I just read a blog with a particularly disturbing comment. Said comment contained a very racially offensive epitaph.

I am one of those people who literally cringe when I hear that particular word. I even cringe when I see it in simple print.

I live in the south, believe me, I hear that word more than I can stomach at times, yet each and every time I do hear it, I voice my own opinion about how reprehensible I find racial slurs to be, of any kind.

Oh, yes, I have been sworn at, cussed out, even called a *lover* of that particular word. I don't mind, and I don't even get mad or upset when called profane names, for you see, none of it could disturb me as much as I feel disturbed when I hear another human being utter racial slurs.

I will tell you this though....no matter how long I am on the face of this earth...I will never understand, nor accept such pure bigotry.

I have been surprised at some of the people that I have come across on my journey through this life , who think it is perfectly acceptable to refer to another person in a racially derogatory manner.

I have had lengthy conversations with many people here in the south, some of whom feel that racial epitaphs are perfectly acceptable, some of whom think they are reprehensible.....and I will tell you this......no matter how well educated some of these people have been, when it came right down to the issue of race, those who think racial epitaphs are perfectly acceptable, were the most pathetically ignorant, narrow minded people I have ever encountered. " Set in their ways " " a different generation" and " generations of bigotry " does not even begin to describe those people.

Anyone, even those raised in the most racist environment can choose to educate themselves, or not.

Make no mistake about this either : those who make excuses for their own or others reprehensible conduct, are only fooling themselves. There is no excuse, period.

How can anyone justify using a racial epitaph?

You can't.

Spin it any way you desire, you simply can not.

Just my thoughts.

Have a lovely month of June !

~ Kimberly

Stopping in quickly for a simple * hello *

leaving you with this ....

A beautiful, inspirational flash movie with equally beautiful music...

Enjoy !

~ Kimberly

 

 

 

 

Copyright Duirwaigh Films/ Duirwaigh Gallery

 

I love life !

Have a SPLENDID day everyone : )

~ Kimberly

 

 

From Library Journal

This third novel by Michigan author Kasischke (Suspicious River) opens with a shocking scene from a Columbine-like school massacre. Diana and her best friend are confronted by a schoolmate killer, but only Diana is spared. Fast-forward 20 years: Diana, now middle-aged and still beautiful, is a housewife and artist living in the same idyllic university town with a handsome professor-husband and a young daughter. She has seemingly repressed her memory of the event as well as her survivor's guilt, but her perfect world and her grip on reality are both starting to crack. These scenes are imbued with that sense of eerie apprehension found in a good horror flick. Woven through the book is a flashback narrative of Diana's sunny but empty-headed adolescent days. The novel plays teenage Diana's youthful illusions of immortality and beauty against the shifting, uneasy reality of middle age. Kasischke, also a published poet, writes prose that is dreamy and lyrical. This is one book you won't want to put down. Highly recommended for all popular fiction collections.

KimsWhimsy Note : I purchased this book after seeing previews for the film that has been produced from the novel. I usually always read the book prior to seeing the film. The novel started out fluid enough, however, the constant switching back and forth from the past to the present grew old quickly, simply because there was no smooth transition. The end of the book was a major disappointment. I can only hope the film is better, MUCH better. I have heard it is, and plan to see it soon.

I suggest NOT wasting your money on the book, borrow it, find it in a second hand book store, or check it out from your local library. Certainly don't pay full price for it.

~ Kimberly

 

The Film:

 

http://www.lifebeforehereyes.com/

 

 

 

This message is intended for ONE person only and they know full well who they are.

While checking personal email this evening, I noticed an email letting me know I had received an eBay messsage.

So, I log on to read it.

Ok. read it.

All I can say is this.

I will write of whatever I wish on my blog here.

If you don't like it, or think it is aimed at you, it is pretty simple.

Don't read it.

Better yet, don't send me a hateful message.

I would have responded via messages to you, however, you have a proven pattern of posting correspondence, and turning it into something ugly and I refuse to play into that game.

If I ever questioned being sick of your misogynistic bull$hit before, I certainly don't now.

Don't threaten me.

You, my dear,

can.go.straight.to hell.

