A Sure Test Nursery Rhyme - Part of the Collection of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes for Children

A Sure Test

 

If you are to be a gentleman,

As I suppose you'll be,

You'll neither laugh nor smile,

For a tickling of the knee.

A Sure Test Nursery Rhyme - Part of the Collection of Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes for Children:

Komen reverses Planned Parenthood move - angering antiabortion activists

Komen reverses Planned Parenthood move - angering antiabortion activists: In trying to smooth things over, Komen announced that it would continue to give grants to Planned Parenthood's breast-health programs and that it would amend its new grant process to disqualify only those applicants who are under an investigation that was "criminal and conclusive in nature and not political." Planned Parenthood is under investigation by an antiabortion congressman, Cliff Stearns (R., Fla.).

Golden Globe celebrities enjoy meal of real gold as poverty tightens grip on US | Film | The Observer

Golden Globe celebrities enjoy meal of real gold as poverty tightens grip on US Film The Observer: I don't want to bring the rich down, I want to bring everyone else up," he said. "However, this is an irony that the people who need it least often get free food wherever they go, but we still make it extraordinarily difficult for people to obtain government food benefits."

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally? - CSMonitor.com

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally? - CSMonitor.com: “As many have since pointed out, the 'if' and the 'you' entirely change the meaning,” writes the Washington Post's Rachel Manteuffel, whose editorial on the mistake started the correction process churning. “To King, being a self-aggrandizing drum major was not a good thing; if you wanted to call him that, he said, at least say it was in the service of good causes.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally? - CSMonitor.com

Martin Luther King, Jr.: Who misquoted King so monumentally? - CSMonitor.com: “As many have since pointed out, the 'if' and the 'you' entirely change the meaning,” writes the Washington Post's Rachel Manteuffel, whose editorial on the mistake started the correction process churning. “To King, being a self-aggrandizing drum major was not a good thing; if you wanted to call him that, he said, at least say it was in the service of good causes.”

Hospitals Seek Payoff for Patients by Helping Nurses Cope - WSJ.com

Hospitals Seek Payoff for Patients by Helping Nurses Cope - WSJ.com: The course includes a checklist of symptoms to watch out for, and offers "antidotes" to compassion fatigue, such as creating a support network. Participants are taught the importance of focusing on "intentionality"—the caring intention that brought them to the health care field in the first place—while accepting their own limits in doing only the best they can on any given day.

A particularly draining experience came when a patient in his 40s demanded to know how she felt about caring for cancer patients and if she liked her job. She said she loved it and tried to keep the conversation positive, but he declared, "Well, I'm dying," despite a likelihood that treatment could extend his life.

Solomon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Solomon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Hebrew Bible credits Solomon as the builder of the First Temple in Jerusalem,[3] and portrays him as great in wisdom, wealth, and power, but ultimately as a king whose sin, including idolatry and turning away from Yahweh, leads to the kingdom being torn in two during the reign of his son Rehoboam.[4] Solomon is the subject of many other later references and legends.
In the Qur'an, he is a Prophet, known as Sulaiman.

Artful Dodger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

OLIVER TWIST

minus

OLIVER!

equals

THE ARTFUL DODGER

Artful Dodger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Dodger chooses to consider himself a "victim of society," roaring in the courtroom "I am an Englishman; where are my rights?" The judge has little patience with the Dodger's posturing, and orders him out of the courtroom immediately after the jury convicts him of the theft.

Dickens describes him this way:

"With these last words, the Dodger suffered himself to be led off by the collar, threatening, till he got into the yard, to make a parliamentary business of it, and then grinning in the officer's face, with great glee and self-approval."
He was a snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough; and as dirty a juvenile as one would wish to see; but he had about him all the airs and manners of a man. He was short of his age: with rather bow-legs, and little, sharp, ugly eyes. His hat was stuck on the top of his head so lightly, that it threatened to fall off every moment--and would have done so, very often, if the wearer had not had a knack of every now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place again. He wore a man's coat, which reached nearly to his heels. He had turned the cuffs back, half-way up his arm, to get his hands out of the sleeves: apparently with the ultimated view of thrusting them into the pockets of his corduroy trousers; for there he kept them. He was, altogether, as roystering and swaggering a young gentleman as ever stood four feet six, or something less, in the bluchers.

Ichthys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ichthys - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Ichthys, from Koine Greek: ἰχθύς, (capitalized ΙΧΘΥΣ or ΙΧΘΥϹ) is the Greek word for "fish". (Alternative transliterations include Ichthus and Ikhthus. In English, this refers to a symbol consisting of two intersecting arcs, the ends of the right side extending beyond the meeting point so as to resemble the profile of a fish, used by early Christians as a secret symbol[1] and now known colloquially as the "sign of the fish" or the "Jesus fish."

