The FReeper Foxhole Revisits The Battle for Tarawa (11/20-23/1943) Nov. 20th, 2006

http://history.acusd.edu/gen/WW2Timeline/CRAIGE/tarawa.html ^ | Professor Dirk A. Ballendorf

[Professional Engineer]

Good thing you already got tires for Christmas...

[Peanut Gallery]

That just screams "Ramon was here."

(Ramon from the movie CARS.)

[Soaring Feather]

HOLIDAY EATING TIPS


1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Christmas spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls.


2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly; it's rare. You can't find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas!


3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat.


4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission.


5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Christmas party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello?


6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog.


7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa, position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the centre of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again.


8. Same for pies. Apple, Pumpkin. Mincemeat, have a slice of each. Or if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert? Labor Day?


9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories, but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards.


10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-read tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember this motto to live by:

"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"

Have a great holiday season!

[Professional Engineer]

Just the thing for Bittygirl.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=iRBBhxJXZNU

[Soaring Feather]

ROTFLOL!

[snippy_about_it]

LOL. We can all use one.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

[alfa6]

Greetings all and one, things have been a wee bit hectic here at the alfa6 domicile the last few weeks. Lots of unscheduled O/T at work and a few minor computer problems have kept me tied up a wee bit.

The situation at work is best described by this cartoon from Wiley's Non-Sequitur strip back on 11/29 of this year.

Y'all have a great day, I am going to enjoy my half a day off, I think, and try to get the last wee bit of Christmas shopping done before I get called into work tonight.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[alfa6]

Here is a double Flag-O-Gram that I thought would interest folks. STS-116 Diacovery captured 13 seconds into flights and a nice pic of Mission Specialist Joan Higginbotham.

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[The Mayor]

December 18, 2006

Learning To Lament

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READ: Lamentations 3:19-27

This I recall to my mind, therefore I have hope. —Lamentations 3:21

On February 14, 1884, Theodore Roosevelt’s wife, Alice, died giving birth to their daughter, also named Alice. Roosevelt was so distraught with the loss of his wife that he never spoke of her again. But reminders of her absence haunted the family. Because the newborn had the same name as her mother, she was called “Sister”—never Alice. On Valentine’s Day, the holiday for sweethearts, few in the Roosevelt household felt inclined to celebrate it or Sister’s birthday. Broken hearts made moods strained and stoic.

Burying our feelings doesn’t help, but prayerful grieving can. Jeremiah’s heart was broken by Israel’s disobedience and the Babylonian captivity that followed. Memories of Jerusalem’s destruction haunted him (Lam. 1–2). Yet he had learned how to lament. He identified what caused him grief, began to pray, and let his tears flow. Soon his focus shifted from his loss to the steadfast grace of the Lord’s provision. “Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (3:22-23). Grief gave way to thankfulness.

Learning to lament can give us a fresh vision of hope and begin the process of healing and restoration. —Dennis Fisher

I have been through the valley of weeping,
The valley of sorrow and pain;
But the God of all comfort was with me,
At hand to uphold and sustain.  —Anon.

Grief is itself a medicine.  —Cowper

Bible in One Year:  Obadiah; Revelation 9

[Soaring Feather]

GM, alfa, great pictures today!

[Soaring Feather]

GM, Mayor.

[The Mayor]

Hello Miss Feather! Merry Christmas.

[Samwise]

LOL. I'll have to send that to hubby.

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You, Mayor and Merry Christmas to you and yours.

[Peanut Gallery]

ROFL!!!

[Peanut Gallery]

Great photos! Have fun shopping :-)

[Professional Engineer]

and a nice pic of Mission Specialist Joan Higginbotham.

You forogot the SpankenTruppen alert. ;-)

[alfa6]

You forogot the SpankenTruppen alert

How thoughtless of me, mayhaps this will make up for it!!!

Regards

alfa6 ;>}

[Professional Engineer]

Nice aircraft