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BringMetheHeadofLeonLett

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  1. Not to be confused with 'Dandy' Don Meredith
  2. Wilfork 0.5
  3. Awwww. We ruined Christmas. Looks like some of those peeps are about to cwy in their chowda
  4. I'm more a pain in the ass than visionary, but just sharing some experiences. Winter time is a very good time to deliver socks, gloves, hats, jackets, water, food, blankets, etc. to homeless people. Using apps like nextdoor, a lot of people are willing to donate goods for a good cause- next part is going out there to say 'hello' and distribute said goods. Drag the family out... and the random friends and neighbors- it's kinda amazing the interactions you have that make you realize things about humanity you probably should've realized a long time ago. be something less than stupid and you'll probably find there wasn't all that much to be worried about in the first place. It's not about being appreciated, in fact quite the opposite, but you'll recognize that people in need are appreciative pretty quick. They ain't slaying the golden goose, most work together to help distribute the right stuff to the right people- but not all, so there's(minorly) that. I'm not implying to do more, less, or otherwise... just sharing my last 5 years, and some random other moments that I know have actually done some good.
  5. I think I, and we, will be forgiven if this old article gets a bump: JON CARROLL -- It's Time Again For the Untied Way Jon Carroll Updated: Feb. 13, 2012 10:43 p.m. FacebookTwitterEmail WE TAKE AS OUR text this year a quotation from Rabbi Schmelke as reprinted in the Street Spirit, an East Bay homeless newspaper sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee: "When a poor man asks you for aid, do not use his faults as an excuse for not helping him. For then God will look for your offenses, and he is sure to find many of them. Keep in mind that a poor man's transgressions have been atoned for by his poverty while yours still remain with you." Whether you agree with the specific cosmology, the basic message is clear: Have a little humility in the face of want and need. There but for the grace of God go you. In this joyous holiday season, there is want and need freely available in major shopping areas. There are human beings who are, quite frankly, seeking your money. Most of them are standing behind counters and offering you overpriced consumer goods, but some of them are squatting in doorways and offering you nothing at all. Sometimes, even if you give them money, they don't say "thank you." They don't make you feel good about yourself. They're too busy being cold. Technically speaking, charity is not about feeling good. It's about need and want. The Untied Way is about need and want. The Untied Way has no central office, no paid employees, no brochures or fund-raisers, no celebrity spokeshumans, no gala benefits. The Untied Way has only volunteers, has only one plan. It seeks to reach those people who require reaching. When someone squats in a doorway and asks for money, it is a fair assumption that he or she requires reaching. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: Go to your ATM and take out $100 in crisp $20 bills. The $100 figure is a suggestion only; $200 would be better and $40 would be splendid, too. What's one-five-hundredth of your annual gross income? Surely that's little enough to handle the need and want in your area. Take these lovely bills and go to a busy area in your community. If your community does not have a busy area, downtown San Francisco is darned busy this time of year. Walk along the street admiring whatever you choose to admire. When someone asks you for money, give that person a $20 bill. Repeat this process until all the 20s are gone. Voila and zip: the Untied Way. NOW IT MAY BE that some of the people to whom you give money will spend it unwisely. They will not use it to update their resumes; they might not even put it toward the purchase of a better pair of shoes. Some of the people experiencing need and want are also suffering from confusion. This confusion is often chemical. Sometimes the chemicals are ingested; sometimes they are produced naturally by the brain. Naturally, it would be better if they sought help. It would be better if you sought help sometimes, too, and you have not always done so. Within the context of need and want, we owe people the dignity of their own confusion. We are not performing triage here, nor are we sitting on a golden throne. We are doing what we can. We are aware that it is not enough, and still we are doing it. That's the Untied Way. Gratitude may not be apparent at all, or it may be embarrassing and overly effusive. It would be unwise to have an opinion about that. When a person is in a doorway, the concept of "appropriate" may be a little fuzzy. You can be sure the money has gone to someone who needs it. You can be sure that your client will spend 100 percent of the donation on self-identified need areas. You can use the experience to meditate on the nature of charity, or the fragility of personal narrative, or anything else -- it's a little koan-in-a-box, just for this holiday season. Written By Jon Carroll https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/carroll/amp/JON-CARROLL-It-s-Time-Again-For-the-Untied-Way-3318295.php
  6. Having had a nightmare-inducing stalker before, this is tops for me. Thank gawd it's way in my past, but this chick even got ahold of my newly changed phone number before I had given it out to Anyone... even my folks.
  7. The seeds are planted. The taliban are the weeds, growing wild for now, but the seeds have seen the sunshine and they will grow. The Bills... well, I just can't help you there.
  8. Being somewhere on the latter end of middle of this, I just want to make sure I have this straight- We (Bills Fans) stay up half the night before a decent game in anticipation of a ***** amazing experience, with anxiety-inducing dreams of amazing exploits by the talents we know we have. And We (Old-Ass Bills Fans) stay up All night knowing, 'we really got this'... too stupid to give up?
  9. All Zubaz with random red splotches, and small rainbow propellers on the helmets for aerodynamics.
  10. What a frickin mess. Do ya think they're gonna run. How can we not stop this??
  11. Oh thank God we can keep the offensive line together now.
  12. Any of you know what the ***** is happening in this video?
  13. Just to get this out of the way... and it is pretty frickin fantastic:
  14. No doubt, I don't look forward to the Pats*, even this year- which I did not expect. I don't think it's gonna last, though. Watch his feet... he's going to start getting nailed, and from there you're going to find out who your QB is. My money's on can't make a career out of it.
  15. Revised my post. Please check it and let's talk about this Brady 2.0 nonsensesne
  16. We'll see how inaccurate that is as he spends his short career on his ass. it's not immobility, it's cement feet. Ryan Mallet and Deadsloe with an arm needing development. Heck, keep cheering, it's all good. It's totally like a young Brady all over again.
  17. I think Matt Jones has cement feet like Bledsoe. We can throttle this team.
  18. I refuse to admit this man has died:
  19. Loooong story, but ***** it. My (much older) sis married probably the most brilliant human being I've ever met. He worked in radio, and was an inspiration to me. He also gave Tom Petty, as far as I can gather, his first radio exposure- at least on the West coast. I love this story from my sis- when she first met Petty at an after party, he said to her, 'I want you to know, before I get ***** up and it doesn't mean anything, that you're a Very beautiful woman'. - She was talking with him with her fiancee, so it wasn't a pick up line... just a nice moment from a soon to be rock star. If you ever listen to The Last DJ... well those are the peeps
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