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So Strong; yet so calm: Mary's Choice.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

The Cat and the Fiddle

One of the most commonly used modern versions of the rhyme is:



Hey diddle diddle,

The Cat and the fiddle,

The Cow jumped over the moon,

The little Dog laughed to see such a sport,

And the Dish ran away with the Spoon.
 
 






The earliest recorded version of the poem was printed in London in Mother Goose's Melody around 1765, with the lyrics:


High diddle diddle,

The Cat played the Fiddle,

The Cow jump'd over the Moon,

The little dog laugh'd to see such Craft,

And the Dish ran away with the Spoon

Friday, June 10, 2011

Adventures of an Idiot :Occasional ramblings of a 5 Point someone: Life:An inspirational speech by Bryan Dawson on life's priorities

Adventures of an Idiot :Occasional ramblings of a 5 Point someone: Life:An inspirational speech by Bryan Dawson on life's priorities: "Life:An inspirational speech by Bryan Dawson on life's priorities
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same."

Adventures of an Idiot :Occasional ramblings of a 5 Point someone: Life:An inspirational speech by Bryan Dawson on life's priorities

Adventures of an Idiot :Occasional ramblings of a 5 Point someone: Life:An inspirational speech by Bryan Dawson on life's priorities: "Life:An inspirational speech by Bryan Dawson on life's priorities
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same."

cock of the walk - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.


cock of the walk - Idioms - by the Free Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.: "cock of the walk
someone who acts more important than others in a group. The deputy manager was cock of the walk until the new manager arrived. He loved acting cock of the walk and ordering everyone about."

Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner Pictures - CBS News

Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner Pictures - CBS News: "House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio participates in a ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York, as the Democrat's wife Huma Abedin is seen at center, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011.
Credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak"

Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner Pictures - CBS News


Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner Pictures - CBS News: "President Barack Obama speaks with Huma Abedin, aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, during a roundtable meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Lisbon, Nov. 19, 2010. Time Magazine named Abedin to its list of rising stars of American politics, '40 Under 40.'
Credit: AP Photo/Armando Franca"

Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner Pictures - CBS News

Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner Pictures - CBS News: "Weiner, 45 and Jewish, and Abedin, 34 and Muslim, married on July 10, 2010 at the Oheka Castle in Huntington, N.Y., at a ceremony officiated by former President Bill Clinton.
Credit: Barbara Kinney"

Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner Pictures - CBS News


Huma Abedin, wife of Anthony Weiner Pictures - CBS News: "In Rebecca Johnson's August 2007 Vogue magazine profile of Abedin, Clinton remarked, 'Huma Abedin has the energy of a woman in her 20s, the confidence of a woman in her 30s, the experience of a woman in her 40s, and the grace of a woman in her 50s. She is timeless, her combination of poise, kindness, and intelligence are matchless.' The article featured glamour shots by Norman Jean Roy.
Credit: Vogue Magazine"

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos | Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News: "The World At Night, or TWAN, recently announced the winners of their 2011 International Photo Contest. A full collection of photos can be viewed at http://twanight.org. This photograph by Stephane Vetter won first place in the Beauty of the Night Sky category; it displays the northern lights and the Milky Way above the arctic landscape of Iceland. (Photo: Stephane Vetter/www.nuitsacrees.fr/TWAN"

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos | Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News: "'The Great Wall at Night' by Xiaohua won 4th prize in the Beauty of the Night Sky category. The constellations Scorpio and Sagittarius stand above the Wu Saint Gate in the Great Wall of China. (Photo: Xiaohua/mr_wxh@hotmail.com/TWAN"

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos | Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News: "Photographer Luc Perrot won third prize in the Beauty of the Night Sky category with this photo. The band of the Milky Way arcs above Piton de la Fournaise, a very active volcano on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. (Photo: Luc Perrot/www.lucperrot.com/TWAN)"

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos | Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News: "'Lisbon Sky Lights' by Miguel Claro won third prize in the Against the Lights category. Stars and the crescent Moon trail toward the western horizon above the 25 April Bridge in Lisbon, Portugal. There are also many trails by airplanes to or from the Lisbon airport , including the bright light crossing the moontrail. (Photo: Miguel Claro/http://miguelclaro.com/TWAN)"

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos | Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News: "“Galactic View from Planet Earth” by Alex Cherney from Australia is the second prize winner in the Beauty of the Night Sky category. The central bulge of the Milky Way, the brightest band of the galaxy, is captured in a starry night sky of Australia. (Photo: Alex Cherney/www.terrastro.com/TWAN)"

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos | Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News: "'Isfahan Milky Way' by Mehdi Momenzadeh won second price in the Against the Lights category. The photo shows the arc of the Milky Way rising above central Iran, and fades away in the northeast because of light pollution in the historic city of Isfahan. (Photo: Mehdi Momenzadeh/www.photographyblog.ir/TWAN)"

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos | Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News

Night-sky photo contest winners named Photos Night-sky photo contest winners named Pictures - Yahoo! News: "First prize in the Against The Lights category went to photographer Thomas Kurat for his photo “Alps at Night”. It shows the starry sky above a misty Alpine valley and village lights in Austria. The Against The Lights category highlights photos that show people how bad the problem of light pollution has become. (Photo: Thomas Kurat/www.tkfotos.at/TWAN)"

96 year-old Dutch woman confesses to World War II-era murder - Yahoo! News

96 year-old Dutch woman confesses to World War II-era murder - Yahoo! News: "Lenferink said Visser would not be prosecuted for the crime, and urged reporters to leave her alone.
'Even now, after 65 years, the murder should be strongly condemned: It is a case of vigilantism, and is unacceptable,' he said, according to the AP. But he added, 'Mrs. Ridder-Visser is a very old, very frail woman who hears poorly, is disabled and needs help.'
(Photos: Dutch construction firm owner Felix Gulje was killed on his doorstep in Leiden, Holland, in March 1946. Atie Visser-Ridder, 96, a member of Holland's Resistance, confessed to the crime in a letter to the mayor of Leiden, the mayor announced yesterday.)"