Tertullian, in his treatise On Baptism, makes a pun on the word, writing that "we, little fishes, after the example of our ΙΧΘΥΣ Jesus Christ, are born in water.

Theta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Theta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Theta (uppercase Θ, lowercase θ or ϑ; Ancient Greek θῆτα [tʰɛ̂ːta]; Modern Greek θήτα [ˈθita]; UK: /ˈθiːtə/, US: /ˈθeɪtə/) is the eighth letter of the Greek alphabet, derived from the Phoenician letter Teth. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 9.

Maya calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Maya calendar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Maya calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and in many modern communities in highland Guatemala and in Mexico. and in Chiapas.
The essentials of the Maya calendric system are based upon a system which had been in common use throughout the region, dating back to at least the 5th century BCE. It shares many aspects with calendars employed by other earlier Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Zapotec and Olmec, and contemporary or later ones such as the Mixtec and Aztec calendars. Although the Mesoamerican calendar did not originate with the Maya, their subsequent extensions and refinements of it were the most sophisticated. Along with those of the Aztecs, the Maya calendars are the best-documented and most completely understood.

A different calendar was used to track longer periods of time, and for the inscription of calendar dates (i.e., identifying when one event occurred in relation to others). This is the Long Count. It is a count of days since a mythological starting-point.[5] According to the correlation between the Long Count and Western calendars accepted by the great majority of Maya researchers (known as the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson, or GMT, correlation), this starting-point is equivalent to August 11, 3114 BCE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar or 6 September in the Julian calendar (−3113 astronomical). The GMT correlation was chosen by John Eric Sydney Thompson in 1935 on the basis of earlier correlations by Joseph Goodman in 1905 (August 11), Juan Martínez Hernández in 1926 (August 12), and Thompson himself in 1927 (August 13).[6][7] By its linear nature, the Long Count was capable of being extended to refer to any date far into the past or future. This calendar involved the use of a positional notation system, in which each position signified an increasing multiple of the number of days. The Maya numeral system was essentially vigesimal (i.e., base-20), and each unit of a given position represented 20 times the unit of the position which preceded it. An important exception was made for the second-order place value, which instead represented 18 × 20, or 360 days, more closely approximating the solar year than would 20 × 20 = 400 days. It should be noted however that the cycles of the Long Count are independent of the solar year.

The exact origin of the Tzolk'in is not known, but there are several theories.

One theory is that the calendar came from mathematical operations based on the numbers thirteen and twenty, which were important numbers to the Maya. The numbers multiplied together equal 260.

Another theory is that the 260-day period came from the length of human pregnancy. This is close to the average number of days between the first missed menstrual period and birth, unlike Naegele's rule which is 40 weeks (280 days) between the last menstrual period and birth. It is postulated that midwives originally developed the calendar to predict babies' expected birth dates. The deity Ix Chel is thus of particular interest due to her mythic relation to the calendar.

A third theory comes from understanding of astronomy, geography and archaeology. The mesoamerican calendar probably originated with the Olmecs, and a settlement existed at Izapa, in southeast Chiapas Mexico, before 1200 BC. There, at a latitude of about 15° N, the Sun passes through zenith twice a year, and there are 260 days between zenithal passages, and gnomons (used generally for observing the path of the Sun and in particular zenithal passages), were found at this and other sites. The sacred almanac may well have been set in motion on August 13, 1359 BC, in Izapa. Vincent H. Malmström, a geographer who suggested this location and date, outlines his reasons (while offering strong arguments against both of the former explanations):

(1) Astronomically, it lay at the only latitude in North America where a 260-day interval (the length of the "strange" sacred almanac used throughout the region in pre-Columbian times) can be measured between vertical sun positions–an interval which happens to begin on the 13th of August–the day the peoples of the Mesoamerica believed that the present world was created;

(2) Historically, it was the only site at this latitude which was old enough to have been the cradle of the sacred almanac, which at that time (1973) was thought to date to the 4th or 5th centuries BCE; and

(3) Geographically, it was the only site along the required parallel of latitude that lay in a tropical lowland ecological niche where such creatures as alligators, monkeys, and iguanas were native–all of which were used as day-names in the sacred almanac.

A fourth theory is that the calendar is based on the crops. From planting to harvest is approximately 260 days.

Espoused | Define Espoused at Dictionary.com

Espoused Define Espoused at Dictionary.com: "Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off."

Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback - WSJ.com

Tim Tebow: God's Quarterback - WSJ.com: In 2010, while still at the University of Florida (where he won the Heisman Trophy and helped the Gators to win two national championships), Mr. Tebow filmed a Super Bowl commercial for Focus on the Family, the mega-ministry known for its conservative political advocacy. The ad is about how Mr. Tebow's mother was advised to abort her son following a placental abruption, but she refused and, well, now we have Tim Tebow.
The ad takes the softest possible approach to the subject and never uses the terms "abortion" or "pro-life," but its intent was clear, and it generated controversy. Since then, feelings about Mr. Tebow have been a litmus test of political and social identity. If you think he's destined to be a winner, you must be a naive evangelical. If you question his long-term chances as an NFL quarterback, you must hate people who love Jesus.

The salvation debate within the Presbyterian Church (USA)

The salvation debate within the Presbyterian Church (USA): History of the Presbyterian Church:
The "The Presbyterian Church (USA) was founded by the merger of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1983. This healed a major split in the denomination which occurred at the start of the Civil War. In 1861 the denomination had split on north/south lines over the issue of the abolition and preservation of slavery.
In the mid 1920s, the church weathered a second serious crisis: the Fundamentalist - Modernist controversy. The denomination was divided whether to retain traditional, historical beliefs, or to accept modern beliefs concerning biblical inerrancy, inspiration of the authors of the Bible, the search for the historical Jesus, the existence and nature of Hell, etc. A commission, organized in 1925, successfully avoided a denominational schism. Some liberal ideas were accepted by the denomination at that time.

Grandpaw Henry Wolfe

"Once you can picture the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something...

wearing stripes with plaids comes easy.

Uncle Charles "Henry" Wolfe, Jr.-Uncle Jimmy "Franklin" Wolfe-Grandpa "Henry" Wolfe, Sr.-Uncle Robert "?" Wolfe 

(10-10)                (05-10)            (10)              (07-10)

Betty Jo Wolfe, R.N.

(08-10)

Through the power of the trinity with the help of a purple cow...

~(Einstein)~

Easter Sunday

James Edward Avery, D.V.M.

(03-03)

Robert Noyce, superstar of Silicon Valley, gets a Google Doodle - latimes.com

Robert Noyce, superstar of Silicon Valley, gets a Google Doodle - latimes.com:

 From Wolfe's "The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley":

With his strong face, his athlete's build, and the Gary Cooper manner, Bob Noyce projected what psychologists call the halo effect. People with the halo effect seem to know exactly what they're doing and moreover make you want to admire them for it. They make you see the halos over their heads.

Noyce, born Dec. 12, 1927, in Burlington, Iowa, had such a fast-moving brain that his friends were said to have called him "Rapid Robert." By the end of his life, he held 16 patents on semiconductor methods, devices and structures. He co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957, leaving it to co-found Intel in 1968.
His contribution to the integrated circuit is arguably his greatest work.

Google Doodle Honors Gumby Creator Art Clokey's 90th Birthday | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

Told my mother recently:

"With everyone posting their opinions, thoughts, lifestyles, etc. on the Internet...;

cloud computing

 is the closest we are going to get to,

 'knowing the mind of... God!'"

~(Stephen Hawkins)~

Google Doodle Honors Gumby Creator Art Clokey's 90th Birthday News & Opinion PCMag.com: Clokey died on January 8, 2010 at the age of 88 at his home in California.

PALE BLUE DOT

Where there is water, there is life.

~(Carl Sagan)~

Defecting Syrian soldier tells of his marriage torn apart by brutal conflict in Homs - Telegraph

Defecting Syrian soldier tells of his marriage torn apart by brutal conflict in Homs - Telegraph: His wife - whose first name Major Emhammed declined to give for her own protection - believed what state television told her, as did her family and community. The major, although a privileged man because of his marriage and an officer in the army, saw a different reality each day in the streets.
"Every time I returned home I explained what was happening at the checkpoints. I said it was a sin that the Shabeha [regime thugs] killed protesters. But she doesn't understand what the Shabeha are. She wouldn't agree with me, she would become confused and say she is just against killing."

Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Zoroastrians believe that there is one universal and transcendent God, Ahura Mazda. He is said to be the one uncreated Creator to whom all worship is ultimately directed.[6] Ahura Mazda's creation—evident as asha, truth and order—is the antithesis of chaos, which is evident as druj, falsehood and disorder. The resulting conflict involves the entire universe, including humanity, which has an active role to play in the conflict

Freddie Mercury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Freddie Mercury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Mercury was an acknowledged bisexual. While some critics claimed he hid his sexual orientation from the public, others claimed he was "openly gay".[8][66] In December 1974, when asked directly "So how about being bent? " by the New Musical Express, Mercury replied "You're a crafty cow. Let's put it this way, there were times when I was young and green. It's a thing schoolboys go through. I've had my share of schoolboy pranks. I'm not going to elaborate further."

Mutual of Omaha: "Reflection" by Betsy Fowler

When you hear hoofbeats...

look for horses instead of zebras.

