Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. September 1-2, 2004

9-1-04 | JustFrank (Using JustAmy's account and artwork by the other 3)

[JustAmy]

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[JustAmy]

Little Jack was in his 4th grade class when the teacher asked the children what their fathers did for a living. All the typical answers came up: fireman, policeman, salesman, doctor, lawyer, etc.

Jack was being uncharacteristically quiet, so the teacher asked him about his father.

"My father's an exotic dancer in a gay cabaret and takes off his clothes in front of other men and they put money in his underwear. Sometimes, if the offer is really good, he goes home with some guy and makes love with him for money. "

The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some other work while she took little Jack aside to ask him, "Is that really true about your father?" "No," said Jack, "He works for the Democratic National Committee to elect John Kerry, but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids..."



Heh Heh Heh

[Diver Dave]

Good One, Frank!

[JustAmy]

The woman was in bed with her lover and had just told him how stupid her Irish husband was
when the door was thrown open and there stood her husband.
He glared at her lover and bellowed, "What are you doing?"
"There," said the wife, "didn't I tell you he was stupid?"


Heh Heh Heh

If you see Amy, let me know.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Amy and everybody. I'm ready to watch the convention. I've been working on my next week class. I need to do a few more things before I can sit down and enjoy the long weekend.

Hope Marissa did well. Hope you did too, hehe.

[SpookBrat]

Hi Amy and everyone. What's up with you all. Gotta get back to the convention. xoxox

[JustAmy]

They said she is doing fine but I think I need to work with her on printing the alphabet. She recognizes the letters but does not know how to print the letter.

I slept for awhile after taking her to her pre-school this morning. Been losing too much sleep. :)

[JustAmy]

Hi, Spooky.

Haven't seen you for awhile.

Things are kinda quiet with this being convention week. Hope everything is fine with you and your family.

Enjoy the convention.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Glad to hear she's doing well, and you too. :-)

Michael Reagan is on right now.

[SpookBrat]

Everything is going fine here. We're always working hard on our school work. I don't have much time for the computer, but I think about you all.

This is Allyson's last year of Junior High and I can't let up one day. She has to be prepared for HS next year. Jonah is in 3rd and a squirt. I have to sit on him all day so he'll get his work done.

[The Mayor]

September 2, 2004

Faith Mixed With Doubt

Read: Psalm 42

Why are you cast down, O my soul? . . . Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him. —Psalm 42:11

Bible In One Year: Psalms 137-139; 1 Corinthians 13

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When my close friend Sharon was killed in a car accident, my heart broke. I'm ashamed to admit it, but when life's circumstances hurt so much, my faith is often mixed with doubt. When Sharon died, I cried out to God with these questions:

Lord, I sure don't understand You. Why did You allow this death? "Have you not heard? The everlasting God . . . neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable" (Isaiah 40:28). "My thoughts are not Your thoughts, nor are your ways My ways" (Isaiah 55:8).

Lord, You are beyond my understanding. But I still wonder, have You turned Your back on the world? "God sits on His holy throne" (Psalm 47:8) and "rules by His power forever" (66:7).

Lord, I do believe You are ruling this world, but do You care about the pain? Have You forgotten to be good? I am "good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon [Me]" (Psalm 86:5).

Yes, Lord, You have been good to me in countless ways, including listening to my doubts and questions about You.

The answers God gives us in His Word may not take away our sadness, but we can always rest in the truth that He is wise, sovereign, and good. —Anne Cetas

God understands your heartache,
He knows the bitter pain;
O trust Him in the darkness,
You cannot trust in vain. —Smith

Every loss leaves an empty space that only God's presence can fill.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

In this case I would have to say, I do not take you and Bob seriesly. But if you spillt my beer, it would be very series.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

DOH!!!

I feel like I'm posting comments to Saturday nite pings on Sunday morning!!!!

WHAT ARE WE CELEBRATING TODAY, OESY?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Spilling beer is a series offense always.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

; )

[Conspiracy Guy]

Zell Miller Day!

[OESY]

Sorry, I got behind. Now it's in gear.

Today is Victory (V-J) Day!

It's also Independence Day (Vietnam), but I'm afraid to touch that one before I research it -- though maybe someone knows its meaning.

[OESY]

15 August 1945 marked Victory over Japan or VJ Day, taking a name similar to Victory in Europe Day, which was generally known as VE Day.

It was the day of Emperor Hirohito's radio broadcast to the Japanese people announcing Japan's defeat, and followed on from the atomic bombs Little Boy dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August and Fat Man on Nagasaki on 9 August. Since Japan was the last Axis Power to surrender and VJ Day followed VE Day by three months, VJ Day marked the end of World War II.

The formal Japanese surrender in fact took place on board the battleship USS Missouri on 2 September 1945.

[OESY]

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Good one C.G.!

[OESY]

Independence Day (Vietnam) marks the day in 1945 of the surrender of Japan, ending World War II, and the creation of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.