Top 5 Social Media Scams

Top 5 Social Media Scams:

"Top 5 Social Media ScamsFind Under: Networking"

We’re wired to be social creatures, and sites like Twitter and Facebook have capitalized on this to great success. According to its COO Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook draws 175 million logins every day.

But with this tremendous popularity comes a dark side as well. Virus writers and other cybercriminals go where the numbers are -- and that includes popular social media sites. To help you avoid a con or viral infection, we’ve put together this list of the top five social media scams.

Online Ads that Just Won't Let up

Online Ads that Just Won't Let up:

"The good news is, the government is paying attention and will likely implement some new rules focused on online advertising. Among the ideas is a do-not-track list that’s similar to the Do Not Call Registry for telemarketers. You would be able to list yourself and marketers would not be allowed to create anonymous profiles of you.

In the meantime, here are some ways you can take control of the online advertising you see:

  • Learn how profiles are created from one of the advertising technology companies, BlueKai, which has a detailed explanation on its website.
  • Look for a white “i” icon on a blue background -- this symbolizes that the ad you see was based on behavior or demographic information.
  • On Yahoo! sites, look for the AdChoices icon that links to more information on the ads you’re seeing and your options for managing your privacy.
  • Download an Internet browser plug-in (called the Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out) that automatically prevents sites from creating a profile of you at AddOns.Mozilla.org.
  • Read the privacy policy of sites you visit, scanning for information on opting out of their targeting program.
Copyright (c) 2010 Studio One Networks. All rights reserved."

Expert Q & A - Your Security Resource

Expert Q & A - Your Security Resource:
"Can you trust the information you read on Wikipedia? My teen wants to use the website as a source for a school report. The short answer: No."

A “wiki” (such as the popular Wikipedia.org encyclopedia) is a website that allows anyone to create or edit content. Consider it a communal work-in-progress project that blurs the lines between surfer and publisher. As such, many teachers and professors won’t allow Wikipedia to be cited as a source for essays, book reports or other assignments. Despite that, many students frequent the site for quick, easy-to-read explanations on a wide range of subjects.

Educators often want students to research subjects written by professionals in that particular field, as opposed to online "armchair" experts, if you will. But with so many millions of Wikipedia.org visitors, many of whom make slight alterations and tweaks on entries, it could be argued the information is whittled down to the "truth" over time.

Plus, credible Wikipedia entries link to a myriad of bibliographical sources, often outlined in the Notes section at the bottom of the page. Otherwise, Wikipedia offers the following caveat: "This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed."

If students are going to use Wikipedia for a school paper, consider it only a starting point and be sure to cross-reference the information with other credible sources or encyclopedias. And always be sure your child credits all sources at the end of the paper.

Copyright (c) 2010 Studio One Networks. All rights reserved

10 Things You Didn't Know About Bachelor Parties - MSN Relationships - article

10 Things You Didn't Know About Bachelor Parties - MSN Relationships - article: "10. Don't ask, don't tell. A groom-to-be might answer his fiancée's questions honestly, but he won't volunteer incriminating or embarrassing information. What if you want the full story? 'Ask more probing questions,' says Tom Nardone, president of Bachelorette.com.
SOURCE: Tom Nardone, president of Bachelorette.com"

10 Things You Didn't Know About Bachelor Parties - MSN Relationships - article

10 Things You Didn't Know About Bachelor Parties - MSN Relationships - article: "10. Don't ask, don't tell. A groom-to-be might answer his fiancée's questions honestly, but he won't volunteer incriminating or embarrassing information. What if you want the full story? 'Ask more probing questions,' says Tom Nardone, president of Bachelorette.com.
SOURCE: Tom Nardone, president of Bachelorette.com"

Facebook Tattoo Hoax: Video of Woman Having Friends' Pictures Tattooed on Her Arm Is Fake but Goes Viral - ABC News

Facebook Tattoo Hoax: Video of Woman Having Friends' Pictures Tattooed on Her Arm Is Fake but Goes Viral - ABC News: "Take Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York. He lied about virtual relationships online for years, and has now been widely criticized -- as other politicians have been -- for lying about entertaining real affairs. Given our now tech-centered society, maybe virtual relationships are the new real relationships."

Sisters: The Morrow Bottoms of Arkansas



What's a brunette's mating call?
"That blond bitch done yet?"




Couldn't help but notice the rabbit foot:





In the end...,

Matter vs. Anit-Matter

Les Paul

Bio:

"Paul's interest in music began when he took up the harmonica at age eight, inspired by a Waukesha ditchdigger. Paul's only formal training consisted of a few unsuccessful piano lessons as a child -- and although he later took up the piano again professionally, exposure to a few Art Tatum records put an end to that."


