{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck","title":" - LuvEnck -","subtitle":"luvenck","author":{"name":"luvenck"},"link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"service.feed","type":"application\/x.atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom","title":" - LuvEnck -"}}],"updated":"2023-03-15T00:05:13Z","entry":[{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:42870","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/42870.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=42870"}}],"title":"LOOKING FOR DAVE CULLEN...","published":"2018-01-19T17:15:30Z","updated":"2018-01-19T17:15:30Z","content":"My URL isn't working for Dave Cullen.  I wanted to check out the new postings.  Has it changed?  Can anyone help me?  Thank you all so much...

Cat<\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:42376","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/42376.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=42376"}}],"title":"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LV2WALK","published":"2016-04-15T05:10:24Z","updated":"2016-04-15T05:10:24Z","content":"
Wishing you the happiest of birthdays! I hope this year will be amazing for you.<\/span><\/div>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:42109","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/42109.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=42109"}}],"title":"HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROSESTEM","published":"2015-02-27T15:20:09Z","updated":"2015-02-27T15:21:14Z","content":"Happy Birthday to a Friend and Wonderful Writer.  Wishing you a wonderful birthday filled with everything you love. I hope this year will be amazing for you!

Love and Hugs, Cathy<\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:41863","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/41863.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=41863"}}],"title":"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIENATA","published":"2015-01-29T13:18:26Z","updated":"2015-01-29T13:18:26Z","content":"Wishing you a wonderful birthday filled with everything you love. I hope this year will be amazing for you! <\/b>

Love and Hugs,
Cathy<\/b><\/span><\/div><\/div>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:41404","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/41404.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=41404"}}],"title":"Thank-you Lv2walk!!","published":"2013-06-29T12:35:59Z","updated":"2013-06-29T12:38:28Z","content":"Mary ~ Thank-you so much for the cute little 'Cat'
on my profile page. He's adorable ~ Just like you!

Love and Hugs,
Cat"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:41092","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/41092.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=41092"}}],"title":" Happy Birthday ~fridayblues ~ cynical21 ~ cwby30!!!","published":"2013-06-25T08:45:53Z","updated":"2013-06-25T08:45:53Z","content":"Wishing all of you a day full of love and excitement! May you have many more!
                                            Love, Cat"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:40783","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/40783.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=40783"}}],"title":"Jake Photo - Really Cute!","published":"2013-05-06T23:51:50Z","updated":"2013-05-06T23:51:50Z","content":"I TOTALLY LOVE THIS PHOTO OF JAKE!!!<\/span>

http:\/\/i1344.photobucket.com\/albums\/p660\/britinmanor\/gaycowboy_zps45a13cea.jpg<\/a>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:40296","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/40296.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=40296"}}],"title":"If you don't care to respond, at least please read...","published":"2012-10-25T02:22:06Z","updated":"2023-03-15T00:05:13Z","content":"Caring Bridge<\/span><\/u><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span>
Connecting Family and Friends When Health Matters<\/span><\/span>

My Sister~50 and Dying~This Happened Two Years Ago<\/u><\/span><\/a> If you read this two years, please update at the end<\/span>
<\/span><\/span><\/b> <\/span>This is my sister Debbi, taken June 4, 2010<\/span>


July of 2010<\/span><\/span><\/strong>

Debbi started getting attacks where she was short of breath, and after a mountain of tests, was diagnosed with heart failure. The cause was a mystery to the Medical Professionals treating her. They eliminated all known other causes of heart failure and contributed her condition to an unknown source, figuring that she had most likely contracted a virus earlier in the year that attacked her heart and did permanent damage. The doctors were hopeful that she would bounce back as she is a healthy young adult. She was treated with many drugs, put on a very restricted diet, and was at home until recently.<\/span><\/b><\/p>
Oct 12, 2010 <\/strong><\/span>

Debbi was again admitted into the hospital having extreme difficulty breathing and maintaining any lifestyle. They found she had pneumonia, treated her, and had that under control. They have been fairly successful in pulling off fluids from around her heart, which makes it easier for her to breathe. There are an abundant number of steps she will need to follow before a clear treatment path is decided on. Her heart has permanent unrecoverable damage. It is likely that the worst case, most evasive treatment, although risky, is the great hope and promise of Debbi receiving a heart transplant, which would be her only chance at being "cured".<\/span><\/b><\/p>
Oct 19, 2010 <\/strong><\/span>

