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Post by pegasus on Oct 22, 2012 7:07:15 GMT -7
National Nut Day Good morning everyone. So far it's a pleasant day with the sun in a nice blue sky. I hope it lasts and warms up a bit! Well it's now 7th game time for the National League Championship. St Louis was ahead 3 games to 1 and lost the last two games, so now it's 7th game tme. I can hardly wait. The World Series is scheduled to start Wednesday. Yippeee!!
Only 15 days to go to Election Day. Thank goodness. Maybe we'll get a hiatus in all the various political ads bashing everyone in sight. I AM SICK OF POLITICS!! Another shooting? This time in Wisconsin? And still people don't want stricter gun control laws. The NRA (National Rifle Ass'n) should be working to make the country safer from firearms rather than their current mantra of every person should have a gun philosophy.
I see that they have stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles and banned him from professional cycling for life. The witch hunt is finally over. They've succeeded in bringing the man down, but they can't erase my memories. In a sport where most dope, you want me to get up in arms about the possibility that he did too? Nope. I figure if most are doing it, then there's no advantage. And I still don't understand how he could have passed all those drug tests every time of the day or night, every day of the year, racing or not.
Thought for Today: "Love is two minds without a single thought." --[/iPhilip Barry] (1896-1949) American playwright
Purple coneflower in memory of Sparkle
Have a marvelous Monday everyone.
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Post by pegasus on Oct 24, 2012 6:15:01 GMT -7
World Origami Days Good morning everyone. Today is starting out foggy and doesn't improve much as the day goes on - cloudy with possible showers. UGH!! Today is the beginning of the World Series and, of course,Justin Verlander will be starting for Detroit Tigers. I'm getting nervous over the universally expressed opinion that he will win. He's a great pitcher, I agree, BUT he has been beat. His record contains losses also. So let's not count our eggs, etc.
14 days left for campaigning. I can't believe that we are finally down to the last two weeks and then it'll be all over.
A federal appeals court has stayed the execution of a mentally ill man convicted of mass murder 34 years ago. For 34 years he has been on death row. If that's not cruel and unusual punishment, I don't know what is. Can you imagine waiting every day for 34 years to be executed? Will it be tomorrow? The day after, etc.? For 34 years? And being mentally ill at the same time?
Ok, time to lie down for a time. See you later. Thought for today: "The glory of each generation is to make its own precedents." --Belva Lockwood (1830-1917) American attorney & activist
Lilies in memory of Sparkle
Have a wondrous Wednesday.
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Post by pegasus on Oct 26, 2012 6:31:56 GMT -7
Mule Day Good morning everyone It's another lovely autumn day with temps supposedly reaching 70F. BUT Sandy is coming and so's a cold front from the west. If and when they meet, watch out!! Kelly It looks like the weather will be a major story for the coming week. For those of you living in other areas of the country, the east caost may be about to experience "a nor-easter on steroids." In case you don't know, a nor'easter occurs when a cold front from the west meets a tropical storm from the south, usually during the winter months. But that's what we easterners are facing the next seven days. Including Halloween and all those trick or treaters. Is anyone really surprised at how the World Series going. I know I'm not. The Tigers had almost a week off after sweeping the Yankees. There's no way they could keep their playoff skills as sharp as the Giants who had to fight the Cards for 7 games. Hopefully, going back home after playing two games will help the Tigrs to get back on track.
11 Days to go until Election Day and all the political ads, robo calls, etc. will be history. But heaven help us if there are recounts (remember Florida in 2000? Bush v. Gore) or an electoral college tie. I shudder to think of it.
I see Donald Trump is after publicity again. Now he's offered Pres. Obama $5 million if he wil release his college records and applications and passport records and applications. Why else except for the publicity he acquires from such an offer. If only people would ignore him, we'd finally be free of his absurdities.
Now it's time foor me to go elevate my leg. Things get incrementally better but it all takes soooooo long!! Thought for Today: "Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man." --Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) Communist theorist and a leader in Russia's October Revolution
Autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale) in memory of Sparkle
TGIF everyone!!