Zebra (medicine) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Zebra is a medical slang term for a surprising diagnosis.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Jim Fowler (b. 1930): Fowler splits his time between his home in New Canaan, Connecticut, and his wildlife ranch in Albany, but he continues to travel around the country educating people about wildlife conservation. He is married to Betsey Fowler, a wildlife artist, and has two children, Carrie and Mark.

Michael (archangel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Michael (archangel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: The Book of Revelation (12:7-9) describes a war in heaven in which Michael, being stronger, defeats Satan: [10]
"...there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven."
After the conflict, Satan is thrown to earth along with the fallen angels, where he ("that ancient serpent called the devil") still tries to "leads the whole world astray".[10]

"Giants in the Sky" sung by John Cameron Michell

Tebow’s Religion, and Ours - Daniel Foster - National Review Online

Tebow’s Religion, and Ours - Daniel Foster - National Review Online: When the Detroit Lions’ Stephen Tulloch sacked Tim Tebow in the first quarter of their week eight matchup, the linebacker immediately kneeled next to the prone Denver quarterback, in a mockery of Tebow’s habit of praying on-field, most recently seen after his miraculous fourth-quarter comeback against the Dolphins the week before.

By contrast, Tebow is the last Boy Scout. A leader on the field and off who spent his college years not indulging in any of the worldly pleasures afforded to Heisman Trophy winners, but doing missionary work in Thailand; helping overworked doctors perform circumcisions in the Philippines (you read that right); and preaching at schools, churches, and even prisons. This is a young man with such a strong work ethic that, according to teammates, he can’t even be coaxed into hitting the town on a night after a Broncos win, because he is too busy preparing for the next week’s game. This is a young man who even turned the other cheek at Stephen Tulloch’s Tebowing, saying, “He was probably just having fun and was excited he made a good play and had a sack. And good for him.”




That’s way too much earnestness for the ironic. It’s way too much idealism for the cynical. And it’s way too much selflessness for the self-absorbed. In short, people aren’t upset at Tebow’s God talk. They’re upset that he might actually believe it.

Into the Woods: Agony

'Trolley Problem': Virtual-Reality Test for Moral Dilemma - - TIME Healthland

'Trolley Problem': Virtual-Reality Test for Moral Dilemma - - TIME Healthland: Imagine you are a train-yard operator who sees an out-of-control boxcar running down a track that five workers are repairing. The workers won't have time to get out of the way unless you flip a switch to change the car to another track. But another worker is on the second track. You have just seconds to make a decision: let the five workers die — or kill the one. What do you do?

Rev. William "Alexander" Avery

Rev. William "Alexander" Avery: From the back of a painting of Avery's Chapel by Helen Bittick that now hangs in a home in Newark, NJ: "Alexander Avery founded Avery's Chapel after coming down the Mississippi on a raft from Alamo, TN. He first came to Indian Territory as a missionary to Indians for 2 years, then came to the community now called Avery's Chapel and founded the Methodist Church that still bears his name. At the close of the war between the states, the Methodist Church split, one becoming Northern Methodist and the other M.E. Church, South. Reverend Avery became angry and left, settling in the community known as Midway.
Rev. William "Alexander" Avery

8-11-1809 to 12-19-1904

Siblings

1800-Eliza Warren

1803-BGHB Avery

1807-Winifred McEwen

1811-Drury Vinson Avery

1813-Troy

(prob same person as Reuben T)

1815-John Avery

1817-Reuben T. "Sidney" Avery

1820-HDC Avery

1822-James A. Avery

c.1825-Sarah Elizabeth Avery (McDouglad) (Hall)

William "Alexander" was born in NC, moved with his parents to Gibson Co, TN, and then converted to Methodist and served in Ark.

(see below for details)

1st marriage 5-8-1840

to

Rosanna Reed

she died in 1845

2nd marriage 7-6-1853

to

Lucy Jane May

both in Hempstead Co, ARK

Children

c.1843 Alen Olen

(died at 15 months)

c.1845 Jimmy (died 1846)

by Lucy Jane May

1856 Alexander Banks "Bee"

1859 Rosa

1864 Lettie

1866 Drury Vinson "Drew"

1868 Andrew Hunter

c.1870 William May

1872 Lucy Leona

1882 Sarah Elizabeth

the 1900 census shows granddaughter Lucy or Lessy or ? Wym living with Alexander Avery & Lucy

parents:

Alexander Averet Jr.

&

Elizabeth Vinson

Lucy May daughter of:

James May

&

Letsey Wallace

maternal grandparents:

Drury Vinson & ?

paternal grandparents:

Alexander Averet Sr.

