite poetry and champagne to share while bobbing in a boat on the park's small lake.
The next day was Easter and they met again, Wyatt suggesting they watch New York's famous Easter Parade—not realizing that there is no parade, other than the watchers themselves, meandering down this street and that.
"I felt very natural with her," Roderick said. And "natural" is important to both of them.
A couple of years later, in 1986, they married. Fred Rogers, the beloved paragon of old-fashioned children's programming and a Presbyterian minister, helped officiate.
The time came when the couple decided to leave New York and live by the ocean.
"It's possible we took a wrong turn at Weehawken, because here we are in Kansas, where we've been for some time, still writing our books and waiting for the surf to come up," Roderick wrote of that decision.
The delight they still take in one another is manifest in every glance, every gentle and thoughtful word.
"Yesterday he called me a 'moon over a cornfield,'" Wyatt said with a grin.
Being Wyatt
Wyatt Townley grew up in Kansas City, Mo., graduating from Southwest High School. For a time she attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, studying ballet and modern dance, but seeking a better fit she transferred to Purchase College, part of the SUNY system. There she launched her own enterprise, Dancers Company, in 1976, and after graduating taught ballet as a member of the faculty.
Along the way, Wyatt got the role of a lifetime, but on the eve of opening night, she was dropped from a height of 20 feet and broke her neck. Her orthopedic surgeon told her she would not dance again.
The accident "was, in the long term, a blessing," Wyatt said. "I had to find a way to move that would heal instead of hurt. I lay on the floor, closed my eyes, and started my physical re-education all over again, in a way that grew out of the breath, from the inside out."
Wyatt did return to dance, and then went even deeper, developing a keen interest in therapeutic movement "to reclaim the body." For more than 30 years she has shared the techniques she developed through a practice she calls Yoganetics®, offering classes at Unity Church of Overland Park. The yoga system has spread to 10 countries and is explained in her book Yoganetics: Be Fit, Healthy, and Relaxed One Breath at a Time (HarperCollins) and her Yoganetics DVD.
Wyatt has written poetry since childhood and has always straddled two worlds: dance/yoga and poetry/literature.
"It's increasingly satisfying as these seemingly polar forms come together," she said. "The practice of yoga and the practice of writing are really the same endeavor. We're looking to connect with the spirit that underlies everything we do—to experience life as poetry in motion."
Being Roderick
Roderick Townley was born in Essex Fells, N.J., then grew up "in New York City and all around." After high school he earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., then a doctorate in modern American poetry from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.
"The PhD was an apprenticeship to poetry, from its beginnings in Beowulf to William Carlos Williams," he said. "Then I did some teaching, which I enjoyed, but I knew that was not my calling. I was always trying to be a poet."
He traveled to Chile on a Fulbright scholarship in 1979 during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, teaching college-level English and developing a taste for other cultures and the riches of travel.
"I made good friends and heard horrible stories [about the dictatorship]," Roderick said.
In response, he pushed some political boundaries. He played Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech for his students, who were drawn by its power.
"Many students made copies, but they also warned me to be careful," said Roderick.
After he returned from Chile, he became an adjunct teacher in Philadelphia for a time. Then for his daily bread he turned to journalism—writing for TV Guide, a job he kept for nine years.
"I ghosted articles for Joseph Heller, Luciano Pavarotti, and Gloria Steinem," he said. "I got to travel to El Salvador to cover the media's coverage of the war. I interviewed Pierre Salinger in Paris and Jack Lemon in Canada. I worked to get the stories I wanted to write."
Those were heady, glamorous years, but Roderick still hadn't found his calling.
"I could only go so long having a stomach ache every time I rode the elevator to the 28th floor of the Sperry Building," he recalled. "I thought, a lot of people could do this. I wanted to do something only I could do."
Wyatt and words
The Afterlives of Trees, Wyatt's fifth book, was just published by Woodley Press. She won a $5,000 Master Artist Fellowship in Poetry to help her complete the book of elegant poems and lush photo images by Michael Johnson. It took her nine years. She calls the book "a dialogue between the imagery and the images."
She notes that after a published book lands on the author's desk, the author wishes to move on—but publishers require more.
"You birth a book, and then you have to bring it up," she said, referring to author appearances, news releases, and other forms of marketing that many writers wish they could forego.