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Post by pegasus on Oct 28, 2012 5:21:21 GMT -7
Happy Reformation Sunday The Church celebrates Reformation Sunday on the last Sunday of October, commemorating a significant event in the history of the Reformed tradition. It was on October 31, 1517, that Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg. Good afternoon everyone. Clouds and rain that's my Sunday and if the weatherman is right, it's only going to get worse. I can only hope that I live far enough from the coast (300 miles) to avoid the worse of what's coming. Unless you're a fan of the San Francisco Giants or Detroit Tigers, this has been one of the most boring World Series ever. Supposedly these are the two top teams in baseball this year and expectations were high for a truly competitive series. Instead, it is now 3 games to none for the Giants and the Tigers look terrible. The Tigers have been pitiful!! I really wish the weathermen would make up their minds. First they talk about the possibility of "the perfect storm." Next Sandy has been downgraded to a tropical storm and not as bad as was thought. And now were back to "watch out East Coast. Here it comes," with exhortation to prepare for the worse. I'm totally confused. I can't tell if my area is going to be hard hit or not. Only nine more days until election day (1st Tuesday in November which is the 6th). And then it will be all over, hopefully for another four years. www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-dance013.gif[/img] OK back to bed. Talk to you later. Thought for Today: "There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality. --[/i]Dr. Jonas Salk (1914-1995) American microbiologist
Dahlia in memory of Sparkle
Have a safe and happy Sunday
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Post by pegasus on Oct 30, 2012 6:23:20 GMT -7
Haunted Refrigerator Night
Good afternoon everyone I guess the worst is over but looking out my window, I see nothing to make me feel better about the day. It's raining, windy and all in all miserable. But better than last night when the wind definitely howled. I spent most of the evening hoping that the trees around my tailer stayed upright. They did. And my electricity only flickered off and on three times. Whew!!
I'm really not feeling much like talking to anyone. Somehow my usually cheerfulness has disappeared. I'm going back to bed and will hopefully get up later in a better mood.
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Post by pegasus on Nov 1, 2012 8:55:27 GMT -7
All Saints’ Day Celebrated on the first of November to honor all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year.
[/img]Good afternoon everyone Enough already!! My front yard is a sea of mud and I'm essentially trailer-bound (only leave in an emergency). Mud is just about as slippery to walk on as snow and ice! We need a couple of days of sun to dry things out. It's hard to believe but the New York City Marathon is still planned for this Sunday (Nov. 4th) despite floods and crippled transportation. The city is still planning to host approx. 50,000 runners for the 26.2 miles run through all five NYC boroughs. This time the greatest hurdle towards winning could very well be getting to the starting line with closed airports, offline subways, flooded streets and massive power outages. This may be the year when a non-African wins the race, because only locals can make the event. The politicians are back at it after a brief passing nod to the Hurricane Sandy disaster. I wish they'd just shut up for these last days and give us some peace. If you don't know who you're going to bote for by now,you must be deaf, dumb and blind!! Thought for Today: "One learns through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect." --[/i]Mark Twain (1835-1910) American humorist writer & lecturer.
Fly amanita (Amanita muscaria) mushrooms in memory of Sparkle
Have a thankful Thursday.
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All Saints’ Day Celebrated on the first of November to honor all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year.
[/img]Good afternoon everyone Enough already!! My front yard is a sea of mud and I'm essentially trailer-bound (only leave in an emergency). Mud is just about as slippery to walk on as snow and ice! We need a couple of days of sun to dry things out. It's hard to believe but the New York City Marathon is still planned for this Sunday (Nov. 4th) despite floods and crippled transportation. The city is still planning to host approx. 50,000 runners for the 26.2 miles run through all five NYC boroughs. This time the greatest hurdle towards winning could very well be getting to the starting line with closed airports, offline subways, flooded streets and massive power outages. This may be the year when a non-African wins the race, because only locals can make the event. Thought for Today: "One learns through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect." --[/i]Mark Twain (1835-1910) American humorist writer & lecturer.
