In My World

Today's Prompt: Reality What makes something real? It's harder to define than you'd think! To me, something is real if I can see it, feel it, sense it, understand it.  I can't see, feel, sense or understand aliens . . . so In My World they are not real.

Tanka Tuesday: First Kiss It's time for the next installment of Tanka Tuesday! Tanka is a form of poetry similar to haiku. It's short, and the lines don't need to rhyme. The just must have a set number of syllables: 5/7/5/7/7. I can't remember when it happened where or who how old I was is hidden in my memory it was a long time ago

Reading this book was a real shock, forcing me to rethink my position on the role of the UN in Afghanistan.  Do I believe everything this brave woman has written?  I'm not so sure.  BUT . . . I do believe what she has to say about the conditions in Afghanistan. The short history is that first the West aided the Taliban in Afghanistan to push out the Russians.  Then they aided the Northern Alliance warlords against the Taliban.  Now the UN-backed "democratic" government of Afghanistan is legitimizing the power of the Northern Alliance by seating them in the new government.  When Joya spoke out against these warlords she was removed from her democratically-earned seat in the government and is spending the rest of her life back in a burqua, not because of her religion, because it is the only way to protect herself from assassination.  She has had to return to living underground and under a false name, something she is used to since her time teachi...

Today's Prompt: Food! If you had to choose one ethnicity of food to eat right now (Italian, Thai, Mexican, Chinese, etc) what would you go for? Could I have my Japanese food with a side order of any other oriental cuisines? I love Thai, Chinese, Korean as well. How do I choose?

Down With Webster is a Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. Down with Webster was originally formed for a middle school talent show. The band released their first official EP, Time to Win, Vol. 1, on October 6, 2009. The band has achieved success from all three singles from the album, and all three were certified Platinum in Canada. The album itself was certified Platinum in Canada. Their second release, Time to Win, Vol. 2, was released on October 31, 2011. In 2014, they put out their second full-length album, Party For Your Life. Down with Webster has sold over one million albums and nearly one million singles. The band has been nominated for Juno Awards, MuchMusic Video Awards, and Canadian Radio Music Awards. (Wikipedia)

Six Words! Describe your life or current situation using only six words. I want to do too much

Today's Prompt: What's in a Name? Does your name have a meaning? If so, what is it? My mother named me Phyllis.  She thinks it is a lovely name.  It is not the name that fits me.  Phyllis means "foliage" in Greek. (I kill houseplants)  In Greek mythology this was the name of a woman who killed herself out of love for Demophon and was subsequently transformed into an almond tree. It began to be used as a given name in England in the 16th century. Fortunately for me my initials were P. A. M. and my grandfather started calling me Pam.  Pam is a name that is comfortable to me.  The meaning of the name Pam is all honey.