Yeah, that's the one...the boys said when you spouted that one down at the general store ,they drew straws to see who was going to Baker Act ya.
Well, I'm impressed with Gus's determination to make those fellas sit up & take notice. (Still think a swift smack with some alfalfa would have brought home the message.)
"It is permitted to behead them in this way, like a sheep is beheaded, as long as the cut is towards the direction of Mecca."
- Hamid Ayad (1981- )
So what is the real significance of Muslims beheading Americans and Europeans?
<shaking head, thankful it is still firmly attached>
Saudis behead wrong-minded Mid-Easterners and probably would do Africans, Asians and Antipodeans, too.
ok, so it's not a special treat for westerners. I noticed in the last execution that a blonde woman was shot in the head and not beheaded. Maybe it's the mercy rule in the religious execution hand book.
Really? I was wondering about whether women were beheaded. As far as I know, most really "bad" Mid-Eastern women are stoned to death. Must admit, I have quit watching the news and my family knows not to tell me the worst. I didn't even know about the two beheadings last week until I want to Georgia and some of the cousins talked about it.
No doubt they thought it was "cool". Just kidding Georgia folk. I'm allowed as I have to suffer a common border and hordes of "dawg" fans every UF-UG football game.
Well no, but it incited their righteous wrath.
Georgia bulldogs, right? I'm from University of Washington country... also the Dawgs, but ours are Huskies.
How can I forget .When they knocked the Miami hurricanes out of a shot at a championship on the second weekend a couple years ago...never mind. Different thread. Just saw your horse. Is that your pasture/
Oh, the Huskies did that? Sorry, but "Bow Down to Washington" is their fight song. I can't remember how it goes exactly... a very moving bit of music.
And eyup... that's Pearl in the front pasture. (Just checked to be sure.) I see that you posted a couple of handsome animal photos... Mike & PJ... PJ seems calm considering the approaching storm. Parrots kind of scare me, is Mike friendly or does he bite?
"The cavity in my soul!"
- Bob Conyers (1949-2000), replying to my (ie. Mr.P's) cornball inquiry into his habit of transcendental meditation: "Bob, what sort of dental problem is it that you are attempting to transcend?"; 1976, Kula, Maui
Piffka! Lovely to see you back!
<waving enthusiastically from the southern hemisphere>
Hi Olga!!! Thank you! It's good to be home.
<waving happily back>
So, Piffka .... all refreshed & ready for winter?
Waaaaaaaaaaah.... winter's comin'.... Maybe I'll go south for a bit. The only good things are Thanksgiving and my birthday and Christmas and....
Okay. Not so bad. It was refreshing to be touring but best to be home again. I hope YOU are enjoying your spring into summer, my friend!
Here's Mr.P's offering this morning. Not sure where this one is coming from!
"It is hard to fight an enemy who has outposts in your head."
- Sally Kempton (1943- )
"The Democrats seem to be
the kind of people who stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire
..The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the country club."
Dave Barry (1947- )
A great big belly laugh Piff. That Dave Barry toils in a humid office at the Miami Herald. Good thing.
And yes, Mike has been known to take a nip every once in a while...and I don't mean the booze.
I think all parrots are biters. They have those big scary beaks & honestly, I think they egg people on to "come a little closer."
I do love D.Barry.
Dave is the lead guitarist for the rock band, The Rock Bottom Remainders. The group includes such popular writers as Dave Barry (lead guitar,vocals), Stephen King (rhythm guitar,vocals), Ridley Pearson (bass guitar), Amy Tan (vocals), Barbara Kingsolver (keyboards), Robert Fulghum (backup vocals), Roy Blount Jr. (backup vocals), Dave Marsh (backup vocals), Tad Bartimus (backups vocals), and organizer Kathi Goldmark (backup vocals).
The group was put together by Goldmark at a writers convention in 1991. They named the band after the bookstore practice of selling last year's bestsellers at bargain rates. Music veteren Al Kooper is the band's musical director and plays keyboards and guitar with the band.
The group went on its first tour in May, 1993, with the proceeds going to the Right to Rock Network and a variety of literacy and First Amendment organizations. Their motto is, "We play music as well as Metallica writes novels."
