All posts by Tony Burgess

Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

Rambling About Situational Anger and Negativity

Protect your enthusiasm from the negativity of others…H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We live in a world where negativity permeates much of our lives and culture. From social media to traditional media we are bombarded with bad news. I think this wears on us and brings us down. Here in Chattanooga reaction to the shootings of Thursday has been very mixed. People have gone on Facebook and Twitter to share anguish and at times very venomous statements against Muslims, The President and the situation as a whole. The whole thing is very sad and has impacted people emotionally and mentally.

I am kind of sad about the whole thing. Anger won’t bring back the dead. But love can stop future situations. Paying attention to those who are in need could save more lives than you think. When a person is in need offer them help. Flip the whole situation around to give people hope.

My blog is a positive place I hope. I will share what I am feeling and sometimes it will not be all cheery and happy. However I want people to know how committed I am personally and as a blogger to giving us some hope, grace and love.

Be positive, it looks good on you.

Creative When Tired

Being tired can really impact your creativity. I find that you tend to run out of ideas and things to post about. Maybe getting out and about can help fire up the imagination. Much of what I blog is based upon things I hear and experience in life. Maybe I should do a little media-centric posts featuring stuff I see on TV and music I listen to, but I do some of that already. Creativity relies upon being open to expressing ones self in different ways and experiencing new things. Maybe I just need more sleep and to stop overthinking things like I do.

It’s Monday Again

Well, It’s Monday again and what more is there to say. I am not feeling it today and I could use a nap…well I suppose coffee would be better because I am at work. Have a swell day everyone, we all have something to do that needs to get done.

Visitors In The City

So the hate group Westboro Baptist Church is in town to protest the funerals of five servicemen who were killed here in Chattanooga, Tennessee last week. We have to say they aren’t welcome if they are going to cause a ruckus. They have had one member arrested tonight. They are known for advancing an agenda of hate and disturbing community. However they too need prayers because that is what you do to those who persecute you. It’s a shame they are here but the community is rallying against them.

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Courtesy of WRCB TV 3

Tonight if you can turn on a light to honor the dead. They need to be remembered and their lives celebrated. Keep their families in your thoughts and prayers.

The Weekend Is Done

So we now come to the end of a weekend, so sad. Not glad. I hope yours was great. Now we prepare for the week ahead.

Instant Inquiry: Web Browsers

People still use desktop computers with various operating systems. So we will need a browser to access the Interweb. When you need to access the web what browser to you use. There are choices out there and we all have our preferences. Is it Firefox, Chrome, IE, Opera, Safari or other for you?