By 1937, Paul had formed a trio, and the following year, he moved to New York and landed a featured spot with Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, which gave Les nationwide exposure through its broadcasts. That job ended in 1941 shortly after he was nearly electrocuted in an accident during a jam session in his Queens basement. After a long recovery period and more radio jobs, Paul moved to Hollywood in 1943, where he formed a new trio that made several V-Discs and transcriptions for MacGregor (some available on Laserlight). As a last-minute substitute for Oscar Moore, Paul played in the inaugural Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in Los Angeles on July 2, 1944; his witty chase sequence with Nat Cole on "Blues" and fleet work elsewhere (now on Verve's Jazz at the Philharmonic: The First Concert) are the most indelible reminders of his prowess as a jazzman. Later that year, Paul hooked up with Bing Crosby, who featured the Trio on his radio show, sponsored Les' recording experiments, and recorded six sides with him, including a 1945 number one hit, "It's Been a Long, Long Time." On his own, Paul also made several records with his Trio for Decca from 1944 to 1947, including jazz, country and Hawaiian sides, and backed singers like Dick Haymes, Helen Forrest and the Andrews Sisters.

More significantly, Paul began a regular series of Monday night appearances at New York's Fat Tuesday's club in 1984 (from 1996, Les held court at the Iridium club across from Lincoln Center), attended by visiting celebrities and fans for whom he became an icon in the '80s. Arthritis has slowed Les' playing down in recent years, and his repertoire is largely unchanged from the '30s and '40s. But at any given gig, one can still learn a lot from the Wizard of Waukesha. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Defending a Philosophy of Human Rights - NYTimes.com

Defending a Philosophy of Human Rights - NYTimes.com: "Operational rights describe the policy on the ground. But these policies can be flawed. What we need instead are natural human rights that are universal over time and space to correct corrupt regimes and help decent societies to become better."

Sunday Classes

Sunday Classes: "COVENANT CLASS
The Covenant Class, which meets in room 420, is composed of adult singles and couples and is led by Bob and Janet Gary. This is a group-centered experience in which members covenant to support each other’s journey toward mature faith as Christians. Confidentiality is maintained to facilitate personal sharing. All are welcome.

For more information, contact Bob and Janet at ggary@emory.edu."

Sunday Classes

Sunday Classes: "'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?'"

Sunday Classes

Sunday Classes: "'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?'"

Reporters find tragic story amid embarrassing scandal - CNN.com

Reporters find tragic story amid embarrassing scandal - CNN.com: "He lived, she said, 'under a pall,' and he hanged himself in his apartment in 2003.
Murphy got home and immediately e-mailed a researcher, Dr. Richard Green, who had conducted a different gender research study at UCLA. He quickly wrote back with his condolences.
'An interesting note,' Green added. 'The young graduate student therapist at UCLA in the psychology department ... who treated Kirk later revealed that his motivation behind the treatment was to prevent young men from succumbing to the sinful practices of homosexuality. ... Amazingly, a few months ago this man was revealed to have taken a foreign holiday with a rent boy.'"

Weiner draws no defense from Democrats  | ajc.com

Weiner draws no defense from Democrats ajc.com: "Republicans successfully urged Indiana Rep. Mark Souder to take that course last year after he admitted to an extra-marital affair with a member of his staff. They did so again in February, with Rep. Chris Lee of New York, who quit quickly after shirtless photos he sent to a woman he had met on Craigslist were published online.
By contrast, Pelosi issued a call shortly after Weiner's news conference for the House ethics committee to investigate his case to make sure no House rules were broken."

Weiner draws no defense from Democrats  | ajc.com



Weiner draws no defense from Democrats ajc.com: "At his news conference, Weiner apologized to the women and to all he misled with his earlier denials, but most often to his wife, Huma Abedin, who was not present.
Abedin, deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, is well-known in her own right in Democratic circles. Some party officials said that was a factor in the general unwillingness to call for Weiner's resignation."


Social Justice?






Here are some  quotes regarding socialism:

Sir Winston Churchill said, “You don't make the poor richer by making the rich poorer.”

Alexis de Tocqueville said, “After having thus successively taken each member of the community in its powerful grasp and fashioned him at will, the supreme power then extends its arm over the whole community. It covers the surface of society with a network of small, complicated rules, minute and uniform, through which the most original minds and the most energetic characters cannot penetrate, to rise above the crowd. The will of man is not shattered, but softened, bent, and guided; men seldom forced by it to act, but they are constantly restrained from acting. Such a power does not destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not tyrannize, but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and stupefies a people, till each nation is reduced to nothing better than a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.”

Benjamin Franklin said, “Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done by dividing all your estates among them.”

Fredrich August von Hayek said, “I am certain that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.”

America has NEVER been a democracy. Anyone who knows the history of our founding and the intentions of those who framed the foundation of our nation know this very well. Of course, revisionist history has painted a picture of America that is not at all true to what it really is.






“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government.” (The Constitution of the United States)?