Fly amanita (Amanita muscaria) mushrooms in memory of Sparkle
Have a thankful Thursday.
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Post by pegasus on Nov 3, 2012 7:56:56 GMT -7
Happy Sadie Hawkins Day* Good morning everyone It's back to gloomy today. Honestly, it's getting to be depressing!! I want to see some sun, pleeeeeeeese. I'm tired of waking up to the sound of rain and then nothing but overcast skies all day long. Well the naysayers got their way and the New York Marathon has been cancelled. Much to the anger of the participants, 40,000 of whom were already in the city!! I think they made a mistake and I wonder if they have hurt the marathon for the future? All those 40,000 runnters spent hundreds of dollars ultimately for nothing.
Today is the main Breeders Cup horse races - the males are on the track. Yesterday, 4-year-old Royal Delta capped the racing winning the 29th running of the $2 million Ladies Classic - only the 2nd horse to win the Ladies Classic twice (Bayakoa in 1989-90). It was jockey Mike Smith's 16th Breeders Cup win, making him the all-time winner. And today, the top male horses will do their thing. I can hardly wait.
OK, time to lie down again. At least I can watch football while "resting". Syracuse v. Cincinnati - Go 'Cuse!! Thought for Today: "Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act." --Andre Malraux (1901-1976) French historian, novelist and statesman,
Lily in memory of Sparkle
Have a stupendous Saturday everyone!!
Mystery Persons tonight at 5 p.m. EST, 10 p.m. UK time
Happy Sadie Hawkins Day* Good morning everyone It's back to gloomy today. Honestly, it's getting to be depressing!! I want to see some sun, pleeeeeeeese. I'm tired of waking up to the sound of rain and then nothing but overcast skies all day long. OK, time to lie down again. At least I can watch football while "resting". Syracuse v. Cincinnati - Go 'Cuse!! Thought for Today: "Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act." --Andre Malraux (1901-1976) French historian, novelist and statesman,
Lily in memory of Sparkle
Have a stupendous Saturday everyone!!
Mystery Persons tonight at 5 p.m. EST, 10 p.m. UK time
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Post by pegasus on Nov 5, 2012 7:41:42 GMT -7
Happy Guy Fawkes Day* to my UK friends Good morning everyone We had snow flurries over night!! Snow flurries, AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! Nooooooooooo!! Boy, the Brits know how to hold a grudge!! *Guy Fawkes was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605, an effort to blow up Parliament. Some four centuries after he was caught, tortured and executed for a scheme that never came to fruition, Britons still celebrate his demise each Nov. 5 by burning his likeness in effigy and setting fireworks ablaze. Families gather for food and festivities that might seem incongruous with the event's bloody origins — although perhaps not as incongruous as lighting fireworks and bonfires to celebrate an abortive attempt at arson. In recent years, Fawkes' legacy has broadened, providing the inspiration for the tile character in the Wachowski brothers' V for Vendetta, in which a masked crusader embarks on a terrorist campaign against a totalitarian British dystopia. Fawkes also proved an effective fundraising rally cry for onetime U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul, who garnered more than $4 million on the holiday in 2007 from a website commemorating Fawkes. This year, revelers will gather across Britain — most notably in Lewes, a town once known as a hotbed of anti-Catholicism sentiment that throws one of the British Isles' biggest conflagrations — and in nations ranging from South Africa and Canada to New Zealand and Australia. Guards will also perform the annual search —more pageantry than precaution—of the Houses of Parliament to ensure no would-be Fawkes is lurking. Though the animosity and rituals may merely be symbolic at this point, the celebrations still burn brightly.
Tomorrow is Election Day, finally. And the whole thing will be over. No more speeches, debtes, posturing, robo phone calls, etc. for another 2 1/2 years, PUH-LEEZ. Time to lie down for a couple of hours. My "treatment" is slowly working and I'm hopeful that it won't be much longer that I'll need to continue it. Thought for Today: "Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game." --Will Durant (1885-1981), American historian & writer
flower in memory of Sparkle
Have a mah-velous Monday.
