HAPPY NEW YEAR! GIVE THE GIFT OF INSPIRATION & CONVERSATION. NOTHING IS EVERYTHING! WEWORK. WHO LIVED IT? ME. JOANN S. SECRIST, REPORTING FROM THE LAKE HILLS LIBRARY, KING COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM! CLOWNEY IS BACK IN ACTION! WATCH OUT GARAPOLLO! SMILE. LYNCH & TURBIN SUPER BOWL DREAM TEAM BACK PAYING FOR THE SEAHAWKS! EXPERIENCE COUNTS! WILSON SAID THE TWO FORMER, TEAMMATES ARE READY! WITH HALF THE HAWKS INJURED, WE ARE DAMNED LUCKY THEY WERE BOTH AVAILABLE! I KNOW HOW THEY FEEL, WHEN, LYNCH AND TURBIN, SAW EACH OTHER, BACK AT THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, PRACTICE THIS WEEK, THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE THEY WERE STANDING HERE AGAIN! LOL. I KNOW THE FEELING! I WAS IN SEATTLE, GOT HIJACKED BY SEAHAWK'S FANS, BACK IN DECEMBER, 2013, TO GO TO NORTHGATE MALL, TO WATCH, THE SEAHAWKS, SEMI-FINAL GAME . . . NOT KNOWING THE SIGNIFICANCE, OF THAT, FOR SOME REASON, MAYBE BECAUSE, I WAS MORE USED TO THE UTAH JAZZ AND CHICAGO BULLS, NBA, SCHEDULES, MORE THAN THE HIERARCHY OF THE NFL STRUCTURE! NOW, GENERALLY, I HAVE NO CONNECTION WITH ANY SUPER BOWL TEAM, SO ONE WOULD THINK, I WOULD HAVE WATCHED, THIS ONE? WHERE WAS I? I WAS SO HAPPY THAT THE SEAHAWKS WON! BUT BEING HERE AGAIN, 5 YEARS LATER--NEVER! I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED, EVER THAT I WOULD BE HERE, IN SEATTLE, A STAR CRAZED FAN OF THE SEAHAWKS!? GO FIGURE! THIS COUNTER-CULTURE PERSONALITY, WHO USED TO SCOFF AT, BYU FOOTBALL FANS, BACK IN MY LAW SCHOOL DAYS, AND, JUST WATCHING SUPER BOWL, TO BE IN THE KNOW, WOULD NEVER GUESS! THIS MORNING AFTER READING THE SPORTS SECTION, BEFORE, THE NORMAL SEATTLE TIMES NEWS, I THOUGHT, AFTER READING, ABOUT, ANGER, FRANCE, BEING PISSED, THAT, AMERICAN VALUES, AUTOMATION, AMAZON, AND AMERICAN CONSUMERISM, IS RUNNING AFOUL OF FRENCH SUNDAY CLOSING LAWS, WHERE WORKERS GET OFF AT 12:30 PM, NOW WORRIED THAT THEIR HOLY DAY WILL BE FUCKED UP BY AUTOMATON IN CASINOS, AND GROCERY STORES, LIKE THEY ARE HERE IN AMERICA, OR AS I READ ABOUT, BIB, ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER, INDICTED FOR CORRUPTION, ENJOYING, THE "CULT OF PERSONALITY" IN ISRAEL, MUCH LIKE TRUMP, EVEN USING TRUMP'S DEFENSE, OF THIS INVESTIGATION AND THE CHARGES BEING, A "WITCH HUNT," AS NATANYAHU, LEADER OF THE "LIKE-U-D(EAD) PARTY, CONTINUES, AS DOES TRUMP TO FORGE FORWARD, IN COUNTRIES, THAT, ARE BASED ON RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES, BASIS, AND, HISTORY, AS IS AMERICA?, AS PUTIN ARRESTS HIS CHALLENGERS, EVEN MOTHER, OF TWO DISAPPEAR, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOUNG MEN, END UP STATIONED IN THE ARCTIC, AND BLOGGER ATTORNEYS, LIKE ME, END UP IN JAIL, DURING THE ELECTIONS, AS AN OPPONENT, WITH THE ONLY GOOD NEWS, POLITICALLY OR OF RELIGIOUS NOTE, COMES OUT OF TURKEY, WHERE THEIR HIGHEST COURT, GAVE A WIN TO THE CONSTITUTION, FREE SPEECH, IN ALLOWING, THE INTERNET AND WIKIPEDIA, TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE, IN ERDOGAN'S, CRACK DOWN, ON JUDGES, POLITICIANS, MILITARY AND JOURNALISTS, AND ALL THIS IN LIGHT, OF WHAT I WROTE IN MY BLOG YESTERDAY, ABOUT BEING GLAD, THAT, ALL AMERICANS ARE NOT ALL THE SAME RELIGION, BECAUSE, THERE ARE CITIZENS, WHO DON'T CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS OR CHRISTIAN HOLIDAYS, HAPPILY, SEEING, KOREAN, ASIAN, AND OTHER RESTAURANTS, OPEN, JEWISH COUPLES AND FAMILIES SERVICE, US, AS DID THE MUSLIMS, WHO JUST SEE THESE DAYS JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY! I FIRMLY BELIEVE, THAT, MY FAMILY WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER, AND GOTTEN ALONG BETTER, HAD, I GOT US ALL