Wyatt's lyrical poetry is sourced in the natural imagery and weather of Kansas, specifically the family farm homesteaded by her great-grandparents in the early 1860s. Her other published works are The Breathing Field: Meditations on Yoga (Little, Brown), honored by The Kansas City Star in its Best Books List; Perfectly Normal (The Smith), a finalist for the Yale Series of Younger Poets; Kansas City Ballet, a 50th anniversary commemorative history; and Yoganetics, deemed an "Editor's Choice" by Yoga Journal.
Her work has been recognized with a Hackney National Literary Award and the Poetry Fellowship from the Kansas Arts Commission in 2002. In 2004, she was invited by the Kansas Arts Commission to help establish the state's Poet Laureate program.
Her work has been widely anthologized and featured in diverse settings, from The Paris Review to Newsweek. Most recently, on April 3, Garrison Keillor read a poem from The Afterlives of Trees on his National Public Radio show, "The Writer's Almanac."
Roderick and words
Roderick is a rare bird in the field of writing—the author of children's, young-adult, and adult books, including books of poetry, novels, nonfiction, and literary criticism. He points out that "This is a case study in how not to build a writing career! Publishers sometimes have an attitude of 'How dare you change genres!'"
His affinity for knowing what will resonate with young readers is marvelous and he knows what doesn't work, as well. The novels don't skate on the surface of things. On the contrary.
"Some themes are so profound and deep that they can only be dealt with in children's books," he says. "I don't want to write about teen problems like 'Who can I get to take me to the prom?'"
When Roderick first was published, he was clearly in the beginner's ranks.
"I'd write something and it would be published, and I'd be paid with two copies of the magazine," he remembers with chagrin.
"When I received a check for $5 for a piece I'd written, I thought I was in the money!"
That was long ago. Now he is sought after.
In 2001, he began the Sylvie Cycle, a trilogy about the spunky, fictional Princess Sylvie who lives her life in a book. The Great Good Thing, the first volume in The Sylvie Cycle, was a Top Ten Book Sense Pick and has been optioned for film.
When Roderick writes for young people, he meshes reader, character, and paper in almost mystical ways.
"The death of a good reader is very hard on a character," he says.
That is not typical writer-talk.
To achieve accuracy, Roderick researches, interviewing an astronaut who had set foot on the moon; trekking to a castle in England; peering into sewers in New Hampshire; studying mining, gemology, and mythical creatures in ancient cultures.
His honors include the Peregrine Prize for Short Fiction, the Thorpe Menn Award, the Kansas Arts Commission Fellowship in Fiction, the Kansas Governor's Arts Award, and first prize in two contests sponsored by the Academy of American Poets.
He continues to write poetry, publishing his work in The Paris Review, The Yale Review, The North American Review, and other journals. And his most recent book, The Door in the Forest (Knopf) was released at the same time as Wyatt's The Afterlives of Trees.
"I've always loved to write," he said. "I can still see myself at 8 or 9, scribbling a story in a notebook, my brothers jostling me in the back seat while my parents drove into town. Of course, lots of kids like to write. Luckily I have a couple of other things going for me: I actually like to rewrite."
A non-dueling duo
The subject of rewriting makes a great segue into life at the Townleys' Johnson County home. The sprawling space, with high ceilings, library, art, and cozy places to rest, is the perfect nest for two people who are intimate partners in both love and work.
Do they talk of their work? "Only morning, noon, and night," said Wyatt.
They share each other's writing as it unfolds, through editing and a process they call "powwows."
"It took us awhile to learn how to talk to each other, learning to name strengths before exploring weaknesses," Roderick said.
They describe their logistics as "a shared solitude." On the home's lower level is a work room in which they each have desks, canted toward each other at about a 45-degree angle but separate enough that they have to stand up or crane their necks to see each other.
Their routines aren't about discipline so much as flow.
"We can let our work take us where it wants to, when it wants to," Wyatt said, noting that they often work quite late ("We tend to really light up at night!") and sleep late.
They start and end the day with reading. While she's still in bed, he fixes breakfast. They eat it and read to each other in bed from a poem-a-day book. Then they share bits from favorite nonfiction.
"We're always in the middle of a half-dozen books at these reading parties," Wyatt said.
When the day finally ends, sometimes at 3 or 4 in the morning, they read silently until sleep sweeps in.
Still, they're not an island of two.
Research takes them out and about. So do book and writing festivals, where they spend time with other writers. They wrap themselves in the wonders of nature, oiling up their bikes and taking to the trails just behind their home.
