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Shaking it off

This isn’t a ‘traditional’ Music Monday post as I’ve suggested I will share the first Monday of each Month.  This link came across my email over the weekend and it’s too amusing to NOT share with y’all.  I suspect that nearly everyone is familiar with Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off.”  With all the negativity and awful press that many officers receive, I thought this was an appropriate cop’s response to those bandwaggoners who maintain the ignorance that all cops are bad:

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Thank you to all the men and women who’ve lost their lives and who continue to place their their lives on-the-line each day to protect and serve.  Thank you also to the officer in the video who maintained a great sense of humor lip-syncing, “Shake It Off.”

To those who believe cops shouldn’t carry or use weapons, I ask if you think officers can realistically protect by carrying only non-deadly mace to spray at perps or protect using a tranquilizer gun to hopefully only stun a criminal, if the officer happens to gain clear access, while you’re being held at gunpoint, for example?  Or, is a cop only obligated to protect you and not also protect him or herself?

~Jenn

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Happy New Year, but don’t waste time with resolutions

As we kick-off 2015, many will make their annual list of resolutions that they will only achieve success in breaking.  So, congratulations.   For some, creating a resolution list is personal, familial, or it might be a communal, societal expectation that gives the resolver warm-fuzzies for consideration of the resolution.  For some that’s where it ends, but for others, they will hit the ground running and maintain their resolutions(s).  Why?  Because the resolute are committed to and intentional about being successful whether it’s for themselves or their family.  Why does the calendar have anything to do with making positive changes in one’s life?  Because for now it allows people to keep doing whatever they’re doing.  The term now is too much of a commitment for those who really don’t desire change.  What if people just make up their minds to begin making changes NOW instead of making the excuse to start making changes tomorrow, next week, next month  or next year?  Why not start now?  A calendar has nothing to do with anything and if it’s important, I’ll borrow the old Nike slogan and suggest, JUST DO IT.

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Here is my list of things that I would like to see some become intentional about in 2015:

Learn the proper spelling of homonyms and learn to use proper punctuation before posting statuses and comments on social networks or blogs.

Stop posting relationship grievances on social networks and instead of depending on social network ‘friends‘ to provide advice, get professional help.

Stop saying,amazeballs, YOLO, I know right? and like before every like word in your like repertoire and get a word of the day calendar because a limited vocabulary is a clear sign of ignorance.

Protests – Nothing changes because of protests and riots are the stupid, drunk uncle of protests.  Both of these  behaviors are a pathetic excuse to make bad decisions.

Everyone is a winner is a problem because it is a false assessment.  Why?  Take a step back and observe cause and effect.  Because groups and schools awarded the population (MILLENIALS) with silly awards, many now perceive they’re entitled to things like cars and jobs, despite being unqualified.  Stop awarding  silly ribbons and trophies.  Imagine if all Olympic participants were entitled to receive awards – there would be no incentive to improve their skill.

Selfie-sticks are real. I see these on the Las Vegas Strip. Selfies are already narcissistic and now there is a device to encourage more of them.  I’m fairly certain this product is Satan’s handy work…

Being offended – Anymore, it seems that people are very easily offended by everything. Just stop! If you don’t like it then don’t support it and move-on because not everything is personal or about you.

I like New Year’s because for us that means we celebrated another anniversary yesterday and a new year is always   refreshing.  I don’t make New Year’s resolutions because I don’t need a particular day to motivate better choices.

What words or trends are annoying for you?

Back to watching football and Happy New Year!

~Jenn

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