SEASON TICKETS TO THE SEAHAKWKS GAME, SEEING FAMILY AFTER FAMILY, MOM'S, DAD'S, KIDS, OLDER KIDS AND SPOUSES, ALL WEARING THEIR TEAM COLORS, AND GOING TO TAILGATING AND THE GAME TOGETHER! WE CAN HAVE THE CHURCH OF THE SEATTLE SEAHAWKS, AND, THE CHURCH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, SQUARE OFF ON THE FIELD, MUCH, LIKE, DAVID AND GOLIATH DID . . . MAY THE BEST TEAM OR PICK WIN! THIS GOES FOR POLITICS TOO! UNTIL WE CAN, ACT AND CONDUCT OR COUNTRIES IN A "SECULAR" WAY, BASED ON AGREED UPON, SET OF RULES, OFTEN FOUND IN OUR CONSTITUTIONS, WE WILL NEVER HAVE, WORLD PEACE OR EVEN PEACE IN MOST OR OUR OWN COUNTRIES, OR FAMILIES FOR THAT MATTER! FUCK, FRANCE, IS NOT EVEN RELIGIOUS????? THE STATISTICS, SHOW THAT MOST EUROPEANS, ONLY ABOUT 3% OF THEM, EVEN GO TO CHURCH, SO WHAT IS THIS BIG, SENTIMENTALITY ABOUT SUNDAY CLOSING LAWS? NOW IN AMERICA, WHERE AT LEAST, 40% OF THE PEOPLE ARE REGULAR CHURCH GOERS WITH THE OTHER, 60% ATTENDING THEIR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD, NFL TEAMS, EITHER LIVE OR ON TV, WE HAVE LEARNED TO MANAGE, BOTH SUNDAY CLOSING LAWS, BEER SALES, LEAVING IT UP TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND POLITICS! THE REST OF US, MEN AND WOMEN, BOYS AND GIRLS, JUST WANNA HAVE FUN! MY KIDS STARTED BUCKING RELIGION BY AGE, 3, BUT FOR THE ONE WHO IS STILL ACTIVE, IN THE MORMON CHURCH! KIDS PERSONALITIES ARE FORMED, FOR THE MOST PART BY THE AGE OF 5! THE "1" WHO LIKED RELIGION THE MOST, STILL LIKES IT! THE OTHER THREE, WELL, NOT SO IMPORTANT, BUT FOR AN OCCASIONAL VISIT! IN MY OWN FAMILY, I DIDN'T BREAK ANY LAWS, GETTING AN ABORTION, BUT RELIGION, TURNED ME INTO, NOTHING MORE THAN A FUCKING PIN NUMBER TO MY MORMON DOMINATED FAMILY . . . GO FIGURE . . . IF THIS IS RELIGION, WITH NO BELIEF IN FORGIVENESS, OR REPENTANCE, OR EVEN CHRIST'S ATONEMENT? WHAT GOOD DID RELIGION DO THEM? THEY DIDN'T PAY FOR MY SINS? SO?????? A FAMILY HONOR, CLITORECTOMY OR FEMALE CIRCUMCISION? JESUS DIDN'T REQUIRE ANY OF THAT SHIT FROM ME, FOR HIM TO PAY THE PRICE FOR MY SINS, SO WHY THE FAMILY, THE GOP, THE STATE, THE COPS? SERIOUSLY, WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND WHY, WITH WHAT TYPE OF RATIONALIZATIONS, JUSTIFICATIONS, AND EXCUSES TO DO WHATEVER TO WHOMEVER? I VOTE SEAHAWKS! LIFE IN SEATTLE IS AT A LITTLE SLICE OF HEAVEN, ON GAME DAYS, WE ALL WEAR THE SAME COLORS, ALL CHEER FOR THE SAME TEAM, FOR THE SAME PLAYERS, THOSE WHO HAVE RELIGIOUS AND PARTY DIFFERENCES, SET THEM ASIDE FOR THOSE HOURS THE GAMES ARE PLAYING, AND WE ALL, LIVE, BREATH AND DIE, OVER THE SAME, CALLS FROM THE REFS, OR WATCH, AS WILSON CONNECTS WITH, WHOMEVER, OR MYER OR DICKSON, KICK FOR THAT FIELD GOAL AND POINT AFTER THE TOUCH DOWN, AND WE ALL GO CRAZY OVER PLAYERS DANCING IN THE END ZONE AFTER, A TOUCH DOWN! I THINK WE ALL MIGHT, BE BETTER PEOPLE, IN THIS RELIGION! SPORTS HAVE ANALOGIES TO LIFE, ALWAYS HAVE, ALWAYS WILL . . . EVERYONE IS INVITED, TO GAMES, TO BUY TICKETS, TO CHEER AT BARS AND GRILLS, AND THERE ARE NO RACE, AGE, SEX, RELIGIOUS, GENDER, DISABILITY, AND CREED, DIVISIONS, WE ALL FUNCTION AS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEA---HAWKS!

SEA----HAWKS!

SEA-----HAWKS!

ONE AND ALL!

I CAN'T WAIT, TWO MORE DAYS, AND, WE ARE ALL BAPTIZED IN THE GREEN AND BLUE!

TRUE.

GOOD LUCK, ONE AND ALL, OLD SEAHAWKS AND NEW!

FANFARE.

2019 . . . GO OUT LIKE A LION!
2020 . . . COME IN LIKE A LION!
OR BETTER
2019 . . . GO OUT LIKE A SEAHAWK!
2020 . . . GO IN LIKE A SEAHAWK!

THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM AT THE TOP!

AND VISIONS OF SUPER BOWL DANCED IN HER HEAD!
KISSES.

MAY THE GOD'S OF THE SEA BE WITH YOU, UNDER YOUR WINGS!

YEAH, TEAM!