I miss you Sam!!

I miss you Sam!!
I miss you Sam!!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!
Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose
(chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.
Henry Ward Beecher

Comedy has to be based on truth. You take the truth and you put a little curlicue at the end.
Sid Caesar

Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.
Peter Ustinov

Friday, July 13, 2012

Evening Wisdom and Beauty

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
John Lennon



If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa


Weekend Reflections!!

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James each week beginning Friday at 11 AM Eastern Standard Time. It's another wonderful way of opening your eyes to new and different kinds of beauty. Click on the web address under the blog title and sign up to play with us!
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.
Tobias Smollett


Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.
George Eliot

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Sky Watch Friday!!

Time to share your skies, the beauty over your world, the clouds, the colors! Sky Watch is hosted each week by  the Sky Watch team of  Sandy and I. And this week as every week, we remember Klaus and know that he joins us in spirit! Join us and the many people from all over the world who share theirs with us each week! I just happened to look out the window a couple of evenings ago and what I saw took my breath away! It had been a rather gloomy, dull day sky wise and I hadn't expected to have much of a sunset. As you can see, I was SO wrong! Hope you enjoy!

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
Robert Frost

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams.
Les Brown

It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
Erma Bombeck

Time to Laugh Again!


THREE WOMEN, TWO YOUNGER, AND ONE SENIOR CITIZEN, WERE SITTING  IN A SAUNA.

SUDDENLY THERE WAS A BEEPING SOUND. THE YOUNG WOMAN PRESSED HER FOREARM AND THE
BEEP STOPPED.

THE OTHERS LOOKED AT HER QUESTIONINGLY. "THAT WAS MY PAGER," SHE SAID. "I HAVE A MICROCHIP UNDER THE SKIN OF MY ARM."

A FEW MINUTES LATER, A PHONE RANG. THE SECOND YOUNG WOMAN LIFTED HER PALM TO HER EAR.

WHEN SHE FINISHED, SHE EXPLAINED, "THAT WAS MY MOBILE PHONE. I HAVE A MICROCHIP IN MY HAND."

THE OLDER WOMAN FELT VERY LOW-TECH. NOT TO BE OUT DONE, SHE DECIDED SHE HAD TO DO SOMETHING JUST AS IMPRESSIVE. SHE STEPPED OUT OF THE SAUNA AND WENT TO THE BATHROOM.

SHE RETURNED WITH A PIECE OF TOILET PAPER HANGING FROM HER REAR END.

THE OTHERS RAISED THEIR EYEBROWS AND STARED AT HER.

THE OLDER WOMAN FINALLY SAID.........."WELL, WILL YOU LOOK AT THAT......I'M GETTING A FAX!!"



 Rye  Bread (stamina)

Two  old guys, one 80 and one 87, were sitting  on a park bench one morning.


The 87-year-old had just finished his morning  jog and wasn't
even short of breath.

The 80-year-old was  amazed at the guy's stamina and asked
him what he did to have so  much energy.

The 87-year-old said, "Well, I eat rye bread  every day. It keeps
your energy level high and you'll  have great stamina with the   ladies."

So, on the way home the 80-year-old stopped at the  bakery.
As he was looking around, the saleslady asked if he  needed any  help.

He said, "Do you have any rye  bread?"

She  said, "Yes, there's a whole shelf  of it. Would you like some?"

He said, "I  want 5 loaves."

She said, "My  goodness, 5 loaves! By the time you get to the 3rd loaf, it'll be  hard."


He  replied, "I can't believe everybody  knows about this shit but  me."

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!



Across the street from my apartment complex this afternoon there was a man caught with a gun and homemade bombs. It was pretty frightening seeing the bomb squad in helmets and protective gear, guns drawn and hearing the bombs explode. Fortunately no one was injured as the police managed to get the gun and the bombs before anyone was hurt. Needless, to say,  it has been a frightening afternoon! This is the second such incident in the past month.



If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.

Mother Teresa

The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational


The Washington Post's Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. The giggles are worth the time!!


Here are the winners:
1. 
Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.

2. 
Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

3. 
Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.

4. 
Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.

5. 
Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.

6. 
Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.

7. 
Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high

8. 
Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

9. 
Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.

10. 
Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.) amen!!!

11. 
Karmageddon : It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.

12. 
Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.

13. 
Glibido : All talk and no action.

14. 
Dopeler Effect : The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.

15. 
Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.

16. 
Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.

17. 
Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.


The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. 


And the winners are: 


1. Coffee , n. The person upon whom one coughs.

2.  Flabbergasted , adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.

3.  Abdicate , v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.

4.  esplanade , v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.

5.  Willy-nilly , adj. Impotent.

6.  Negligent , adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.

7.  Lymph , v. To walk with a lisp.

8.  Gargoyle , n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.

9.  Flatulence , n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.

10.  Balderdash , n. A rapidly receding hairline.

11.  Testicle , n. A humorous question on an exam.

12.  Rectitude , n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.

13.  Pokemon , n. A Rastafarian proctologist.

14.  Oyster , n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.

15.  Frisbeetarianism , n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.

16.  Circumvent , n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men. (THE BIG WINNER)

Monday, July 9, 2012

Our World!!

Time for "Our World" again! This is a wonderful way to find the beauty, the fun, the good and even the bad things about Our World and to share them! Hope you will join us! Click on the link  to go to the Our World site and sign up!!
 Our weather has been gorgeous for the past week and I'm in heaven! But I haven't had any way to get around to a lot of places I would like to show you, SO --- we'll look back a bit! A view of Seattle from a plane ride, veggies from my favorite market, fields of lavender and a pair of resident llamas and a beautiful boat off the coast of Whidbey Island. Hope you enjoy! Have a wonderful week!
Old age is no place for sissies.
Bette Davis

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.
William Faulkner

Dream and give yourself permission to envision a You that you choose to be.
Joy Page
When you cease to dream you cease to live.
Malcolm Forbes

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
Abdul Kalam

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Evening, Beauty and Wisdom

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.
Kitty O'Neill Collins


Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
John Barrymore

Pets Forever!!

Hey guys, get up off your tush and lets go see Bozo over at his pad in Mumbai! It's always a fun time when we all get together and talk about what's been happin', Bro! You know? Get your human to click on the Post Title, that'll take them to the website where you can sign up! I'll be waiting for you!!


That green stuff is not making me any cooler!!! Why did it get so hot????

What Can I Say?

What Can I Say?
I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

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