Posted on 04/16/2004 6:37:21 PM PDT by Mo1
Beaautiful libby!! Made me tear up too!
YUP, I'm feeling rather sorry for myself too!!
WICKED 60 MINS!
Is paying tribute to the 800 fallen and I say it is their fault that more died than need be with their vicious reporting of the news.
They did not support the USA and gave comfort to the enemy as our soldier serviced their country in honor.
I only know that the Lord will come down upon thier heads for what they enabled to linger!
Did they do a tribute or did they do something like Niteline did?
Catholic Dictionary:
AMEN: The only part of a prayer that everyone knows.
BULLETIN: Your receipt for attending Mass.
CHOIR: A group of people whose singing allows the rest of the congregation to lip-sync.
HOLY WATER: A liquid whose chemical formula is H2OLY.
HYMN: A song of praise, usually sung in a key three notes higher than that of the congregation's range.
RECESSIONAL HYMN: The last song at Mass, often sung a little more quietly, since most of the people have already left.
INCENSE: Holy Smoke!
JESUITS: An order of priests known for their ability to fund colleges with good basketball teams.
JONAH: The original "Jaws" story.
JUSTICE: When kids have kids of their own.
KYRIE ELEISON: The only Greek words that most Catholics recognize besides gyros and baklava.
MAGI: The most famous trio to attend a baby shower.
MANGER:
(1) Where Mary gave birth to Jesus because Joseph wasn't covered by an HMO.
(2) The Bible's way of showing us that holiday travel has always been challenging.
PEW: A medieval torture device still found in Catholic Churches.
PROCESSION: The ceremonial formation at the beginning of Mass consisting of altar servers, the celebrant, and late parishioners looking for seats.
RECESSIONAL: The ceremonial procession at the conclusion of Mass led by parishioners trying to beat the crowd to the parking lot.
RELICS: People who have been going to Mass for so long, they actually know when to sit, kneel, and stand.
TEN COMMANDMENTS: The most important Top Ten list not given by David Letterman.
USHERS: The only people in the parish who don't know the seating capacity of a pew.
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LOL!
11 mims of of the faces of the 800 fallen. Than a sanctimonious reply from the Aethis Rooney
I got a chuckle out of that one
Well my new next door neighbors made settlement and started doing work on their house
Seems like they are from somewhere in the middle east .. I'm not sure where . but I'm thinking India
It is getting really ugly here tonight. It is pouring and thundering and we are under a tornado watch till 11 pm. I need to get a place with a basement!
Stay safe Libby .. do you hve any place to go to keep safe?
Not really, that's why these storm systems are so unnerving. I may have to shut down for awhile. It's getting bad out there.
Hang in there .. find a safe spot and when it's clear .. let us know you're ok
You dn't want to mess with tornados
"You dn't want to mess with tornados"
You won't catch me messing with a tornado.
I just saw that system on the local news .. they say it's heading our way .. I don't think we'll have a big punch .. the weather here is really cool and chilly
Man Commits Suicide After Sex with Hen
Fri May 28,10:50 AM ET
LUSAKA (Reuters) - A 50-year-old Zambian man has hanged himself after his wife found him having sex with a hen, police said Friday.
The woman caught him in the act when she rushed into their house to investigate a noise.
"He attempted to kill her but she managed to escape," a police spokesman said.
The man from the town of Chongwe, about 50 km (30 miles) east of Lusaka, killed himself after being admonished by other villagers.
The hen was slaughtered after the incident.
What's On the Menu: Diners All Miavita Features
by Hope Warshaw, M.M.Sc., R.D., C.D.E.
Here's how some of the most popular items on a typical diner menu measure up nutritionally, and how you may be able to make them better.
Breakfast
*indicates a healthy choice
*"Egg Beater" or egg-white omelet, scrambled eggs. Cooked to order with any number of vegetable add-ins.
A good bet if you order with onions, peppers, mushrooms and other vegetables instead of cheese or other fatty ingredients. If the egg-white-only option is too restrictive for you, ask for 1 yellow with 3 whites.
