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“What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.” – Lord Melbourne
“We voted for these people. We should be allowed to taser them.” – Mike
“If you’re standing around talking about doing away with fossil fuels while pointing at an electric vehicle that’s about 70% synthetic materials, you’ve already failed an IQ test you didn’t even know you were taking.”
“Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.”
“They’re not ignorant. They’ll tell you all about what they know.”
“You guys just don’t spend enough time giving yourself cool but limited super-powers. This is the internet.” – laura w.
“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.” – Thomas Paine
“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods” – Albert Einstein
“They can pass a law to say anything, but reality gets to bat last.”
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
“The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted.” – D.H. Lawrence
“If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.” – Thomas Paine
“God doesn’t call the equipped – he equips those he calls.” – Barbara Curtis
Always remember: Law is about arguing one fact that helps your argument and ignoring the ten facts that disprove it.
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument – William McAdoo
“Hand-written notes in cursive writing are still the finest personal way of saying thank you. The people who send those after interviews are the ones who get the jobs.”
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Paula Deen is my new best friend…..
Free Healthcare for Everyone! (While supplies last…..)
So one of our daughters called me up today and told me that she needs to get a vaccine for college. It seems that as of January 1 of this year, the “rules” have changed – again – and the vaccine that she had in April, 2006 is out of date (the new rules state that she has to have had the vaccine within the last 5 years).
The universities don’t take parents’ insurance, but it wouldn’t matter anyway, because the student health centers don’t carry the vaccine in the first place. A student CAN get the vaccine at a local pharmacy, but it costs over $100 to purchase it at any of them.
Dear Iowa Republican Caucus-goers….
No, I’m not hung-over….
….Rebecca just thought I needed to be wearing a funny hat –
(that’s what I get for sleeping in late this morning….)
Musical Merriment
Heard this on my local radio station yesterday, and HAD to share it!
A Motown tribute to Nickelback:
Handing over the Reins
November 15, 2011
To all of the families and friends of the Down Syndrome Partnership of Tarrant County:
Effective immediately, ******** will be taking over the position of New Parent Packet Coordinator; while it may come as a surprise to most of you, she and I have been discussing this for several months now.
It has been my greatest honor to have been entrusted with this “job” for the past 8 years, but as with all things, the time has come to pass the responsibilities to someone new. While I will miss being one of the first people that a family contacts when their child gets a DS diagnosis, I know that future families will be in good hands in *****’s capable care.
You CAN teach an old dog new tricks…..
Our longtime friend Jack is always sending along helpful tips to us “youngsters” (he recently turned 75). Since Paul just purchased a new Glock, Jack found this helpful video and sent it to us in an e-mail with the following message:
What an informative training film. Should be distributed to our military and all Law Enforcement agencies. Certainly kept my attention. I watched this 4 times and now I’m ready to buy a Glock!!!
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Thanks for that, Jack – Paul has promised to watch this video over and over and over, until he gets it right….. 😛
(We have the BEST friends!)
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The Lovely 10%: The happiest members of a movement you won’t hear about on the news
As many of you know, our youngest daughter, Rebecca, was born with Down syndrome. When we found out that we were (surprise!) expecting a fourth child, we made a conscious decision NOT to have certain prenatal tests done. I will freely admit that I am not nearly as noble as I would like to think that I am; I didn’t want to even entertain the idea of someone asking me if I wanted to make a “choice”.
Happy Halloween!
I love Halloween – it’s the only night of the year when you are allowed to wear a costume without being in a play:









