Saturday, February 27, 2010

A Role Model

A friend sent me this most interesting article where Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir responds to commentators who questioned his gender and the example he sets. Mr. Weir gave what I think is an impressive response and I think we're looking at a role model here, that kids like him can look up to. He said: “I would challenge anyone to question my upbringing and question my parents’ ideals and feelings about bringing up me and my brother, who’s completely different from me but taught very much the same way that I was,”

On a lighter note, here's a pretty prom dress I saw at the mall recently. L likes the look of it.


News

Simple, cheap procedure can limit size of heart attack: Researchers

Winnipeg teachers suspended after ‘lap dance’ goes viral

7 comments:

Reanaclaire said...

wow...the gown looks very ravishing!

The Mind of a Mom said...

The girl would like to borrow the dress when L is done with it! :o)

Anonymous said...

Johnny Wier does seem to know who he is & is secure with himself.
Love the dress...blue is my favorite color!

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

Gown - gorgeous. Color - gorgeous.

Mr. Weir is refreshing to me. Too many people are afraid of anyone who is different. I find it tiresome. I'm proud of him for being true to himself.

Teachers lapdancing? Risky in this day and age where everyone has a phone and can video you.

Barbara Blundell said...

A lovely dress. Do you think L will go for it ?
Read the article about heart attacks. Interesting. I have a wrist BP monitor-wonder if it would have the same effect ?
It is great to have someone who can access your computer. My niece and her husband live in France and the husband is quite an Apple expert and if i have any problems I can give him permission to take over my computer and sort them out . It works well.( He always instructs me to sit on my hands so I can't interfere !)
I still use the PC though because there are some things I can't do on Apple Mac
Liked the congrats message !

TBM said...

That is a beautiful dress! So elegant.

Christine said...

Reana, SoccerMom, LadyCat, PJ,glad you like the gown. We'll see what we end up getting.


Barbara, it occurred to me that the blood pressure monitors they're using for this must be like the ones at the doctor's office where you manually pump those balloons up.