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Morgan Freeman’s brilliant take on the shooting in Connecticut:

Turn Off the News “You want to know why. This may sound cynical, but here’s why. …

It’s because of the way the media reports it. Flip on the news and watch how we treat the Batman theater shooter and the Oregon mall shooter like celebrities. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris are household names, but do you know the name of a single *victim* of Columbine? Disturbed people who would otherwise just off themselves in their basements see the news and want to top it by doing something worse, and going out in a memorable way. Why a grade school? Why children? Because he’ll be remembered as a horrible monster, instead of a sad nobody. CNN’s article says that if the body count “holds up”, this will rank as the second deadliest shooting behind Virginia Tech, as if statistics somehow make one shooting worse than another. Then they post a video interview of third-graders for all the details of what they saw and heard while the shootings were happening. Fox News has plastered the killer’s face on all their reports for hours. Any articles or news stories yet that focus on the victims and ignore the killer’s identity? None that I’ve seen yet. Because they don’t sell. So congratulations, sensationalist media, you’ve just lit the fire for someone to top this and knock off a day care center or a maternity ward next. You can help by forgetting you ever read this man’s name, and remembering the name of at least one victim. You can help by donating to mental health research instead of pointing to gun control as the problem. You can help by turning off the news.”

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My conversation with a Yale grad. He was accepted to every Ivy League, and is currently at one of the top occupations in Microsoft.

Him: I know right now, everything seems so unfair. You need to study, all to get compared with other people. Your future is dependent mostly on whether you go to this school, major in this thing, receive this much money, or get this job. I know. I was there, I was you. Studying my ass off for an easier life. You're told that everything right now is the most important, that you need to get As, go to a great college, have an amazing job, generate immense revenue, therefore become happy. But, there's just one thing that I failed to understand. And let me tell you, there are barely any things that I do not understand. Yet, I have no idea why I'm not happy. From a young age, you're told to take these steps and if you succeed, you'll reach happiness. It's not true. I've done every step every mother would tell her child to do, to become, but here I am, unhappy. After many years of trying to find where I went wrong, I realized that I had been looking in the completely wrong place.

Me: Then where do you look?

Him: At your friends. Your relationships. Your family. Your coworkers, your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your social life. Many of the richest men in the world aren't happy, why? Because they spent all their lives trying to achieve happiness in the wrong place. You have a ton of money, great. But in the end, we're all sitting in our rocking chairs, and nobody cares who had the most money or who went to the best college. It's about who had the most fun. Who had the most people to look after them, who had the most to look after. The happiest are the ones that have people to call in times of trouble, the ones that had the time to spend with their family and feel all that love. That's what people lack! Love. When you're on your deathbed, everything doesn't matter anymore you see. You'd want people that love you to be around you, to be comforting you, to tell you about all the great things you did for people. You don't want to be alone, with what? A degree? Cash that will never be used? Nobody ever says "wow, I went to a great college and therefore I'm satisfied" in the end. Only the lucky ones get to say "wow, I was surrounded by love my whole life. My time on this earth was beautiful."

Me:

Him: But you know, I'm not telling you not to get into a great college or not to do any of the things society tells you to. Go for it, it pays off! It doesn't give you happiness but it takes a lot of stress off your shoulders. All I'm saying is don't make it your everything. If you don't get in somewhere good, don't stress about it. As long as you're okay with the people around you, you're going to be fine. I'm sure of it. Priorities change in the end. We're only people.

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Dear Ann Coulter of the Day: After Ann Coulter referred to President Obama as a retard in a tweet during Monday night’s presidential debate, Special Olympics athlete and global messenger John Franklin Stephens penned her this open letter:

Dear Ann Coulter,  Come on Ms. Coulter, you aren’t dumb and you aren’t shallow. So why are you continually using a word like the R-word as an insult?  I’m a 30 year old man with Down syndrome who has struggled with the public’s perception that an intellectual disability means that I am dumb and shallow. I am not either of those things, but I do process information more slowly than the rest of you. In fact it has taken me all day to figure out how to respond to your use of the R-word last night.  I thought first of asking whether you meant to describe the President as someone who was bullied as a child by people like you, but rose above it to find a way to succeed in life as many of my fellow Special Olympians have.  Then I wondered if you meant to describe him as someone who has to struggle to be thoughtful about everything he says, as everyone else races from one snarkey sound bite to the next.  Finally, I wondered if you meant to degrade him as someone who is likely to receive bad health care, live in low grade housing with very little income and still manages to see life as a wonderful gift.  Because, Ms. Coulter, that is who we are – and much, much more.  After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV.  I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.  Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of honor.  No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.  Come join us someday at Special Olympics. See if you can walk away with your heart unchanged.  A friend you haven’t made yet, John Franklin Stephens Global Messenger Special Olympics Virginia

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Nice day at the lake today 😃☀🐠🍃 #avababy #lakeelizabeth #fremont #ca #instagood (Taken with Instagram at Lake Elizabeth)

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Satisfied tummy. 🍴😝😏 #Benihana #japanese #steakhouse #foodporn (Taken with Instagram at Benihana Japanese Steakhouse)

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Mmhmm 😁🍴 #BoilingCrab #foodporn #lateupload (Taken with Instagram)

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Tonight is the night! 💗💛💜💙💚🎶✊🎵🙌 #KASKADE #freaksofnature tour #SF #billgraham see ya there! 😊 (Taken with Instagram)

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Kelly Clarkson!! Been a fan since her AI days. Heheh 🎶🎵 I had soooo much fun at her concert! 😊🎶🎵💃🎤 #KellyClarkson #music #AI #sleeptrainpavillion #concord #ca (Taken with Instagram)

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Last night, I FINALLY saw The Fray live in concert!!!! 🎶😌💙 Soo in love with their music! #TheFray #amazing #music #sleeptrainpavillion #concord #ca (Taken with Instagram)

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Meanwhile... 📷😚😜 #waiting #selfie #cuzcan (Taken with Instagram)

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🎵 I ♡ Coldplay 🎶 #ARushOfBloodToTheHead is still my fave album of theirs 🎶 #nowplaying #coldplay #throwback #tbt (Taken with Instagram)

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My "mid-night snack". I saw this on the Food Network the other day, so I had to try it! Lol! Bought Sun-dried Tomato paste and mixed it into Tuna. Added a lil basil in it too. Taste hella good 😜 And I just added Galbani just cos I love Galbani. Haha 😜😁 #foodie #foodporn (Taken with Instagram)

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Dinner date w/ my Sissy 👯🍴 (Taken with Instagram at Nordstrom Cafe Bistro)