"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> "Cheryl" > wrote:
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>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > Orlando, my friend, who the hell are you? You make entirely too much
>> > sense for this group. Serious.
>> >
>> > Lunch is on me if you ever get to the Twin Cities.
>>
>> Seriously. I really like to read people's fix to problems.
>
> What I really like to read about is cooking.
>
> Supper tonight was a roast chicken (vertical roaster, beer can variety
> but none involved tonight), smashed new potatoes, coleslaw from scratch,
> and green beans. I sprinkled a bunch of Penzeys BBQ 3000 seasoning on
> it and was underwhelmed with it. I was going to put some cuke into the
> slaw but I ate the cucumber while I was shredding the cabbage. Damn! I
> love when that happens!
>
>> It's very refreshing these days. We're all about "me me me" and to
>> read his/her (I'm guessing his) possible solutions, I have some hope
>> for the world.
>
> That's good because hope is the missing component in the lives of the
> folks who have given up. If you don't have a deep-inside sense of hope
> about things being different it's easy to give up on life and just
> exist.
>
> http://www.kare11.com/news/news_arti...storyid=519872
> I've known Amy since she was five. Her situation makes most of ours
> look like a cakewalk.
>
>> Color me cynical.
>
> What are you doing to break the cycle of hopelessness for someone?

I have to start with me first. You really don't want to go there.