Wyatt sums up the partnership this way:
"How fortunate I am to live with my best friend, my true love, and my in-house editor!"
2011 has already been a big year for the Townleys, with simultaneous publication of books on a shared theme. Now it's time to take the show on the road. They will appear regionally and travel back to New York to meet with editors and kick off a writers conference.
Meanwhile, they'll stay in touch with their two children, Jesse and Grace. Jesse Townley, 40, who is Roderick's son from an earlier marriage, lives in Berkeley, Calif., and manages a record company. Grace Whitman Townley, 23, is a social worker, having just graduated from KU with her master's degree in social work, specializing in aging.
Wyatt is taking a sabbatical year from teaching Yoganetics following hip replacement surgery. For her this is a time to take a breather, heal, and devote herself to writing projects.
Working on his own writing, Roderick will be at her side.
Hard-earned wisdom
Johnson County is richly endowed with readers and writers. For those who yearn to be published, Wyatt and Roderick Townley can offer some wisdom:
- Start where you are, geographically and emotionally.
- As Ernest Hemingway suggested, apply the seat of your pants to the seat of the chair.
- See the page as a place to play. When work becomes play and play work, you're onto something.
- The road to success is paved with rejection slips; every no is another no on the way to a yes.
- If writing is something you must do, then you must do it!
- The art of writing is vision. The work of writing is revision. Revision is what makes writing glow on the page.
- Blur the boundaries between writing and living.
Of her work and her partner's, Wyatt said, "We're learning to remove our blinders, and in so doing, recognize the extraordinary in the everyday."
Their books are available at Rainy Day Books, CommUnity Bookstore at Unity Church of Overland Park, RoderickTownley.com, WyattTownley.com, and Amazon.com.


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The opportunity to develop a prime piece of real estate along Court Avenue in downtown Des Moines has more developers turning their heads.
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With its focus on animal companionship, Canadian specialty channel The Pet Network is partnering with a number of Canadian content producers, digital designers and national sponsors for its channel and online re-launch this fall.
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WHOA! When did this happen?! Florence Henderson is 80 years old?!! In order to honor the legend that is Florence, Sharon Osbourne & the ladies on The Talk had Carol Brady on the show and she wasn't there alone! Almost all of her TV children showed up, including Greg aka Barry Williams, Peter aka Christopher Knight, and the two youngest Bobby & Cindy aka Mike Lookinland and Susan Olsen. Plus, Florence even got a video message from Eve Plumb who played Jan and the amazing & hilarious Ann B.
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6 Things I'm Thankful For
December 3rd 2013 at 12:26 pm | Posted in Appetizers, Desserts, Food I Made, Gallery, Photo Journal, Recipes
Pumpkin Cuppies
So, it's December 3rd & it feels like only yesterday it was still Thanksgiving. As much as I love the holiday season, I–like many others–hate how quickly it goes by. My MCAT date is just around the corner so naturally, my heart is pumping more blood than it should for a stationary person. I think I might die, maybe? I'm 100% capable of doing well on this test if I just study & stop watching cheesy shows like Charmed all day. Whenever you're stressed or feeling like your life is falling to pieces, you just have to remind yourself that it could be worse, but you're going to take control of the current situation to the best of your abilities. You're going to look at yourself in the mirror & remind yourself that you're capable of handling the hurdles & if you can't, then ask for help. Certainly there is no shame in asking for help from your family &/or friends.
Speaking of which, let's go down the "what I'm thankful for" road since my family never makes these types of speeches at our Thanksgiving dinners.
6 Things I'm Thankful For
1. Family
This also includes my friends that are like family to me. I have magnificent parents that are always supportive. I can't thank them enough for existing & giving me all the necessary tools in life & more to not be a tool myself. Without the many people I speak to on a regular basis, I'm 99.9% positive that I'd be insane or angrily typing my thoughts out somewhere.
2. Pumpkin Pie
Ummm it's the best pie so I'm definitely thankful for its invention. On a serious note, I'm thankful that I was born with working taste buds, because there are people in this world that cannot taste very much or can only taste one or two tastes. If it weren't for my supertaster abilities–this is a real thing, by the way–I wouldn't be able to impress my family & friends with my ability to make some delicious noodles!
3. Health
Whenever someone tells me that they have nothing to be thankful for, I have to resist the urge to backhand them. If you've got a roof over your head, clothes on your back, a working refrigerator, & you were born without a plethora of genetic mutations & diseases, be thankful. Be glad you were born with all of your working limbs & that you're alive. If you're going to sit around & mope all day, stop breathing our oxygen & go do something productive. Life isn't fair, but you can make a difference small or large.
