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Happy Birthday Tammy Legel! |
The fossilised bones of a juvenile tarbosaurus, which is believed to have lived in the Cretaceous Period, 70 million years ago, is shown still embedded in the rock in which it was discovered in this undated handout photo distributed by the Hayashibara Museum of Natural Science in Okayama, western Japan July 23, 2008. A team of Japanese and Mongolian researchers discovered the nearly perfectly-preserved fossil of a young dinosaur in the Gobi desert in 2006 and unveiled it in Japan on Wednesday. |
Just Imagine
One sunny day in 2009 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Ave, where he’d been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the US Marine standing guard and said, “I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.”
The Marine looked at the man and said, “Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.”
The old man said, “Okay” and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said to the same Marine, “I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.”
The Marine again told the man, “Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush is no longer president and no longer resides here.”
The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to the very same US Marine, saying, “I would like to go in and meet with President Bush.”
The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man and said, “Sir, this is the third day in a row you have been here asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I’ve told you already that Mr. Bush is no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don’t you understand?”
The old man looked at the Marine and said, “Oh, I understand. I just love hearing it.”
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, “See you tomorrow, Sir.” |
I rode the bike around quite a bit yesterday and really enjoyed it. I do think I am going to want more room to carry things though ... it doesn’t have much for storage space. I put about 40 miles on it and got splattered a bit by bugs.
Tracey had to work so she didn’t go out to eat with DD, Mom and I. We had a nice dinner at the Cracked Barrel and didn’t get into any real deep conversations for a change. Mostly complained about how snotty doctors can be and the alarming number of truly bad drivers on the road. I admitted that I was slowly beginning to come around to the idea that people maybe shouldn’t be allowed to talk on cell phones while driving. I hate that we all have to be penalized for the stupidity of a few, but those few really can’t drive and talk at the same time. Time and time again I have seen stupid drivers doing really stupid things and many times these idiots have a phone stuck in their ear! |
MjL 27 Jul 2008, 07:38 a.m.
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