“If a majority are capable of preferring their own private interest, or that of their families, counties, and party, to that of the nation collectively, some provision must be made in the constitution, in favor of justice, to compel all to respect the common right, the public good, the universal law, in preference to all private and partial considerations... And that the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of history... To remedy the dangers attendant upon the arbitrary use of power, checks, however multiplied, will scarcely avail without an explicit admission some limitation of the right of the majority to excercise sovereign authority over the individual citizen... In popular governments [democracies], minorities [individuals] constantly run much greater risk of suffering from arbitrary power than in absolute monarchies...” (John Adams)

“No good government but what is republican... the very definition of a republic is ‘an empire of laws, and not of men.’” (John Adams)

“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” (John Adams)

“All good government is and must be republican. But at the same time, you can or will agree with me, that there is not in lexicography a more fraudulent word... Are we not, my friend, in danger of rendering the word republican unpopular in this country by an indiscreet, indeterminate, and equivocal use of it?...Whenever I use the word republic with approbation, I mean a government in which the people have collectively, or by representation, an essential share in the sovereignty.” (John Adams)

“No good government but what is republican…the very definition of a republic is ‘an empire of laws, and not of men.’”

Pressure grows for Weiner to resign - CNN.com

Never wise one half of two,
taking advantage the upper hand;
the other able, although fair,
not alway raising two objections.

Until definitely understanding better:  the mating habit of angels
Just be wise aware: not always an angel, even if just briefly.

by Simply Jim

 




Pressure grows for Weiner to resign - CNN.com:

"Eva Slomobits, 82, a lifelong Democrat who campaigned for Weiner, said now, 'I definitely won't vote for him. I think of him as a different person.' 'He betrayed his wife,' Slomobits added. 'You have to think before you make a mistake.'

Others took the opposite position.

'Actually, I'm glad he's not resigning,' Patrick Riley said. 'What he does on his personal time is his business.'

Whether or not Weiner retains his congressional seat, many analysts believe he has almost certainly lost his spot as a front-runner in New York's 2013 mayoral election.

Weiner's admission of fault came after images were published on BigGovernment.com, a conservative website run by Andrew Breitbart, that apparently show Weiner shirtless
.
Breitbart's website was the first to publish an incriminating photo, sent May 27 via Twitter from Weiner's account, of a man in his underwear.

Weiner initially released written statements claiming that he was the victim of a hacker and a prank. He has since said he lied about being a victim because he was 'ashamed.'

'I didn't want to get caught,' he admitted."

Pressure grows for Weiner to resign - CNN.com

Pressure grows for Weiner to resign - CNN.com:

"Cantor told reporters that with all the challenges facing the country, 'the last thing we need is to be immersed in discussion about Congressman Weiner and his Twitter activities,' according to Cantor spokesman Brad Dayspring.

Asked if Weiner should resign, Cantor said that was up to the congressman and his constituents, but added: 'I certainly don't condone his activity and I think he should resign,' Dayspring noted.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, who has been an ally of Weiner from the Republican side of the aisle, said Weiner will 'have to look at himself to make that decision,' but that Weiner's trustworthiness is spent.

Asked by CNN's Elliot Spitzer on 'In the Arena' Tuesday what advice he would have for Weiner, as a friend, Chaffetz replied: 'I don't see any option but to step down.'

As pressure built for some indication about the Ethics Committee's intentions, the panel's Republican chairman and ranking Democratic member issued a statement Tuesday night underscoring -- without mentioning Weiner -- their duty to impartiality and confidentiality:

'If and when an investigation is appropriate in any matter, the committee will carry out its responsibilities pursuant to our rules and with the utmost integrity and fairness,' said the statement from Reps. Jo Bonner, R-Alabama, and Linda Sanchez, D-California. 'Pursuant to our rules of confidentiality, we will not have any further comment at this time.'"

Pressure grows for Weiner to resign - CNN.com

Pressure grows for Weiner to resign - CNN.com:

"'I wish there was some way I could defend him, but I can't,' Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, told reporters Tuesday. Asked what he would say if Weiner sought advice, Reid smiled and responded: 'I'd tell him to call someone else.'

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, who called for an ethics investigation Monday, released a letter Tuesday detailing her formal request for the inquiry.

Weiner publicly apologized Monday for sending flirtatious messages and images on Facebook and Twitter to six women over the past three years and then denying it for a week."

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Breitbart: I Released Rep. Weiner Photos for 'Vindication' - Interviews - FoxNews.com

Breitbart: I Released Rep. Weiner Photos for 'Vindication' - Interviews - FoxNews.com:


 "MEAGAN BROUSSARD, RECEIVED PICTURES FROM REP. WEINER: I wouldn't say victim. But I would say, I don't know, I mean, he obviously has some issues of impulse control."

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(clip begins)

HANNITY: Joining me now with reaction, the author of the best new brand -- sorry.

ANDREW BREITBART, AUTHOR, "RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION": It's a cook book.

HANNITY: Exactly, cook book. "Righteous Indignation, Excuse Me While I Save the World." The man behind so much of the story is Andrew Breitbart is here. And Mr. Breitbart, it's not often that a journalist gets -- well, we have to start at the beginning. So, I'm watching Fox News today. And, you know, we got all the cameras sitting there, and they're all waiting for the congressman to come out. And all of a sudden you are holding a press conference at his podium. How did that happen?

Monday, June 6, 2011

Intimacy Checkup

Intimacy Checkup: "The final form of intimacy is “sexual intimacy.” Sex provides some of life’s greatest treasures, it also exposes us to some of life’s greatest hurts. You’ll hear very little on TV or at the movies about the sadness and anger that accompany sexual rejection. You’ll hear very little about unwanted and unexpected pregnancies. You’ll hear very little about sexual dysfunction -- except in commercials! You’ll hear very little about the cynicism of people who have had every conceivable sexual experience except a good one.



