DGIF

I don't ever recall seeing this phrase before, but apparently it was a popular rallying cry for the British right before the start of World War II.  The Ministry of Information printed roughly 2.5 million of these posters as part of a campaign to keep morale high for the Brits under the threat of impending invasion.  It worked and with a little help from the good old USA, the rest is history.  I saw this slogan on a car in front of me as I was driving home yesterday, and I needed to see it because I was not calm.  In fact,  I was freaking out a little because in about three weeks I am going to do the Out Of the Darkness Walk to raise awareness for suicide prevention, and my own personal awareness of this subject was on the rise again.  I lost not one, but two brothers to suicide and quite frankly I'd rather be unaware of this fact if possible.  Ignorance is bliss. Well I was having one of those moments that come with any tragedy.  Sometimes you...

Classic line from a classic movie: Splash (1984).  In this particular scene, Walter Kornbluth (Eugene Levy) attempts to stop a military convoy chasing Allen Bauer (Tom Hanks) and the girl/fish Madison (Darryl Hannah) by standing in the road and raising his only good arm.  Walter is unsuccessful and ends up on the side of the road where he utters this famous expression of exasperation "What A Week I am Having!".   Well what a week I am having and I mean that in a good way.  I started out last Sunday, 9/11/2011, by driving home from my parents house in Wilmington, NC and already dreading the meeting I was to have on Monday afternoon at lunch.  I am on the committee for the Out of The Darkness Walk here in Columbia, SC and so far I haven't done jack s@*t.  Sorry for the curse word, but it is true.  I went to a few meetings missed a few more and all the time I knew what was going on---passive aggressive behavior at it's best.  The good folks at Wik...

I recently asked for donations for a suicide walk hoping to hit 2000 dollars in a month.  We hit 2500 dollars in 24 hours.  Holy cow.  You never know how good people really can be until you ask them.