4. Not Being Born a Woman in Another Part of the World
Surely America has many problems with gender discrimination, but I'm glad that I was born female in this era in this country rather than oh, I don't know, Saudi Arabia where it's illegal for women to be seen driving or walking around without a man. The growing amount of feminists would surely make the suffragettes proud!
5. Science & Technology
Because the human race cannot advance if our science & technology is non-existent. We've come such a long way only to be lead astray by non-scientific/medical celebrities like Jenny McCarthy who tell us not to get our children vaccinated. I'm glad you read a book, sweetie, but until you graduate from a medical school or have a Ph.D. in immunology, sit the eff down & shut up. Get your child vaccinated!!!
6. Ryan Gosling
Thank you, Rygos, for breaking up with Eva Mendez. I'm so glad you've finally seen the light. I hope that you find a much better significant other that will actually want your babies. Thank you for being a celebrity who cares about humanity & animals. Keep doing all of your charity work, boo! Thank you for being beautiful inside & out & hilarious all around. Thank you for giving females everywhere hope that not all men are completely testosterone filled bags of cells.
2 new recipes & 1 new album. Hope those that celebrated had a wonderful Thanksgiving & that those of you who aren't in 'mericuh had a wonderful November & an even better December. I'm also thankful to my 5 readers & how you continually show me that you read my posts. I don't think I'd keep this up for so long if I didn't have an audience, no matter how big or small.
22 Comments on "6 Things I'm Thankful For"
December 3rd
1:13 pm
As a close friend of many a pre-med and current med school students, I wish you the absolute BEST of luck with your MCATs!
I'm a huge pie fan as well (pie > cake, always!) Pecan is my favourite, but pumpkin pie with a dollop of Cool Whip is one of the most delicious things in the world
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December 9th, 2013 at 12:08 am
Thanks Vivian! I think we will have to disagree on which pie dominates the pie world because I'm clearly a huge pumpkin fanatic! Although Trader Joe's recently started stocking pecan pie ice cream & I may give it a chance because of their success with their pumpkin pie ice cream.
December 4th
7:26 pm
Ahhh that looks so good! I've been on pumpkin overload since September and it still going! And might I add your Thanksgiving dinner looked incredible, I'm not wanting it all over again!
December 8th
7:56 am
I've yet to have pumpkin cookies before. Looks delish! ^_^ I wholehearted agree with #1,3,&4! Especially #4…we may not think about it much, but really as women we are definitely very lucky to have quality and freedom of speech. It's scary to think of a life of the complete opposite. Thanks for your thoughtful post Keep in touch!
Joyce @ carouselstreet.com
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December 9th, 2013 at 12:11 am
Ahh Joyce! I keep forgetting to reply to your comments &/or visit your blog. I always think that I covered everyone only to realize there are so many people I haven't visited yet. Whoops!! I'll get to your place soon enough!
Yeah it's one of those times when you have to step back & realize that it's never been a better time to be a woman! Can only imagine what it'll be like 20 years from now. It'll be nice to know my daughter (if I have a daughter in the future, here's hoping!) will grow up in a time when she's not afraid of speaking her mind or running for office!
Agent Q
December 10th
8:13 am
I couldn't agree more. What a great list of things to be thankful for! As a Gender Studies major in undergrad, I would like to add the fact that we have Gender Studies included in college curriculum. Getting exposed to works by historical figures that enabled women's movement sparked this part of me that I didn't even think I had. I can go through a list of things, but the most important part is being assertive through critical thinking. Being introspective helps, of course. I'm thankful you brought this up.
In response to your question, I honestly don't know why I don't categorize my posts. Maybe because it simply didn't occur to me or because I'm lazy. It could also be because I don't want to over-categorize things? Hmm…I honestly don't know. I do plan on doing it starting January 2014.
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January 9th, 2014 at 2:52 pm
Assertive through critical thinking is right! There are lots of things that people make a big deal out of that I tend to roll my eyes so far in the back of my head, but this new age & feminist movement seen within the media (celebrities talking about feminism) & online (tumblr) is really neat. Although, when it comes to Tumblr, there's just a lot of reblogging & not much doing.
