tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74315264541828245872024-02-18T18:35:43.961-08:00Random Musings....Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475608971548664624noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431526454182824587.post-21632357725280441572011-06-25T12:20:00.000-07:002011-06-25T12:20:34.534-07:00Shabbat Shalom!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5RMly1QfBqJFH69MtYwFJZXpvX_m3Q6xahl3PXzBXcJkhDArpDXTkBtbeppsrQsQDVttTPSU1Ggju9gQKT8TP5Eg9PLWsEwTJhpiEw-KM5M_MKxOaEYQl2jWNGykheIbbTrXVYSYDwso/s1600/Shabbat+Shalom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5RMly1QfBqJFH69MtYwFJZXpvX_m3Q6xahl3PXzBXcJkhDArpDXTkBtbeppsrQsQDVttTPSU1Ggju9gQKT8TP5Eg9PLWsEwTJhpiEw-KM5M_MKxOaEYQl2jWNGykheIbbTrXVYSYDwso/s320/Shabbat+Shalom.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475608971548664624noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431526454182824587.post-16467746794945385612011-06-24T07:38:00.000-07:002011-06-24T07:38:38.782-07:00Navy Radio Conversation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Reshared from Lauren Fletcher's blog, <a href="http://www.virtuousdaughter.com/">http://www.virtuousdaughter.com/</a><br />
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<div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">This is supposed to be the transcript of an actual radio </div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">conversation between a US naval ship and Canadian authorities</div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">off the coast of Newfoundland in October 1995. The Radio </div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">conversation was released by the Chief of Naval Operations on </div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">Oct. 10, 1995.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">- Please change your direction 15 degrees to the North to avoid a collision.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">- Recommend you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to South to avoid a collision.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">- This is the Captain of a US Navy ship. I say again, divert YOUR course.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">- No. I say again, you divert YOUR course.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">- THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERPRISE, WE ARE A LARGE WARSHIP OF THE US NAVY. DIVERT YOUR COURSE NOW!</div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;"> </div><div style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 17px;">- This is a lighthouse. Your call.</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475608971548664624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431526454182824587.post-76107539650823225222011-06-23T20:02:00.000-07:002011-06-23T20:02:47.063-07:00Man builds ark in the Netherlands<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Wow. Dutch man, Johan Huibers, builds a full-scale, Biblically proportionate ark. Yea, like Noah's ark. And in three years. It's nearly completed, and it looks amazing! Check out the full article and video at this link:<br />
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110622/od_yblog_upshot/two-by-two-a-real-life-noahs-ark">http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110622/od_yblog_upshot/two-by-two-a-real-life-noahs-ark</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475608971548664624noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431526454182824587.post-18055911352516307122011-06-20T10:49:00.000-07:002011-06-20T10:49:31.708-07:00Amazing photos from space!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock who was aboard the International Space Station shares pictures of the Earth he snaps with the world through Twitter. Known to his nearly 68,000 Twitter followers as AstroWheels, Wheelock has been posting impressive photos of the Earth and some of his thoughts ever since he moved into the space station in June, five months after it got Internet access.