The doctors found today, during a heart biopsy, that Debbi has present and abnormal protein. Key test results were received yesterday that indeed proved that Debbi has Cardiac amyloidosis - proteins in the heart that are not curable. This protein will remove her from being a candidate for a heart transplant.  Without that lifesaving measure, Debbi will not be able to recover from her heart failure. Debbi's treatment turned from preventive\/curable to palliative. It has now been discovered that these 'abnormal proteins' have entered other viable organs, eating through her pancreas and into her liver. She has been fighting hard to remain positive and energized. But it is indeed a blow. Debbi seemed, oddly enough, at a resolved peace. Her children are coping about as well as one could expect given the circumstance...<\/span><\/b><\/p>

Oct 22, 2010 <\/strong><\/span>

It is with deep pain and a broken heart that I share this current update. Today was a very difficult day for Debbi and her children. A care conference was held for an open discussion with her children and doctors about how long she will be with us.  She is in unbelievable mental and emotional pain.  Every day she is tortured by the inevitability of her mortality.  The palliative care will be moving forward and she will begin receiving limited to no medicine to keep her in her current condition. She will not be suffering as the hospital will make sure for the next week or so that they accommodate her to be as comfortable as possible while she readies herself to move on.  <\/span><\/b><\/p>




<\/span><\/span><\/b>
Sarah, Debbi, Melissa and My Godson, Eric... 10-15-2010<\/span><\/div>
A Note to My LJ Friends:<\/span><\/span>

I find myself crying at the strangest times.  And writing this, has brought many tears, and taken a long time to write.  But, it has been good for me.  I now know the true understanding of the words, "I wish it would have been me instead."  So thank you for taking the time to read this.  I hope if anybody has ever had a family member or friend who has gone through this, I would love to talk to you.  It is a relatively newer illness, and so much needs to be learned.  I am so proud of my sister... she signed off on needed forms to donate her body for science.  I am sure it will not give them a cure, but as Debbi said, "If by my doing this, helps to prolong someone's life so they have more time to spend with their family, it is more than I could hope for."<\/span><\/b>

You have always been a beautiful angel that God sent to me from above. <\/span><\/em>You are in my heart, thoughts and prayers; you've always been in my world... <\/span><\/em>I love you so much, my little sister... Always and Forever.<\/span><\/em><\/div>
Current Mood:<\/span> \"crushed\" crushed<\/span>
Current Music:<\/span>My Heart Will Go On and On<\/span>

Dear Friends... Oct 24, 2010<\/a><\/h2><\/span><\/span><\/b> I'm sorry to announce that Debbi has passed away. Sarah was with her as she passed. It was as unpainful as possible. Debbi is at peace now. Thank you for all your prayers, thoughts and well wishes.


God's Garden Must be Beautiful<\/strong>

God looked around the garden,
and found an empty space.
He looked down upon the earth,
and saw your tired face.
He put his arms around you,
and lifted you to rest.
God's garden must be beautiful,
for He only takes the best.
He knew that you were weary,
and He knew that you were in pain.
He knew that you would never,
be well on earth again.
He saw the roads were getting rough,
and the hills were hard to climb.
So He closed your weary eyelids,
and whispered, "Peace Be Thine".<\/div>


Oct 24, 2012 ~ And a small update<\/a><\/h2>Today... We remember all our love for you. Knowing you, I can just imagine you have every angel laughing.  Here's a remembrance of yours and miy favorite new idol singer, Connie Talbot (only older), singing to Whitney and other young actors (Quit chuckling - I know you know which one is my favorite) who died before their time, just like you. What nobody realized, is you died on my youngest daughter, Kari's, birthday, who you just happened to be her godmother. <\/i>

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ijYNTMdlF0o<\/a>

"Remember<\/em> them as life, not as death<\/em>, and Celebrate the living."<\/span><\/span><\/div>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:39372","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/39372.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=39372"}}],"title":"It's Time To Vote.....","published":"2011-05-04T18:31:19Z","updated":"2011-05-04T18:45:44Z","content":"

PLease list the top 10 men for the bi\/gay list that you would like to see in the final vote.  <\/span><\/span><\/strong>

Vote Now for the 2011 AfterElton.com Hot 100! | News, Reviews & Commentary on Gay & Bisexual Men in Entertainment & the Media | AfterElton.com<\/strong><\/a>

Don't forget our beautiful: <\/span><\/span>Jake Gyllenhaal <\/span><\/strong><\/span>

ALSO our boys from: <\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
<\/u>
QAF<\/span><\/strong><\/span>

Supernatural
<\/span><\/strong>
Glee<\/span><\/strong>

<\/span>Torchwood<\/span>
<\/strong>
<\/span><\/span>Adam Lambert\/American Idol<\/span><\/strong><\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:39054","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/39054.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=39054"}}],"title":"What is LJ and Friendship all about?????","published":"2011-04-20T01:48:53Z","updated":"2011-04-20T01:51:02Z","content":"
I have been trying to put my head around what took place a few days ago, and thought that I'd like some opinions by my "Friends" to see if they can help me understand this.

