Bullies, well, they bully. They can be young kids at school making fun of someone for being different. Or they can be big old men who don’t know what to do when they can’t get their way. Often times they start as one, and end as the other. Bullies are scared of people who are different – be it because they are another sex, another race, another sexual preference – and they try to cover up their own feelings of inadequacy through intimidation and even violence. But mostly, bullies are pathetic.
I was confronted by one tonight, a big guy well past middle age who really should know better. He was drunk, he tried to intimidate me. He didn’t manage to, and I left feeling he was truly pathetic – but also potentially dangerous. Apparently we need to address bullying not just in the schools themselves.
Category: My World (Page 13 of 15)
Mike has a new campaign website, built by Y.Day Designs. It’s gorgeous. I see it and feel that I’ve so much stayed in the prehistoric area web-designed wise. It’s almost like if I had on my websites. Remember that?
I know I’m not going to learn web design, which means that I should start looking for volunteer web designers to redo Derechos. It’s about time 🙂
Mike, my husband, is running for our local school board. This is the sort of thing you do when you grow up, become established in a community and have children. Or that you would do if you had enough time for it. I am happy for Mike, he is one of the most committed people I know and one of the few who can get along with (practically) everyone without sacrificing his own moral and political stands. Being completely non-judgemental probably helps with that. And I think he will make a great school board member, I think he can bring new ideas and enthusiasm to a board that seems stuck in the past, and help shake it just a little bit.
Of course, both the race and the actual work as a school board member will take a lot of time from our family life – and require lots of organization from our part. I can’t say I’m thrilled about that. But since I’ve decided to support him, I’m going to figure out how to make it work. Probably my work will suffer, but as Jesus said “the poor will always be with you.”
Anyway, here is Mike’s press release. If you are in San Leandro please consider supporting him.
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