I woke up at 3:00 this morning and could not go back to sleep. I had this vivid nightmare. I was running, trying to find Andy in this park where all of these poor people were living. In the distance, I saw two young tigers, one was white and one was orange with black stripes. They looked at me and I started running because I had to protect this little boy. Then, I saw a huge lion in the road and it turned and started running towards me. I ran through an automotive store and saw Andy, but ran past him, into a back room with a plank door. The tigers were in the store, attacking random people and I was leaning against the door, but saw shadows underneath it. I put my head to the bottom of the door and felt hot breath. When I stood up, there was the lion. It had one eye, the other one was sewed shut. It started walking towards me and I was scared, but not. Then, I woke up. When I woke up, I heard rustling in the bedroom. I couldn't go back to sleep. I got up and went in the hall, but didn't see Ruby. Maggie and Luna were asleep on the bed with Andy and me. I moved the fan on the floor because I thought the rustling was from air hitting bags on the floor. When I laid back down, the rustling was still going on. I thougt it was a mouse. I couldn't get back to sleep and then Andy's alarm went off.
In honor of my husband the Navy Man
A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that, 'Whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking French?'
Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied, 'Maybe it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'
You could have heard a pin drop...
Teachers and Educators
According to a news report, a certain private school in Washington was recently faced with a unique problem. A number of 12-year-old girls were beginning to use lipstick and would put it on in the bathroom. That was fine, but after they put on their lipstick, they would press their lips to the mirror leaving dozens of little lip prints.Every night the maintenance man would remove them, and the next day the girls would put them back.Finally the principal decided that something had to be done. She called all the girls to the bathroom and met them there with the maintenance man. She explained that all these lip prints were causing a major problem for the custodian who had to clean the mirrors every night (you can just imagine the yawns from the little princesses).To demonstrate how difficult it had been to clean the mirrors, she asked the maintenance man to show the girls how much effort was required.He took out a long-handled squeegee, dipped it in the toilet, and cleaned the mirror with it.Since then, there have been no lip prints on the mirror.There are teachers .... and then there are educators.
He Would Not Stay for Me, and Who Can Wonder?
He would not stay for me, and who can wonder?
He would not stay for me to stand and gaze.
I shook his hand, and tore my heart in sunder,
And went with half my life about my ways.
A.E. Housman
From John F. Kennedy
We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans—born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage—and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this Nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.