December 11th
8:33 am
This is a great list! Too many people look over how lucky they are to be healthy and to have so many science and technology advances. I didn't even think about the taste buds thing, but I totally agree with you there (even though I'm not a fan of pumpkin things ). Every time I read an article about how something like measles have increased due to people like Jenny McCarthy… it annoys me so much! I wish people would do their own research on the topic of vaccinations.
Also, good luck on your MCATs!
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January 9th, 2014 at 2:55 pm
By all means, science isn't easy. I struggle with it all the time, but when people blindly follow a celebrity & her showboat of an agenda, it is dangerous. The doctor she cites was discredited & fined. I think he might've been incarcerated for fraud. Probably should fact check me on that, but he definitely was punished for his misconstrued "evidence" & "data". There have been plenty of articles since then & a court ruling stating that the development of autism has no correlation with getting your child vaccinated.
Thanks! I'm definitely going to need allllll the luck I can get.
December 14th
12:08 am
That pumpkin cuppie looks delicious. -drool-
I love your list of things you're thankful for! Why did you choose six things out of curiosity?
And I prefer apple pie (or any kind of chocolate pie) over pumpkin but I do like a slice of pumpkin pie during Thanksgiving. It's odd. It's like my taste buds adjust just for the Thanksgiving season. Taste buds are a wonderful thing to be thankful for. We'd all be missing out on so much if we didn't have them.
And AMEN to being a woman in America. It comes with its struggles but we are very privileged in this day and age.
Wishing you the best of luck on your MCATS. You got this. (: Stay away from Charmed for now and then use it as a reward after you've studied for hours.
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January 9th, 2014 at 3:26 pm
It was originally just going to be 5, but I added a 6th one because I am thankful that there is some sort of representative out there that gives women everywhere hope that not all men are good for nothing dickheads. I may be obsessed with Rygos, but let's not forget that he really does symbolize a standard. One should never feel like they're settling for anything less than they are compatible with.
GIRL, I crave pumpkin pie year round. It is a novelty so it's probably why you adjust for the holidays, but apple pie is my jammmzzz too. I love pies in general, besides pecan. That has got to be my least favorite pie.
Thanks, AnneMarie! I need all the luck I can get. I stayed away from Charmed for a while & got hooked onto other shows in the process. I have impulse control problems….
December 16th
8:23 pm
A FELLOW SUPERTASTER OMG. It's such a rare species! I struggle, though, with certain foods because they're so overwhelming in the taste that I can't tolerate it (e.g. broccoli).
I love pumpkin pie, too.
I, too, am thankful for the science/medical technology that we have today; it's so amazing and has changed to much (and helped immensely).
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December 19th, 2013 at 5:48 pm
I was told that the super taster gene was a dominant one & that a good chunk (25%) of the population are super tasters. Sooo I guess we're kind of rare haha. That's why you can trust my cooking!! I attribute my ability to fix or whip up a good meal due to my super taster gene. Easy to recognize what recipes need more of or less of. Brussels sprouts are really bitter to me & bitter melon & wines are often way too strong for me to handle. I can't even handle cognac…it makes me want to yack. But otherwise, I keep eating things multiple times to make sure I don't like it. Can't judge too quickly!
December 17th
9:31 pm
First and foremost, nice new recipes! I am a fan of tofu and i shall tell my mother to cook agedashi tofu ….just because i can't but i only want to eat lol. also, the pumpkin cuppies..hopefully. (if the oven in our house isn't broken, that is..)
I've never come across any pumpkin pie here, not even the high end restaurants that drain my father's wallet have it. it's always the classic, usual apple pie…which i'm not gonna complain because i love apple pies. the only cooking method of pumpkin i ever have is pumpkin soup/puree lol
frankly, i think life is a shit. a total messed up bummer. it can be great for 5 minutes before some crap happens and then out of nowhere, your day gets ruined, etc. still, i follow your saying that one should be thankful about something. i complain a lot and i hate stuff/people on daily basis but i still respect what i have…like even the most ordinary things like a house, a bed, a car even though they're not luxurious or wide or whatsoever. it's funny because my parents are very envious people; my mother always thinks it's "funny" to say out loud her jealousy like, "oh look they have better cars/houses…so big so luxurious etc…ah~ if only we have those too.." etc and it makes me sick sometimes, y'know.. that when i'm sick of it, i tell her that it's already good enough we have our own house and cars, etc. i personally think it's alright to, well… ask for more because humans always ask for more but yeah, being thankful can be really hard for some people, regardless of age.