Happy Guy Fawkes Day* to my UK friends Good morning everyone We had snow flurries over night!! Snow flurries, AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!! Nooooooooooo!! Boy, the Brits know how to hold a grudge!! Some four centuries after Guy Fawkes was caught, tortured and executed for a scheme that never came to fruition, Britons still celebrate his demise each Nov. 5 by burning his likeness in effigy and setting fireworks ablaze. Families gather for food and festivities that might seem incongruous with the event's bloody origins — although perhaps not as incongruous as lighting fireworks and bonfires to celebrate an abortive attempt at arson. Though the animosity and rituals may merely be symbolic at this point, the celebrations still burn brightly.
Tomorrow is Election Day, finally. And the whole thing will be over. No more speeches, debtes, posturing, robo phone calls, etc. for another 2 1/2 years, PUH-LEEZ. Thought for Today: "Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game." --Will Durant (1885-1981), American historian & writer
flower in memory of Sparkle
Have a mah-velous Monday.
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Post by pegasus on Nov 7, 2012 9:03:54 GMT -7
Aviation History Month Good morning my friends I don't believe it. The sun is out!!! Oh Happy Day. Well, my doctor's appointment went OK. Blood pressure back under control, sugar doing well, etc. My leg doesn't need any extra care - just keep on doing what I've been doing. It has a slight infection for which I've got a 10-day prescription of an anti-biotic. And I got my flu shot. My son and I stopped at a brand-new McDnalds and I tried their new CBO Angusburger. I won't be ordering it again. I love the idea of adding the fried onions but I dislike the cheese sauce. Use sliced cheese, not "sauce", like you do on other sandwiches. I'll stick to the muschroom-swiss angus from now on. One thing that I love is their fruit parfait. I could eat them all day long!! I can hardly believe that the election is over. There were times I thought it would never end. And now it's over and Pres. Obama won his 2nd term. Often the 2nd term is the best one because the president doesn't have to worry about re-election and can do whatever he thinks is best without concern about it hurting his re-election chances. The Republican Party better start changing, because the electorate is and will. 71% of all Latinos voted for Pres. Obama and that's the fastest growing segment of the US population. Right now the Democrats are the party of minority groups and women. 70+% of the white males voted Republican and lost. The GOP also lost in the US Senate races with Democrats winning 51 seats and the GOP 45. The only place they maintained their control was the House of Representatives and they lost 8 Tea Party seats there to Democrats. Will it make any difference in governing? I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see. Now it's time for me to rest for a couple of hours. Thought for Today: "Success doesn't come to you… you go to it." --Marva Collins (b.1936) American educator.
Papilionaceae in memory of Sparkle
Have a whimsical Wednesday
Aviation History Month Good morning my friends I don't believe it. The sun is out!!! Oh Happy Day. Well, my doctor's appointment went OK. Blood pressure back under control, sugar doing well, etc. And I got my flu shot. My son and I stopped at a brand-new McDnalds and I tried their new CBO Angusburger. I won't be ordering it again. I love the idea of adding the fried onions but I dislike the cheese sauce. Use sliced cheese, not "sauce", like you do on other sandwiches. I'll stick to the muschroom-swiss angus from now on. One thing that I love is their fruit parfait. I could eat them all day long!! I can hardly believe that the election is over. There were times I thought it would never end. And now it's over and Pres. Obama won his 2nd term. The only place the GOP maintained their control was the House of Representatives and they lost 8 Tea Party seats there to Democrats. Will it make any difference in governing? I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see. Now it's time for me to rest for a couple of hours. Thought for Today: "Success doesn't come to you… you go to it." --Marva Collins (b.1936) American educator.
