This apparently was a great day for tragedy.

Driving to work feeling the thrust of emotively angry drivers unwilling to share their space on the road.

Feeling that something is odd about this day.Then at a further point, drowning in wailing sirens –– suddenly realizing tragedy had struck by fire.

This obviously was most welcomed day for tragedy.

Who are you tragedy? Who hast raised its ugly head in Damascus, spiriting those so enamored with conflict that they believe that killing the self is the way to paradise? They’ll wake up elsewhere to find that the only paradise that awaits them are the fanciful, chimerical ideas they had of it.

This is an awe-fully rewarding day for tragedy.

Despite the glorious sunshine that beams blindingly, this has been a ugly, ugly Thursday…

2012 Pulitzer Prize Winner: Massoud Hosaini. Photo here: Though I appreciate this seeing this photo, it seems wrong to have a camera out taking pictures on the heels of a suicide bombing. But, I guess, that is his job, after all…

Interesting

• 50 Best iPhone Apps 2012 (I imagine that some if not most are available to Android users).
• The Hacker Group “Anonymous” made the TIME’S 100 Most Influential People List (Jeremy Lin did too).
• Attention Fish Lovers:Tuna, mahi-mahi, salmon, and tilapia as we know it be completely unavailable soon (or sooner than I would like it). I wanted to put this in disheartening, but the suicide bomber aftermath photo should stand alone. I’m disheartened because I love tuna, not because I lost 7 of my family members to a crazy person wearing a bomber.

SMHD (Shaking my head in disgust)

• Apple, Google, and Amazon pay less of a percentage on taxes of their income than I do.
• And so did Mitt Romney and he made $21 Million last year.
• Acura didn’t want to cast black actors that were too dark.
• True story –– Chicken Nugget Addict. “It breaks my heart to see her eating those damned nuggets”, Mom says. 17 year old Girl almost dies from strict 15 year McDonald’s chicken nugget diet. A two year diet I would understand; she’s old enough to drive and buy them own her own. But who bought them from ages 2-15? The heartbroken mother…
• “Sovereign Citizens” know how to “legally” get out of traffic tickets and paying taxes; and kill cops.

Pau

Mosgov and Gallanari

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I just want to thank all of you for your educational emails over the past
Year.

Thanks to you, I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a
Paper towel.

I can’t use the remote in a hotel room because I don’t know what the last
Person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels.

I can’t sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has
Happened on it since it was last washed.

I can’t enjoy lemon slices in my tea or on my seafood anymore because lemon
Peels have been found to contain all kinds of nasty germs including feces.

I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the
Number one pass-time while driving alone is picking your nose (although
Cell phone usage may be taking the number one spot)

Eating a Little Debbie sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine
How many gallons of Trans fats I have consumed over the years.

I can’t touch any woman’s purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of
A public bathroom. Yuck!

I must send my special thanks to whoever sent me the one about poop in the
Glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every
Envelope that needs sealing.

Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl (Penny Brown)
Who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time.

I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the
$15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating
In their special e-mail program.

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out
For me, and St. Theresa’s novena has granted my every wish.

I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant
Freaks with no eyes or feathers.

I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water
Buffalo on a hot day.

Thanks to you, I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I
Forward an email to seven of my friends and make a wish within five
Minutes.

Because of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove
Toilet stains.

I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car
So a serial killer won’t crawl in my back seat when I’m pumping gas..

I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr Pepper since the people who make these
Products are atheist s who refuse to put ‘Under God’ on their cans.

I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.

And thanks for letting me know I can’t boil a cup of water in the microwave
Anymore because it will blow up in my face…disfiguring me for life.

I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked
With a needle infected with AIDS.

I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a
Perfume sample and rob me.

I no longer receive packages from UPS or FedEx since they are actually Al
Qaeda in disguise.

I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don’t support our
American troops or the Salvation Army.

I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number
For which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica , Uganda, Singapore and Uzbekistan.

I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their
Recipe.

Thanks to you, I can’t use anyone’s toilet but mine because a big brown
African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it
Bites my butt.

And thanks to your great advice, I can’t ever pick up $5.00 dropped in the
Parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting
Underneath my car to grab my leg.

I can no longer drive my car because I can’t buy gas from certain gas
Companies!

If you don’t send this e-mail to at least 154,000 people in the next 70
Minutes, a large dove with diarrhea will land on your head at 5:00 PM this
Afternoon and the fleas from 12 camels will infest your back, causing you
To grow a hairy hump. I know this will occur because it actually happened
To a friend of my next door neighbor’s ex-mother-in-law’s second husband’s
Cousin’s’ beautician…

Have a wonderful day…
Oh, by the way…..

A German scientist from Argentina, after a lengthy study, has discovered
That people with insufficient brain activity read their e-mail with their
Hand on the mouse.

Don’t bother taking it off now, it’s too late.

- Author Unknown