&

Sarah

maternal aunts & uncles:

paternal aunts & uncles:

c.1764-Margaret "Peggy"; c.1766-female Avery (m. Seals); c.1768-female Avery (m. James); c.1772-Christian Keziah Duncan; c.1776-Sally Norris

Mark Twain's B-Day

Andy Griffith Show

Barney Frank: A passionate liberal who mattered - CBS News

Barney Frank: A passionate liberal who mattered - CBS News: (The Nation) Barney Frank came to Congress as a liberal and will leave as such--not a perfect progressive on every issue but a steady liberal who served a term as president of the Americans for Democratic Action and whose latest rating from the defenders of New Deal/Fair Deal/Great Society programs was a pure 100 percent.

Norwegian Mass Killer Declared Insane | Europe | English

Norwegian Mass Killer Declared Insane Europe English: Prosecutors said Tuesday that they will recommend the confessed mass killer be placed in a mental institution, instead of being sent to jail.

Prosecutor Svein Holden said the report finds Breivik has developed paranoid schizophrenia over time. He says it also finds that Breivik lives in a "delusional universe" that governs his thoughts

BBC News - CO2 climate sensitivity 'overestimated'

BBC News - CO2 climate sensitivity 'overestimated': The authors stress the results do not mean threat from human-induced climate change should be treated any less seriously, explained palaeoclimatologist Antoni Rosell-Mele from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, who is a member of the team that came up with the new estimates.
But it does mean that to induce large-scale warming of the planet, leading to widespread catastrophic consequences, we would have to increase CO2 more than we are going to do in the near future, he said.
"But we don't want that to happen at any time, right?"
"At least, given that no one is doing very much around the planet [about] mitigating CO2 emissions, we have a bit more time," he remarked.

Dr. Donald Avery - Hope, AR - Hope Star

Dr. Donald Avery - Hope, AR - Hope Star: Little Rock, Ark. — Dr. Donald Albert Avery, 74, of Little Rock, formerly of Arkadelphia and Prescott, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at a local hospital. He was born January 5, 1935, in Prescott to Ernest Earl and Jessie Permelia Landers Avery. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Texas A & M University. He was a retired physics professor at Henderson State University, having served as chairman of the Physics Department until his retirement in 1998.

Salty Dog Blues

Isaiah 9:6 NIV - For to us a child is born, to us a son - Bible Gateway

Isaiah 9:6 NIV - For to us a child is born, to us a son - Bible Gateway:

Isaiah 9:6

New International Version (NIV)

6 For to us a child is born,

to us a son is given,

and the government will be on his shoulders.

And he will be called

Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Happy Thanksgiving: One Year Anniversery

My Mother’s Lifelong Mission—to End Her Life - The Daily Beast

My Mother’s Lifelong Mission—to End Her Life - The Daily Beast: When my mother told me, “You never really become an adult until your parents die,” I dismissed her assessment. I was in my midtwenties. I had a job, an apartment, a car. I was an adult. But it turned out she had a reason for wanting me to think about her death. For the next 20 years, she was to maintain one unwavering goal: to commit suicide at age 70.

Late Night: Michael Lewis says men are 'dangerous with money' - latimes.com

Late Night: Michael Lewis says men are 'dangerous with money' - latimes.com: But, according to Lewis, not everyone in Iceland was convinced. "It was just the men. The men said to their wives, 'I know what I'm doing.'" But the women of Iceland were more skeptical of their tiny country's sudden transformation into a global economic powerhouse, and less surprised by the eventual failure of its banking system.
In what Lewis thought was a sign of the times, Iceland now has the first lesbian head of state. "The women said, 'You don't know what you're doing'. They've had this realization of how dangerous men are with money."

Late Night: Jon Stewart: Republicans don't like most Americans - latimes.com

Late Night: Jon Stewart: Republicans don't like most Americans - latimes.com: Stewart seized upon Cantor's apparent inconsistency. "If Republicans don't condone pitting Americans against Americans, then who is it that we Americans should be taking this country back from?" he wondered.

David White, 76, Wiccan high priest | ajc.com

David White, 76, Wiccan high priest ajc.com: Mr. White was born across the pond in Banbury, Oxfordshire, England, where his mother introduced him to different religious traditions. When he was 17, he began to train as a priest of the Old Religion and was eventually was initiated on Monk’s Island, now called Monkey Island, in the River Thames. He came to Atlanta in the 1970s for a visit, and soon there after he called it home.

Mr. White’s work at Ravenwood included defining the role of gay men and women in the Wiccan priesthood and supporting a spiritual sanctuary for gay men in downtown Atlanta, according to those familiar with his work.

Who wants to be queen of the desert?

Although "D" the reason sister still remembers that day with dad;

it was our mother only recently,

still laughing, 

first learned of the"Y".

Mother (X/X)Sister

when they visit.

Strange how the eyes look like two porkchops; the mouth a missing tooth.

