It’s All Maya!

First on Thursday evening an Austrian tour bus (some reports say it was a German tour bus) fell into the Seine! Thank goodness no one was in the bus that sunk within a matter of minutes.

Maya Muses:  It reminds me somewhat of our boating accident last year. Something I would rather forget!
Then Saturday afternoon a […]

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When you have ten Mexican-Americans in a sleek silver gray rented mini-bus traveling together with one Anglo in tow it doesn’t turn heads in the Southwest, at least not in Texas, New Mexico, Nevada, or California.  As we ventured our way into the depths of Arizona, however, we caused a stir among the local authorities […]

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If you haven’t heard Plushenko crying like a baby because he didn’t win the gold medal in Men’s Figure Skating in Vancouver, then you probably don’t watch figure-skating.  Instead of Plushenko being gracious and admitting that Evan Lysacek had a much better performance in the long program, giving Lysacek the top honors, Plushenko took the […]

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If you’ve been watching the news these past few days, then you know that Sean Goldman was finally reunited with his father, David, on Christmas Eve and flown back to the United States to be with his American family.   After a five year ordeal that started when his mother, Bruna, kidnapped her son and […]

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Maya Muses:  A Peaceful and a very Merry Christmas to everyone!  Sending warm wishes to Sean and David Goldman and their family for finally being reunited and back in the States after a five year battle!  I’ll write more about that later, but it was great news for everyone following this saga for a number […]

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When I first heard about the young 15 year-old girl who was repeatedly raped and beaten for more than two hours by as many as ten young males while more than twenty bystanders stood watching, laughing, and video-taping the violent attack, I had to stop and ask myself what is this world coming to?
Have we […]

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No wonder young pre-teens and teens are anorexic or bulimic, and then suicidal these days….no one can live up to the false images that are portrayed by the fashion industry!  It’s time to put a stop to all this nonsense that skeletal is beautiful!!!
The latest example of the fashion industry gone mad is the firing […]

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Is it any wonder that Hollywood is in an uproar that Roman Polanski was held by Swiss authorities when he was on his way to the Zurich Film Festival for a lifetime achievement award???  Of course not!  These people don’t live by the same standards that you and I live by!  When the rich and famous […]

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The person who has the most talent doesn’t always win and nice guys don’t always finish last!  Kevin Skinner is living proof that Americans love a “rags to riches” story and that talent is not the number one priority when voting on America’s Got Talent! 
Who was the more talented singer on yesterday’s show?  Barbara Padilla of […]

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What does the Swine Flu and kissing in France have in common?  Not much, but one may have a very strong influence on the other this Fall and Winter!  In a country that has made kissing an art, health officials in France are advising schools, companies, and the public in general against this traditional form […]

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