Full sexual intimacy is so personal, so mysterious, so profound, so sacred that it ought to be reserved for people who are bound together in an exclusive, life-long relationship."

Our Logo

Our Logo: "Our Logo

The stylized “G” . . .
in our logo was inspired by the great oak trees that surround our sanctuary. There’s something about those trees that speaks of strength and stability. Arborists tell us they were planted well over 100 years ago. Like a tree Jesus talked about in one of his parables, those oaks grew and “the birds made their nests in their branches.”

Our church is like that. In 1920, a handful of people planted a seed that has grown to become Glenn Memorial as we know it.

Over the years, thousands of people have found a spiritual home in Glenn’s branches. Countless others have had their sufferings relieved, their burdens lessened, and their hopes lifted by its missions and ministries.

Like the Glenn oaks, we have deep roots in the past. Our logo reminds us that the function of roots is to produce new growth.

“Loving God, Loving Neighbor” . . .
sums up our mission, which is to fulfill the First Commandment of Jesus by loving God with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength; and loving our neighbor as ourselves. (Mark 12:30, 31)"

Sanctuary

Sanctuary: "The Glenn Memorial Sanctuary"

Nancy Pelosi calls for Ethics Committee to investigate Rep. Anthony Weiner - latimes.com

Nancy Pelosi calls for Ethics Committee to investigate Rep. Anthony Weiner - latimes.com: "spokesman for the campaign arm of House Republicans called on the Democratic leadership 'to explain why Congressman Weiner's actions never aroused any suspicion, and why they rushed to his defense.'

Rep. Steve Israel, who represents Long Island and chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, backed Pelosi's call for an ethics investigation.

'Congressman Anthony Weiner engaged in a deep personal failure and inappropriate behavior that embarrassed himself, his family, and the House. Ultimately, Anthony and his constituents will make a judgment about his future,' Israel said.

House Ethics Committee officials declined to comment on the matter."

Steve Israel

Steve Israel

New International Version (NIV Bible) - Version Information - BibleGateway.com

New International Version (NIV Bible) - Version Information - BibleGateway.com: "New International Version (NIV Bible)"

AVMA - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association - 238(11):1435 - Abstract


TO THE LIFE BOATS


>-o)-o)-o)-o)-($)>

"All I want, is making enough owning a nice house and a boat.'"


AVMA - Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association - 238(11):1435 - Abstract:


"Procedures—Personal statements were read by investigators to identify the turning point for each applicant's decision to pursue a career in veterinary medicine and each applicant's intended career path.



Results—Veterinary practice experience and animal ownership were the most frequently stated reasons for pursuing a veterinary career; differences were not identified between males and females. More Caucasian applicants than underrepresented minority (URM) applicants stated veterinary practice experience and more URM applicants than Caucasian applicants cited animal ownership as a reason for pursuing a veterinary career. Many applicants did not cite a specific career path within veterinary medicine; applicants who indicated a career path most often cited veterinary practice. More females than males stated an interest in equine medicine, and more Caucasian applicants than URM applicants indicated an interest in mixed animal practice. More URM applicants than Caucasian applicants indicated a desire to pursue specialty training.



Conclusions and Clinical Relevance—Results suggested that veterinary practice experience and animal ownership were important factors influencing applicants' decision to pursue a veterinary career, but many applicants had not selected a specific career path. Opportunities exist to influence the decisions of individuals to become veterinarians and the selection of specific career paths within the veterinary profession."



Oh me Gosh!

GOD HATES FAGS
Eye Bee M!
W.A.S.P's including me are doomed!
"Gays were a god given gift."

True or False?

Your honor,

Honestly!ThoughtiURM.

And...
SHE was taking it out on ME.

And...
I'm Methodist whether I want to be or not.

I've said many times,

"If anyone in the Bible I could sympathize with, that character would have to be Sarah Lott."



In response, Lot refuses to give his guests to the inhabitants of Sodom and, instead, offers them his two virgin daughters to "do to them whatever you like." [Gen 19:8]NASB However, they refuse this offer and threaten to do worse to Lot than they would have done to his guests, and then lunged toward Lot to break down the door. Lot's angelic guests rescue him and strike the men with blindness.

Then, (not having found even 10 righteous people in the city) they command Lot to gather his family and leave, revealing that they were sent to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. As they make their escape, the angels command Lot and his family not to look back under any circumstance. However, as Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed by Yahweh with fire and brimstone, Lot's wife looks back at the city in defiance of the angels' specific command, and she becomes a pillar of salt.




New American Standard Bible (NASB)


http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/New-American-Standard-Bible-NASB/

Moses in talking with the Israelites during the Exodus, refers to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Deuteronomy 29:22-23:

"Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it. The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the LORD overthrew in fierce anger."

Purple Cow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Purple Cow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Purple Cow is the name of a well-known poem by Gelett Burgess, written in 1895:

The original 'Purple Cow,' from 1895I never saw a purple cow.
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you anyhow
I'd rather see than be one."

Famously, Burgess became somewhat exasperated with the success of his poem, of which he was constantly reminded. A few years later, he penned a riposte that became almost as well-known as the original.

Ah, yes, I wrote the "Purple Cow"—
I'm Sorry, now, I wrote it;
But I can tell you Anyhow
I'll Kill you if you Quote it!

