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Friday, April 8, 2011





Nazi warplane lying off UK coast is intact


From a bird photographic outing at Baker's Lake - Barrington, IL












Thursday, April 7, 2011

MY NEPHEW - SCOTT OFFUTT - AS BRILLIANT A SCHOLAR AS I KNOW



College of Liberal Arts

Department of English

Scott Offutt
Graduate Student - MA Literature
Biography
Scott Offutt received his BA in English Literature and History from Knox College in 2009, and entered Washington State University as a graduate student and teaching assistant in 2010. Before his entry into Washington State, he worked as the Managing Editor of The Common Room, Knox College's online collection of literary criticism.
Research and Teaching Interests
Offutt's interests include the examination of the visionary and prophetic works of the English Romantic period, as well as analyses of the philosophical and political terms addressed within Romantic texts. Additionally, he has studied formal developments and changes in theory in poetry from the end of the Enlightenment through the beginning of English Modernism
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NOTHING COMPARES TO LIVE THEATRE





BALLOON KNOCKING OUT A TRIO OF OUTHOUSES -- YOU GO BALOONIE


WALKING IN JOLLY OLE ENGLAND ON A CRISP FALL DAY; BOATS ARE DOCKED; WHAT IS SWEETER THAN MAPLE SYRUP?




HAPPY MARRIED STILL, AFTER 32 YEARS - MY SINCEREST AND MOST ENVIOUS CONGRATULATIONS!


THIS COUPLE PRAYED FOR AN ENDURING, LOVING MARRIAGE; AND THEIR PRAYER WAS ANSWERED.

AS GENTLE, KIND, THOUGHTFUL AND LOVING A HUMAN  BEING AS I KNOW

THIS PHOT LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE LESS ETTERS PAINTED A MONKEY FACE ON GEORGE PRITCHARD HARRIS' KHAKI CADDIE GOLF SHORTS THAT IT IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO KNOW THAT IT'S NOT -- EXCEPT, THAT NO MATTER HOW LONG YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S STILL HARRIS WITH ETTERS ORIGINAL PAINTED MONKEY FACE ON REAR

DANCING WITH THE STARS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME ONCE THE INDOMINATABLE COLLEEN ZENK KNOCKS THEM OFF THEIR KEISTERS WITH MOVES THE LIKES OF WHICH ARE SELDOM SEEN!

WELL, I'M IN LOVE WITH A PIT BULL DOG, A GOLF COURSE, PATTI SHANENBERG, AND THE VALENTINE'S DAY GIGGLE GALS - CHECK 'EM ALL OUT





SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (AS IF IT WERE NEEDED)







 WHILE I'M QUITE SURE NONE OF YOU, MY READERS, HAVE EVER HAD A DAY WHEN YOU FELT LIKE THIS, I MOST ASSUREDLY HAVE.


NOT, THANKSFULLY, FOR QUITE SOME TIME, HOWEVER.
THERE IS SOMETHING SO TENDER, SO BEAUTIFUL, SO LIFE-AFFIRMING ABOUT A BABY'S HAND, REACHING OUT TO IT'S MOTHER'S.  TREASURE THIS MOMENT, MA, ONLY IF YOU ARE EXREMEY LUCKY WILL IT LAST FOREVER.

IT IS AMAZING THAT LIFE WILL FIGHT SO HARD TO PROSPER AND SURVIVE, EVEN AMID THE MOST UNNATRACTIVE AND NON-NOURISHING SURROUNDINGS.  IT IS THE BEAUTY; IT IS THE MYSTERY; IT IS THE WORK OF GOD'S OWN HAND.

 TALK ABOUT A PICTURE SAYING 1,000 WORDS!






 WE'RE IN THE MONEY!  WE'RE IN THE MONEY!




 IT SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT THAT ALL CHILDREN PLAY BASEBALL - IT WILL GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH THEIR FATHERS, BROTHERS, AND GRANDFATHERS.


FOR THE SAME REASONS, ALL BOYS SHOULD BE GIVEN DANCE LESSONS AND VERY EARLY ON.  THEY WILL HAVE SUCH AN ADVANTAGE WHEN COMPETING FOR THE FAVORS OF THE FAIR YOUNG MAIDENS.






I PRAISE YOU LORD
FOR THE BEAUTY AND BOUNTY OF THE EARTH
I PRAISE YOU LORD
FOR THE GLORY OF THE RISING AND THE SETTING SUN
I PRAISE YOU LORD FOR YOUR MIGHTY OCEANS
AND THEIR TIDES
AND THE SANDS OF THEIR SHORE
AND THE FISH THAT SWIMG THE SEAS


I PRAISE YOU LORD
I PRAISE YOU WITH JOY AND THANKSGIVING
YOU FULFILL ME AND GIVE ME ALL I NEED, IN THE PRECISE MOMETN WHEN MOST I NEED IT, AND AM MOST PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE GIFT OF YOUR FOREVER-LOVING KINDNESS.