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oioITdGOR5KFi2Zck1CJ1VJjODFa0B9oAyj8xkVH5fpoxLWn8hiGzOdYjdqr3Jn0wx6nd7jVOF3i805Ee6D4DUOsBN0AqGPeo4AKOkei2qXnrLx-6AB45ZlNPrggdD12kq6NW_e8p7hW/s1600/image14+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7oioITdGOR5KFi2Zck1CJ1VJjODFa0B9oAyj8xkVH5fpoxLWn8hiGzOdYjdqr3Jn0wx6nd7jVOF3i805Ee6D4DUOsBN0AqGPeo4AKOkei2qXnrLx-6AB45ZlNPrggdD12kq6NW_e8p7hW/s400/image14+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Over the Sahara desert, approaching the ancient lands and thousand-year history. River Nile flows through Egypt by the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo .. Further, the Red Sea, Sinai Peninsula, Dead Sea , Jordan River, as well as the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea and Greece on the horizon.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYbIWiTU0vd1mqVj74NGPDBlFYsbaRHUsBsD5EpKHNs6zrk-_3tLVLkPzsNgCELtTOes2rilMqCexfJjvTo_dNz0nADYhtdzkRA1gQJu2KRJ9VX8AF3KaO_d-DMGfesTF92Xj-b3G-ggH/s1600/image15+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYbIWiTU0vd1mqVj74NGPDBlFYsbaRHUsBsD5EpKHNs6zrk-_3tLVLkPzsNgCELtTOes2rilMqCexfJjvTo_dNz0nADYhtdzkRA1gQJu2KRJ9VX8AF3KaO_d-DMGfesTF92Xj-b3G-ggH/s400/image15+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Night view of the River Nile, stretching like a snake through Egypt to the Mediterranean, and Cairo , located in the Delta. Far away in this picture, one can see the Mediterranean Sea ..</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz15nNpI4gx_nZIGGXx9WlioUuit47rbRyl9cMC6QQFzMi5RykPXeUgR0JMQw1-6CBx9Wf9LyzvbKcnC1fD2fd8-sXlHj87SwqqDnen5JSqWkEa1bvnLx49M99OfMq-exacD1sxZKLcrM/s1600/image16+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxz15nNpI4gx_nZIGGXx9WlioUuit47rbRyl9cMC6QQFzMi5RykPXeUgR0JMQw1-6CBx9Wf9LyzvbKcnC1fD2fd8-sXlHj87SwqqDnen5JSqWkEa1bvnLx49M99OfMq-exacD1sxZKLcrM/s400/image16+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our unmanned 'Progress 39P' approaches the ISS for refuelling. It is full of food, fuel, spare parts and all necessities for our station. Inside was a real gift - fresh fruit and vegetables. What a miracle after three months of food from a tube!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheC0LCta7BeN8RZRmhHfx1ppVQhP26gBNNv4ufebCt5KWsUrIZ609sOLqUhWRQ1cNGXa59qM_gX1U1y2Slmdn8vEA-ZD7CvH5sHmJFb6-eWN161qPr5qGnlcJckKNzP2vsBIwW_I5X9bfM/s1600/image17+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheC0LCta7BeN8RZRmhHfx1ppVQhP26gBNNv4ufebCt5KWsUrIZ609sOLqUhWRQ1cNGXa59qM_gX1U1y2Slmdn8vEA-ZD7CvH5sHmJFb6-eWN161qPr5qGnlcJckKNzP2vsBIwW_I5X9bfM/s400/image17+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted to share with you this view from the Dome. We said goodbye to the members of our group Sasha, Misha and Tracy this weekend, and they returned safely back to Earth. In this photo, Tracy quietly dreams of returning home.</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrPrgKsZVTYru16qxnEOdzzgCm5R5wYdIr98eFm8BQVQweTP7nbbTglHsHPfdtNwCryfXjXUWkhbwfPbxj88IgGzJmef0xqwLHhgxQXz3SY7Tu4v8CjhRrXnIQNw0SZEA8l9NZHYcUJL9/s1600/image19+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWrPrgKsZVTYru16qxnEOdzzgCm5R5wYdIr98eFm8BQVQweTP7nbbTglHsHPfdtNwCryfXjXUWkhbwfPbxj88IgGzJmef0xqwLHhgxQXz3SY7Tu4v8CjhRrXnIQNw0SZEA8l9NZHYcUJL9/s400/image19+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The flash of color, movement and life on the canvas of our amazing world. This is part of the Great Barrier Reef off the east coast of Australia , photographed through the lens of 1200 mm.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6smIJ8MC26Su2r86ynRl_HBQ3kMpLOTyGvjCCZ-R2r3mFECm8AMcsk4BSdQD-E-jz0Ye_0ow_CRkm2uZoSOZYqHB9OxYx2ecWOKkt2sjgSpsQ2-YmZqU4uwMuA4e0D9aiXsoXOY1_dKv/s1600/image20+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6smIJ8MC26Su2r86ynRl_HBQ3kMpLOTyGvjCCZ-R2r3mFECm8AMcsk4BSdQD-E-jz0Ye_0ow_CRkm2uZoSOZYqHB9OxYx2ecWOKkt2sjgSpsQ2-YmZqU4uwMuA4e0D9aiXsoXOY1_dKv/s400/image20+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the beauty of Italy , a clear summer night. You can see many beautiful islands that adorn the coast - Capri , Sicily and Malta . Naples and Mount Vesuvius are allocated along the coast.