ABSILVER's World

So... This is one of those days where I want to pinch myself.  Actually, the last twenty four hours are almost perfect for Brian.   Started last night with a fun evening with Debi and Mark.   Great chat, great friends, food and a little drink.   Have to teach mark to eat hamburgers at least medium.  I love the Alibi but don't confuse the waiter should be the motto.   If I order medium or medium rare , and mark orders medium well they will mix up the two. So last night I went with Mark's lead...  I yield to the pinker side of a hamburger, but all was well.. Got home, fell asleep and woke up at 4:15am and intended to wake up at 4:30 for my weekend in NYC.   I have a travel pro 8 knapsack and that thing is turning into a top ten purchase.  Was able to get everything in there I need for 3 days.  Made it easy at the airport... Which was there at 5:45am and sitting at the gate by 6:15am for my flight to NYC.   Flight Uneventful  and maybe 2/3 full to JFK and was actually

The first thing everyone needs to do this morning is realize as much as we don't want to admit it, as far as we believe we have come in this society for equal rights whether based on race, gender, religion or even sexual orientation that yes racism is still a real issue in this country.  Too many people walk down a street and based on the color of their skin, their choice of clothes are "profiled" and people make assumptions based on race.  I hope that we have made progress, and that we have grown as a country to be less racist and prejudice, but as my good friend Cecelia has told me many times the first step in addressing the problem of racism is to realize we all have some prejudices and to realize them so we don't do and act wrong because of these tendencies. Like it or not, if Trayvon Martin were white or Hispanic George Zimmerman may not have been as suspicious and may have actually talked to this child to find out where he lived and why he was just meanderi

"Be the kind of person you would like to meet" This is the picture that is posted on a dating site, and it strikes me is quite an interesting statement.  There are sayings that I appreciate:  "Be the kind of person your dog thinks you are!"   "What would you do if you could not fail?" Even some of the funny ones: "Dinner isn't ready till the smoke alarm goes off" "Why can't I get a little ahead instead of a bigger behind? Or the serious and thoughtful: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their Dreams" Eleanor Roosevelt  "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom" Marcel Prost . All of the above adorn the side of my refrigerator, not sure that is where Eleanor Roosevelt or Robert Frost thought their words would wind up, but I assume and hope they would be happy to be remembered.