Meth is the bottom of the hill...

I have been glued to this subject today...

The Partnership for a Drug Free America has a Meth Information and Resource Centre website full of resources for community education... you can find...

before and after pictures of meth users...

videos and slideshows highlighting the overall dangers of meth use...

personal stories of people who have tried to fill some emptiness in their lives and then... memorials for those who have proven that drugs don't discriminate and everyone is at risk...

but best of all - a recovery story allowing me to feel hope and not total despair and giving me the ability to thank you, Loving Spirit, for the gift of Life!

later man, jan

The Mom Song Sung to William Tell Overture with Lyrics

"The Mom Song"

Get up now
Get up now
Get up out of bed
Wash your face
Brush your teeth
Comb your sleepyhead
Here's your clothes and your shoes
Hear the words I said
Get up now! Get up and make your bed
Are you hot? Are you cold?
Are you wearing that?
Where's your books and your lunch and your homework at?
Grab your coat and gloves and your scarf and hat
Don't forget! You gotta feed the cat
Eat your breakfast, the experts tell us it's the most important meal of all
Take your vitamins so you will grow up one day to be big and tall
Please remember the orthodontist will be seeing you at 3 today
Don't forget your piano lesson is this afternoon so you must play
Don't shovel
Chew slowly
But hurry
The bus is here
Be careful
Come back here
Did you wash behind your ears?
Play outside, don't play rough, will you just play fair?
Be polite, make a friend, don't forget to share
Work it out, wait your turn, never take a dare
Get along! Don't make me come down there
Clean your room, fold your clothes, put your stuff away
Make your bed, do it now, do we have all day?
Were you born in a barn? Would you like some hay?
Can you even hear a word I say?
Answer the phone! Get off the phone!
Don't sit so close, turn it down, no texting at the table
No more computer time tonight!
Your iPod's my iPod if you don't listen up
Where are you going and with whom and what time do you think you're coming home?
Saying thank you, please, excuse me makes you welcome everywhere you roam
You'll appreciate my wisdom someday when you're older and you're grown
Can't wait till you have a couple little children of your own
You'll thank me for the counsel I gave you so willingly
But right now I thank you not to roll your eyes at me
Close your mouth when you chew, would appreciate
Take a bite maybe two of the stuff you hate
Use your fork, do not burp or I'll set you straight
Eat the food I put upon your plate
Get an A, get the door, don't get smart with me
Get a grip, get in here, I'll count to three
Get a job, get a life, get a PHD
Get a dose of,
"I don't care who started it!
You're grounded until you're 36"
Get your story straight and tell the truth for once, for heaven's sake
And if all your friends jumped off a cliff would you jump, too?
If I've said it once, I've said at least a thousand times before
That you're too old to act this way
It must be your father's DNA
Look at me when I am talking
Stand up straighter when you walk
A place for everything and everything must be in place
Stop crying or I'll give you something real to cry about
Oh!
Brush your teeth, wash your face, put your PJs on
Get in bed, get up here, say a prayer with mom
Don't forget, I love you
And tomorrow we will do this all again because a mom's work never ends
You don't need the reason why
Because, because, because, because
I said so, I said so, I said so, I said so
I'm the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom, the mom!!
Ta da!!! (more)

thanx to Ann for the link... this is great...
later man, jan

This is NOT A GOOD READ...

Dear diary - You won't like this but I can't get it out of my mind - I need to do something but I have no idea what - so I guess I am passing the buck...

The scale of brutality taking place in the Congo now is staggering...

What are we doing? What should we be doing?

later man, jan

FREE BURMA

Join the Global Day of Action...
Saturday, October 6, 2007
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Olympic Plaza
Calgary, AB

*** Check out the information and sign the petition at the Amnesty International website...

*** Sign a petition at Avaaz.org...

*** Write to your MP ...

*** Check out the Democratic Voice of Burma ...

*** This Thanksgiving Day - please remember to be thankful for all the freedoms we enjoy and pray earnestly for those in our world who do not have our advantages...

love ya , jan

Bono at NAACP Awards

The video below is of Bono accepting the honorary Chairman’s Award at the NAACP Awards last Spring. He finishes an inspiring acceptance speech with as much fire and passion as any African-American preacher.

