Inspirational, Motivational, Uplifting and down right Positive Stuff
Posted in Heroes on Feb 28th, 2007
Wesley Autrey put his own life on the line when he dove off a subway platform to rescue a teenager who fell on the track in front of an approaching train.
He tried to hoist him back up onto the platform, but when that didn’t work and he was afraid that there wasn’t enough time, he […]
Posted in Heroes, Inspirational on Feb 28th, 2007
As if our soldiers didn’t have enough to deal with, Patrick Rogalin, a 20-year-old Army Reserve specialist, came home from a 1 year deployment only to find that Public Storage Inc. had auctioned off his possessions.
Well, after the story broke, others stepped up and helped out. More than 50 people offered to make up the […]
Posted in Heroes, Inspirational on Feb 28th, 2007
El Dorado High School students are getting a chance not many of us had growing up… A really good chance to go to college without having to worry about how to pay for it.
Murphy Oil pledged the $50 million to all high school grads in it’s home town with an amount that should over the […]
Posted in Heroes, Inspirational on Feb 28th, 2007
In a great show of interfaith cooperation, Methodist minister Karen Onesti donated one of her kidneys to Reform Rabbi Andrew Bossov.
Since the two have known each other for about four years, they have taken on the roles of ambassadors to promote organ transplants.
They’re interested in sharing their story to encourage others to consider donating.
You can […]
Posted in Commercials, Humor, Video on Feb 27th, 2007
I just love the way these guys roll their RRRRRRsss. One of my all time favorite commercials.
Posted in Inspirational on Feb 27th, 2007
Often we hear about the bad side of attacks of this nature, but seldom do we hear what happens after.
Yes, it’s easy to report on hate crimes and how someone was wronged. But what happens after and how do people right that wrong?
In the case of Steven Saleh, after being attacked at his Deli in […]
Posted in Heroes on Feb 27th, 2007
Lt. Col. (Ret) Bruce Crandall, 74, from Manchester, WA was presented the nation’s highest military honor on Monday, February 26th, 2007.
If you saw the movie “We Were Soldiers”, you may remember that Lt. Col Crandall was the 32 year old Major that flew 22 flights in 14 hours during the Battle at la Drang Valley […]
Posted in Technology on Feb 26th, 2007
It seems that seniors in the Sedgebrook Retirement Community have taken to the Wii Gaming System from Nintendo.
The popularity has grown to the point that a virtual bowling league has started up with upwards of 20 people showing up on a Sunday.
Grandkids are showing the grandparents how to use this system, and sometimes the other […]
Posted in Inspirational on Feb 13th, 2007
How does one honor someone they cherished and adored when the are a writer for the New Yorker? They write a book called “About Alice”.
Calvin Trillin, in an interview with Adam Woog paints a picture of “…slim, bittersweet, deeply moving and beautifully written. Avoiding grief-stricken self-pity, it creates a full picture of a woman who […]
Posted in Inspirational on Feb 12th, 2007
Trudy Tankus, 77, logs something like 60 hours a month helping kids in elementary school.
Bored with retirement and wanting to keep busy, she seems to have found her niche in helping struggling kids with the academic and social challenges in school.
According to a report filed by By Judy Chia Hui Hsu of The Seattle Times; […]