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Post by pegasus on Aug 16, 2013 9:46:49 GMT -7
Men's Grooming Day Good afternoon my friends Today is much like yesterday with temps in the mid-70s but somewhat muggy. Every once in a while the sun peeks out from behind the clouds to produce a moment of brightness. A pleasant summer day with no need for anything more than a medium speed fan to move the air around. I've gotten hooked on the past cycles of America's Next Top Model, but unfortunately, my first look-in on the present cycle has left me clod. They've added men so it's 8 girls & 8 guys and it looks like a rip-roaring frat party!! Modeling and instruction have become secondary to party-time. And I'm totally bored. I wa interested in watching the modeling instruction and the ability of the participants to follow their instructions and the photos taken each week, not to mention the judging and elimination. In past cycles this has made up about 80% of the show and the "home life" 20%. The first week of the new cycle seems to have reversed these percentages. I see the GOP has banned CNN and MSNBC from participating in their political debates and will only allow Fox to telecast them. Talk about preaching to the choir!! I wonder how many Hispanics, blacks, women, young adults will watch and be attracted to the Republican Party so it can become a truly national party once more? I know that I won't be a watcher. Thought for Todday: "Out of difficulties grow miracles.” --Jean de la Bruyere (1645-1696) French satiric moralist
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I hope you are having a friendly Friday - TGIF!!
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Post by pegasus on Aug 18, 2013 10:08:04 GMT -7
Daffodil Day Good afternoon my friends Not much different from the past several days, except slightly warmer. What can I say - it's summer still. Once again I'm running late today. Fortunately, since it's Sunday, most everyone else is doing so as well. Thought for Today: "Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere." --Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968) American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader.
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I hope your Sunday is super-duper
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Post by pegasus on Aug 20, 2013 11:18:04 GMT -7
National Radio Day Good afternoon my friends It's another day like yesterday. I feel like I'm complaining and I'm not. It's a nice summer day and there's only one month left to until fall. I just read the news about those three teenagers who shot and killed the 22-yeaar-old Australian college ballplayer out jogging - because "We were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody." What is happening to this world of ours? And this happened in Oklahoma, part of America's heartland, supposedly the heart of the American way of life.
Thought for Today: "Unfortunately sometimes one can't do what one thinks is right without making someone else unhappy." --W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) in The Razor's Edge [1943]
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I hope your Tuesday has been a thrill
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Post by pegasus on Aug 23, 2013 6:07:08 GMT -7
International Day For The Remembrance of The Slave Trade & Its Abolition Good morning my friends Sunshine and blue skies but the temp has dropped into the lower 70s. The rain forecasted for yesterday never arrived. So today is just another nice summer day although somewhat humid. I'm definitely spoiled. What is going on in India?? Another gang rape in public!! Is the country so over-populated that nobody cares what happens to others? or is it a caste thing with a higher caste preying on a lower one? or what? It seems every week there's another case of some unfortunate women or even child molested. Is there something in the Hindu culture that makes the male think he has the right to act like this? I don't have any idea but nowhere else do you hear of multiple gang rape incidents. I see that a former deputy prime minister of Australia is blaming the American "gun culture" for the shooting death of that Australian college baseball player in Oklahoma. He seems to believe that our firearms policies are now "corrupting the world." That may be going a little too far, BUT I really can't blame him. He lives in a country that took serious gun control steps years ago and reduced their gun-related incidents substantially. We could learn a lot from them in trying to do the same here. The chances of this kind of incident happening in his country are slim and almost none. Thought for Today: "Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable." --Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Irish playwright, poet and novelist
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Have a fun-filled Friday
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Post by pegasus on Aug 25, 2013 8:44:00 GMT -7
Founders Day (National Park Service) Good afternoon my friends A cold front went through last night but no rain. Today is fair with temps supposed to reach 80F, which is fine by me. I keep getting reminders that I've been around for quite some time. It doesn't seem like MLK's March on Washington was 50 years age. I remember watching it!! And then there are the bright young things on HGTV looking for houses to buy rejecting something built in the 1990s as too old and therefore not worth buying!! Thought for Today: "The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn" --David Russell (b.1942) Scottish classical guitarist.
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Have a simply grand Sunday
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Post by pegasus on Aug 27, 2013 9:56:26 GMT -7
Just Because Day Good afternoon my friends Yesterday we got several intermittent thunderstorms and heavy rain between bouts of sunshine. Today it's all sun and blue skies but muggy with the temp reaching toward 80F., but so far still only need fans. Loving it!! Venus Williams found herself in the odd position of being lower seeded (#60) than her opponent (#12 Wimbledon semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens) but no prolem, she is now 15-0 in the first round of the S Open, winning 6-1 6-2. And so the 7-time major champ who suffers from Sjogren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease, advances to the 2nd round.