And if you haven't signed up with Make Poverty History - google it and do it today!

later man, jan

free ringtones for your cell ?

Here's a quote from a website I like...

"I don't get ringtones. I mean, I know what they are, but I don't care enough about them to download any. I'm happy with whatever ringtones come with my phone. But my kids like them, and I understand some people buy them online. Buying ringtones? Why? I'll give you a selection of RLP ringtones for free."

so - if you think you might like to download a new ringtone - check out Real Live Preacher.com ... I was attracted to 'the polite one'...
but then - I'm also not techno-savvy enough to download something like this to my cell anyway - half the time I don't even hear the tone I have :) sigh -
later man, jan

Fraking Cylons... (video)

Dustin Adair, digital SFX artist who worked to bring the REAL metallic Cylon to life, creates this "toon-style" approach to an age old question. "What would happen if a 'Chrome Toaster' got tired of being treated like a second class Cylon? It's an uprising, Centurion-style. Better quality version at WeWereCenturions.com."

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Rappel from a downtown building???

Anyone remember those wild March Snowball camps?
Remember the crazy Venturer Advisor, Murray Beck?

Well, Murray wants to be a Superhero for the Easter Seal Kids and needs sponsors to donate money to the Alberta Easter Seals. He plans to rappel down the face of a downtown Calgary building at the Sun Life Plaza - 144 4th Ave SW - on September 6th, 2007 at 4:30pm.

There is plenty of room to come and sit and watch the superheroes. There is an outdoor plaza (with bench seating) in which the superheroes descend into. Spectators are welcome :)

Follow the link to thedropzone.ca and check it out...

later man, jan

Sign the Golden Rule Resolution - a Global Ethic for a Global Civilization

Most of us, at one time or another, have wished that we could send a unified message to "the powers that be". A message telling them that we expect them to treat our planet and everything on it, including us, with care and respect. The Golden Rule Resolution is that message.

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Buried Treasure...

So Don and Judy arrive at our place...
"Hey Jan" "Hey John" "Hey, everybody."
"Look what I found! This old lantern I got at the antique store! Look what I found inside!"

I look at Don, waving this piece of paper in my face. What is he going on about now? You know, it's always something with Don.

"Look, Jan," says Don, "this paper was folded up inside and there's writing on here. I wonder what it says. And it looks real old! Look, it's even burned in spots! "

Jan (not the sharpest tool in the box) finally begins to realize that Don is doing a real good acting job here and I had better jump right in. Peter is over the other side of the cabin, not really paying attention, but listening like most 6 year olds do and not missing a word.

"Peter", says I, "Come look at this! What do you think this is? Wow - it looks like a map to me!" Peter's eyes are starting to get round and he's acting real shy and not saying much - but he's hooked.

We start to look more closely - is that our lake? what about that creek - hey Don, doesn't that go right by your place? -- Pete, do you remember that picnic table - we had a party there last year -- and what are these marks? are they clues?

Well, to make a long story short - Don and Peter made a date to meet at his place the next morning at 10am - and Peter had better bring a shovel and maybe even a backpack. Don was going to go over to see another friend of his - Keelan, who was only 5 years old to see if she would like to help Peter with the clues on this map...

Next morning, everyone gathered for the reading of this map! There were a couple of young ladies who volunteered to help Peter and Keelan follow the clues... and all the rest of us followed - how could we not ???


Boy, am I glad we wore lots of bug spray - the trail took us along the lake shore and then plunged us into the bush where there were huge mushrooms and giant ferns and lots of mosquitos buzzing around...


Pete and his friends followed the clues and when they decided they must be in the right place, why they started digging around till they heard something go 'clunk'

There was this big, heavy tin box and the lid fell off and there were coins flying everywhere - well - everyone helped the kids fill their backpacks and they carried the loot back to the picnic table where everyone stood around in awe looking at the pile of coins.

Don suggested that the only thing left to do now was to divide the loot. So Peter and Keelan shared their find went home ready to visit the candy store, lots! Right Pete ???

Wow - what a day that was!

later man, jan