Papilionaceae in memory of Sparkle
Have a whimsical Wednesday
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Post by pegasus on Nov 9, 2012 7:36:10 GMT -7
Chaos Never Dies Day (i.e. New York City) Good morning everyone It's overcast again today. I do see some sign of sun off in the horizon. Big deal - it's not where I am!! They've instituted gasoline rationing in New York City - on one day only cars with even license plates and the next day odd numbered plates. So all those people standing in line with 5 gallon plastic jugs can come every day? I wonder what the next thing is that the city folks will have to endure and/or adhere to? ??? What's next? Chocolate Nesquik mix has been recalled over salmonella risk. Containers of the popular children’s drink mix produced in early October have been voluntarily recalled after one of the company’s suppliers, Omya Inc., on Tuesday recalled large batches of calcium carbonate, a food additive, because of possible salmonella contamination. No reports of illness or adverse events have been associated with the Omya or Nestle recalls, the manufacturers said. What is happening with our food supplies? Until this century, you only very occasionally heard of a food recall for some kind of contamination. Now it seems that there are multiple ones every year. Something is definitely wrong somewhere.
OK, time to rest my legs. Talk to you later. Thought for Today: "Hope is the dream of a soul awake." --French Proverb.
Zinnia [Zinnia violacea] in memory of Sparkle
TGIF
Chaos Never Dies Day (i.e. New York City) Good morning everyone It's overcast again today. I do see some sign of sun off in the horizon. Big deal - it's not where I am!! They've instituted gasoline rationing in New York City - on one day only cars with even license plates and the next day odd numbered plates. So all those people standing in line with 5 gallon plastic jugs can come every day? I wonder what the next thing is that the city folks will have to endure and/or adhere to? ??? OK, time to rest my legs. Talk to you later. Thought for Today: "Hope is the dream of a soul awake." --French Proverb.
Zinnia [Zinnia violacea] in memory of Sparkle
TGIF
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Post by pegasus on Nov 11, 2012 9:26:18 GMT -7
Have a Happy Veterans Day
Good afternoon everyone The weather is playing one of it's tricks today. It's warmed up considerably and the sun is shining. But I don't trust it. The gloominess and cold is just waiing to pounce!! For many years, the American Legion sold paper poppies every Veterans Day. Unfortuantely, somewhere along the way they stopped. I would imagine it might have been during the Vietnam War years when the military was NOT being honored like before and now. As a veteran myself, I am certainly glad that attitude was only temporary. Whether you approved of the Vietnam conflict or not, it was not the fault of those who served, were wounded, or lost their lives over there. They deserve as much honor for their service as those others who have served this country in peace and war before Vietnam and since.
BTW no where today have I heard the usual "moment of silence" at 11 a.m. (in memory of the time the armistice was signed in France ending World War I - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). Is this another historical tie that is being dispensed with like the poppies? Thought for Today: "Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the universe.” --Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) American novelist
Tulips in memory of Sparkle
Have a swell Sunday
Have a Happy Veterans Day
Good afternoon everyone The weather is playing one of it's tricks today. It's warmed up considerably and the sun is shining. But I don't trust it. The gloominess and cold is just waiing to pounce!! For many years, the American Legion sold paper poppies every Veterans Day. Unfortuantely, somewhere along the way they stopped. And nowhere today have I heard the usual "moment of silence" at 11 a.m. (in memory of the time the armistice was signed in France ending World War I - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). Is this another historical tie that is being dispensed with like the poppies? Thought for Today: "Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the universe.” --Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) American novelist
Tulips in memory of Sparkle
Have a swell Sunday
Have a Happy Veterans Day
Good afternoon Roselia & friends "In Flanders Field" by John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.
Lt. Col. John Alexander McCrae was a Canadian poet, physician, author, artist and soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgium. For many years, the American Legion sold paper poppies every Veterans Day. Unfortuantely, somewhere along the way they stopped. And nowhere today have I heard the usual "moment of silence" at 11 a.m. (in memory of the time the armistice was signed in France ending World War I - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month). Is this another historical tie that is being dispensed with like the poppies?
