WELCOME to Friday, July 31, 2015.   

Amusing Proverbs…….

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

To avoid duplication, make three copies.

It’s called “take home” pay because you can’t afford to go anywhere else with it.

Success is relative—the greater the success, the more relatives.

Anyone can be a winner—unless, of course, there’s a second entry.

The slower you work, the fewer mistakes you make.

If Murphy’s Law can go wrong, it will.

If at first you succeed, try to hide your astonishment.

You must have learned from others’ mistakes. You haven’t had time to think all those up yourself.

If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.

People like criticism—just keep it positive and flattering.

It’s OK to let your mind go blank, but please turn off the sound.

Worry kills more people than work because more people worry than work.

Middle age is…

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/13-native-american-issues_55b7d801e4b0074ba5a6869c

Native American issues rarely get the attention they so desperately need, even though we are the poorest ethnicity in the US, and the indigenous people of this country. The majority of Native Americans face more than just astronomical rates of poverty, but also the biggest lack of health care, the highest rates of unemployment, and the highest levels of incarceration.

As this article points out, Native women are 3.5x more likely to be raped or assaulted by members of other races than any other ethnicity. 3.5 times! If the average estimate is 1 out of 4 women or 25%, this puts Native women numbers at over 80% of these women are raped or assaulted. We are also the least likely to report it, from personal experience, and honestly, the majority of the very few Native women I have known who had been assaulted and willing to acknowledge this also…