Humpty Dumpty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It has been suggested that Carroll's Humpty Dumpty had prosopagnosia on the basis of his description of his finding faces hard to recognize.


Humpty Dumpty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "“The face is what one goes by, generally,” Alice remarked in a thoughtful tone.
“That’s just what I complain of,” said Humpty Dumpty. “Your face is the same as everybody has—the two eyes, so ” (marking their places in the air with his thumb) “nose in the middle, mouth under. It’s always the same. Now if you had the two eyes on the same side of the nose, for instance—or the mouth at the top—that would be some help.”"




Humpty appears in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass (1872), where he discusses semantics and pragmatics with Alice.

“I don’t know what you mean by ‘glory,’ ” Alice said.
Humpty Dumpty smiled contemptuously. “Of course you don’t—till I tell you. I meant ‘there’s a nice knock-down argument for you!’ ”
“But ‘glory’ doesn’t mean ‘a nice knock-down argument’,” Alice objected.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master that’s all.”
Alice was too much puzzled to say anything, so after a minute Humpty Dumpty began again. “They’ve a temper, some of them—particularly verbs, they’re the proudest—adjectives you can do anything with, but not verbs—however, I can manage the whole lot! Impenetrability! That’s what I say!”

Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jack and Jill (nursery rhyme) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got, and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper,
To old Dame Dob, who patched his nob
With vinegar and brown paper.["

Actually, that's not in the Bible – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

Actually, that's not in the Bible – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs: "If, say, you were an anonymous artist painting the Garden of Eden during the Renaissance, why not portray the serpent as the devil to give some punch to your creation? And if you’re a preacher telling a story about Jonah, doesn’t it just sound better to say that Jonah was swallowed by a whale, not a “great fish”?"

Actually, that's not in the Bible – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

Actually, that's not in the Bible – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs: "“Genesis mentions nothing but a serpent,” says Kevin Dunn, chair of the department of religion at Tufts University in Massachusetts.
“Not only does the text not mention Satan, the very idea of Satan as a devilish tempter postdates the composition of the Garden of Eden story by at least 500 years,” Dunn says.
Getting biblical scriptures and stories wrong may not seem significant, but it can become dangerous, one scholar says.
Most people have heard this one: “God helps those that help themselves.” It’s another phantom scripture that appears nowhere in the Bible, but many people think it does. It's actually attributed to Benjamin Franklin, one of the nation's founding fathers."

Actually, that's not in the Bible – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs

“Cleanliness is next to Godliness.”

The “cleanliness” passage was coined by John Wesley, the 18th century evangelist who founded Methodism, says Thomas Kidd, a history professor at Baylor University in Texas.




Actually, that's not in the Bible – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs: "“In my college religion classes, I sometimes quote 2 Hesitations 4:3 (‘There are no internal combustion engines in heaven’),” Bouma-Prediger says. “I wait to see if anyone realizes that there is no such book in the Bible and therefore no such verse.
“Only a few catch on.”"

Bulb In, Bulb Out - NYTimes.com



“I find it really appalling and hypocritical . . . that you favor a woman’s right to an abortion but you don’t favor a woman or a man’s right to choose what kind of light bulb,” Paul said. “I really find it troubling, this busybody nature.”

Bulb In, Bulb Out - NYTimes.com: "The notion of light as a thoughtless commodity would have seemed fanciful to our distant ancestors. Before electricity, light was expensive, a product of exhaustible sources like whale oil. It was Edison who finally took it to the masses in limitless quantities. On Dec. 31, 1879, the inventor invited a crowd of thousands to his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J., to witness a demonstration of his fantastic innovation, described in a patent as an “electric lamp for giving light by incandescence.”"

“I don’t think it’s cultural; I think it’s much deeper than that, that our reaction to long-wavelength light is warm and short-wavelength light is cold,” David DiLaura says. Humans don’t see all wavelengths equally well; DiLaura says the eye’s “sensitivity curve” is adapted to the spectral composition of light on the African savanna. The light that surrounds us can have psychological and physical effects. Research has suggested that altering wavelengths can affect students’ attention and that patients on the south side of a hospital, which gets more light, recover more quickly than those on the north. So it’s hardly surprising that the incandescent phaseout has prompted a visceral reaction.


“This is the world’s greatest marketing scheme,” he said. “You get the government to ban the competition.” A slight man with an air of gray-bearded grandiloquence, Brandston contends that his root objection to the law, which he calls “immoral,” is connected to his professional appreciation of incandescence, which mimics the natural spectrum. “It’s what we grew up with — it’s sunlight,” Brandston told me earlier on the phone.




Sunday, June 5, 2011

The 84th National Spelling Bee - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic


The 84th National Spelling Bee - Alan Taylor - In Focus - The Atlantic: "Sukanya Roy, 14, of South Abington Township, Pennsylvania, reacts after winning the 2011 National Spelling Bee, on Thursday, June 2, 2011. She won by spelling the word 'cymotrichous', which relates to wavy hair."


Scientists Create Antimatter They Can Actually Study - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic

We know, at least lead to believe, or at least I was, that one day our sun will burn out; and all of this, at least the world as I know it, will be gone. 

So....
if nothing in the beginning and nothing in the end....
why should it matter what's in between.

(0) + (0) = 2(0)

That's odd.
Kinda looks like two fetuses, a vagina,
and.....
a man  just thought of something.

Then it occurred to me.....
how could  man surplus of anything,
at least  the very beginning,
less two women.