Granted, I haven't been around very much. I check in occasionally, and there are still ongoing fics I enjoy reading. But, it seems that by the time I get around to reading a chapter, that 6-7 days have past, and I rarely comment on it. That doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy the chapter, but it was just "Past" the printed date.

I still think of my friends list as my "Friends", especially some that I have became good friends with the last couple of years that I have been with LJ.

SO, what I need help understanding is... A few days ago, I posted a birthday announcement to a "Very Good Friend". She wrote a thank-you under the posting, even called me long-distance on the phone and thanked me personally for the birthday wish. (Having each other's phone #'s, I would qualify that as a REALLY good friend.)

We spoke of my needing time away from BBM, and we spoke of a few stories I am now interested in. I expressed my heartache on a lot of writer's that are no longer with us. Apparently that didn't sit well with her, as the next day when I turned my computer on to leave her a comment on a couple of chapters I had just read the night before after printing them out, I found she: "has removed you from their Friends list."

I really hope SOMEONE can PLEASE help me understand what LJ and "Friends" are all about? The fact that BBM is a dying fandom tears me apart, and it hurts more than I can say. It has helped to distance myself somewhat, but to find you lose a friend over it???? Because I didn't comment on a few chapters????? Is that Friendship? Apparently I need to thank the people who are not vindictive and took me off their friends list, simply because they have not heard from me for awhile.

So, thank-you to those friends who are still there for me, in case I should ever really need a TRUE friend.

My Love Always,
Cat ♥♥♥
<\/em>

"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:38400","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/38400.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=38400"}}],"title":"I've Been Sick!!!!","published":"2011-01-29T20:32:17Z","updated":"2011-01-29T20:33:29Z","content":"Hey Everybody...

I had no intention of ignoring anything or anybody this week, but my "cold\/flu" turned into "Pneumonia".  I was in the hospital for a few days, just got out yesterday.  Sorry if I haven't replied to new stories, or new posts this week. Unfortunately, it looks to have been a full week.  I will catch-up as soon as I can.  I hope there are no hard feelings on items I missed this week.

I love you all, and I hope I can catch-up with everything throughout this weekend.

Hugs,
Cat <\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/font>
<\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:38396","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/38396.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=38396"}}],"title":"GREEN BAY PACKERS.... SUPERBOWL SUNDAY MENUS....","published":"2011-01-24T15:13:57Z","updated":"2011-01-24T15:16:06Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"superbowl cheese menu"}},"content":"Hey Everybody!  \"\"<\/span> Donna wanted to know what was the best Green Bay Packer food for the Superbowl<\/span>.  Given it <\/span>some serious<\/span> thought, I came up with these suggestions...

Nacho's and CHEESE, Cheddar CHEESE Soup, CHEESE Fondue, Milwaukee CHEESE Cake<\/span>
BUT, we certainly cannot have Superbowl Sunday Without...<\/span>

Cumin-Crusted Chicken and Cheddar Quesadillas <\/span>with Basil Sour Cream.
<\/span>
As a last thought:  CHEESE Balls (They're for Chester)<\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:38014","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/38014.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=38014"}}],"title":"You will always be alive in my heart... Forever...","published":"2011-01-24T13:06:47Z","updated":"2011-01-24T13:48:41Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"dedication... 3 yrs"}},"content":"
      \"\"               \"\"               <\/div>
A million times I needed you,
A million times I cried;
If love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died.
 