No.5 is extremely important, ha. technology and science rules~ i can almost imagine and make up a futuristic sci-fi scenario for the future of planet earth haha …kidding ..or maybe not technology is definitely the new fashion ;P
i believe in science and logic and proofs and maybe that's why i'm agnostic despite the religion label on my birth certificate and whatnot. people around me seem to hate it though because they think an agnostic person equals to an evil non-believer. pfft. ridiculous, really.
one thing though… i'm not sure why that dude said don't get your child vaccinated lol it actually made me laugh a little..
Your no.6 is a total win! haha cracked me up
i'm not a huggggge fan of rygos but i do admit he does look good~ ah, you thanking rygos for existing is like me thanking chris pine for being captain kirk :))
Tiff Reply:
December 19th, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Girl! You're young & plenty ahead in life for you. You just really have to make the best of what you have. A roof over your head is better than a newspaper on the street. But you could be happy with being homeless too, I don't know, it's really your preference. If you're not happy with your life, you should try to change what you can control to make it better. The things you can't control, you just have to remind yourself that you can't do anything to change it.
Life is unfair & it will ways be unfair, but it can also be absolutely beautiful or wonderful, even if for a moment. It is worth living so you can expand the moment into a whole hour or a day or week or year or to the rest of your life. Now that you're here, alive, & well, it's your responsibility to make your life worth it!
Had to include my love, Rygos. I don't believe in a higher power, but I believe in Rygos hahahaha. I'm kidding. He's just one of those celebrities you think aren't real because he's so attractive & kind. Let's not forget that he's charitable too. I care a lot about philanthropy, so learning about his trip to the Congo just made me want to capture him in my pokeball.
Also, I feel you on the nonbeliever ordeal. I've gotten into plenty of arguments with people about sanity, insanity, morals, & science it's just not worth the debate anymore. I've had someone tell me they think if they didn't have religion, there'd be no reason to not murder or steal. Then when I asked why I'm different or anyone else who's atheist or agnostic, they couldn't think of a reason & deflected. There are more religious people incarcerated than there are nonbelievers. So, his argument was really bad. I've stopped trying to discuss religion & science with people because it's useless bickering unless it's with someone who is naturally curious & into science. They're never going to change their opinion the way you never will change yours. What they deem is logical is the opposite of what you view is logical. You can spin their arguments any way you want to support your arguments, but they'll continue to just be dicks about it. I just ignore it. There's really no point. I know that I'm a good person & obey man's laws. I treat people the way I wanted to be treated, hell, I treat people 100 fold better than they treat me. I think nearly everyone is selfish so I have my days when I hate everyone too, but you just have to surround yourself with people that genuinely care & love you. Even if that's one person, it's better than 10 assholes that pretend to be your friends.
December 28th
9:45 am
Might I say YESSSSSS to #6 – he finally broke up with Eva Mendez?? Sweet!!!
Your post definitely warmed up my heart and made me think about what I was thankful for as well. (Although I haven't really enjoyed anything pumpkin, hopefully one day I will enjoy it as much as you!)
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January 9th, 2014 at 3:28 pm
Aw thanks! Yes, he finally did it. He has no business being with someone who doesn't want his beautiful babies. Boyfriend be lookin' for a hunnie who can settle down with him & give him babies. Eva clearly isn't right for that! Now for him to get together with Rachel McAdams again…..come on you two, shippppp.
You are either obsessed with pumpkin or you're okay with it. You must try pumpkin pie to become obsessed with everything pumpkin flavored! Put that on your to-do list, woman!
January 3rd
8:16 am
I totally agree with your number four! Sometimes I think that women are still battling a lot of injustices here in the U.S, but I often forget to consider other countries.
January 5th
10:51 am
That's a great list, I often think the same as number 4, I'm grateful for where I was born! This is a very inspirational post, makes me want to shake a few people around me who are mopey that their life isn't where they want it but won't do anything about it!
I can't believe there are people out there, with no medical training who will preach to people about medicine, and vaccinations causing problems. It's more concerning that people will listen though, vaccines save so many lives!
I've never had pumpkin pie, I should try it one day though!
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January 9th, 2014 at 3:41 pm
Aw thank you & I'm glad you felt inspired. It's okay to mope, but we have to remember to do something positive to get ourselves to stop moping around. Can't get back those minutes you wasted complaining!
Don't get me started on that vaccination topic. It really lights a fire in me. Public health, y'all!!