I do have one tooth missing, never replaced with a permanent one. Even my mother cooking porkchops one viste; my sister being the one creating the pleasant patio setting. 

(X/Y)

when home alone inside.

THE WEDDING PLANNER'S DAUGHTER: RECONNECTION OF AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE..?

reconnection of an old acquaintance


From: "sharlalu@aol.com" View Contact

To: jimedavery@att.net
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jim Ed,

Hello! Don't know if you remember me or not, my name is Sharla Eudy and I met you at your sister Donna's daughter's wedding a few years ago.

 My Mom

(Helen Hitt)

was the coordinator and I was assisting her.

Mom also did Dana's wedding and has been helping Donna redecorate ever since, etc.

I always ask about you when I see Donna and she shared with me her concern for you, she loves you very much. I am simply writing you Jim Ed to let you know that I am reaching out to you. Should you like to connect, I am available to listen, if you would like to talk or e-mail or whatever.

I moved back to Little Rock from Dallas where I have lived the last 3 years with my life partner Marty, who passed away with pancreatic cancer last March 2010. We were together 13 years and she was the love of my life. I got laid off from my job the end of December 2010, so I felt that it was time to move home. At the ripe young age of 57, it was time to be with family and friends because frankly I was just going through the motions. Long story short, here I am. Not exactly sure what is next for me, but living in the moment and loving learning about Sharla and how to live and be alone.

Look forward to hearing from you should you want to "communicate". Wanted to share this quote I got in my mail this morning as I was thinking about you. (see below)

Take care,

Sharla

214.870.7685 cell

... love is stronger than justice.


Sting said that, and it is perfectly true. So if you feel that you have been "unjusted" and are looking for 'justice', you may be looking for the wrong thing. What would happen if you sought love instead? And what would happen if you gave love instead of seeking it?
This might require a bit of forgiveness. Yet if you start with yourself, if you begin by forgiving yourself for all the things you may have done that were not okay with another, you will find it much easier for forgive another for what was done that is not okay with you.

It's just a thought...



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Wed, August 17, 2011 12:13:25 PMRe: reconnection of an old acquaintance


From: James Avery Add to Contacts

To: sharlalu@aol.com
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How come your last name is different than your mother's last name? Just curious.

Far as the Sting quote.....not looking to forgive or be forgiven. My mother and sister are masters at denial. That is what I'm no longer willing to help them with. While on the subject of Sting....he also wrote:

Once you've decided on a killing
First you make a stone of your heart
And if you find your hands are still willing
You can turn murder into art.

Murder by number...
one, two, three
It's as easy to learn...
as your "A", "B", "C's!"

It's a little song I sing in my head sometimes.

It just helps to know someone else understands both perspectives.

Sorry to hear about your partner....

but 13 years of intimacy is something to cherish and can happen again.
"With each day I love you more." Been saving that one for a mightly long time now.
Overly optimistic people irritate the FUCK out of me.
;^)


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Fri, August 19, 2011 10:46:03 AMRe: reconnection of an old acquaintance


From: "sharlalu@aol.com" View Contact

To: jimedavery@att.net
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Well, computer has been down for 2 days. I was married for 15 years, thus my last name. As far as the Sting quote goes, I have never heard that although I admit being the "optimist" I am, do not chose to listen, read, and watch any violence and hate oriented media. (yes, that is judgmental) but it is my life and in this moment I choose what to surround myself with. You can also say I live in denial of what is going on around me, but I say, I can only be the best I can be for me and what manifest in my world by eliminating people, situations and things that do not support who I am, and thus what comes from that space.

After reading your response my first thought was is this man planning to kill someone? Then my next thought was, what pent up anger this man appears to have. Next thought, what if anything can myself or anyone do to help this man. Maybe nothing, but at least I want you to know that there is help out there.

You may not give a shit about anyone or anything offering any form of support, your choice. I do not assume you want or need anything for all I know. In addition, if optimist people irritate the fuck out of you, then you certainly will not want to correspond with me. No matter what has manifested in my world to this moment, I have chosen it to be, either consciously or subconsciously, I absolutely take full responsibility for it all.

It does not matter, because it is not about me anyway, it is my spirit, and this ole body comes into this world alone and goes out alone and all that really matters in the end are our relationships which are all we have, the rest is merely details.

Sharla


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Fri, August 19, 2011 4:33:31 PMRe: reconnection of an old acquaintance


From: James Avery Add to Contacts

To: sharlalu@aol.com

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Not only am I assuming Sharla Eudy is a female; you failed to memtion in your first email you had a previous partner before Marty. Oh excuse me; I forgot.....marrired to that one. So you are living alone now. Big fucking deal. You've always got the option of getting another partner

whether you marry it or not.
If you are going to reach out to someone; don't make it all good about you at the same time play psychiatric in a negatiave way when feeling rejected. It could have just been a test to weed out those weak at heart..