~ Kimberly

 

 

 

 

 

o•pin•ion•at•ed

Pronunciation: (u-pin'yu-nā"tid)
—adj.
obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.

 

 

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ob•sti•nate

Pronunciation: (ob'stu-nit),
—adj.
1. firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
2. characterized by inflexible persistence or an unyielding attitude; inflexibly persisted in or carried out: obstinate advocacy of high tariffs.
3. not easily controlled or overcome: the obstinate growth of weeds.
4. not yielding readily to treatment, as a disease

 

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con•ceit•ed

Pronunciation: (kun-sē'tid),
—adj.
1. having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc

 

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dog•mat•ic

Pronunciation: (dôg-mat'ik, dog-), 
—adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas; doctrinal.
2. asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated.

 

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As in :

The person readily describes them self as being " overly opinionated ".

However, in reality.....

it reads/sounds like a very loud,vicious dog barking.

Foaming at the mouth and all.

ew.

 

~ Kimberly

 

 

 

To Kiss, or Not to Kiss.

That is The Question.

My Auntie and Uncle worked hard to prepare me for the fact that life is full of disappointments, great and small, and I am grateful to them for going through the effort to do this. I don't approve of all the methods they used, but at least they tried.

One of the things I was taught at a young age is that a portion of the human population is made up of derriere-kissers, and geeze o' man, were Auntie and Uncle ever right about this one, and that being a derriere-kisser is being less of a human being.

Please do not kiss people's derrieres, including mine.

Do not think it gets you anywhere, because a person whose derriere you are kissing probably thinks less of you for it, and if kissing their derriere improves their opinion of you, then their opinion of anything is basically worthless.

I have known some real derriere-kissers in my time. It is a sorry sight to see these wretches at work.

If you are kissing someone's derriere, don't think for a second that everyone around you does not realize it is happening, and in my case seeing someone kissing derriere, is so nauseating that I have to turn away in disgust and out of pure shameful pity for  the derriere-kisser.

To me, derriere-kissers are like one of those Untouchable caste members in India. I have to avert my eyes. To look at a derriere-kisser, especially while the derriere-kissing is in progress, is like staring into the blazing sun.

A known derriere-kisser does not have a name worth preserving.

There are some who enjoy having their derrieres-kissed.

I believe that enjoying having your derriere kissed is a despicable trait...when it's done in an a$$- kissing sort of way.

 Sadly, for some unknown reason, these sort of people are always the ones who are in the position of having people pucker up to their butts all the time.

 Sorry, but you can count me right the heck out of both sides of that  equation.

So do me a favor, people.

Take stock of yourself right now, right down to your core, and assess whether or not you are an a$$-kisser.

If you are, stop it right now.

 The world will be a better place for it.

If you aren't, at least give some thought to going up to  someone you know who is and tell them to knock it off right now.

Some things are not acceptable, and this is one of those things.

Stop an a$$-kisser and help save the world !!

I can just picture several a$$ kissers sitting there, on their derrieres, while they roll this thought around in their empty heads.

 

~ Kimberly

 

1. I have never watched a " soap opera ". Ever. I do imagine though, that eBay blogs , at times, can rival any soap opera out there ! So, I can now say I have read a soap opera.

2. I still cannot decifer yak-yak. Snotty, self important, yak-yak slays me into fits of laughter. I always think of Dr Seuss on crack.

3. I have decided that just because one is elderly and/or ill, does not immediately warrant respect, or even civility at certain points in disreputable behavior. Being a mean spirited bigot is never OK in my personal book of "to do or not to do".

4. There is much more good here , than bad. However , those bad ones still need a good slap upside their repugnant little heads. Perhaps it would knock some sense into them. Or, at the very least, make them close their yakking honkers for a bit.

Have a lovely day Y'all !!

~ Kimberly

 

 

 

 

 

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

The Female of the Species

 

Notes

9] Hurons and Choctaws: aboriginal Iroquoians living about Lake Huron, and Muskogeans living in Mississippi and Alabama.

10] squaws: wives.

Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Definitive Edition

(London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1940): 367-69.

First publication date: 1911 

Form: quatrains
Rhyme: aabb