Since you'll never be forgotten
I pledge to you today;
A hallowed place within my heart
Is where you'll always stay.<\/div>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:37580","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/37580.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=37580"}}],"title":"HEY HOOOOSSSSSIIIIEEEERRRRR!!!!!!!","published":"2011-01-23T20:14:13Z","updated":"2011-01-24T14:50:16Z","category":{"@attributes":{"term":"nfl conference playoff's"}},"content":"GREEN BAY WINS... PACKERS ARE ON THEIR WAY TO THE SUPERBOWL!!!!!!
<\/span><\/span>


<\/span><\/h1>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:36416","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/36416.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=36416"}}],"title":"Packers vs Bears Highlights 2008 ","published":"2011-01-17T20:12:57Z","updated":"2011-01-17T20:28:47Z","content":" <\/u>www.youtube.com\/watch<\/a>


GO PACKERS           <\/span>                   <\/span><\/div>

HOOSIER... Maybe you n<\/span><\/span>eed your brai<\/span><\/span>n refreshed...
<\/span><\/span><\/div>
<\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:34948","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/34948.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=34948"}}],"title":"ANNABIRMINGHAM.....YOU DID IT!!!!!!","published":"2011-01-07T02:23:35Z","updated":"2011-01-07T02:29:41Z","content":"

Congratulations My Dear Anna... I'm so happy for YOU!<\/span><\/span><\/strong>

        \"\" 

\"Christian<\/p>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:34695","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/34695.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=34695"}}],"title":"Enjoy the Show... It's Snow at it's Best......","published":"2011-01-03T02:40:40Z","updated":"2011-01-03T02:40:40Z","content":"

The Minnesota Song <\/span><\/h1>
\n\n>> _http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=62RwHHFuf14&feature=player_embedde_<\/a> <\/pre>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:33728","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/33728.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=33728"}}],"title":"luvenck @ 2010-12-26T02:54:00","published":"2010-12-26T08:55:22Z","updated":"2010-12-26T08:58:31Z","content":"\"\"


                              May Your Home be Filled with the Love of Christmas!

                        I Love All  of You, and want to Thank-You for making
                            My World a Better Place...  Merry Christmas, Cat ♥<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:33463","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/33463.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=33463"}}],"title":"This is for you... Carmen... with all my love... Cat \u2665","published":"2010-12-26T08:41:33Z","updated":"2010-12-26T18:11:16Z","content":"Click for a double celebration on December 25th

Merry Christmas AND Happy Birthday<\/i>
"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:32711","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/32711.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=32711"}}],"title":"Happy Birthday Rima!!!!!!  (rimasworld)","published":"2010-12-16T04:55:55Z","updated":"2010-12-26T18:23:59Z","content":"Happy Birthday Rima... I hope your day was wonderful.
You have been an awesome friend recently, 
and I didn't want this day to go by without wishing 
                You a Very Happy Birthday!<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
<\/span>             \"\"    

 "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:32445","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/32445.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=32445"}}],"title":"She's Baaaaaaaaaaaaack.....","published":"2010-12-13T21:54:07Z","updated":"2010-12-13T21:59:21Z","content":"



Apparently, as was posted by Jack's Key, This weird person needs to get a life.   
If not her, then someone like her.  Today, I had someone by the name  \"[info]\"<\/a>fgmqqtprxqqw<\/b><\/a> leave a message on the birthday announcement that I had posted for Jack's Key.<\/span> <\/span> Here's the weird message left, just so people have an idea what's going on.  I am tired of this, and would hope LJ can block these people from opening new accounts:




what the fuck are you gonna do about it is the question. If you dont like  
people<\/a><\/nobr> having an? opinion then get the fuck off youtube because I am 
entitled to post mine where the hell I want.

veryprettyprincess<\/div><\/a>
 <\/div>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:31950","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/31950.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=31950"}}],"title":"Happy Birthday Vicki... jacks_key","published":"2010-11-21T18:47:34Z","updated":"2010-12-26T18:23:38Z","content":"

     Be good - <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>Have a wonderful day! <\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>

\"\"

<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/span>"},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:31505","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/31505.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=31505"}}],"title":"Happy Birthday Joanne...  bagel1","published":"2010-11-20T04:37:09Z","updated":"2010-12-26T18:24:37Z","content":"






\"\"

 <\/span>Happy Birthday Beautiful Lady<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/strong>



  "},{"id":"urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:luvenck:31323","link":[{"@attributes":{"rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/31323.html"}},{"@attributes":{"rel":"self","type":"text\/xml","href":"https:\/\/luvenck.livejournal.com\/data\/atom\/?itemid=31323"}}],"title":"RIP Common Sense...","published":"2010-11-11T19:03:39Z","updated":"2010-11-11T19:03:39Z","content":"
<\/a>
Snagged from <\/a>bagel1<\/b><\/a><\/span>

Obituary printed in the London Times - Interesting and sadly rather true.<\/b>

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend,Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers;
I Know My Rights
I Want It Now
Someone Else Is To Blame
I'm A Victim

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.

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                 Hope Everybody has a Safe a Happy Halloween<\/span>"}]}