tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post9057018737075795304..comments2023-10-28T04:58:22.246-04:00Comments on Crystal Coast Gardener: That's What We're Famous For, Don't Ya Know?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-62615282254688396612011-03-22T17:17:50.048-04:002011-03-22T17:17:50.048-04:00Just catching up on why you are sad, and reading y...Just catching up on why you are sad, and reading your links. Have been to 'visit' the bloggers I know in Japan and Hawaii. There is laughing with, if the Japanese people can find humour in their situation. And there's laughing AT, which I haven't fallen over in my circuit of blogs about Japan. We still wait, holding our breath, hoping they can sort the reactor. And I paid tribute to those workers risking their lives for our greater good. <br /><br />My husband read on Swiss news that some of the Tokyo firemen were forced to work at the reactor. Which adds an even grimmer layer to the situation.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-22120880051570418302011-03-21T18:28:59.451-04:002011-03-21T18:28:59.451-04:00Chin up, old girl. There's beer to be drunk!Chin up, old girl. There's beer to be drunk!The Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345021580985320660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-8685179897330040162011-03-21T16:32:46.898-04:002011-03-21T16:32:46.898-04:00Kyna I think most intelligent beings understand th...Kyna I think most intelligent beings understand that humour is some times used as a defence mechanisim or a comfy blanket (me)<br />but never, NEVER ! when such horrific circumstances have happened. I don't read anything but garden related "stuff" on the net .. self defence mechanisim for ME ? .. I was so glad to get an e-mail from a Japanese friend, that he and his family were safe and in fact he had the humour within himself to say something funny about working hard to keep the plants from blowing up .. what are you busy with Joy ? I mean you have to be blown away (sorry it just seemed the thing to say ) by his stance on getting through this one way or another.<br />Now I have probably offended some one with my wording .. sorry about that .. I write off the cuff .. and this is what it said? to me ;-)<br />Joy<br />I'm glad your shamrock wanna'be plant was made in Canada girl !!CanadianGardenJoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130452541076704075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-63035729248199874312011-03-21T06:30:03.791-04:002011-03-21T06:30:03.791-04:00Seriously joking is a fantastic way of dealing wit...Seriously joking is a fantastic way of dealing with stress.<br />Team meetings in mental health and social work are some of the funniest places out. The laughter is a great circuit breaker. <br />The thing I always find helps is talking about what ever the problem is. <br />Not talking about how it makes you feel (hey everyone knows how it feels), but actually describing what you saw. Takes it out of the emotional circuits into the processing ones. Helps the brain sort the issues out.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-37335783026542727902011-03-18T09:12:41.684-04:002011-03-18T09:12:41.684-04:00I'm generally a 'live and let live' ki...I'm generally a 'live and let live' kind of person and am very aware that humour is often used to cover the real emotion being felt. I do it myself. But after seeing some of the 'jokes' on the net, I couldn't not write about it - it made me so fucking angry. Your use of the word malicious was bang on.<br /><br />As for feeling that the amount you donated was 'piddly', the important thing is that you did, the amount is totally irrelevant.<br /><br />Nice shamrock btw.Bubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13352255530335299560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-55554401525024887642011-03-17T21:09:50.393-04:002011-03-17T21:09:50.393-04:00I just read a heartbreaking photo essay on the cur...I just read a heartbreaking photo essay on the current situation in Japan. It's stunning in magnitude, and I agree with the above poster, that that area is getting slammed this year. Plus the floods in Australia. Crazy, and no joke for anyone. And yes, we do wait for posts. :)Tatianahttp://www.mycoldprairie.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-51661032176190214142011-03-17T11:51:10.727-04:002011-03-17T11:51:10.727-04:00The events of this last week have been completely ...The events of this last week have been completely surreal. I usually post something on Fridays, but skipped it completely last week. What could I possibly have to say that didn't seem completely irrelevant and unimportant after everything that was unfolding in Japan? I'm a fellow joker too, preferring to hide behind a witty remark, rather than acknowledge stress or pain. This is definitely a no-joking event though, I feel much more numb than witty. I missed IG's post...off to read it now. Lovely shamrocks by the way.Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5674336400331431860.post-89830313128039130122011-03-17T11:20:35.740-04:002011-03-17T11:20:35.740-04:00Hugs, Kyna! It is horrifying. The whole Pacific Ri...Hugs, Kyna! It is horrifying. The whole Pacific Rim seems to be going through some cataclysmic times. Chile, New Zealand, Japan. If it's traveling clockwise, I wonder if the West Coast is next?Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16323262555906240701noreply@blogger.com