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Making some sense of the Tiger Woods Ordeal
Friday, 19 February 2010 00:00
Momtime TV
Tiger Woods spoke today for the first time since he's been found out! And as a wife, mother and woman, I am trying to sort out my feelings for all of this.
Crime vs punishment. The public hero vs the private man. What to know and where to let go. I imagine everyone has an opinion on this. And I imagine I have mine as well. Mine yet is not so self defined and that's why I want to write it out...to find out. (I've always believed that if you're willing to take the time and write your feelings, they'll eventually sort themselves out on the page...we'll see). The media is obsessed with the “fall from grace”. I think to a tremendous extent, they create the monster. It starts with a person with unusual talent. And as we can witness all this week and next at the olympics, talent is not enough, an incredible need to achieve through hard work and dedication takes that talent to the top. You don't get there if you don't really want it or work at it. So Tiger became a legitimate hero. And the media loves to love somebody. The frenzy begins. They want to be associated with the hero. They want to be the first with the hero news. They want the hero to be there for them. And there's a lot of media. Think about it. All the TV, all the sports talk shows radio and TV, magazines of all shapes and sorts and specialties, newspapers in city after city, advertisers who want to capitalize on the hero's popularity, social media, paparazzi and all of us individuals with our phone cameras, etc. And that's really just the tip of the iceberg! The Doctor is In!
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 00:00
Sharon
Not! Ok here's my complaint...Why do all doctors of all kinds maintain the same hours that most people work and most schools follow? 9 to 5 with an hour, maybe even two hours off for lunch!!! (Well I'm pretty sure the doctors aren't off for 2 hours, but their phone is!) Ok it makes perfect sense if you're a stay at home mom with pre-school age kids, but otherwise we are so out of luck! First of all does the doctor ever just want to see you once? NO. No matter what your illness, they want follow up after follow up to make sure you're as ok as you can be. And this is a whole other gripe that I have. You get really bad, really fast service all to get you back so you & your insurance company can be billed all over again. But what I'm really wondering is why am I the only one who's ever tried to figure out a better schedule for doctors. Don't they know that most people don't get sick Monday thru Friday from 9 to 5? Last Friday night my daughter casually mentioned that her ear hurt. I casually ignored it. Barking Dogs
Monday, 01 February 2010 00:00
Sharon
It's 4 AM in the morning, why are the neighbors dogs barking? Matter of fact, why arethere so many dogs barking at the neighbors house? Why does somebody have so many dogs? We have two dogs and they don't wake up til we do. Then they go out and we let them in again...no barking required! Why are those dogs still barking? Is nobody home in the still middle of the night? Who are those people who live in that house? Why so many dogs? And why are they so big sounding? What could they possibly be barking at at this time of day? Hmm they were barking last night when I fell asleep. Thank goodness for that boring book! |
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