A fine line between Happy and sad: My challenge for the OTz.

Boomer

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Everyday is a battle. We are all a thread away from sorrow, happiness, misery and every other human emotion. Just one small thing can shift your attitude and alter your day. just one small story, decision, song, poem or just the feeling of another's mood. There are many negative things in this world. Sometimes, I feel as if the negative has out numbered the positive in a massive quantity for years. I feel that being positive shouldn't be something that someone should have to be reminded of. It should be a natural state of consciousness. I can breathe, walk, sing, praise my lord and rae at the beauty he provided me. Why am I so full of sorrow? Could it be my surroundings?

With that being said. I have a challenge for any who would like to participate. I have constantly seen threads that consist of horrific news. I challenge you fellow OTzers. I challenge you to find a news story with GOOD news and make a thread. Lets fill the world we share everyday with positive thoughts. In hopes that we may look upon those threads when we feel all is lost and maybe gain at least a fragment of positive energy to guide us back to the light when we walk enveloped in darkness.


Here is my Story:

5 yo boy dressed as Spiderman saves baby from blaze

Published: November 13, 2007


A five-year-old boy dressed in a Spider-Man suit became a real superhero in Brazil when he saved a baby girl from her burning home.
While playing in his back garden with a friend, Riquelme Maciel spotted smoke coming out of the wooden house’s windows and ran to tell the baby’s mother, Lucilene dos Santos.
But Ms Santos was too afraid to enter the blaze, so it was down to young Maciel to step in and save the day - he rushed into the burning house and grabbed baby Andrieli from her cradle.
The Fire Department Chief Jose de Macedo praised the boy’s bravery, and much like his hero Spider-Man, Maciel became the talk of the town.
His face made it to the cover of all the local newspapers and he no longer needs the red and blue costume to be recognised.
Maciel said he is now dreaming of becoming a fire-fighter so he can save more lives.
 
I remember when this story broke, it's one of them things that just makes you say "right on bro!":clap

REAL-LIFE BATMAN FIGHTING BAD GUYS IN NEW YORK

Holy nutcase! Man patrols streets in bodysuit, mask -- and a cape!
An obsessed crimefighter is roaming the streets of New York City at night beating up burglars, muggers and drug dealers -- while wearing a costume just like the movie superhero Batman!
"This fellow is a one-man vigilante team," a police insider said. "Last week he broke into a crack house and beat the hell out of a couple of well-known drug dealers.
"We have a dozen witnesses who have seen the fellow in the last two weeks and they all say the same thing: The guy's a bodybuilder, he's dressed up in a black outfit with a cape and wears a mask just like Batman wore in the movies."
The mysterious figure's most highly publicized act of heroism came last week when he broke up an armed robbery at a fast-food restaurant, knocking out two would-be robbers in the process. "When our officers arrived on the scene one of the thieves was unconscious and the other was so groggy that he didn't know where he was," the police source said. "This Batman fellow had worked them over pretty good."
Officials are unsure how to deal with the crimefighter, who has gained a devoted cult following in some New York neighborhoods. "Our problem is that this guy is breaking the law, but if we throw him in jail we'll look like the bad guys," the anonymous policeman said.
"But we can't allow him to go around making his own laws. And the fact that he wears a superhero costume shows that he is probably mentally unstable."
Police psychologists say the real-life Batman fits the profile of an angry crime victim who is fighting back.
"You see this a lot when someone has been victimized. But this guy is obviously obsessed in a twisted, almost frightening kind of way. It appears he truly believes he is Batman."
Witnesses say the Batman is highly skilled in the martial arts and has no trouble overpowering the criminals he attacks. "One couple said they were being mugged when the Batman jumped out from behind a tree, kicked the gun from the mugger's hand, put him into a headlock and rammed him into a tree."
"But in that case, as always, by the time the police got there the Batman was gone."



By GEORGE PIKE
Weekly World News
 
Carson Daly to defy Writers' Strike

NEW YORK - NBC’s “Last Call with Carson Daly” is about to become the first late-night talk show to defy the writers strike and resume production.Daly, who is not a member of the Writers Guild, will begin taping new episodes of his Burbank-based show this week for airing next week, an NBC spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.



This is damn good to me, Carson Daly's cool, and this Writers' Strike fucking sucks. Bout time someone started the path to ending it.
 
FOR BOOMZ.

Hey bud, ain't it the true what you said there in you opening post. One small thing, one small story...a thread away from happiness or sorrow...things that touch us. So true.

Well, I don't have a story for you right now. What I have for you is a message in a song...A little help from my friends. A piece of vintage no doubt. If music be the food of love, play on. If I'm feeling down, this is one of those gems that lifts me up. I hope it will do the same for you. The message to you is this. We are your friends homie, through good times and in bad, whether you wanna shit talk, knock down a few, banter or vent.

That being said, click on play, let this mofo load, sit back and soak in this piece of vintage and tell me if this don't hit a spot. This is the real Macoy. To da Boomerizer...with a little help from your friends.


Joe Cocker - A Little Help From My Friends - Woodstock 1969

YouTube - Joe Cocker - A Little Help From My Friends - Woodstock 1969
 
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