Hours later her sister Serena (#1 seed) defeated the 2010 French Open champ Francesca Schiavone 6-0, 6-1 with serves over 115 mph and winning the first 10 games. Ouch!!
Thought for Today: "It's the price of leadership to do the thing you believe has to be done at the time it must be done" --Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) 36th US president (1963-69).
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I hope your Tuesday is terrific.
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Post by pegasus on Aug 29, 2013 10:05:28 GMT -7
More Herbs, Less Salt Day Good afternoon my friends It's been somewhat overcast today but a little cooler. I haven't had to run the a/c so far, which is a definite plus. I'm getting ready to watch Style Network's America's Next Top Model marathon with US Open peek-ins during commercial breaks. So far the American girls are doing quite well. It looks like tennis on the women's side has a number of girls who will soon be ready to challenge Serena. Sloane Stephens, in fact, may only be a year away from that.
It's just about time for me to go rest my legs. I'dsay see you later bt no one seems to be around. In the meantime, let's hope we haven't gone to war in Syria. <<sigh>> Thought for Today: "Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just." --Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, philosopher and physicist,
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I hope you are having a tantalizing Thursday
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Post by pegasus on Aug 31, 2013 10:52:27 GMT -7
Be Kind To Humankind Week Good afternoon my friends It's a somewhat overcast day but the temp has reached 80F.It's muggy and would be uncomfortable if not for the a/c. I'm afraid that today will be the day for its use all day long. I've been reading about an outbreak of measles in Texas where a megachurch has been preaching against immunization. 2` cases so far and surprise - the church has been holding immunization clinics!! What a bunch of hypocrites leading a bunch of human lemmings!! That British researcher who publish his "research" (since debunked) that autism was linked to the use of vaccines, too many parents have bought into that and refuse to vaccinate their children. I have no quarrel with those faiths like Christian Science opting out of vaccination. I don't agree, but at least they truly believe. They don't pick and choose what forms of health care to accept or reject. They reject all forms of modern medicine. Texas isn't the only area where there have been measles outbreaks and those states that had lax rules for exemption for children have been tightening their procedures, making them stricter. Diphtheria, whooping cough, measles, mumps, German measles and polio should be required. The dangers from these diseases warrant their use. To have measles breaking out is bad enough. I just hope that we never see another polio epidemic like we used to have when I was school age. Never again do I want to see anyone having to be encased in an iron lung due to polio in order to breathe.
Thought for Today: "Listen to many, speak to a few.". --William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English playwright and poet,
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I hope you all are having a whoopingly wicked weekend!!
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Post by pegasus on Sept 2, 2013 10:02:17 GMT -7
LABOR DAY Good afternoon my friends It's a beautidful day today, warm albeit somewhat muggy. Considering that we're only a couple of weeks away from the first day of fall, I'm really enjoying it. It looks like France is willing to take action against Syria if backed by the international community. Fine, we'll back France but let it do the down and dirty work, using Libya as an action model. Pakistan has also said it would be willing to assist. Most of the Arab countries are condemning Syria, except for Lebanon, Iraq and Iran, its neighbors. Interesting. The farther away from Syria, the more militant. A couple of guys from the Philly suburbs broke into Wrigley Field in Chicago to steal - the ivy!! Since they were caught at 3:34 a.m., I presume that they had been having a few brews at a local bar. Ivy?? Really?? Thought for Today: "If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties." --Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Irish artist,
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I hope you are all enjoying your Labor Day holiday.
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Post by pegasus on Sept 4, 2013 10:46:58 GMT -7
Rosh Hashanah(begins at sundown) Good afternoon my friends It is really quite a lovely day - plenty of sun but temps in the lower 70s and less humid. It's almost perfect!!
Thought for Today: "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." --Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) American short-story writer and poet
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I yope your Wednesday is warm and loving
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Post by pegasus on Sept 7, 2013 8:53:36 GMT -7
Grandma Moses Day Good afternoon my friends It's a gloomy day with a threat of rain at any time. No a/c, no fan needed. In fact, I'm wearing long sleeves today!! The women's finalists are set - #1 Serena vs. #2 Viki Azarenko, who has beaten Serena twice this year. Neither one had a problem in the semi-finals and showed they deserve their rankings. It should be a good match tomorrow. Today are the men's semi-finals with all predicting that it will be Djoko vs Nadal in the finals Monday. Djoko will face Stanislas Wawrinka, ironically from Switzerland, while Nadal plays Richard Gasquet.