It went completely over your head.

Be sure to tell Donna everything. She keep pushing same button over and over herself and just refuses to understand what she's doing wrong.

It's not all your fault; you were just listening to her.

I'm real man enough to excuse your negatiave reaction without having too.

You've lost again.

;^)

I've always said: "Life is like a game of cards. Just because you lost doesn't mean you could have played the cards dealt any better than you had." I don't mind other people seeing my cards up front. Believe that make me honest, reasonble, and fair. In other words, once a true liberal; always a liberal; even when needing help yourself for a change. It's not pent up anger. You're just now hearing about it.


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1)  Funny how she doesn't mention her husband of 15 years.

2)  Lost her job?  Does she need one?

2)  As a veterinarian, able telling you, the love of one's life for 13 years having died from prancreatic cancer could just as easily have been a dog.

3)  No doubt in my mind my sister loves me very much.

4)  But still; learning that my sister had voiced her concerns about me to someone I'm not even sure my sister considers  a friend of hers;  or vice versa?   

5)  To a lesbian I do not even remember being introduced to while attending my neice's wedding;  one always asking about me when seeing my sister?  

6)  This lesbian daughter of a wedding planner having met while risking getting arrested at the airport flying home with the crystal meths for these two weddings?  

7)  When not a clue what any of my relatives in Arkansas are hearing about me from my mother or sister after all these trips these two have made to Atlanta;  since me confessing my drug addiction to everyone instead of waiting any longer for someone asking me first?

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On one of my mother and sister visits, giving up again, explaining why they should just stay there in Arkansas instead of me helping them with their denials:

"Donna. 

Are you not aware how much more

Joy Behar....

has done for your little baby brother than...ALL...your 
chocolate chip cookies put together?"

~(Me)~

"Oh I hate her!"

"Hell I don't know! I don't even vote!"

"Well fine then! Just won't send you any more... COOKIES!"

"That..."D"...in...MATH!"

"WHO CARES WHAT "Y" EQUALS!"

"Can I have this?"

~(My Sister)~

Cain and Abel: James E. Avery, DVM/Blue Dog Democrat?

Cain and Abel: The lives of both Cain and Abel were regulated by their two different understandings. Cain was regulated by his own understanding of God's commandment, while Abel was regulated by his revelation of God's provision. The significant difference between them was that Cain could see the fruit of his labor, but Abel's life could only cause him to be ashamed. Abel's life didn't produce anything. He could not see any fruit from his life or his labor. Abel was a man living off of his brother. Cain's life was one of outward success and productivity. With Abel's life, however, there was no glory.

Having already notice, looking backwards,the similarity with Obama's election to the presidency with that of Jesus baptism; Hilliary, having transfered her delegated over to Obama, by default becomes that of John the Baptist.

Twisting the dials to change the story; would like to create
comparison with that of Cain's to Abel, a chance telling my story, James Edward Avery, DVM, with that of Blue Dog Democrat,  Mike"Avery" Ross.

Eve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James Edward "A"very Solomon, Jr.

Eve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: You are the devil's gateway," Tertullian told his female listeners in the early 2nd century, and went on to explain that all women were responsible for the death of Christ: "On account of your desert – that is, death – even the Son of God had to die."

When I came across this entry about Eve, it hit a cord  best explaining  relationship/complexity/debt of my problems; caught between the wife of George Robert Gary, Sr. Thb retired  and that of my deceased father, Betty Jo Wolfe, R.N.

Although my mother doesn't see herself that way,

she's retired the same as Dr. Gary, Sr.;

both absolutely resistant, completely refusing

all attempts at reasons.

Although  retired from Emory,

it's George Robert Gary, Sr. Thb that's still working...

discreetly;

coming and going about his business,

while a restraining order remains in place,

to keep a five yard distance from their property boundaries

As our house sit squarely facing each other,

just plain stupid everyone believing protecting her from me

while continuing to come and go.

Being that it was his wife afraid first;
STILL

leaving her  home alone.

Not to mention....
within five yards of their property effectively blocks me from driving off my own property.

No doubt in my mind it's not her that needs protecting.

George Robert Gary, Sr. simply let his wife, Janet bite off more than they can chew, before realizing too late and continue to underestimate, my intelligence, worldliness,  and most importantly...
pride;
determination,
now,  
to be shown the
respect
 due.

So much has happened since that day they concurred with each other not only against me but also with my mother over the cellphone .
"Mother.  Am I correct believing you've spoken with Janet?"
~Me~

"Yes I did.   Him too!
She had nothing but nice things to say about you!
Was not impressed with him."
~(My Mother)~

My mother then concurring with  the rest of my family while my brother and sister in returned concurrred against me with our mother and the city of Atlanta , wanting to believe for the same reasons as her's, mother knew what she was doing.

