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1 month agoAuction time!
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"I’d like to ask a favor on behalf somebody I met this afternoon. Lieutenant Governor and I were over at Tufts Medical Center and we visited a young woman - we visited a number of victims, but one young woman named Victoria who is a Northeastern student who is in the hospital because of a serious shrapnel would she had in her leg around the site of the first blast. She was scared, she was carried, I think by a fire fighter, we think by a fire fighter to the medical tent, and really, as she described it, hysterical.
There was a person who helped calm her down. Who she said was a, who described himself as an Army Sargent, an Afghanistan vet. I don’t know whether he was assigned to the medical tent or like so many other people there and elsewhere in the Commonwealth just jumped in to help. But his name is Tyler. That’s all we know. Tyler.
And one of the things he said to her to calm her down was to show her his own shrapnel - a wound, a scar from his own sharpnel wound when he was in Afganistan.
Victoria very very much wants to thank Tyler personally. So if Tyler is out there and listening or reading your reports we would love to hear from Tyler so that we can connect him to Victoria. Tyler can get in touch with us by dialing 617.725.4000. If you’d just get that word out there I’d appreciate the favor, and more to the point, Victoria would."1 month agoGovernor Deval Patrick at the press conference just now.
I am blogging this for a few reasons. A) To get the word out. B) to remind people of the helpers, and C) because all of these shrapnel injuries are so common in soldiers and not often seen here in the US, but now I think people are going to be talking more about them.
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1 month agoLibrary before work this morning
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"Assume that on any given day you can accomplish one big mission, three medium tasks, and five small things. Get those done as best you can."
The 1-3-5 rule for more doable to-do lists. Pair with the psychology of what makes an effective to-do list. (via explore-blog)1 month ago
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everyone was talking about the Supreme Court last week so I made a thing
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1 month agoFirst day of spring quarter means learning about social media strategies.
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awelltraveledwoman:
We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re aproaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter: ‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’ They pay for their order, take the two and leave. I ask my friend: “What are those ‘suspended’ coffees?” My friend: “Wait for it and you will see.” Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee each, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was made by three lawyers - three for them and four ‘suspended’. While I still wonder what’s the deal with those ‘suspended’ coffees I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful view towards the square infront of the café. Suddenly a man dressed in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar comes in throught the door and kindly asks ‘Do you have a suspended coffee ?’ It’s simple - people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who can not afford a warm bevarage. The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has spread all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwitch or a whole meal. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have such cafés or even grocery stores in every town where the less fortunate will find hope and support ? If you own a business why don’t you offer it to your clients… I am sure many of them will like it.
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Oh my. This is so good.
My heart.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/400b276df72eda0cde6c7cc1d71bde98/tumblr_mkbiq2u4y91qmvz7to1_1280.jpg)
1 month agoWe enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re aproaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter:
‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’ They pay for their order, take the two and leave.
I ask my friend: “What are those ‘suspended’ coffees?”
My friend: “Wait for it and you will see.”
Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee each, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was made by three lawyers - three for them and four ‘suspended’. While I still wonder what’s the deal with those ‘suspended’ coffees I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful view towards the square infront of the café. Suddenly a man dressed in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar comes in throught the door and kindly asks
‘Do you have a suspended coffee ?’
It’s simple - people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who can not afford a warm bevarage. The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has spread all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwitch or a whole meal.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have such cafés or even grocery stores in every town where the less fortunate will find hope and support ? If you own a business why don’t you offer it to your clients… I am sure many of them will like it.Source : [x]
Oh my. This is so good.
My heart.
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"And that’s the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too."
2 months ago
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner (via whats-in-aname: jenver)
Life motto.
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