Pagan Woman's blog: "Life"

Great American comebacks > When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by > the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example > of empire building by George Bush > > He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent many > of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom > beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in > return is enough to bury those that did not return. > > It became very quiet in the room. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ At a conference in France where a number of international engineers were > taking part, including French and American. During a break one of the > French engineers came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the > latest dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft carrier to > Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What does he intended to do, > bomb them?' > > A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our carriers have three > hospitals on board that can treat several hundred people; they are > nuclear powered and can supply emergency electrical power to shore > facilities; they have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000 > people three meals a day, they can produce several thousand gallons of > fresh water from sea water each day, and they carry half a dozen > helicopters for use in transporting victims and injured to and from > their flight deck.. We have eleven s uch ships; how many does France > have?' > > Once again, dead silence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---A U.S Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference that included > Admirals from the U.S. , English, Canadian, Australian and French > navies. At a cocktail reception, he found himself standing with a large > group of officers that included personnel from most of those countries. > Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped their drinks but a > French admiral suddenly complained that, 'whereas Europeans learn many > languages, Americans learn only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that > we always have to speak English in these conferences rather than > speaking French?' > > Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe it's because the > Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans arranged it so you wouldn't have > to speak German' > > You could have heard a pin drop ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE A group of Americans, > retired teachers, recently went to France on a tour. Robert Whiting , an > elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane. > > At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his > carry on. 'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs > officer asked sarcastically. > > Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously. > > 'Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.' > > The American said, 'The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it.' > > > 'Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports on arrival in > France !' > > The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard look. Then he quietly > explained. 'Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach on D-Day in '44 to > help liberate this country, I couldn't find any damn Frenchmen to show > it to.'

RESCUE NEWS! We have had a rare opportunity to assist a local breeder by taking in their ferrets after their decision surrender them to a shelter. Tuesday, March 4th, we received 70 ferrets, the majority of which are in excellent condition. They are fat and healthy with their winter weight. They ALL have thick, gorgeous coats. There are 16 males and 54 females. Surprisingly, they are all socialized with other ferrets. A few of the females were scared and attempted to bite but I'm sure they will calm down quickly when the stress of the move to our shelter is forgotten. All the males were "love bugs" and gave us no trouble when we bathed them, cleaned/treated their ears, and trimmed their nails. The few ferrets that needed medical care were seen by our vet for ear mites, 2 females had vaginal infections, and one little girl that seemed very lethargic was sub-q'd and put on antibiotics. She's making a quick recovery. As with any breeding stock, we have several pregnant females. Now, before you get all excited and start thinking you want to take one of these ladies home, let me say right now that these "mother's to be" will be going to a foster home with previous breeding experience. That foster home has already been decided and the new mommies and kits will get excellent medical care. Also, no ferrets will leave our care without being spayed or neutered and complete vaccinations. Period. We are a rescue and do not condone private breeding. Thank you all for your understanding in this matter. Now, with that said, all of us at the rescue want to thank the following people, businesses and organizations for making this happen. PetSmart for agreeing to pay the vet bills for the spay/neuter of the 70 ferrets Rainbow World Exotics for donating 500 lbs of ferret food (ZuPreem and Mazuri) Petco and their employee's for donations of cages and supplies and their personal time volunteering during the surrender S.O.S. for donating the distemper vaccines Ferret Depot for their donation of crocks and water bottles Girl Scout Troop in Houston for making fleece blankies for EACH ferret Totally Ferret for their donation of ferret food Drs. Foster and Smith for their donation of testing tubes of ADV AND numerous individuals for volunteering their time, money and compassion to help with this surrender but ESPECIALLY Millie Sanders for opening her home and her heart to these little poop monsters

"It has become appallingly clear that our technology has surpassed our humanity" - Albert Einstein I have been studying Albert for a while now...I recently did an internet search to find books that examine this quote. Instead I found IT professionals and programmers using this quote to justify crap that corrupts the meaning of the quote. What do YOU think this quote means when read just by itself?

Been out of the fubar loop for a while. Today is the first day I have gotten on the computer since I came down with the Pneumonia. I had my follow up appointment this morning and had a specialist look at my "vioce box". Looks like I may have a deep dusky voice for the rest of my life. Considering how sick I got I will take that as a blessing. I was coughing with such force I have some scar tissue in my throat that probably wont go away. But I am back and the stronger then ever. Hope to catch up with yall over the next couple of weeks and I hope to continue to meet and greet the quality people of Fubar.

I feel so old sometimes in todays world of technology and convenience. I was brought up in a household where if we had guests we did not take phone calls other then to say~ "We have guests at the moment, I will call you back". We were taught that interacting face to face with people was important. They have given us their time and it should be appreciated and enjoyed to the fullest. I dont answer the phone when I have a guest in my home. I dont keep a cell phone because I find them intrusive and it strikes me offensive to be out with a friend or date and they take a call (and talk lengthy). Dont we ever get to spend time getting to know the person that is in our presence. I still smile when a man (any man) opens the door for me. I don't expect it, but it brings a smile to my face. It gives me comfort when someone takes my hand and we sit in silence. There is no uncomfortable silences for me. Anyway, I am rambling. But it seems that the way we use technology today really robs us of close comfortable relationships. Really getting to know someone.