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Time Passages ....

The lazy, hazy days of summer are just about over. Two more weeks 'til school starts ...

It's just about time to start talking about how bad winter is going to be. "If winter's as wet as summer has been & all this rain turns into snow, why, we'll be snowed under for weeks!"

HOME AT LAST!!

Vacation's a great & wonderful thing, but man, it's always good to be back home!

We packed A LOT! into this past week - Great Wolf Lodge (ritzy hotel with it's own water park - I highly recommend it!!), Busch Gardens, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Virginia Beach, Natural Bridge (& caverns!) .... & now we're home. Broke, pooped & slightly sunburned. Life is good!

You know those massive taxes we pay here in WV, presumably to pay for roads & whatnot? Virginia charges $18 per person to look at the Natural Bridge - if you want to see the caverns, too, you can buy the combo ticket for $26. We're a family of 4 - you do the math. How many people do you suppose visit Hawks Nest on a daily basis? How about Blackwater Falls? All for FREE. No wonder WV is so broke - we're giving our best tourist attractiions away for FREE.

FETCHIN' UP 101

The other day, I was waiting in line in a public restroom. The only available stall was the handicap one. I don't use handicap stalls (or parking spaces, or anything else) because I'm not handicapped. The young, healthy lady waiting behind me didn't think twice to make a beeline to it, despite the fact that there was an elderly lady who so obviously needed it more than she did.

When Michael Jackson died, leaving behind 3 children, 2 parents & 7 brothers & sisters, all anybody wanted to talk about was the trial. Someone even said, "I bet a lot of people are glad he's dead."

Have we really become such a heartless nation? What ever happened to respecting your elders? Respecting the dead? Common courtesy? Common decency? Compassion? Empathy? Judge not?

If this is the path of human evolution, it's time to veer & take the road less traveled.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Happy 4th of July!!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

In the midst of the heat & the storms & whatever else might distract you, don't forget about dear ol' Dad!

HAPPY JUNE!

School's almost out, it's 60+ degrees at 5:30 a.m. & hurricane season has begun. Summer's just around the corner!

ROGATION SUNDAY ...

Today's the day globally recognized to ask God's blessing for the seed, the soil, the crops & all He created.

Those of you who don't believe in Creation can just call up PETA & thank them for their continuing campaign.

Six Days on the Road & I'm a-Gonna Make It Home Tonight ...

Yeah, sometimes, I *do* sit down here & type the first thing that pops into my mind.

Wait! I feel another one coming on!

Trailer for sale or rent.

Rooms to let, fifty cents.

No phone, no pool, no pets,

I ain't got no cigarettes ...

I MIGHT BE WATCHING TOO MUCH NEWS ....

Obama said he wanted to move beyond "a dark and painful chapter in our history" ... so he released top secret CIA memos from the Bush administration, detailing tactics for dealing with terrorists & terror suspects. Some call these tactics "torture," others call it vital to U.S. security. What do *you* think? Does "torture" dehumanize American agents and drag them down to terrorist levels or does the end justify the means? Is it "torture" when the "victims" have killed thousands by means way worse than those we employ?

Have you seen the YouTube of Susan Boyle? I'm not an American Idol fan, but she's not to be missed. Watch the video soon; it won't be long before the Extreme Makeover takes place.

Are you keeping up with the EPA vs. coal mining coverage? Governor Manchin gave permission for local news crews to cover the meetings; EPA officials pulled rank and said no way, no cameras, no reporters, coal is evil and we don't want the public to know what we look like or have proof of what we're about to say.

And did you hear about the couple who were trying to sell drugs & texted the Webster County prosecutor, asking if he was "looking" ?? They're both in jail now. One little typo can change your life forever ...

Despite it all, the sun continues to shine, the world continues to turn ...