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Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... November, 2010
11-1-2010 | | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

Posted on 10/31/2010 10:32:30 PM PDT by JustAmy

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To: Jane Austen

Thank you, Jane!


481 posted on 11/04/2010 5:29:11 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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To: oldteen

LOL! Isn’t it the truth. We got RID of some TURKEYS on Tuesday....!!

Maxine’s got it at every angle!


482 posted on 11/04/2010 5:31:35 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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To: jaycee; JustAmy; ConorMacNessa; LUV W; tiapam; oldteen; WayzataJOHNN; left that other site; All

Thinkers Anonymous

It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then — to loosen up. Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker. I began to think alone — “to relax,” I told myself — but I knew it wasn’t true.

Thinking became more and more important to me, and finally I was thinking all the time. That was when things began to sour at home. One evening I had turned off the TV and asked my wife about the meaning of life. She spent that night at her mother’s.

I began to think on the job. I knew that thinking and employment don’t mix, but I couldn’t stop myself. I began to avoid friends at lunch time so I could read books and writings by Karl Rove and Glenn Beck. I would return to the office dizzied and confused, asking, “What is it exactly we are doing here?”

One day the boss called me in. He said, “Listen, I like you, and it \hurts me to say this, but your thinking has become a real problem. If you don’t stop thinking on the job, you’ll have to find another job.”

This gave me a lot to think about.

I came home early after my conversation with the boss. “Honey,” I confessed, “I’ve been thinking ...” “I know you’ve been thinking,” she said, “and I want a divorce!”

“But Honey, surely it’s not that serious.”

“It is serious,” she said, lower lip aquiver. “You think as much as college professors, and college professors don’t make any money, so if you keep on thinking, we won’t have any money!”

“That’s a faulty syllogism,” I said impatiently. She exploded in tears of rage and frustration, but I was in no mood to deal with the emotional drama.

“I’m going to the library,” I snarled as I stomped out the door. I headed for the library, in the mood for some Barry Goldwater.
I roared into the parking lot with Rush Limbaugh on the radio and ran up to the big glass doors... They didn’t open. The library was closed. To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night.

As I sank to the ground, clawing at the unfeeling grass, whimpering for something by Ann Coulter, a poster caught my eye. “Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?” it asked. You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard Thinker’s Anonymous poster. Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker. I never miss a TA meeting.

At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was “Porky’s.” Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting. I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home.

Life just seemed ... easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking. I think the road to recovery is nearly complete for me. Today, I registered to vote DEMOCRAT.


483 posted on 11/04/2010 6:12:09 PM PDT by yorkie (The images from God's Paintbrusth cannot be captured by camera. (Go take it in, before it is gone!))
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To: yorkie

What a selfish little girl you were! :) Oh.............. I’m so scared!!


484 posted on 11/04/2010 6:30:56 PM PDT by tiapam
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To: yorkie

Very good, Yorkie! :) Thank you!!(I think ! LOL!)


485 posted on 11/04/2010 6:33:01 PM PDT by tiapam
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To: yorkie
Yorkie, I would comment on your piece you posted, however, I quit thinking about a month ago. Just as you registered Democrat, I've even started to admire Nancy Pelosi and am so glad Harry Reid won!



Lord, please forgive me!

486 posted on 11/04/2010 6:50:46 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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To: oldteen; JustAmy; jaycee; MEG33; yorkie; Kathy in Alaska; AZamericonnie; All

Hope Everyone's Evening
Is As Calm and Peaceful
As This Water!

487 posted on 11/04/2010 7:10:38 PM PDT by tiapam
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To: yorkie

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

That’s Funny!


488 posted on 11/04/2010 7:32:01 PM PDT by left that other site (Your MiQ-MaQ Paddy Wacky Bass-Playing Biker Buddy(El Kabong))
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To: tiapam
Our Evening is very calm
and peaceful. Thank you.

489 posted on 11/04/2010 7:44:33 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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To: jaycee

Oh oh, JC. It looks like LOVE is in the air in TN!!!


490 posted on 11/04/2010 8:03:31 PM PDT by yorkie (The images from God's Paintbrusth cannot be captured by camera. (Go take it in, before it is gone!))
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To: tiapam
Me???

That was a picture I stole out of your 'baby album'.

ROTF!!!

491 posted on 11/04/2010 8:09:56 PM PDT by yorkie (The images from God's Paintbrusth cannot be captured by camera. (Go take it in, before it is gone!))
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To: jaycee
LOL jaycee! Now you must bleach your brain!

And your keyboard!

492 posted on 11/04/2010 8:12:58 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: yorkie

Its so cold this evening, love is the only thing to keep you warm. You know how kitties are anyway! LOL!


493 posted on 11/04/2010 8:21:37 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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To: oldteen

I couldn’t believe I was actually typing those words. It made me feel so dirty....LOLOL!


494 posted on 11/04/2010 8:23:06 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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To: jaycee
That's like going over to DU! LOL

However, it was funny!

495 posted on 11/04/2010 8:24:41 PM PDT by oldteen
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To: oldteen

It sho was hard for me to type those ugly things.....LOL!


496 posted on 11/04/2010 8:33:04 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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To: yorkie

Beep FReep!


497 posted on 11/04/2010 8:34:04 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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To: jaycee

And I can see why! True love is the best!! Thanks!


498 posted on 11/04/2010 8:48:18 PM PDT by tiapam
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To: yorkie

I thought that little girl looked like me, cause she’s so.............. adorable! LOL!


499 posted on 11/04/2010 8:51:25 PM PDT by tiapam
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To: tiapam
Gotta go to bed...its pushing midnight! I so tired. Nite, nite!
500 posted on 11/04/2010 8:54:53 PM PDT by jaycee ((("His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me.")))
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