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Post by pegasus on Nov 13, 2012 7:45:55 GMT -7
Happy Diwali* *Diwali or Festival of Light is one of the most important Hindu festivals and is mainly associated with lights. On the day of the festival diyas (small clay lamps) are lit in everybody's home irrespective of their social status. The name Diwali signifies 'rows of lighted lamps'. Diwali marks the beginning of the Hindu and Gujarati New Year and is celebrated with the lighting of lamps and candles, and lots of fireworks Good morning everyone. Well, we are definitely back to late autumn with no sun, plenty of clouds and temps in the 30s. I almost wish it WOULD snow and at least cover the brown grass. <sigh> Is anyone besides myself somewhat unsettled by the FBI's ability to read our e-mail? I see Gen. John Allen, the U.S. commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, is under investigation over allegations of “inappropriate” emails between him and Jill Kelley, who sparked the probe into CIA Director David Petraeus. Allen, a highly decorated officer, took over as ISAF commander in July 2011, and was nominated on Oct. 10 to take over as NATO commander, the same time that his successor at the ISAF was named as General Joseph Dunford.
As far as I can determine the "inappropriate" e-mails discussed the comings and goings of officers and not any actually wrongdoing. Maybe all government officials should go back to "snail" mail when writing to friends, otherwise, their name may be the next news highlight. Your private USPS mail correspondence is somewhat protected from government snooping. and the FBI doesn't have the best record on probing into people's private lives for less than apropriate concerns. J. Edgar was famous for keeping "blackmail" files on 1000s of the rich and famous. Just sayin' And then there's the women in Arizona, evidently a Republican in despair at the re-election of Democratic Pres. Obama, who ran down her husband with the family car because he failed to vote in the election. Witnesses reported the argument broke out on Saturday morning in a parking lot and escalated. Holly Solomon then chased her husband around the lot with the car, yelling at him as he tried to hide behind a light pole, police said. He was struck after attempting to flee to a nearby street. I'd say that was carrying political differences a little too far, wouldn't you? Time to rest for awhile. Talk to you later. Thought for Today: "Love is, above all, the gift of oneself." --Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) French playwright, dramatist and screenwriter,
A rose in memory of Sparkle
Have a thrilling Tuesday.
Happy Diwali* *Diwali or Festival of Light is one of the most important Hindu festivals and is mainly associated with lights. On the day of the festival diyas (small clay lamps) are lit in everybody's home irrespective of their social status. The name Diwali signifies 'rows of lighted lamps'. Diwali marks the beginning of the Hindu and Gujarati New Year and is celebrated with the lighting of lamps and candles, and lots of fireworks Good morning everyone. Well, we are definitely back to late autumn with no sun, plenty of clouds and temps in the 30s. I almost wish it WOULD snow and at least cover the brown grass. <sigh> Have you read about the women in Arizona, evidently a Republican in despair at the re-election of Democratic Pres. Obama, who ran down her husband with the family car because he failed to vote in the election. Witnesses reported the argument broke out on Saturday morning in a parking lot and escalated. Holly Solomon then chased her husband around the lot with the car, yelling at him as he tried to hide behind a light pole, police said. He was struck after attempting to flee to a nearby street. I'd say that was carrying political differences a little too far, wouldn't you?
Time to rest for awhile. Talk to you later. Thought for Today: "Love is, above all, the gift of oneself." --Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) French playwright, dramatist and screenwriter,
A rose in memory of Sparkle
Have a thrilling Tuesday.
