Can this be the same man?
He checked into a clinic in Austria in September and doctors suspect poisoning or some other chemical attack. From his appearance and the description of his symptoms, it's really a miracle he survived.
Posted on 11/28/2004 7:25:47 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
THE TARGET CORPORATION has exiled the Salvation Army from its doors this year, and the Army will lose approximately $9 million in donations as a result. Many emails of protest have flowed into the Target headquarters, all of which have received the reply "Are there no prisons?" Well, not really. Instead they have received a vanilla response about the difficulty in maintaining an exception to the Target policy of non-solicitation.
Wal-Mart has no problem maintaining the Salvation Army as an exception to its general rule of non-solicitation, perhaps because the Salvation Army's mission is so closely tied to the root of the celebration about to begin: The offering of kindness by strangers to a family in need. Perhaps as well the tradition of gift giving on which America's retail sector has grown large and prosperous having its origins in the celebration of Christ's birthday may also have something to do with Wal-Mart's decision, and with the angry reaction of former Target shoppers.
There is still time for target to reverse its decision which, but for stubbornness of executives, would have been reversed last week as the backlash began and grew. Emails encouraging that change of heart may play the ghost of Christmas future in this update of Dickens's story. They should be directed to guest.relations@target.com. Link
I am on the fence about old names. I know they are outdated to some.
We are expecting a niece in a week and my two favorite possible names are Olivia (after the dearest great aunt in the world) and Salome (pronounce Sal-o-may) a name that has been used in our family since the early 1700's.
I love them both. An old name can be a bugger when you are a kid (mine is very old-fashioned) BUT, if you can tell the child about who the were named for, it makes it something that can be worn with pride.
We use checks to donate to Sallie: the kettle guys don't give receipts.
Actually several "old names" are in again...like Grace, Lillian, Mabel - all kinda chic today. I love the name Olivia but have never known or heard of anyone named Salome...would there be a nickname for that, like Sally?
Re; Christmas lites etc, I recommend reading John Grisholms book, Skipping Christmas. He wrote it last year and it is out in paperback this year. Not a long book, easy to read and very, very funny.
Hollywood has made a movie out of it and call it "Christmas with the Cranks" and changed all the good parts of the book...
Check out post #32 on this thread JOKES FOR THE TROOPS..
Slick is dreaming of moving to Ireland again...some think he wants Kofi's job...LINK
A baby naming book I once read said to pick a name that your offspring would be comfortable with their whole life, not something trendy that would not wear well in a nursing home; the examples they gave at that time, again long ago, were Tiffany and Debbie...(examples of not appropriate names to last a long life)
Can this be the same man?
He checked into a clinic in Austria in September and doctors suspect poisoning or some other chemical attack. From his appearance and the description of his symptoms, it's really a miracle he survived.
For some reason, Salome was very popular in Austria in the 17-1800's (go figure). From the geneology and tombstones, we see several coming down through the generations.
My SIL and I agree that we hate shortened names. Her sister is really into "Call her Cassandra and we can call her Cassie, or call her Margaret and we can call her Maggie!" which causes steam to come out of SIL's ears ;)
If my name had been shortened, I would have grown up Essie Lou. Thank God my mother put her foot down! :)
What's brown & black, and would look great on Hillary?
A rottweiler.
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Thanks for the links - good stuff.
Re: Yushchenko - Wow, that's an incredible change in appearance. It will be interesting if they discover the cause.
That baby name site is hilarious. My neighbors named their daughters Mikita (like the power tools), Anda (or is that "and, um ...") and Raven (the fairest and blondest of them all). They also still have their Kerry/Edwards sign in the front yard. Say no more, say no more ...
Sly?
Can't ... stop... laughing...
Wondering if he'll live through another vote and then to his swearing in should all this mess be straighten out.
There was a a thread with speculations about the kinds of poisons that could have caused Yushchenko's condition. Scary stuff.
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