Anyone threat til Adam being Abel women switching loyalties.


 Cain and the Lost Tribe

Find it interesting. when lost,  you go in circles. 
Had Cain and his tribe stayed a straight line;
theoretically,
 you still end back where you started..



No wonder feel I've been made
woman's
(as oppossed to women's)


sacrificial pig!


impossible to be ...."THE FAIREST ONE OF THEM ALL"....without displeasing them all....if being what it takes .... "FAIR TO  THEM ALL" .....how can I truly tell my story without telling their story


"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST!"

Said another way....

coming in the back door!


Scientists Create Antimatter They Can Actually Study - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic: "'Everything in our universe is made of matter, but a century of physics has revealed that at the beginning of time, an exactly equal amount of antimatter existed. Then, two seconds after the Big Bang, something changed and suddenly there was more matter than antimatter. What we don't know is how matter won and opened the door to existence as we know it.'"

Richard Scarry's 'Busytown' Gets the Google Doodle Treatment - Nicholas Jackson - Technology - The Atlantic

Richard Scarry's 'Busytown' Gets the Google Doodle Treatment - Nicholas Jackson - Technology - The Atlantic: "This morning, Google switched its homepage logo over to one of a fantastical cityscape featuring mice riding motorcycles and other anthropomorphic animals peaking out from windows and managing the rescue of a second-floor cat from a burning house."

The top 5 regrets people have on their deathbeds - Lifehacks

The top 5 regrets people have on their deathbeds - Lifehacks: "It is very important to try and honour at least some of your dreams along the way. From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realise, until they no longer have it."

We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.

It is all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.
 

When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Ancient world dictionary finished — after 90 years - Yahoo! News

Ancient world dictionary finished — after 90 years - Yahoo! News: "'The Assyrian Dictionary gives us the key into the world's first urban civilization,' he says. 'Virtually everything that we take for granted ... has its origins in Mesopotamia, whether it's the origins of cities, of state societies, the invention of the wheel, the way we measure time, and most important the invention of writing.
'If we ever want to understand our roots,' Stein adds, 'we have to understand this first great civilization.'"

"Like all people at all times, they wanted to try to find some way of controlling their world," says Martha Roth, the dictionary's editor-in-charge and dean of humanities. "It's very difficult to draw the line between actually believing and being superstitious."





But the tablets reached far beyond royalty. Biggs says they included everything from a disputed paternity case to agricultural loans to famine, where desperate people sold their children for cash. "Life was very fragile ... it was much more risky that it is now," he says.





"It's not such a word means king," Roth says. "It's a matter of understanding the thousands and thousands of references to the word king in every document in every period."




Now that the dictionary is finished, Roth says there's a feeling of tremendous accomplishment and "a little bit of a sense of loss.... This has occupied my waking and sleeping moments for 32 years. You dream this stuff."




The end also brings a realization as more tablets are unearthed, more discoveries will be made.



"It's like driving a Porsche off the lot and looking in the Blue Book (listing a car's worth) and seeing how much value it's lost," Stolper says. "The moment it's done, it's out of date."



Biggs says the scholars are satisfied with the final version, but there is that lingering temptation.



"It might be nice to start over," he says, "but no one has the courage to do it anymore."

LOL

They ain't kidding. 

LMAO
(maybe; maybe not!)

Friday, June 3, 2011

Hermeticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hermeticism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "There are mentions in Hermeticism about 'metempsychosis' or the multiple occurrences of a being through the manifestation, before he gets liberated from any condition. As Hermes states:

O son, how many bodies we have to pass through, how many bands of demons, through how many series of repetitions and cycles of the stars, before we hasten to the One alone?"



"It doesn't have to be the end of the world to be the end of our world; just a world: YOURS or MINE."

~(James Edward Avery, DVM vs. Bob)~




The king said, -Divide the living boy in two; then give half to the one, and half to the other. But the woman whose son was alive said to the king -because compassion for her son burned within her - -Please, my lord, give her the living boy; certainly do not kill him! The other said, -It shall be neither mine nor yours; divide it. Then the king responded: -Give the first woman the living boy; do not kill him. She is his mother.

Twisted Purple C.0.W!
Oliver!ArtfulDodger
~(6!9)~

Why is it,
I can't help but get this sick feeling I'm sparring with a bleached blond hacker  turning blue, believing same as mother, determined having the last word?

Twisted Purple C.0.W!

Well, HONESTLY..
would be very happy to once understanding:
"Last words from whom?"

The brunett believing  "crazy" the son with the eyes turned blue from the very beginning; or the white haired old lady across the street, two many gentlemen shaking all around,  insisting her medications most important?


Six does not equal nine!


Until I know exactly who I'm talking too, everything so far is just my game, surviving while following all the leads,
 wanting understanding exactly who side I'm suppose to be on.


Is it my fault having too much time on my hands!
Although far from brand new, a perfectly good left hand hardly used, someone if anyone welcome to help themself with. 

My gut instinct tells me, all I need is someone brave enough weathering the crossing, leapfrogging me into Emory University unconditionally; then we go from there. 

Until then, I'm stuck until mother letting go of my S.H.I.R.T!   

I'm not cousin Gary Avery, jumping up and down, killing his father as he layed under a mattress.

Can you blame her!

HOP ON TOP OF POP!
by
James Edward "A" Solomon, jr.
"Teach!  You've gotten me so confused,
don't know what to say!"

