Julia K Cole

Ringing in the New Year is one of the few holiday celebrations that is marked in nearly every country in the world. International New Year’s festivities may look remarkably similar on television, with large crowds of people gathered in central locations in countries around the globe. Though billions watch the Times Square celebration worldwide, many countries have their own traditions when it comes to welcoming the new year.  However, many countries also have their own unique and sometimes offbeat traditions to welcome in the New Year.   Find out where revelers traditionally eat 12 green grapes at midnight, throw furniture out the window, offer white flowers to a goddess, and more.  Below is a list of how people celebrate in nations across the globe. Russia : One New Year’s custom in Russia is to write a wish for the upcoming year on a piece of paper, then to burn the paper and place the ashes in a glass of champagne, which needs to be consumed right before...

  While I have been more than happy to see a few years disappear, 2014 wins the achievement award for reaching the all time highs of lows.    I don't know about you guys, but I am so very glad to see 2014 go!   When asked what was most profound in 2014, the sudden death of Robin Williams immediately comes to mind.  The follow up question was of course Why?  Why, out of all the other celebrities who have died in 2014 and years past, why did Robin Williams' death hit so hard?  Because I could so easily relate.  Not claiming to understand 100% or know anything definite.  No.  I can only say how I feel.  And it is those feelings that allow me a certain understanding to his situation.  I get it.  Doesn't mean I like it.  Cause I don't.  But I do get it.    For me personally, 2014 will be forever remembered as being the year that laughter died.     *~*~*~*~*~*~* There were some things that...

Counting down to 2015 with some New Year Sig Tags! ADULT CONTENT

Well, it’s the New Year -- again.  Time to make those resolutions that we usually don’t keep.  Did you know that a little over 97% of the people who make New Year’s resolutions abandon them within thirty days after starting?  Oy vey!   97%!  With a failure rate like that, why  even bother!?! The main cause for not keeping our first of the year resolution is setting goals that are unreasonable and just not us!  I mean let’s face facts, how many of us actually get up at 5 a.m. to jog 3-5 miles or head off to the gym for that work-out before work?  Yea, I’m sure there are some out there, but I’m talking to the 97% of us who don’t!   There is hope for us who fall into that 97% bracket.  And no, it’s not making resolutions to watch more TV,  gain weight and never making it off the couch longer than it takes to get our beverage or make a bathroom run!  Although, those seem to be the easiest resolutions to keep!  No...

 Inside a home on Powell Avenue, in the Jacobs neighborhood on Christmas Eve, the stockings were hung ready for Christmas. However, under a small Christmas tree, there were no gifts in sight. Outside, an undercover operation was going on as several LMPD officers pulled up to the home.  READ MORE SOURCE:   http://www.wdrb.com

“We (the African American community) have not had proper leadership since Martin Luther King,” Man Up chairman MeShorn Daniels told those gathered shortly before noon. “All the religious leaders we've had? Where are they?” “People like Al Sharpton do not speak for the black community and I know he does not speak for me,” said Midwest Church of Christ Pastor Jerry Stephenson. “We want you in West Louisville. We will honor you in West Louisville.” READ MORE Source:  Wave TV-3 Louisville

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Wanted to share this with all of you this Christmas Eve 2014.   Please feel free to pass it around on your social networks.   *~*~*~*~*~*~*~* What Are Policemen Made Of?  By Paul Harvey Don't credit me with the mongrel prose: it has many parents-at least 420,000 of them: Policemen. A Policeman is a composite of what all men are, mingling of a saint and sinner, dust and deity.    Gulled statistics wave the fan over the stinkers, underscore instances of dishonesty and brutality because they are "new". What they really mean is that they are exceptional, unusual, not commonplace. Buried under the frost is the fact: Less than one-half of one percent of policemen misfit the uniform. That's a better average than you'd find among clergy! What is a policeman made of? He, of all men, is once the most needed and the most unwanted. He's a strangely nameless creature who is "sir" to his face and "fuzz" to his back He must be such a dipl...

Here are some of my sig tags for Christmas 2014 Please Be Advised:  ADULT CONTENT