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2PaTlAYbt7pZFXo5rnEPFeVGQ1DGIbWTIl1I6mOAi7ED1v9cS8bcRwjpiTHxX45ijpz0-lMoNlY25r4rYHOHz_P-a-zvk0hAc0zwDwV7C6BGrRdXAoe3D_YQ93spRmyW-MUeS6Q-odzZ/s1600/image21+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT2PaTlAYbt7pZFXo5rnEPFeVGQ1DGIbWTIl1I6mOAi7ED1v9cS8bcRwjpiTHxX45ijpz0-lMoNlY25r4rYHOHz_P-a-zvk0hAc0zwDwV7C6BGrRdXAoe3D_YQ93spRmyW-MUeS6Q-odzZ/s400/image21+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the southern end of South America lies the pearl of Patagonia . The amazing beauty of rugged mountains, massive glaciers, fjords and seas combined in perfect harmony.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVpGVyGdPXuUNX7RKsHElNVKh5mHvIr64j7eMupePgKHPaB3l2lYzogtoRwV7yLlE9p2z0dRG62fGEyI-M0u8_bmz62vn8YzRfnURCQGr45DwK_1x7uvDkTDs6pK161I6wuRAdJqbWMwo/s1600/image22+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXVpGVyGdPXuUNX7RKsHElNVKh5mHvIr64j7eMupePgKHPaB3l2lYzogtoRwV7yLlE9p2z0dRG62fGEyI-M0u8_bmz62vn8YzRfnURCQGr45DwK_1x7uvDkTDs6pK161I6wuRAdJqbWMwo/s400/image22+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"Dome" on the side of nadir station gives a panoramic view of our beautiful planet. Fedor made the picture from the window of the Russian docking compartment. In this photo I'm sitting in the dome, preparing the camera for our evening flight over Hurricane Earl.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBg_nVuh5hEX3MxiVO8KkSfb-jSgLHlN4LsVQZruQJd5H4mNF-4VWbVzoupaumyZmj8Ea4rLAAGo8elQlfPzsG0v0A_baW3qTv_Oz6oZ8Y3CEDy4BqaqBOu1gYCFjBiEO1CUt9xgYrs-La/s1600/image23+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBg_nVuh5hEX3MxiVO8KkSfb-jSgLHlN4LsVQZruQJd5H4mNF-4VWbVzoupaumyZmj8Ea4rLAAGo8elQlfPzsG0v0A_baW3qTv_Oz6oZ8Y3CEDy4BqaqBOu1gYCFjBiEO1CUt9xgYrs-La/s400/image23+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Florida and southeastern U.S. in the evening. A clear autumn evening, the moonlight over the water and sky, dotted with millions of stars.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadguY5moX-7e2W1OD2dDAG9E8tuAJd62p-B7eVQtiwjc_MHxm-2z7IUVz_doW-7nNYcEZYI6jZS1GlUCw-xzzalGa9vaDNAw9OXp-v945dhRhKQ0kEQZ5Z6LwRyawRJFXqBYdHf4dz9ev/s1600/image24+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadguY5moX-7e2W1OD2dDAG9E8tuAJd62p-B7eVQtiwjc_MHxm-2z7IUVz_doW-7nNYcEZYI6jZS1GlUCw-xzzalGa9vaDNAw9OXp-v945dhRhKQ0kEQZ5Z6LwRyawRJFXqBYdHf4dz9ev/s400/image24+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clear starry night over the eastern Mediterranean . The ancient land with a thousand years of history stretching from Athens to Cairo . Historical land of fabulous and alluring island ... Athens - Crete - Rhodes - Izmir - Ankara - Cyprus - Damascus - Beirut - Haifa - Amman - Tel Aviv - Jerusalem - Cairo - all of them turned into tiny lights in this cool November night.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOOumrMwEeSHPSNCVGdQDJDN7wyqp3R6-hjRcSXHXzr-E0TC0Xud-QsixxNhyjff_2T07-esaKY85_JUHUyzwrO-NW-xXoOk-meT07QhirKBcBx8Zy36OPbll2RHwBKGL-ab0EMoKTzCO/s1600/image25+.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265px" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOOumrMwEeSHPSNCVGdQDJDN7wyqp3R6-hjRcSXHXzr-E0TC0Xud-QsixxNhyjff_2T07-esaKY85_JUHUyzwrO-NW-xXoOk-meT07QhirKBcBx8Zy36OPbll2RHwBKGL-ab0EMoKTzCO/s400/image25+.jpeg" width="400px" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In this time of year you can enjoy the beauty of the polar mesospheric clouds. With our high-angle illumination, we were able to capture a thin layer of noctilucent clouds at sunset.</div><br />
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</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475608971548664624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431526454182824587.post-64835942668852763782011-06-18T20:14:00.000-07:002011-06-18T20:14:30.100-07:00Poem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Resharing a poem posted by James Fletcher from his blog <a href="http://www.straightarrows.blogspot.com/">http://www.straightarrows.blogspot.com/</a> . He also said it well....<br />
"It really brings out what we as men are to do, and what you young ladies are to look for in young men." Agreed. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;">The Thousandth man</span></span></div><div><br />
