Comments on: the lighter side of loss http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/ ... and whatever else it takes to find my pants. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:41:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: in an honest moment « the Change I Wish to See http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2244 in an honest moment « the Change I Wish to See Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:18:44 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2244 [...] few weeks ago, a lone gunmen walked into the Holocaust Museum and opened fire.  All of my thoughts were for the security guard who lost his life and for those who were witnesses and victims.  Anger [...] [...] few weeks ago, a lone gunmen walked into the Holocaust Museum and opened fire.  All of my thoughts were for the security guard who lost his life and for those who were witnesses and victims.  Anger [...]

]]> By: Kristin http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2121 Kristin Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:45:05 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2121 Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. - Anne Frank <strong>We must. We want so much that it makes that really simple advice so hard to remember. But we must.</strong> Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
- Anne Frank

We must. We want so much that it makes that really simple advice so hard to remember. But we must.

]]> By: Marie http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2110 Marie Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:31:55 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2110 Wonderful post. Gave me goosebumps. Wonderful post. Gave me goosebumps.

]]> By: JoLee http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2104 JoLee Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:09:26 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2104 You need/deserve to be published. You need/deserve to be published.

]]> By: kjg http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2103 kjg Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:53:56 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2103 ohh.....and totally just read the comments and saw surburban sweethearts comment.....and i wanted to delete mine or edit i did a similar thing......but i don't know how to work this blog thing.....sorry! but props to surburban sweetheart....and wishing you an early good shabbos :) ohh…..and totally just read the comments and saw surburban sweethearts comment…..and i wanted to delete mine or edit i did a similar thing……but i don’t know how to work this blog thing…..sorry! but props to surburban sweetheart….and wishing you an early good shabbos :)

]]> By: kjg http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2102 kjg Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:50:18 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2102 to an old special Black friend, i purposely made sure to stop by here today in hopes you would have something up to help me through this. dc was my home for almost a decade. this museum was also a home for me. i don't know what else to really write at this second because i am still trying to process it all. so for now, please accept a sincere thank you for your words, wisdom, and thoughts and for sharing them with all of us. -a Jewish friend to an old special Black friend,

i purposely made sure to stop by here today in hopes you would have something up to help me through this. dc was my home for almost a decade. this museum was also a home for me. i don’t know what else to really write at this second because i am still trying to process it all. so for now, please accept a sincere thank you for your words, wisdom, and thoughts and for sharing them with all of us.

-a Jewish friend

]]> By: Vittoria http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2101 Vittoria Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:16:20 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2101 what a day to return to the internets. a little personal info, i work for a news blog, and have been just so downtrodden by the last 24 hours (which is to say that i would have been upset if i had just watched the coverage, but the reaction has both horrified and exhausted me). yours was the first thing i've read/seen that has made me happy. thank you. <strong>That means a lot. Thank you.</strong> what a day to return to the internets. a little personal info, i work for a news blog, and have been just so downtrodden by the last 24 hours (which is to say that i would have been upset if i had just watched the coverage, but the reaction has both horrified and exhausted me). yours was the first thing i’ve read/seen that has made me happy. thank you.

That means a lot. Thank you.

]]> By: Titania http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2100 Titania Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:59:51 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2100 You never cease to impress me, f.B. Thanks for writing this. What I always wonder is how a human being arrived to feel this level of hatred. Where in the road did this happen? Why? I wonder. <strong>I don't know. The best I can think of is just out of a false sense of entitlement; some ethnocentrism that vaults what he believes is his group, his "people," above the rest of us. And when that's threatened (in his eyes), it probably rocks his entire foundation.</strong> You never cease to impress me, f.B. Thanks for writing this.

What I always wonder is how a human being arrived to feel this level of hatred. Where in the road did this happen? Why? I wonder.

I don’t know. The best I can think of is just out of a false sense of entitlement; some ethnocentrism that vaults what he believes is his group, his “people,” above the rest of us. And when that’s threatened (in his eyes), it probably rocks his entire foundation.

]]> By: Thoughts On The Holocaust Memorial Museum Shooting | Washington D.C. Metblogs http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2099 Thoughts On The Holocaust Memorial Museum Shooting | Washington D.C. Metblogs Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:32:01 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2099 [...] Before I end with some quick thoughts I encourage everyone to read Franco Beans short but thoughtful take on the events… [...] [...] Before I end with some quick thoughts I encourage everyone to read Franco Beans short but thoughtful take on the events… [...]

]]> By: justjp http://francobeans.com/2009/06/11/the-lighter-side-of-loss/#comment-2098 justjp Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:46:14 +0000 http://francobeans.wordpress.com/?p=2346#comment-2098 That man deserves a medal and a hero's burial in Arlington National. Not many people would have done that. He is the embodiment of a real man. Good lookin bro! <strong>Definitely agree that he's a hero. But I hope many more would've done the same thing.</strong> That man deserves a medal and a hero’s burial in Arlington National. Not many people would have done that. He is the embodiment of a real man.

Good lookin bro!

Definitely agree that he’s a hero. But I hope many more would’ve done the same thing.

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