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Aspire to inspire before you expire.
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Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.
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Blessed are those who can give without remembering
And take without forgetting.
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The irony of life is that, by the time
You're old enough to know your way
Around, you're not going anywhere.
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God made man before woman so as to give him time to think
Of an answer for her first question.
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The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides,
flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to
another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are
we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of
Allegiance?"
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Your email of the day from Col.Updraft
You can never have too many cats...uhh, maybe I should rephrase that
Your cat photo of the day from TiaMaria
Most of us know Van Gogh's famous photo, starry night..
William Parsons the third Earl of Rosse.Lord Rosse carried out pioneering astronomical studies In the 1840s, he built his "Leviathan of Parsonstown" 72-inch (183-cm) telescope at Birr, Ireland ...and discovered the spiral nature of some nebulas, today known to be spiral galaxies. The first spiral galaxy he detected was M51, and his drawings of it closely resemble modern photographs (today it is known as the Whirlpool Galaxy).
The Hubble photo is HERE.
Don McLean's song is HERE.
as this map demonstrates, there are some black holes in that web. They represent the 15 countries that limit or prohibit their citizens’ access to internet as a way of censoring the free flow of information.
Actually, it's a redesign to try to lower blunt trauma from IED/roadside bombs. The heavy armour/ kevlar stops particles but doesn't stop the blast, but modern foam might. More at BNN.
A nice illustration of a solar flare from a NASA website that predicts them...
Lawyers should never ask a Mississippi grandma a question if they
aren't prepared for the answer. In a trial, a Southern small-town
prosecuting attorney called his first witness, a grandmotherly,
elderly woman to the stand.
He approached her and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?"
She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known
you since you were a young boy, and frankly, you've been a big
disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, and you
manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think
you're a big shot when you haven't the brains to realize you never
will amount to anything more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I
know you."
The lawyer was stunned! Not knowing what else to do, he pointed across
the room and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense attorney?" She
again replied, "Why, yes, I do.
I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. He's lazy,bigoted,
and he has a drinking problem. He can't build a normal relationship with
anyone and his law practice is one of the worst in the entire state.
Not to mention he cheated on his wife with three different women.
One of them was your wife. Yes, I know him."
The defense attorney almost died. The judge asked both counselors to
approach the bench and, in a very quiet voice, said, "If either of you
idiots asks her if she knows me, I'll send you to the electric
chair.
Your email of the day from Col. Updraft
I'd make the photo larger but I am afraid Disney will sue me...they sue everyone for copyright infringement except Hamas (who had Mickey the suicide bomber mouse on their TV)
Headsup from LINK
One difference in his appearance was immediately obvious. The announcement had a still photo from the coming video, showing bin Laden addressing the camera, his beard fully black. In his past videos, bin Laden's beard was almost entirely gray with dark streaks.
Bin Laden's beard appears to have been dyed, a popular practice among Arab leaders, said Rita Katz, director of the SITE Institute, a Washington-based group that monitors terror messages.
