Random Wednesday

Today I really have nothing to post, just a bunch of random things I have been thinking about, but don't really have anything to do with anything else.

*If you make your living using words, shouldn't you know how to use them properly? A couple days after that big earthquake in China a heard a reporter say,
"They are still hopeful that they can find some living survivors."
Excuse me? What other kind would there be?

*I heard Tom Brokaw the other day in an interview. I don't remember exactly what he was talking about because it was on David Letterman, it was late and I was tired and only half paying attention but I do know they were discussing current politics in our nation. This one phrase caught my attention and I had to find a paper and pencil and write it down because I didn't want to lose it.
"It is time for everybody to re-enlist as citizens in our country."

*Another interview, this time with a woman that was living with terminal cancer. She was discussing what the doctor's told her when they told her that there was no treatment or cure for her particular, rare type of cancer. The doctor said, "You will die from this. In fact you may live your whole life with this."
Um, if this is what is going to cause her death, then I think it is pretty clear that she will her whole life with it.

*This same woman, though, was not living as a sick person, no she was living her life and doing things and being happy and eating healthy and doing the best she could to have what was left of her life be a good one. This is her philosophy: "We are all going to die- but how many of us really live?"

*Another terminal cancer patient on hope:
"Hope is not having a good outcome. Hope is learning how to deal with bad situations."

*Advice to your daughters when they start dating
"Ignore what they say and only pay attention to what they do."

*My mom used to always say:
"You may trust the person you are with, but you cannot always trust the situation."

*I was watching the Today show this morning. They were talking about what to wear to all those summer weddings you will be attending. This is one of the comments,
"There may be a spiritual aspect to the wedding."
May??? I was incredulous when I heard that. May? I think that your wedding should be the most spiritual experience you have ever had. I am saddened that it seems to be relegated to a big party and not the spiritual, reverent covenant that it should be. The only thing I can think of that is more spiritual is giving birth.