Tend and Befriend Meets Fight or Flight
Updated: 2012-01-31 20:22:31
When I was growing up my parents constantly stressed the importance of going to college. That idea was pretty much drilled into my head from the day I started kindergarten. "You're not going to get into a good college with grades like that, Jimmy!" My mother would always say, even on some of my earliest report cards. So you can imagine the stress I put them under when, approximately eleven years later, it looked like I wasn't even going to graduate from high school.
They are someone you depend on for motivation and companionship. Tell us what you love about your running buddy for a chance to win a pair of Mizuno running shoes for each of you. 
I’m all about dreaming big – it’s my mantra. As a motivational speaker, I came to the point where I realized that when I dreamed for good enough, good enough was what I always got. Wish I had learned that sooner – but reaching our dream is a process, not one big jump. And sometimes ...
I’m K A B L O O E Y and I’m watching Americal Idol so you don’t have to. Funny not Slutty Jane Carrey: the spawn of celebri-dad Jim Carrey was self-deprecating and sang kind of nicely. Slutty not Funny I hadn’t written her name down, so I Googled “San Diego American Idol butt… More...
Sign in Yard: [Toxic Emotions] Sign On Door: Home Sweet home Written On the Door : Hurt, Sadness, Shame, Fear, Anger, Hate, Jealousy, Envy and Rage. Caption: Is Your House A Castle or a Toxic Dump? I grew up in a Toxic Dump! No, really. It was rumored that back in the 50s, the projects [...]
On January 14th, I was so privileged to be invited to display my cartoons at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall for the Sunshine from Darkness Symposium. It was a FREE COMMUNITY EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM OPEN TO THE PUBLIC for friends, family, health care professionals and those personally diagnosed with any form of mental illness. I [...]
Why should you enter the FnS short “Bad Valentine” short essay contest?!? You could win 1st or 2nd prize from Flytrap Greetings & Gifts. Your entry could be featured with the top 5 essay submissions on FnS in February. Because bitching about past Valentines is fun. And don’t forget everybody’s favorite…revenge on your ex! Prizes: 1st… More...
Medication Bottles: [Painting Tic-Tacs half blue to look like pills and medication capsules.] Caption: Counterfeit Pharmaceuticals! Should you be worried that your Pharmaceuticals are counterfeit? Are your SSRI’s…”SSR-NOTS”?! The FDA has seen an increase of medication fakes hitting our shores lately. While most are not psychotropics or common meds for Bipolar, Depression or Anxiety, it [...]
Every January since 2004 I have taken a self imposed ‘volunteer adventure’. Although it might sound benevolent of me I must admit the motivation behind it is selfish. You see my most boring, lacklustre and vanilla month of the year is January and what I learned about myself a long time ago is that that [...]
Motivational speaker Kelly Swanson discusses an article by motivational speaker Paul Templer that weighs following your dreams and the effect that can have on families.
Girl Med Bottles: Ha-Ha: Heeee Oh my, Really! Yes! OMG no way! Man Med Bottle to Viagra Bottle: Com’on man don’t be Paranoid. I’m sure they ain’t talking about you. Hey, it could happen to any guy. Caption: Mixing Meds Can Significantly Reduce Potency! I’m no mathematician, but the other day I was reading something about [...]
There you sit, in the corner of my dining room, a 100 year old beauty in a state of Miss Haversham disrepair. Your sinuous curves, outlined to great advantage with thin scrolls of gold paint, contrast sharply with the strings that pop out in odd directions. You exude such a magnetic charm that children and… More...
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We’ve been here now since Saturday, and I have learned that it is not a good idea to mix wine, Bloody Marys, octopus, squid, pina coladas and Mexican coffee, which is set on fire tableside and contains tequila, in the same day. I learned this the hard way. (And I don’t even LIKE octopus!) We [...]
Jill: [YELLING] Jack! Caption: The trauma of falling pushed Jack to the limit with Jill – by Chato Stewart Poor Jack, for years Jill has been hazing him. Pushing him down the hill over and over again until that trauma pushed him too far and he finally snapped! Well, that is how I always envisioned [...]
We’ve been here since January 7th, after a 12-hour flight that saw us turning in at 7:30 p.m. Not doing much, other than reading Stephen King’s new book (and wondering if he ever read mine that dealt with time travel, “Out of Time.”) I’ve taken a few pictures of the grounds. There are many [...]
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I often get emails asking where I’m going to be, so I decided to cover them all in one swoop – for January at least. Here’s where you’ll find me – or you can just follow the flash of big red hair, the shine of a homemade bedazzled jacket, or the sound of loud belly ...
The Color of Evil, the first novel in a trilogy that focuses on young Tad McGreevy, a boy with paranormal abilities, is ready to launch on Amazon and Barnes & Noble very shortly. A review of it has already appeared here: http://wordalert1.blogspot.com/2012/01/color-of-evil.html
Chato Stewart: Is this madness? or Is this Sparta? Caption: THIS IS SPARTA! You might not get this cartoon if you have not seen the point in the movie 300 where the Persian Messenger offends King Leonidas. The messages get enraged and indigent that the king would be so obstinate and the *MEME is born. [...]
Chato Stewart: Oh, whould ya look at that, I grabbed the wrong survival kit… This one is just my meds. Caption: Mike, Shira, SoPhal & Cathy Would soon have no regrets or memory! I still need you to vote for my fan art I drew for FC2 website. Here are 4 more peeps [...]