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Hope

Hope Is The Thing With Feathers
-Emily Dickinson

Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all,

And sweetest in the gale is heard;
And sore must be the storm
That could abash the little bird
That kept so many warm.
I've heard it in the chillest land,
And on the strangest sea;
Yet, never, in extremity,
It asked a crumb of me.

Maybe

Things have worked out much better than planned
It makes you smile when fate takes a hand

Maxim, that's rough

The Material Girl finds herself fourth on the list [of unsexiest women], as Maxim dubs Madonna “unsexy” for her “self-righteous bellyaching and rapid postnuptial deterioration.”

The magazine even went as far as to call Madonna “Willem Dafoe with hot flashes.”

That's a little harsh, don't you think?

Ugh.

I lost my wallet on Saturday. I haven't left the house!

Why are you gone?

Song Lyrics of the Day

Here's are the lyrics to a song I heard on the radio this morning. It's a funny song. Although, now that I think about it, it problably wasn't funny to the person it describes.

Sick and Tired
Fats Domino

Oh baby, whatcha gonna do
Oh baby, whatcha gonna do
I'm sick and tired of foolin' around with you

Wake up in the mornin' fix you somethin' to eat,
'fore I go to work I even brush your teeth
Get home in the evenin' and you're still in bed
Got yourself a rag tied 'round your head.

Oh baby, whatcha gonna do
I'm sick and tired of foolin' around with you

I'm tellin' you baby you'd better change your ways
I'm tellin' you baby I mean what I say
Last time tellin' you to stop that jive
Gonna find yourself outside

Oh baby, whatcha gonna do
I'm sick and tired of foolin' around with you

Jam

Last time tellin' you baby you'd better change your ways
Last time tellin' you baby I mean what I say
Last time tellin you to stop that jive
Gonna find yourself outside

Oh baby, whatcha gonna do
I'm sick and tired of foolin' around with you

New Edition

This is our new kitten, Lovey. She's a sweetheart.

Waterfire

Emily took this awesome picture at Waterfire. We volunteered this year to help light paper laterns and take donations. It was beautiful. I wish I had gotten a picture of the fire dancers, though.

Touché

This morning we were busy getting ready for school and work. I ran around the house, getting dressed and packing up my laptop computer. The kids sat in the living room quietly, while the television provided a constant distraction.

I asked Emily a question, and she appeared to not hear me at all. So then I asked her, "do you pay attention in school?"

She quickly replied, "not when the tv is on."

Excellent point, Emily.

You Tube Video of the Day

Retirement Planning

This guy's picture is posted everywhere. He is the poster child for retirement. I wonder what he's thinking of...

The terminology Favored by DBAs

I must read too many Dean Koontz books because when I see an email like this, I don't immediately think of processes.

Hi Gary,

I killed them.

Regards,
Justin

ha

Given the line of work that I do, I should be desensitized to the lingo. Unfortunately that is not the case. For example, today as I was returning to my desk after a trip to the restroom, a coworker stopped me. She thanked me for helping her out yesterday, taking a backup from her database. She said that she may ask me to take another dump today. I'll certainly try, but I don't see how it's any of her business.

An Example

His demeanor belies his true feelings. He laughs when he speaks of things that make him unhappy. It's unnerving. Unsettling. It's like turning on the cold water and getting hot water from the tap. It's a contradiction.He smiles and looks directly into my eyes when he talks about things that he does not like.

I think he's telling a joke that I just don't get. He complains about how he has too much work. More than he can handle. Really? What's that like, I ask. Now that's sarcasm. I guess it's not much better than the petty complaints from this guy.

By Nature

I think for lack of trust I often find myself looking for contradictions in people's words, actions. Two really vague notions of contradictions and coincidences can become very preoccupying. Or not. I can't tell you why I started thinking about them, except that I didn't get much sleep last night and my mind started to wander.

I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something help me burn out bright
I'm looking for complications
Looking 'cause I'm tired of trying
Make my way back home
When I learn to fly

- LEARN TO FLY
Foo Fighters

Glass Elevators

I had another dream about elevators early this morning. In my dream, I was waiting for an elevator with someone who was presumably my boyfriend. I boarded the glass elevator, which was just big enough for two people. There was already someone on the elevator, and I said, "I left my buddy." Even as I said it I wondered why I did not say boyfriend.

So this stranger and myself were riding on the elevator. I said that I had to go back, and he said that he was going to a different floor. So he stepped off the glass elevator for two, and onto another, smaller glass elevator. This one was just big enough for one person, if that person stooped a little because it was about 5 feet tall.

I realized that our elevators were connected by a cable, so when one went up, the other went down at the same rate. I could see everything from inside my little glass elevator, and tried to make it descend to the correct floor without dropping and smashing. I was also afraid that the other elevator would rise too quickly and hit the ceiling.

Well that was pretty much it for my scary elevator dream. Just before I woke, I also dreampt that I looked at the clock which read 11:15. I was late for work! I scrambled to the computer to send an email to my boss when I found he had already written to me. His email read, "it's ok that you are working from home today but next time send an email out first letting us know."

"Phew," I thought. I was off the hook. He thought that I was working all morning. Then I woke up for real, and it was 6:30 a.m. and I had ample time to get to work if I would just get out of bed. Grrr.... I wanted to sleep in.