I don’t think it’s something to be happy about, but in a weird way, I am. When a gunman held a gun to Christina’s head in last season’s final episode of Grey’s Anatomy, she freaked. And this season? She has PTSD from the encounter and is unable to do what she loves more than anything in the world - surgery. I’m not glad she’s in pain and miserable.
I am glad, in an odd way at the turn of events because for the past season she’s been afraid of Owen …

Thanks to BoingBoing and News of the Weird for this story:
Neil Alan Smith, 48, was a dishwasher at a Crab Shack in St. Petersburg, Florida. When he was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver, the St. Petersburg Times reported the story.
An online commenter to the story responded:
A man who is working as a dishwasher at the Crab Shack at the age of 48 is surely better off dead.

The newspaper editors were deeply offended at this gross dismissal of the value of a human life, …

I found this great video on a friend’s blog (Thanks Noah!) and after listening to it and watching it a dozen times I really, really thought it was the best example I’ve seen in a while of someone taking an object beyond what most people do. Most guitar players I’ve seen simply use the strings to make music. Others do incorporate the body of the guitar, but I’ve never seen anyone do it as well as Andy McKee. He goes beyond and creates MORE. Millions of guitar players have …

The perfect moment to apologize is the moment you realize you’ve done something wrong. —Martha Beck
Contrary to the old movie line “Love means never having to say you’re sorry,” the fact is, “Love DOES mean having to say you’re sorry.” In fact, saying you’re sorry is the best way to say the relationship matters to you.
I’ve spent most of my life apologizing for something or other. Some of my apologies I regret - like anytime someone screamed at me and I apologized just to get them off my back.
But most …