Thought for Today: "When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees." --Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French essayist and moralist
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I hope you have a stupefying Saturday
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Post by pegasus on Sept 9, 2013 12:51:04 GMT -7
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Post by pegasus on Sept 12, 2013 9:59:31 GMT -7
Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week Good afternoon my friends The temp has dropped to around 70F but the cold front has also brought in rain and sometimes thunderboomers. So it's still humid but I don't need the a/c (thank goodness). I had a nice long visit with my oldest son. They registered my grandson for his freshman year at the University of Rochester. He's going into engineering, leaning toward optics. Since Rochester is home to Bausch & Lomb, the university has an outstanding optical engineering program. He took two years of calculus in high school so is now going into advanced calculus so that he will be familiar with theoretical mathematics!! Yikes!! I couldn't pass analytical geometry let alone beginning calculus, which is one of the reasons I eventually opted for history!! He'll also take a couple of engineering courses and - the history of Rome! that's a result of his having taken 5 years of Latin. Strange combination of interests. And let's not forget his swimming competitions as a member of the university's swimming team (has a half scholarship). They met his roommate, a diver from Korea. It sounds like he's got quite a year ahead of him!! Meanwhile, his younger brother has access to his car (freshmen can't have their own cars on campus). He's now a junior and wants to become a gunsmith!! He is more a hands-on person than theoretical like his brother. Thought for Today: "The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it." --François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French author of maxims and memoirs
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I hope you are having a thoroughly dry Thursday
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Post by pegasus on Sept 14, 2013 10:15:41 GMT -7
National Kreme Filled Donut Day Good afternoon my friends It's a cloudy day with only occasional glimpses of the sun. There's a slight chance of showers to go along with the cooling temps. Fall's definitely on its way!! The day of the Alabame vs Texas A&M game is finally here. I hope it's not a disappointment after all the hype going into it. So often these games don't live up to pre-game expectatons. I hope the Aggies beat Alabama once again. I'm thoroughly tired of hearing how great Nick Sabin is and the greatest coach ever at Alabama. Makes me wonder if any of these people have ver heard of Bear Bryant or Darrell Royal or Woody Hayes, etc. They DID win a few games and championships in their day. I see the we have reach an agreement with Russia on Syria and its use of chemical weapons and what to do about it. I like this much better that having our military act. Now the problem is implementing the agreement and destroying Syria's stockpile. <<sigh>><<sigh>><<sigh>><<sigh>><<sigh>><<sigh>> Thought for Today: "No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother." --Margaret Sanger (1879-1966) American founder of the birth control movement in the United States and Planned Parenthood
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I hope you all have a winning weekend!!
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Post by pegasus on Sept 16, 2013 6:01:26 GMT -7
Mayflower Day Good morning my friends It's another cool and gloomy day. <<>sigh> with temp around 60F. <<>sigh> I'm afraid summer's over. Nina Davuluri. age 24, who was Miss New York, is the first Indian American to be chosen to be Miss America. She was born in Syracuse, NY, but moved to Oklahoma at age 4 and later to Michigan, where she would go on to attend college. Along with her family, she moved back to the Syracuse suburb of Fayetteville, NY in the mid-2000s, where her father is an obstetrician/gynecologist affiliated with St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse. She has won several scholastic Honors like, Dean’s List; Michigan Merit Award and National Honor Society Award. She attended University of Michigan and graduated with a degree in Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science and wants to become a cardiologist.
The latest Dancing With the Stars contestants have been chosen. This is the only "talent" show that I ever watch. This season's competitors are: Snooki with Sasha Farber, Brant Daugherty (actor) with Peta Murgatroyd, Jack Osbourne (Ozxy's showbiz son) with Cheryl Burke, Corbin Bleu (Broadway/Disney Channel singer-actor) with Karina Smirnoff, Bill Engvall, age 56 comedian with Emma Slater, Bill "The Scinece Guy" Nye, age 57 with Tyne Stecklein, Keyshawn Johnson, former Alll-Pro wide receiver, with Sharna Burgess, Leah Remini (actress-former host of The Talk) with Tony Dovolani, Christina Milian (actress and singer-songwriter) with Mark Ballas, Valerie Harper, age 74 4-time Emmy winning actress with Tristan MacManus, Amber Riley (on Glee) with Derek Hough, Elizabeth Berkley (actress) with Valentin Chmerkovskiy. But I'm not sure that I am interested in watching this bunch. Thought for Today: "Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact." --Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English philosopher-mathematician
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I hope you're having a merrier Monday than I am!!
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