IN THE KITCHEN

Guest post from: Kent Lara

I made an appointment for satellite television to be put in our home by logging onto satellitetvfamily.com. I had them add some places where you wouldn’t traditionally have television, but I think that we are going to really enjoy it. I had them put a hook up on the covered porch. I know that my husband is going to absolutely love being able to cook out in the fall, stand near the fire pit, and watch his favorite college games.

I think that people that we have over will enjoy it too. The other place that I really wanted television and had to have it put in was in the kitchen. I have been cooking a lot lately. Sometimes I get bored while I’m standing there and waiting for things to cook. Having a television in the kitchen will keep me busy and hopefully make me want to be there cooking more than I want to now.

Sometimes I get so sick of cooking. I guess when you have cooked every night for the last ten years, you need some kind of little incentive to spend time in the kitchen! Watching tv is going to be just what I need!

One person's faith...

Once in a while I come across something as pretty as a handful of steel rings when walking down sidewalks, but for the most part not. The same goes for when I use public facilities where people experiencing homelessness get access to the internet freely.

On one hand many communities work to preserve the rights of digital access to all of it's community members, but like any good thing it can get abused...and it doesn't matter the level, status, or caste of the perpetrator.

The other day I overheard someone bringing attention to a computer lab the issue of music being played by others through speakers. How or why any agency feels it necessary to include speakers in any public access point, have 'quiet' rules posted, and then fail to enforce them is beyond me.

Chances are it's out of guilt or not wanting to cause a scene. Playing faith based songs you can get away with, more so than if you were playing Judas Priest or some form of Death Metal. But when you get down to it, one person's treasure is another man's disdain.

When it gets this bad

Depending on where you go in America there’s a certain quality to outdoor signs you get in some areas as opposed to others.

This one sums it up across the masses more than the usual ones sitting against walls.  Why?  Because funny gets money, and the term ‘invisible homeless’ still has weight after it was coined…well, makes me think ‘when’ was it coined if the homeless were invisible all those years before someone realized they were there!

A way to keep them occupied

Tons of people have answers to how they believe the homeless can either be helped or they themselves can be helped from further bother of people experiencing homelessness.

Two years ago I sat at a table in which a Mayoral candidate professed making it’s business’s location home to an upcoming drop in center for street people.

The rub?

When I asked the impact of the already numerous families with children there and the risks imposed I was rebuttled, “They won’t be housed there”.

Needless to say, she didn’t win the race, the families are still there, and I haven’t heard word of the drop in center further…but I’m sure some spin doctor will eventually open their yap when they want to take credit.

I imagine the numbers will be forward looking…something in the area of 5 people a day served.