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Post by pegasus on Nov 15, 2012 8:44:16 GMT -7
37th Annual Great American Smokeout Good morning everyone Today's an improvement on yesterday with at least glimpses of the unfamiliar sun. I guess that's better than nothing. If any of you have access to the Gather Round and Talk proboard, Dr. Decibel has posted some gorgeous pictures of the mountains in his area and its first snowfall that he took. They are awe inspiring. Thursday night football - Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dophins. Tonight on the NFLnetwork will be the Bills first primetime game at home since 2008. Way to go Bills. Now just go out and beat the Dolphins!! For all of you pro-lifers out there you should read the article on Savita Halappanavar, a miscarrying Hindu woman suffering from blood poisoning. She died in an Irish hsopital because of Ireland's antiquated laws that prevented the hospital from performing an emergency abortion to save the women's life. The fetus finally died on its own, but by then it was too late to save the mother. The predominently Catholic country's constitution officially bans abortion, but a 1992 Supreme Court ruling found it should be legalized for situations when the woman's life is at risk from continuing the pregnancy. Five governments since have refused to pass a law resolving the confusion, leaving Irish hospitals reluctant to terminate pregnancies. Legalized murder is what I call it.
Good news for the local economy. Seneca Falls pumped - ITT Goulds will expand here rather than in Texas or Mexico. In other words, Goulds Pumps, the area's largest employer, has decided to expand its manufacturing operations where the company began 164 years ago — in Seneca Falls. Ever since the economic downturn, there's been rumors swirling around what might happen to Goulds and what it would do to the area if it moved. Now those fears should be put to rest. OK, time to rest. I'll be back later. Thought for Today: 'I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not." --Mark Twain (1835-1910)m American humorist, writer and lecturer.
Christmas cactus in memory of Sparkle
Have a thilling Thursday
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Post by pegasus on Nov 17, 2012 9:07:08 GMT -7
Family Volunteer Day Good afternoon everyone Another nice day with the sun shining nicely in a blue sky. I'm really savoring it because I feel it won't last long!! The Mayan end of the world rears its ugly hand once again. A mountain, Pic de Bugarach, is rumored to be one of the only safe place on earth that will survive when the Maya Long Count calendar ends. Access to it has been banned by local authorities to curiosity seekers, believers and journalists. Would you believe that there is an online rumore that claims, this mountain will open up to reveal an alien spaceship that will save nearby believers?People will definitely believe anything by anyone at any time. It's unreal!!! The two final major baseball awards were announced - MVP of the National League (Buster Posey, SF Giants catch) and the American League (Miguel Cabrera, Detroit Tiger 3rd baseman and Triple Crown winner). cybermetrics goes down again!! They did their best to tout Mike Trout over the triple crown winner Cabrera but lost. Thank goodness. When you accomplish something that only 13 people in major league baseball history have done and no one in around 40 years, you deserve the MVP. Period. End of discussion. Now it's time for me to go rest for a time. I hope to see you for Mystery Persons tonigjt/ Thought for Today: "Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily." --George Santayana (1863 - 1952) philosopher
a sunny dandelion in memory of Sparkle
Have a sunny Saturday. Mystery Persons tonight at 5 p.m. EST, 10 p.m. UK time
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Post by pegasus on Nov 19, 2012 8:03:49 GMT -7
Peanut Butter Lover's Month Good morning everyone Another sunshiny day. We're on a roll!! The forecast is for the nice weather to last through Thanksgiving. I know it's sacrireligeous but ysterday's NFL games were boring after the excitement of the college games on Saturday. NFL definitely refers to the No Fun League!!
Will we ever see a day when there is no firghting somewhere in the world? This conflict between Israel and Hamas is scary. Especially when added to the fighting in Syria and rioting in Jordan. I definitely do NOT want to see US troops back in the Middle East fighting another war. But I would support their use as UN peacekeeping forces in Syria or between Israel and the Gaza Strop. Anything like that that might have a chance to stabilize the region.
At least the news out of Washington seems good for a change and a definite departure from the toxic rhetoric of the past two years. Both sides seem willing to talk and compromise in order to avert the so-called "fiscal cliff" at the end of the year. Cautiously optimistic is how I feel. I hope Im not wrong.
Time to rest my leg. I'll be back in a couple of hours. Have to do my Daily Bulletin. Thought for Today: "All that we are is the result of what we have thought." --Buddha (563-483 B.C) Hindu Prince Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism
Alpine rose in memory of Sparkle
Have a mah-velous Monday
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