I want everyone to meet a very special(Ed!) person in my life. She has truly taught me what it means to live again! Her name is Terri and she definitely is the love of my life :-)
My daughter Lindsay took this picture with her camera phone. Thought the picture would be nice to put on to the blog. At some point I am actually going to have to start uploading things about computers, beer and politics :-)
So it has been a crazy 9-10 days. Work was nuts as I was working on a major project. Then when I finally got some time off for spring break with my son, I got sick. I did get a new Dell Desktop as an early birthday gift so that was nice!
When I was growing up as kid, there was the saying, "Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt me." I understand the reasoning behind this statement but unfortunately this statement does not hold up as today we have seen a dramatic increase in suicide rates related to bullying. There are many forms of bullying. There is the direct form of ridiculing by a fellow group of ones peers or even physical accosting at the hand of one or several individuals who have for whatever reason singled out a an individual. Today we see more and more accounts of what has been termed cyber-bullying. Those who choose this method to bully may often feel a sense of anonymity or no sense of regret as they are not directly confronting their victim. Not only suicide but mass killings in school have been linked to bullying where the person on the receiving end has had a psychological break and they view their only recourse is to to take out as many of their fellow classmat...
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