Mar
28
Bullieve it or not, it’s day #2 of Bully Week at the NDD
The quote is by Taylor Swift, the singer songwriter. She is young, blonde and cute. She is sometimes seen in the cliche filter those traits bring out, namely that she is weak and fragile. But she is not.
She has a secret weapon to fight back against the haters and the bullies. She uses her creativity and her voice to tell the story of the bully and put him or her on stage for all to see. The bully doesn’t like that.
My new bestie, Delfin Joaquin Paris III (how can you not like a guy named Delfin) had his way of putting the bully on stage. He got some nasty hate mail and wrote this in response. http://thoughtsfromparis.com/thoughts/i-got-my-first-hate-mail/
How can you put the bully in your life on stage, exposed? How can you help your sons or daughters do the same, while keeping safe from further harm?
Drawing by Marty Coleman
Quote by Taylor Swift
Jan
10
I don’t care if the guy who shot everyone in Arizona was influenced by right wing rhetoric or not. I knew long before that incident that words are powerful and hateful, disrespectful and violent words used by manipulative people, right or left, for their own selfish agenda of money, fame or power, without regard for the consequences, are dangerous words spoken by dangerous people.
I will not agree with all the media voices. I will not agree with all politicians. But I will trust they are doing what they think is right IF I hear respect and love in their words and in their voice. BUT I will NOT trust nor follow the people who say words that inflame hate, disrespect and vengeance no matter how closely I may be aligned with their political or social position.
I heartily suggest you consider doing the same and boycotting those who have decided to use those rhetorical tools to get what the want. Don’t give it to them. If they want your attention and your respect, make them work for it by using their voices with respect and civility.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German Chancellor, Nazi party leader
Apr
24
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Simple enough. Whether you are famous or not, if you have someone who like you chances are you have someone else who doesn’t like you, based strictly on the fact that the other person does.
Of course, famous people have it to a much larger degree. Maybe you have the fame that leads to people ‘unfriending’ you on Facebook. Maybe you have the fame of people not going to your concerts anymore because too many people like you. It’s not cool anymore. They knew you before you were ‘popular’.
Maybe you are Lady Gaga and people just completely hate you no matter what, they don’t have a clue what you do, what you sing. They only know that an annoying amount of people pay attention to you and if they do as well then they are just part of a crowd.
In the end, the person with confidence and belief in oneself, whether a high schooler suddenly faced with some serious hate going on or a world famous celebrity, will be the ones who can withstand the popularity AND the hate.
Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Yogi Berra, 1925-not dead yet, American athlete. By the way, if you think he is ‘popular’ because of his funny phrases, you should also know that Yogi was the catcher for the New York Yankees Baseball Team from 1946-1963. He was on 10 winning world series teams (a record), was MVP 3 times, an all-star 15 times!
Mar
29
>I took 295 photos of me drawing this napkin. I am working on making an animation showing the line by line process of drawing one of these. I will post it when (and if) it’s up to snuff!
What makes a person fill their life with hatred? We see a lot of it lately in the political realm with people who are so vehement about their hatred for all things Obama, just as we saw it with anti-Bush people not so long ago. It seems to be getting worse. You see it in people who go over the edge with hatred for their co-workers, family, spouses, etc. They let it consume themselves so much that they rationalize violence and murder.
What can it be but an empty life that allows for nothing to take them off the path of hatred Where else can they travel if nothing else exists for them? How do you get off your hatred path when you are on it?
Quote by Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer and philosopher
Jun
20
What is an absurdity? It is something that is not believable IF you are
paying attention and thinking it through. You have to purposely ignore
evidence that is easily in reach and you have to have a pre-existing (even
if unconscious) desire to believe the absurdity for it to persuade you.
How does it lead to atrocities? If you believe, as people of many races
have over the centuries, that people of other races are not fully human,
then denying them rights (or killing them) is easily rationalized.
If you believe, as people of many religions have over the centuries, that
people of other religions are eternally damned, then treating them as
less than human (or killing them) is easily rationalized.
If you believe, as people of many political persuasions have over the
centuries, that those who don’t believe in the same way of governing
as you do are evil and corrupt, then keeping them from being politically
involved (or killing them) is easily rationalized.
If you believe, as people of both genders have over the centuries, that
women are less intelligent and able than men, then oppressing them
(or killing them) is easily rationalized.
Where did those actions come from over the centuries? From believing absurdities.
quote by Francois-Marie Arouet (Voltaire)
