Awesome People

[xoxoxoBruce]

The ones who were killed were probably fortunate. Can you imagine any of them being browbeaten by a meter maid?

[Gravdigr]

Ronda Rousey is an Awesome People™.

And what she did was pretty awesome.

No, I'm not talking about the 34 second ko the entire planet is talking about, although that was pretty awesome.

Apraxia of Speech

[classicman]

That is fantastic.

[Gravdigr]

Peggy Hubbard is an Awesome People™.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Peggy Hubbard is an Awesome People™.

Yes, she is Awesome.

I agree with her. Her message is a little intermixed, sometimes she's condemning the people protesting that "#blacklivesmatter" but chastising the same people for ignoring the tragedy of the little girl who also died the same night. That is terrible. But I think her fire is misdirected (if you'll pardon the analogy); that's more the result of which "story" is more readily converted into something that can be broadcast/monetized. And the winner in that contest is the story about the dead adult, not the dead child. No one who knows about both deaths would cry for the guy who died in a gunfight with the cops and not about the little girl.

All of the admonitions she delivers are right on target, and completely true--EVEN WITHOUT ANY RACIAL QUALIFIERS. Don't murder. JFC. Who is exempt from that good idea? Pay attention to what your parents who love you and are trying to raise you well tell you. Uh huh, that's *not* a black thing. I'm sorry to hear that she thinks "White people don't care.". Lots of white people care. But that's a distracting quibble.

She's right on target. Awesome, definitely awesome.

[Gravdigr]

Apparently, Rick Rice was an Awesome People™.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Apparently, Rick Rice was an Awesome People™.

In lieu of flowers, Rick would be honored if you would do the unexpected and unsolicited act of kindness for someone else today in his name.

Will do, Rick, will do.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I'm sorry to hear that she thinks "White people don't care.".

She probably is thinking the lack of coverage in the media is they cater to what the white people care about, when it's actually , as you said, a juicier story.

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David Perez, Fremont, CA, is an Awesome People™, and he is an awesome neighbor, who has some pretty awesome Facebook friends.

[glatt]

Cool! They even let the old man nail on the final shingle to complete the job.

[monster]

So here's one ....or two.

This year, one of the swimmers from our itsy bitsy 20yard summer pool team broke a longstanding record for the 50 fly for 11/12yo boys at county championships. (He then went on to break the state record the next week, but that's a different story)

One of our swim moms tracked down the guy who set the previous record thirty-something years ago.

He wrote a letter to our new champ:

Dear AJ,
I wanted to write and congratulate you on breaking the WISC 11-12 50 fly record. It might not have been the oldest record in the books, but it was a pretty big deal for me. After 30+ years, this was the last of my swimming records left at any level. At one point I held a number of 11-12 and 13-14 butterfly and freestyle state and zone records, which led to national age group championships, state titles at Huron, trips to junior nationals, and a lifelong love of swimming.

But even with all that, WISC was always special to me. I loved being part of a summer club team, and was especially proud of the success we had at Orchard Hills, which like Forestbrooke, has always been one of the “little” clubs in WISC. All of my success started from our little kidney bean shaped pool at OHAC, so I am especially happy that a fellow “little” pool swimmer broke my last record.

You are part of a long and proud tradition of swimming in Ann Arbor. I don’t know if you noticed that the other “old” 11-12 record broken this year was held by one of my best swimming friends, Tom Bailey, who was also a Forestbrooke kid. We were part of a group of “little” pool kids that ended up winning a couple of state championships at Huron, so the bar is set pretty high for you. I look forward to following your swimming career, wish you continued success, and hope you are able to experience all the joy, fun, and camaraderie that I was able to have as a swimmer.

Best of luck, Mark Loveland

[BigV]

very classy!

[Gravdigr]

Indeed.

[Gravdigr]

Haven Jarel is just plain awesome. Welded up his own Iron Man mask...at age 6. And he was just getting started:

[Griff]

Too cool.