*Bran cereal with skim milk and fresh fruit. Diners usually have single-serving boxes of cereal.
If you feel hungry enough for 2 boxes, go for it - you'll still be far better off nutritionally than with many of the other menu options! Order some fresh fruit to top it off.
*Low-fat cottage cheese or yogurt with fresh fruit and a few spoonfuls of granola.
If it's not on the menu, you can request this combination, which any diner should be able to accommodate. Yes, granola adds fat and calories, but use it in moderation and it can bring a wonderful crunchy dimension and flavor to the mix.
Fried eggs. Cooked sunny-side-up or over easy, served with buttered toast, bacon or sausage, and a side of hash browns.
It's a saturated fat fest. To make it better, limit your order to 1 or 2 eggs, ask for whole-wheat toast, replace the butter with jam, and skip the bacon, sausage and hash browns. Washing it down with a large glass of orange juice is a good idea.
Pancakes. Plates are often stacked 4, 5 or 6 cakes high, served with whipped butter and maple-flavored syrup.
Shorten the stack; put a cap of 1 or 2 pancakes on your order. Choose buckwheat or other whole-grain options and blueberries, if available. Use very, very little butter, if any.
Doughnuts
Delicious? Perhaps. Nutritious? Uh uh.
Soups, Salads and Sides
*indicates a healthy choice
*Three bean salad. A blend of white, kidney and black beans with a hint of spice.
Dig in - beans do your body lots of good.
*Chicken vegetable soup. A light chicken broth with chunks of chicken and vegetables.
Bon appetit! - a healthy choice.
*Chili
An unusually healthful option on the diner menu, particularly when it's made with lots of beans. Stir in salsa for extra kick and antioxidants. Go easy on the saltines.
*House salad. Lettuce (all too often the lesser iceberg variety) topped with cherry tomatoes, shredded carrots, sliced cucumber and green pepper, and served with your choice of dressing.
Healthy filler-upper as long as you keep the dressing on the side and use it sparingly.
*Sliced grilled chicken breast over a house salad
Ask for a variety of vegetables in your salad. Choose balsamic vinegar and olive oil as your dressing. If you want to spruce it up a notch, sprinkle on 2 spoonfuls of crumbled feta, a lower-fat cheese with great flavor.
*Baked potato
Comfort food at its best. Top with salsa, ketchup or low-fat sour cream. But avoid all other diner potato preparations: Bye-bye to fries, hash browns, cottage fries, mashed potatoes, etc.
*Grits
If they've got 'em, dig in.
Macaroni salad. Elbow macaroni, peas, cheese cubes, celery and more, bound with mayonnaise.
Not worth the fat and calories.
Cobb salad. A bed of lettuce topped with grilled chicken, crisp bacon, avocado, cheddar cheese, hard-boiled egg and blue cheese.
There are healthier salads on the menu.
Sandwiches
*indicates a healthy choice
*Grilled chicken breast. A grilled chicken breast topped with lettuce, tomato, onion and mustard and served on a Kaiser roll or in a pita.
Hold the mayo - use mustard if you'd like a little more flavor - and this'll be fine.
*Turkey pita. Turkey (preferably fresh roasted) in a pita with mustard or honey mustard, if available, tomato and lettuce.
Turkey breast is a great source of lean protein.
Club. A three-decker sandwich with ham, turkey, cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato.
If you have a craving, order half a sandwich with a broth-based soup or garden salad. Ask for it on whole-wheat toast.
Hamburger. A grilled 5-oz. or jumbo 8-oz. hamburger patty grilled to taste and served on a bun. You can (and should) add lettuce, tomato and onion.
If you can't resist, choose the smaller size or split the large one. Sorry, but cheeseburgers raise the saturated fat count way too high.
Sides. Sandwiches are often served with a choice of French fries, American fries, potato chips or garden salad.
Garden salad is the winner by a mile. Just keep the dressing on the side.
