A while back I set up a Blog at:

I Am NOT A Paper Card
http://www.IAmNOTAPaperCard.com.

I feel very strongly about eCards and their worth, so to me… The motivating factor was to demonstrate how much more powerful eCards are in relation to Paper Greetings and the things one can do with eCards vs Paper Greetings.

Check it out.

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This still disturbs me.  How do things get so blown out of proportion.  How does a successful guy like Dwaine “Dog” Chapman have the rug pulled from under him because of a disloyal son.  Is there anyone of us who has never said something in a private conversation that they would not want mentioned publicly?  I think not!

We were talking about this at the Thanksgiving Day table.  Some of the people there are fans, but were unaware of the latest goings on.  They were floored when they heard Tucker turned his father in to the Enquirer.  They were more concerned with the family disloyalty than the reason for all the ruckus.  This says something in my book!

I’ll tell you this… A&E better bring Dog back soon or they will lose all their loyal fans.  They keep playing the same stuff over and over and over and over again!

I hear Imus is back at work, or going back! 

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Visit http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/larry.king.live/ and help save Dog Chapt’s Job at A&E.

I just finished watching Larry King’s interview with Dwaine “Dog” Chapman.

While I know Dog is not in a good place right now, I know in my heart that this incident will only make him a better person.

He shared that he will be working with Tony Robbins and others.  Tony is my hero, so I know the miracles he can accomplish.

Tony Robbins also believes in forgiveness and his statement that turned my life around about five years ago was: “Your past IS NOT your future!” 

Until I heard Anthony Robbins say: “Your past IS NOT your future” I believed I was a product of where I came from. This is true, our past does play a big part in where we came from, but it DOES NOT have to be a negative!  We learn from our mistakes and we learn from the mistakes of others whose influence may have affected us, like our parents.

Before hearing Tony’s words I thought and felt I was unworthy and would always be unsuccessful because that is what my parents told me day in and day out until they died. It is NOT true!

I also wrote in my prior entry I felt Tucker Chapman selling out his father by selling a taped phone conversation to the Enquirer was “unforgivable!” While I still feel that way my heart is softening after hearing Dog’s take on this. (paraphrasing Dwaine Dog Chapman) He is my son, I can’t hate him, I love him, I am just disappointed!  Hearing that I thought, “wouldn’t I have wanted my parents to love me and not throw me out of the family if I did wrong!” The thing is with my family, I did NOT do wrong and they still did not treat me like they should have as my parents.  But I learned late in life:  “It was them and NOT me!”

Tony Robbins put me on the road of gratefulness and forgiveness.  So maybe I need to work on my forgiveness in this issue!  At this moment I am finding that hard to do as I really feel that Tucker was wrong.  It is underhanded, dishonest and in the end he will always be remembered as the son who tried to bring his father down for a measly $15,000.  Not that I am saying he should have, but if Tucker had the intelligence he thought he did, he could have commanded a whole lot more than the $15,000 he got!  That in itself shows his intelligence or shall we say ignorance.

It is NOT all about the money!  Integrity, honesty and goodness speak a whole lot louder.

SAVE THE DOG…
SIGN THE PETITION… TO KEEP “Dog the Bounty Hunter” on TV!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/320722340 

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SAVE THE DOG…
SIGN THE PETITION… TO KEEP “Dog the Bounty Hunter” on TV!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/320722340 

Having to watch what I write here will be the real trick.  I have very definite feelings about this and to me it is ridiculous how people are always ready to jump on those who become the underdog (pardon the pun) in any given situation.

“I am not” condoning the N-word, however, whatever drove Dog to say it was in a PRIVATE conversation with his son Tucker Chapman.  I DID hear the entire five-minute tape that was posted on the web.  Needless to day it was NOT what has been quoted all over the place.

If I wrote what was said in my home growing up what Dog said would pale in content.  My parents are both dead now and I choose to NOT go back down memory lane. 

Any conversation can be edited and/or taken out of context and turn the entire conversation around to mean something completely different.

In the end, what I will remember about this is “a son that sold out his father and family for $15,000.”  There are some things in life that are unforgivable – to me – Tucker Chapman selling out his father (Dog the Bounty Hunter) for $15,000 is one of them!

Tucker and the girlfriend are jealous they can’t get a piece of the pie and chose to make sure no one had a piece of it either.  Even Tucker’s brothers and sisters.

The biggest laugh will be when the girlfriend leaves him and he has no family or girlfriend and only the memory of the despicable thing he did! 

However, in the end Dog will prevail and Tucker will probably wind up back in jail where he belongs for taping and selling the conversation in the first place.  Something about that has to be illegal!

SAVE THE DOG…
SIGN THE PETITION… TO KEEP “Dog the Bounty Hunter” on TV!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/320722340 

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Blog Action Day is the day when Bloggers — around the web and world — join together to give a universal voice to help save the environment!  After all… WE ALL live on this earth and it takes so little to make a difference!

Personally… I am ashamed to admit until a few years ago I never gave much thought to saving the environment.  I thought: “What could I do?”  “Who would listen to me!”

During a phone conversation with a friend I learned quickly that I could and would eventually make a big difference in my own life as well as the lives of others in my community – or borough as they call the divisions of NYC – which would ultimately impact on the environment.

Heres the deal…

I had been bitterly complaining how I needed to declutter my home.  I had accumulated so much stuff over the thirty (30) years I have been living here that I had no idea where to start because all of it was good — I thought — even if I did not need it myself!  I wish this were not so, but it is!

During a phone conversation with my friend she mentioned hearing about an organization called FreeCycle.org.

She told me there were chapters all over the United States and I believe in other countries as well.

From the FreeCycle.org Website:

Welcome! The Freecycle Networkâ„¢ is made up of 4,142 groups with 3,957,000 members across the globe. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It’s all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them’s good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by entering it into the search box above or by clicking on “Browse Groups” above the search box. Have fun!

My friend suggested I visit the FreeCycle.org website to see if there was a chapter in my area.   She went on to say… IF NOT “you can start one!”  I did not want to hear that.  I know how much dedication it takes to run any group successfully and I just did not have the time.  However, after a few months watching others unsuccessfully try I founded FreeCycleBronxNY.

Long story short, after 13 months of building a heathy Bronx Chapter of FreeCycle.org I passed it on to four other people who took over where I left off.

What I learned from all of this is HOW YOU and I / EVERYONE can help to save the environment while helping others in your community/communities and giving new life to the treasures or trash you no longer need.  For sure the old saying: “One person’s trash is another person’s treasure!”

NOTE: Trust me, not everything passed on in a Freecycle group is trash.  I recently was gifted a wonderful lightweight dictaphone which will help me to get my thoughts down on Blog.

A PERSONAL NOTE FROM ROZ:  Founding the Bronx NY Chapter of The Freecycle.org Network was probably the most selfless action I have ever taken.  I am proud each time I see the items passed on and received as I know what it means — first hand — to the giftor and giftee/recipient.  My only regret is that I could never get enough help or press to make FreeCycleBronxNY a household name in each Bronx NY home. It was the most frustrating thing for me. 

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