Happy New Year

May your hair, your teeth, your face-lift, your abs, and your stocks
not fall .

And may your blood pressure, your triglycerides, your cholesterol,
your white blood count and your mortgage interest not rise.

May you get a clean bill of health from your dentist, your
cardiologist, your gastroenterologist, your urologist, your
proctologist, your podiatrist, your psychiatrist, your plumber, and
the IRS.

May you find a way to travel from anywhere to anywhere during rush
hour in less than an hour, and when you get there may you find a
parking space.

May this Yom Tov, find you seated around the dinner table, together
with your beloved family and cherished friends, ushering in the
Jewish New Year ahead.

May what you see in the mirror delight you, and what others see in
you delight them.

May the telemarketers wait to make their sales calls until you
finish dinner, may your checkbook and your budget balance, and may
they include generous amounts for charity.

May you remember to say "I love you" at least once a day to your
partner, your child, and your parent(s). You can say it to your
secretary, your nurse, your butcher, your photographer, your
masseuse, your seamstress, your hairdresser or your gym instructor,
but not with a "twinkle" in your eye.

May we live as intended, in a world at peace with the awareness of
the beauty in every sunset, every flower's unfolding petals, every
baby's smile and every wonderful, astonishing, miraculous part of
ourselves.

Bless you with every happiness, great health, peace and much love
during the next year and all those that follow.

Mike holding up the counter.

nice.

Repulicans

Privatization of the profits.
Socializing the losses.

A short day.

Not good, not bad. If it happens infreqently it's OK.

Sarah Palin and the gender card.

Why?

Why should any one have to be reminded of this? Disgraceful.

Obituary for Common Sense

Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend by the name of Common Sense who has been with us for many years.
No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such value lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain,
why the early bird gets the worm, and that life isn't always fair.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not kids, are in charge).

His health began to rapidly deteriorate when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place.
Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate, teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch, and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer aspirin to a student, but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Finally, Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense finally gave up the ghost after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot, she spilled a bit on her lap, and was awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.

He is survived by two stepbrothers, My Rights and Ima Whiner.

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still know him pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

- Author Unknown

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This is my first post. I will try to do at least 3 per week. I'll see how it goes.

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