</div><div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">One man in a thousand, Solomon says,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Will stick more close than a brother.</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">And its worthwhile seeking him half your days</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">If you find him before the other.</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Nine hundred and ninety-nine depend</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">On what the world sees in you,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">But the Thousandth Man will stand your friend</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">With the whole round world a'gin you.</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">'Tis neither promise nor prayer nor show</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Will settle the finder for 'ee</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Nine hundred and ninety-nine of them go,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">By your looks or your acts or your glory.</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">But if he finds you and you find him,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">The rest of the world don't matter,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">For the Thousandth Man will sink or swim</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">With you in any water.</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">You can use his purse with no more talk </div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Than he uses yours for his spendings,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">And laugh and meet in your daily walk</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">As though there had been no lendings.</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Nine hundred and ninety-nine of them call,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">For silver and gold in their dealings;</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">But the Thousandth Man he's worth em all,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Because you can show him your feelings.</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px; min-height: 20px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">His wrong's your wrong, and his right's your right,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">In season or out of season.</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Stand up and back it in all mens sight— </div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">With that for you only reason!</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Nine hundred and ninety-nine can't bide</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">The shame or mocking or laughter,</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">But the Thousandth Man will stand by your side</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">To the gallows-foot — and after!</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="font: 17px Helvetica; margin: 0px;">Hoozah!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 180%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 17px;"></span></span></div></div><br />
<div> </div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475608971548664624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431526454182824587.post-20174058052161732472011-06-15T14:48:00.000-07:002011-06-15T14:48:50.869-07:00Greetings all!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I'm sure every new blogger has experienced this same thought when writing their first post...a thought along the lines of, "What in the world should I write about?" Well, I am experiencing this now. But instead of staring blankly at the screen and twiddling my thumbs, I thought I'd write down my thoughts on the matter. My apologies to everyone (and future everyones, as my list of followers at the moment is rather uninspiring) for my lack of interesting things to say on this first post; I plan on doing better next time. So, for now, I will bid thee all a very merry adieu and a toutelou! </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475608971548664624noreply@blogger.com8