HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

OK, so there's no more "technically" about it;

I'm officially 40 until about this time next year.

Beats the heck out of the alternative.

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

If you are one, if you have one, if you've ever been one,

Happy Father's Day!

If everybody was blessed with dads as great as mine,

the world would be a much better place.

More Random Thoughts ...

School's out!

It's 76 degrees in Charleston at 6:04 a.m. Be on your best behavior - tempers tend to flare when brains start to fry.

A GED & a little know-how will get you a $13/hour mechanic's job in Ohio.

When all else fails ...

we'll talk about the moon ...

I see the moon,
The moon sees me
God bless the moon,
And God bless me.

MEMORIAL DAY

RUN FOR THE WALL

Mission Statement: To promote healing among all veterans and their families and friends, to call for an accounting of all Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action (POW/MIA), and to honor the memory of those Killed in Action (KIA) from all wars

ROLLING THUNDER

Mission Statement: The major function of Rolling Thunder®, Inc. is to publicize POW-MIA issues: To educate the public that many American prisoners of war were left behind after all previous wars and to help correct the past and to protect future veterans from being left behind should they become prisoners of war-missing in action.

Happy Mothers Day!!

Call your mom.

Send her flowers.

Tell her you love her. Often.

Oh, What A Beautiful Morning ...

Spring. A time of rebirth. Renewal. Reflection. Seasons come and seasons go. The world goes 'round and 'round, oblivious to the trials, triumphs and tragedies of those who inhabit it.

Today's one of those days lonely people dread and busy people covet. Not much going on, beautiful blue sky, the smell of clean in the air. One of those days that totally blindsides you with memories of days gone by.

Somewhere, there's a life ending and another beginning. A heart breaking and another giving itself up to the glories of new love. Somewhere, a soul seeking peace is finding it.

Somewhere, there's a festering cesspool of sewage sucking evil, waiting for you to go see the new Simpsons movie so the scene of Bart's cartoon, 10-year-old full frontal nudity can burn your eyes out and damn your soul to eternal hellfire.

"Schools should be places of safety and sanctuary and learning." - President George Bush

www.vt.edu:

Campus remains closed; convocation Tuesday at Cassell
04/16/2007, Updated 4:45 p.m.

Two shootings on campus today have left 33 dead. Thirty-one, including the gunman, died at Norris Hall; two died at West Ambler Johnston Hall. Fifteen other victims from Norris are being treated at area hospitals. The university is in the process of identifying victims and notifying next-of-kin. Names will not be released until that process is complete.

Dream A Little Dream ...

Do you think your dreams mean anything? Are they just jumbled conglomerations of the thoughts & events of your life or are they more? Do you ignore them or do you try to interpret them? Have you ever tried to control them?

So Much Noise ...

According to a year-long online study led by Trevor Cox, a professor of acoustic engineering at Salford University in England, & more than one million votes, the top 10 sounds we most hate to hear are:

1. Vomiting
2. Microphone feedback
3. Multiple babies crying
4. Scraping of train wheels
5. Seesaw squeaking
6. Violin
7. Flatulence
8. One baby crying
9. Soap opera argument
10. Electricity hum