Dinner
*indicates a healthy choice
*Peel 'n' eat shrimp. A pound of steamed shrimp served with spicy cocktail sauce, often a specialty of coastal diners.
One of the healthiest menu items you'll see - order with a salad (dressing on the side) and/or baked potato (no butter or full-fat sour cream).
*Turkey dinner. Served with all the trimmings to make any day Thanksgiving.
Ask for white meat only. If you want gravy, ask for it on the side and dip - not dunk - bites of turkey and mashed potato in it. If you're lucky there may be a side of nutritious sweet potatoes, too.
Entree salad with soup. Some salads on the diner menu have lots of fat and calories, typically from cheese and dressings.
For a nutritious salad, look for romaine or spinach leaves, lots of colorful vegetables and grilled chicken or shrimp. For extra flavor, sprinkle some feta cheese on top. Use balsamic vinegar and olive oil as your dressing.
Meatloaf. Ground beef and pork blended with onions, ketchup, bread crumbs, an egg and seasonings.
This retro favorite is hard to pass up - resist the fries or hash browns in favor of a baked potato and house salad. And sorry, but it's best to skip the pie, too.
Chicken pot pie. A fresh-baked pastry shell filled with chunks of chicken, carrots, onions and peas, topped with a creamy sauce.
Basically healthy ingredients marred by lots of added fat. Walk away.
Minute steak. Generally served in 8 oz. or 10 oz. size.
If you insist, order the smaller one and split it, or take half home.
Popcorn shrimp basket. Shrimp lightly coated and fried to a golden brown, served with spicy cocktail sauce.
Go for the peel 'n' eat option if you're hungry for shrimp.
Chicken-fried steak. An 8-oz. steak breaded, fried and topped with country-style cream gravy.
Just looking at it may add inches to your waist.
Sides. Dinners are usually served with a choice of two sides: salad, rice pilaf, baked potato, mashed potato, steamed vegetables, French fries.
Take your pick of the salad, rice pilaf, baked potato or steamed vegetables.
Dessert
*indicates a healthy choice
*Fresh Fruit Bowl
Even if it's not on the menu, most diners will have fresh fruit to serve you as a dessert option.
Pie a la mode. A generous slice of fruit pie topped with vanilla ice cream.
Brownie a la mode. Large and rich brownie, topped with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce.
Chocolate cake. A generous slice of a rich triple-layer chocolate cake.
Fresh fruit cobbler. A deep-dish peach or apple or whatever-is-in-season cobbler topped with fresh whipped cream.
All of these temptations have lots of fat and calories. If you simply need to feed your sweet tooth, split one rich dessert with as many people as you can. In any case, don't feel obligated to clean the plate.
Well, what a wonderful evening we have had here in tornado alley. It was the two year old grandsons turn to spend the night. We had just eaten our pok chops, mashed taters, white gravy and corn on the cob...when mother nature unleashed a fury of a storm.
Funnel clouds reported all over the tri state area, especially here. It was dark as midnight at 6:00 pm with torrential rain.
So, we take ourselves and Joshua to the basement. We couldn't make him stay with us in the safest area of the basement, so we just wrapped him pappoose style in an afghan and held him in our laps until he finally went to sleep.
I hope you rode it out, Libby. I don't think anyone had any major damage around here, but roads are closed because of fallen trees and flash flooding.
grannie, I need to stock a package of Depends in my basement. LOL
It seems to be past us. It wasn't as bad as it appeared. It was worse furthur to the north. These storm systems are indeed unnerving. I'm glad you have a basement. Wish I did. I will definitely keep that in mind looking for a place in Mountain Home. People aren't too big on basements here though. Probably because of the flooding. Just a guess. We're still getting spurts of thunder and lightening, but it isn't awful.
It was truly wicked here, I tell you. It has been a long time since I have seen such severe weather with so many funnel sightings. No telling what sights daylight will bring. I had no damage here at home, however...that I know of, that is.
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