moans and groans…

aka I have got to get a few annoyances off my chest, writing is my coping skill. 🙂 and it’s a positive coping skill too. Once I write it out, I forget about it…. or don’t dwell on it anyways. 😉

 

So a few annoyances today…and one of these started on the Facebook yesterday, I took a sanity break, and have avoided it today as well. I had re-posted an interesting photo. 

And the next thing I see is a reply from someone that claims to be a feminist. Calling this woman a “Shameless Hussy.” Uh NO! Just NO. We get enough bad press/talk from the other gender, we don’t need it from our own. And then I had another woman send me a private message calling me a C __ t. Really? REALLY????  Yeah, I don’t take personal attacks well, so I reported them, sent a screencap of the PM from my phone, and then I removed them from my list. Honestly, I don’t have the time, or energy to deal with stupidity. And yes, I am calling them stupid! Because honestly…. think about this. *facepalms #1*

So I decide to take a sanity break from Facebook, still haven’t been on there today. It’s not a habit, or something that I need to do every day, it is for fun, and when it’s not fun. I stay off of it.

 

And now for *Facepalm #2* So I love my happier app, until earlier today someone made a post that was “why do people lock down their accounts?” So I tried to be nice, and explain my reason why. They told me that was rude, I was shutting the door on people. Um DUH! that’s what private means. So why are my happier posts locked down? Same as my Facebook page! I don’t want/need clients to try to friend me, or stalk me online. I get enough threats in my position. And I’ve been stalked in real life from client’s… I don’t need that nonsense online as well.

So I feel I’m justified in my moans and groans this afternoon. I gave fair warning to my subscribers to avoid this post if they wanted. But I hope really that they didn’t. 😀  Because honestly, I can’t be the only one that has issues with online nonsense. LOL 😛

question?

I have a post that I need to get off my chest- it’s my moan and groan time, now then it will be public…as I do it in generalizations, and I post them to let others know that they are not alone. However if you don’t want to read it, that’s why I’m putting this out now. It will be titled moans and groans. 🙂

about an hour or two from now… 😀

IOTD

Calendar day; September 15, 2014

Monday, the 15th of September, 2014 is the 258th day in 2014 and in the 38th calendar week.

General Events:

Respect for the Aged Day
September 15, 2014 in Japan

Respect for the Aged Day takes place on September 15, 2014. Respect for the Aged Day is a Japanese holiday celebrated annually to honor elderly citizens. It started in 1966 as a national holiday and held on every September 15. After 2003, the Respect for the Aged Day is held on the 3rd Monday of September due to the Happy Monday System. This national holiday traces its origins to 1947, when Nomadani-mura (later Yachiyo-cho, currently Taka-cho), Hyogo Prefecture proclaimed September 15 Old Folks’ Day (Toshiyori no Hi). Its popularity spread nationwide, and in 1966 it took its present name and status. Annually, Japanese media take the opportunity to feature the elderly, reporting on the population and highlighting the oldest people in the country.

Where is Respect for the Aged Day?
Nationwide Japan

International Day of Democracy
September 15, 2014 in the World

International Day of Democracy is celebrated on September 15, 2014. In 2007 the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe 15 September as the International Day of Democracy – with the purpose of promoting and upholding the principles of democracy – and invited all member states and organizations to commemorate the day in an appropriate manner that contributes to raising public awareness.

Democracy is a form of government in which all eligible citizens participate equally – either directly or through elected representatives – in the proposal, development, and creation of laws. It encompasses social, economic and cultural conditions that enable the free and equal practice of political self-determination. Democracy contrasts with forms of government where power is either held by one person, as in a monarchy, or where power is held by a small number of individuals, as in an oligarchy.

No consensus exists on how to define democracy, but equality, freedom and rule of law have been identified as important characteristics since ancient times. These principles are reflected in all eligible citizens being equal before the law and having equal access to legislative processes. For example, in a representative democracy, every vote has equal weight, and the freedom of its eligible citizens is secured by legitimized rights.

International Day of Democracy 2014 Theme: Engaging Young People on Democracy
http://www.un.org/en/events/democracyday/

Where is Day of Democracy?
Worldwide

International Dot Day
September 15, 2014 in the World

Imagine the power and potential of a million people all around the world connecting, collaborating, creating and celebrating all that creativity inspires and invites. I hope you will join the growing global community of creativity champions using their talents, gifts and energy to move the world to a better place.

Dot Day September 15: http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/

Where is International Dot Day?
Worldwide

Greenpeace Day
September 15, 2014 in the World

On 15th September we celebrate Greenpeace Day, so this is the time to release your inner activist and get passionate about the environment. The now internationally renowned campaign organisation for ecological issues was originally founded by a group of 17 activists in Vancouver protesting against off shore nuclear testing in Alaska on this date in 1971.

Since then, Greenpeace has achieved an abundance of victories over eco-crimes, as well as making an enormous contribution to raising awareness of environmental issues across the globe. They constantly strive for their vision of a society which recognises the Earth as an essential life support system whose resources are not infinite and must be protected and cared for. Their campaigns range from raising awareness of the receding ice of the Arctic to protecting the oceans and rainforests to working towards nuclear disarmament.

To recognise the contribution made by the organisation which came out of such humble roots yet now boasts 2.9 million members, Mayor Gregor Robertson of Vancouver has pronounced September 15th Greenpeace Day. In Vancouver, celebrations include a free family-friendly outdoor festival, tree planting and workshops on activism.

Be inspired by Greenpeace today: sign petitions and encourage others to do the same, be green in the home and out and about by switching off unnecessary light bulbs and throwing that empty wrapper on the street in the bin. Think bigger and look into volunteering and helping raise awareness for Greenpeace issues. Finally let Greenpeace Day act as a reminder that as the anthropologist Margaret Mead once put it: ‘Never doubt that a … group of committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has’.

Where is Greenpeace Day?
Worldwide

Historical Events on 15th September:

668 – Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy.

1584 – San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid finished

1616 – The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy.

1620 – Mayflower departs from Plymouth England with 102 pilgrims [OS May 8]

1795 – Cape Colony surrenders to Britain

1821 – Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras & Nicaragua gain independence

1830 – 1st person to be run over by a railroad train (William Huskisson, England)

1835 – HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Galapagos Islands

1857 – Timothy Alder of NY patents a typesetting machine

1894 – Japan defeats China in Battle of Ping Yang

1900 – A Boer delegation issues an appeal at the Hague, Netherlands, that the major powers intervene in the war in South Africa

1903 – Queen Wilhelmina calls railroad strikers “criminals”

1904 – Wilbur Wright makes his 1st airplane flight

1916 – Debut of tanks in war, “Little Willies” at Battle of Flers-Courcelette (part of the Battle of the Somme)

1918 – CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state

1931 – British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts

1935 – Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship & makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany

1943 – Benito Mussolini forms a rival fascist government in Italy

1945 – A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond.

1947 – RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube.

1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hit Tone River, Saitama and Tokyo area, killing at least 1,930 and injuring 1,750..

1950 – UN lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south

1952 – UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia

1965 – “Lost in Space” premieres

1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.

1970 – PLO leader Arafat threatens to make a cemetery of Jordan

1982 – Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut

1983 – Cops beat to death Michael Stewart for graffiting NYC subway

1992 – Ted Weiss, despite dying on 14th, wins congressional NYC seat

1998 – With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business.