"You tell ME! Why am I NOT Prince Charming?"
***

What do turtles and blonds have in common?
Once on their back they're screwed!


What's a brunette's mating call?
That blond bitch done yet!

How many women does it take to chang a light bulb?
Three!
One to change the bulb and two to form a support group.

How many men does it take to change a light bulb?
Three.
One to change the bulb and two to talk about the screwing.

Your honor,

Is it being fair to me, laughed so hard that day unscrewed by a pot smoking flowerchild now woman veterinarian?

She DID have TWO sons;
AND, 
she WAS taking it out on ME...
PERIOD.

AND,
 she even once told me, 
"thought GAY MEN were a god given gift."

AND, 
I never held it against her, believing wasn't good enough, having chosen another veterinarian as her partner
we BOTH thought a
GOD DAMN BITCH
(using some if not all of her own words of course).


*****

"Don’t conclude before you understand. After you understand, don’t judge.  Life is what it is."

~("Are we or are we NOT..., "in Kansas anymore?")~




Bildungsroman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bildungsroman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A Bildungsroman tells about the growing up or coming of age of a sensitive person who is looking for answers and experience. The genre evolved from folklore tales of a dunce or youngest son going out in the world to seek his fortune. Usually in the beginning of the story there is an emotional loss which makes the protagonist leave on his journey. In a Bildungsroman, the goal is maturity, and the protagonist achieves it gradually and with difficulty. The genre often features a main conflict between the main character and society. Typically, the values of society are gradually accepted by the protagonist and he is ultimately accepted into society – the protagonist's mistakes and disappointments are over. In some works, the protagonist is able to reach out and help others after having achieved maturity."

A White Woman From Kansas - NYTimes.com

A White Woman From Kansas - NYTimes.com: "She missed her son. The decision to send him to get educated in America was brave — and has changed the world in that Obama would not otherwise have become a black American. This is a central conundrum of a book that makes Obama’s white parent palpable for the first time.
In an affecting passage one colleague, Don Johnston, describes how Dunham “felt a little bit wistful or sad that Barack had essentially moved to Chicago and chosen to take on a really strongly identified black identity” that had “not really been part of who he was when he was growing up.” She felt that “he was distancing himself from her” in a “professional choice.”"

A White Woman From Kansas - NYTimes.com

A White Woman From Kansas - NYTimes.com: "I found myself liking Dunham — the nonjudgmental irreverence; the determination to live what she loved; the humor (after a stomach-turning surfeit of peanuts, she notes, “Yes, peanuts do have faces — smirky, nasty little faces, in fact”); the frankness with friends — “I don’t like you in your arrogant bitch mode.” Her 52 years were rich."

A White Woman From Kansas - NYTimes.com

A White Woman From Kansas - NYTimes.com: "Such forbearance is one of her many obvious influences on her son. Taken to Indonesia as a young child on Dunham’s second marriage, then dispatched aged nine back to Hawaii to become an American in his grandparents’ care, Obama emerges here as a product of his mother’s presence and absence."

A White Woman From Kansas - NYTimes.com

A White Woman From Kansas - NYTimes.com: "Unbound by convention, Dunham the anthropologist was nonetheless the anti-hippie with her cache of can-do Kansan wisdom: “You’re not okay, I’m not okay, and I know how to fix it.”
The fixing was not quick. Dunham knew that. “Well, life is what it is,” she would say: As in getting pregnant at 17 by the first African student to enroll at the University of Hawaii, the brilliant Barack Hussein Obama Sr., who loved her and left her — for Harvard. Adulthood was thrust on her early. One colleague recalls her saying: “Don’t conclude before you understand. After you understand, don’t judge.”"


To an unusual degree, because of the absence and because he was half-black, he had to define his own identity — hence the almost feline coolness, the hermetic quality in the president.




Stagecoach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stagecoach - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Passengers crowded into coaches caused conditions that prompted Wells Fargo to post these rules in each coach for passenger behavior:
Abstinence from liquor is requested, but if you must drink share the bottle. To do otherwise makes you appear selfish and unneighborly.
If ladies are present, gentlemen are urged to forego smoking cigars and pipes as the odor of same is repugnant to the gentler sex. Chewing tobacco is permitted, but spit with the wind, not against it.
Gentlemen must refrain from the use of rough language in the presence of ladies and children.
Buffalo robes are provided for your comfort in cold weather. Hogging robes will not be tolerated and the offender will be made to ride with the driver.
Don't snore loudly while sleeping or use your fellow passenger's shoulder for a pillow; he or she may not understand and friction may result.
Firearms may be kept on your person for use in emergencies. Do not fire them for pleasure or shoot at wild animals as the sound riles the horses.
In the event of runaway horses remain calm. Leaping from the coach in panic will leave you injured, at the mercy of the elements, hostile Indians and hungry coyotes.
Forbidden topics of conversation are: stagecoach robberies and Indian uprisings.
Gents guilty of unchivalrous behavior toward lady passengers will be put off the stage. It's a long walk back. A word to the wise is sufficient.[11]"

Angel Wise

Angela Pain


Never wise one half of two,  taking advantage the upper hand;   the other able, although fair,  not alway raising two objections.


Until definitely better understanding  the mating habit of angels;  just be wise aware; not always an angel, even if just briefly. 

Definitely believe in sex education being taught in public school.
Be Wise. N