The Synergistic Pen

While sitting in the teacher’s cafeteria Friday, nibbling happily on my meatloaf and mashed potatoes, a conversation at one end of the table caught my ear.  One of the language arts teachers was relating an event in her classroom that warmed her heart.  Apparently, she showed one of her classes a short video of her son wrestling another boy at a meet.  Near the end of the video, one of the children asked, “which one is your son?”

Now, this is no big deal. Kids ask questions like that all the time.  I gave you a black and white synopsis of the event though.  Let me paint the picture for you. Read more…

This past week has been an interesting one in the news and in my little cyber world.  A couple of news stories and one particular conversation I’m having in Facebook have left me wondering…  Where’s the self love people?

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Why would anyone name a restaurant Fat Ho?  What sort of sick, personal joke is going on that makes anyone truly believe that using this term to describe a hamburger or a woman acceptable.  So what if there’s all this terrible stuff is going on in the world;  so the “humor” of using this particular name is ok?  It isn’t. You have to really dislike yourself if you find it amusing to be the “fat ho” in Fat Ho Burgers…  How do people treat the young lady that owns this shop?  Why does she allow people to treat her that way?  Why does she express her self loathing in the name of a restaurant… and why is everyone who takes issue with it.. a “hater”?

I got another one for ya…

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