Posted on January 30, 2012 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
I well and truly cried at this. It is an absolutely beautiful piece on it’s own. But all the more because I can just see the scenes in my head. The scenes that make me cry every time. They are so beautifully written/acted/produced and presented… It’s a rare thing to find such genuine emotion portrayed [...]
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Posted on January 27, 2012 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
So many horrible things have been done in the name of religion and purity. So many devastating actions taken in the name of protecting us from the dangerous. Yet so rarely is the dangerous the target of these actions… more often it is the innocent and the dangerous are the ones taking the action. This [...]
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Posted on January 20, 2012 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
I don’t know that I have the words to properly express the way this resonated to me. To say that I sat here crying while watching it, would be an understatement. We’ve come so far, yet have so far to go. Somewhere along the way
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Posted on November 4, 2011 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
This was a monolog from the West Wing that was delivered by Bruno (Ron Silver) to Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) durring the re-election campaign for Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen). It is very much how I feel about politics today, almost exactly. Now who has the balls to step up and be a statesman and LEAD [...]
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Posted on October 19, 2011 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
I came across the below online today via a Facebook link.. I do believe they are on to something here. Check out the original post location here: 99% Declaration. WHEREAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION PROVIDES: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; [...]
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Posted on October 3, 2011 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
“This guy’s walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out. “A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, ‘Hey you. Can you help me out?’ The doctor writes a prescription, throws it down in the hole and moves on. “Then a priest comes [...]
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Posted on September 13, 2011 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
This came on in my shuffled playlist yesterday, was rather appropriate given my mood of late. Enjoy Lyrics:
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Posted on August 30, 2011 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
I may be alone here, but I don’t think that I am. I think we all have those certain songs that when they come on our souls skip a beat… not just the heart, but the whole soul snaps to an electrified attention. It’s not always a happy connection, and not always sad. Some are [...]
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Posted on July 30, 2011 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
Whenever that day may come that I make that final journey home, There are few things that I want, and few things that I need. I need to see my friends and family celebrate the life I lived, and the time they still have. I need to go out in style, loud…brassy…style! I may not [...]
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Posted on April 20, 2011 by DeaconBluesBlog.com
Whenever that day comes, I want a full brass band out there to play me back home, and to celebrate my life with my friends and family after. I want to sit up on that cloud and see them smile, not cry. To see them smile at the memories and the life and love that [...]
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