"I try hard to love my family."
~(MY MOTHER)~

Had I know what a cold, heartless woman my mother could be; would not  have wasted all those years calling home just to humor my mother, the only reason being:
she was once a good mother.

From the very beginning at an disadvantage with phones due my my hearing impairment.  Although sound quality far better today; the nature/behavior of people today with their cellphones has isolated me even more.

That being one of discussions I had with Janet Gary, his wife, that day waiting for her husband:

how,
theoretically,
 I could stop the world from spinning using cellphone; how one bomb could disrupt communication enough to cause complete chaos as family and jobs to too spread out to bring under order.

Dr. Joel Hoffman: Five Ways Your Bible Translation Distorts the Original Meaning of the Text

Dr. Joel Hoffman: Five Ways Your Bible Translation Distorts the Original Meaning of the Text: In particular, there are three common ways of determining what the ancient words of the Bible mean: etymology, internal structure, and cognates. But they don't work very well.
Two other factors further degrade modern translations: a general desire not to change historical translations and a misunderstanding of how to translate metaphors like "God's hand" (God doesn't literally have a hand) or "the Lord is my shepherd."
These five issues have conspired to create English translations that conceal what the Bible originally meant.

Backstreet 24/7 Free Membership Card: Free spirits, loners, or alone?

Most of my life, thought of myself and was perfectly okay with believing myself to be a loner.  Was once called a free spirit,  liking that one even better .  Although always alone, never felt lonely, always busy, until I met Tom; the very first time experiencing intimacy following many.

 

Make a long story short:

"ONCE IN COLOR; YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK TO BLACK AND WHITE." 

Was always busy with school and church activities growing up small town Prescott, Arkansas. Worked last three years high school stocking and carrying groceries for Liberty Value Mart.  Remember so vividly Mr. Steed and his wife, both fat short people, sitting very sternly in there elevated office overlooking everyone. Their very hard working, friendly, easy to work with manager; Larry Clifton with his cute young wife, equal in height , as they came and left.

Busy with my studies at University of Arkansas and Louisiana State University-School of Veterinary Medicine until second year vet school.   Entering for the first time at the age of 23, a gay bar, giving up on girls; believing them to not be interested in me.  Scott Abadie trying hard first year, finding two to hook up with before giving up; almost killing us both.  All I remember is hearing Scott telling me, "go back to sleep," and all that dust surrounding the car; driving back from New Orleans.  God I loved that car, a Cutlass Calais; Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with V-8 engine and bucket seats instead.

Like to tell people you can look at my grades and tell when I came out of the closet.  But that's not true.  Just because I came out a bar fly, doesn't mean I knew what was going in.  Almost didn't graduate LSU-SVM; a very close call due to one simple rule:

 UROLOGY  and  C = DVM

"Who cares what 'y' equals!"

~(mother (X/X) sister)~

"Is it wrong I don't want my son to be gay?"

"That's me and dad!" 
"Now that dad's gone;
YES!"
~James (X/Y) Avery, DVM~

"No mother, it's not wrong.  But I'm now forty-nine and you've known since twenty-three.  Get over it!"

"Although I found what you had to say interesting, I began to fear you, and sorry I let you into my house."

~(Janet X/Y Bob Gary,Thb)~

Secretary/EMORY/Retired?

From my perspective, the wife to a man of Bob's statue never gets to retire.
Okay with them concurring together with Janet believing herself a mature Christian inside a church; Dr. Gary outside working with the language allowing practicing homosexual into the Methodist Church. 
Absolute refuse accepting peacefully, Janet and Bob reasoning justifing concurring against me outside church.
I should not be faulted due to Janet crossing over to my side of the street first, believing they were selling their house.
It is Dr. Gary fault for not pulling Janet back into her proper palace, believing his title more important than mine; reason to stop being honest, reasonable, fair against a lonely simple man being left behind this digital age due to his hearng impairment.

November 24, 2010

DEAD MAN WALKING

Day the Gary family jumped behind Bob'sThb, with or without Janet's understanding; concurring against me along with the blessings of my

Arkansas family.

Eve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: You are the devil's gateway," Tertullian told his female listeners in the early 2nd century, and went on to explain that all women were responsible for the death of Christ: "On account of your desert – that is, death – even the Son of God had to die."

Birth of Venus  /  Frog Prince
 

TWISTED PURPLE COW

~(6!9)~

(X)

"You weren't like other children. You're favorite toy were a bucket and minnow net."

~(mother)~

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Remember something being said about her being well known within the Medical Community; along the lines of life not working out, although always doing the right thing?

Could this EVE in a modern world?