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Did the normally headstrong Moonves cave to outside pressure? It certainly seems so. He yanked the allegedly unsympathetic biopic just days after conservative watchdog groups and red-state talk-show hosts called for a widespread boycott of CBS and its advertisers. Though they had not yet seen the movie, conservative critics objected to the casting of James Brolin, husband of Democratic Party loyalist Barbra Streisand, as the Gipper. The vitriol was fueled by an Oct. 21 New York Times article revealing controversial excerpts from the script (which was partly based on Carl Sferrazza Anthony's 1991 book ''First Ladies''), such as when Reagan denies the need for AIDS-prevention efforts: ''They that live in sin shall die in sin.''
''That's something that Reagan never said,'' insists syndicated talk-show host and self-described ''Republitarian'' Larry Elder, who says he only read excerpts of the script. ''Nancy is portrayed as popping pills. There is a scene in which she slaps her daughter. Reagan, of course, is doddering and forgetful. It struck me as a very unfair, one-sided portrayal.''
''It's the most cowardly thing that I've ever heard of, and cruel,'' says the Reagans' longtime friend Merv Griffin. ''She's been holding his hand for nine years and they have no voice in this. They can't answer these stupid scenes.'' But somebody must have answered for them, at least early on. All broadcast-network telefilms -- from a little confection about a single mom to a potentially incendiary look at one of America's most popular Presidents -- are vetted by Standards and Practices and network attorneys. ''If it were slanderous or libelous, it wouldn't have gotten to this point,'' says Jonathan Estrin, an Emmy-nominated scribe who wrote and produced Showtime's ''Jasper, Texas.'' ''When you are developing true material, a very high standard has to be met and passed through the legal department.''
Yet sources close to the network claim Moonves, a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, only recently screened the director's cut and was shocked by the movie's ''strong political point of view.'' (It's safe to assume the network chairman doesn't read every script in development.) One source says Moonves expected ''a love story'' but instead got a film that made Reagan look senile and the First Lady like some kind of White House Mommie Dearest. Once the controversy escalated, Moonves went on CNBC to do damage control. ''There are some edits being made [to try] to present a more fair picture of the Reagans,'' he said. The movie's director, Robert Allan Ackerman, reportedly walked off the project after Moonves demanded a series of cuts (including the now-infamous ''sin'' line).
On the day CBS announced its decision not to air ''The Reagans,'' Moonves wasn't talking, but the network issued a statement: ''Although the miniseries features impressive production values and performances, and the producers have sources to verify each scene, we believe it does not present a balanced portrayal.'' Executive producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan (the team behind 2001's Emmy-winning ''Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows'') issued a statement of their own: ''Although we are disappointed that CBS will not be airing the movie that we produced for them, from the script that they approved, we are excited that Showtime [will] broadcast it and the public will have a chance to judge 'The Reagans' on its own merits.''
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ATLANTA (October 15, 2008) – The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC), a national leader in information security research and education, today announced the release of the GTISC Emerging Cyber Threats Report for 2009, outlining the top five areas of security concern and risk for consumer and enterprise Internet users for the coming year. The report was released at the annual GTISC Security Summit on Emerging Cyber Security Threats – a gathering of leading industry and academic leaders from organizations with a stake in protecting the online user community.
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CHICAGO (AP) -- Kawhi (kah-WY') Leonard scored a career-high 26 points and Danny Green added 18 as the short-handed San Antonio Spurs won 103-89 at Chicago. Gary Neal and Tiago (tee-AH'-goh) Splitter each had 16 points for the Spurs, who were without Tony Parker, Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili (MAN'-oo jih-NOH'-blee) for tonight's game at Chicago due to injuries.
LAWRENCE, KS. (AP) -- Ben McLemore scored 30 points and 14th-ranked Kansas improved to 8-3 in the Big 12 by pounding No. 10 Kansas State 83-62. Jeff Withey had 17 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks to help Kansas beat the Wildcats for the second time this season. Withey now has 263 career blocks, one shy of the conference's career mark held by Chris Mihm (mim) of Texas.
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UNDATED (AP) -- The San Jose Sharks and St. Louis Blues continue to sputter after getting off to great starts this season. Brandon Dubinsky had a goal and an assist as Columbus handed the Sharks their fifth straight loss, 6-2. Jeff Carter scored twie and Jonathan Bernier (BURN'-yay) made 21 saves as Los Angeles downed St. Louis 4-1.
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