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    Vincit Qui Se Vincit Virgil's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Granny5 View Post
    Here's my boast:
    My hubsand was the first person to break the story that Elvis had died.
    He was working in radio news in Memphis at the time and received a tip
    from a nurse at Baptist Hospital that Elvis had died. It wasn't a story he
    really enjoyed breaking, but it sure made a name for him in 70's radio news circles. Got a lot of big job offers but declined them so he could move his family back to Arkansas.
    Wow, that is a cool story. Really cool.
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

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    Whooooaa. Shiny.
    Por una cabeza
    Si ella me olvida
    Qué importa perderme
    Mil veces la vida
    Para qué vivir

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    I just wrote a "poem" (are Greek choruses poems? @_@) and I think it's pretty good...only because I've been so inspired...

    But what I'm proud of more is the fact that I recently learned how to play "Having Trouble Sneezing" with two hands (wow) perfectly on my keyboard. So much fun. Easy, though.


    Tomorrow always holds the promise of something new and exciting. I am the Jetsons meet the Flintstones.

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    very cool lily

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    Are you going to post the poem?
    "Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
    W.B.Yeats

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    my poems-please comment Forum Rules

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    I did right here in that old thread with my sonnet: http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=25157

    Thanks!


    Tomorrow always holds the promise of something new and exciting. I am the Jetsons meet the Flintstones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Granny5 View Post
    Here's my boast:
    My hubsand was the first person to break the story that Elvis had died.
    He was working in radio news in Memphis at the time and received a tip
    from a nurse at Baptist Hospital that Elvis had died. It wasn't a story he
    really enjoyed breaking, but it sure made a name for him in 70's radio news circles. Got a lot of big job offers but declined them so he could move his family back to Arkansas.
    wow, can I have your autograph? or your hubbie's?

    Lily Adams, that's a really nice poem!


    here's my latest boast.. well, it's not really a boast, more something to celebrate:
    my Beany Bear (boyfriend) has been invited to a job interview in Berlin. It's a job with a security policy consulting company (er, whatever). They're kinda desperate to find an assistant for one of the bosses, a politics professor.
    There'll be an interview tomorrow at 5 p.m. and an "assessment centre" on Wednesday. He took the train today so he'd have time to prepare.
    I'm so proud of my Beany. After having his applications returned for 6 months, this is a real break. Knock on wood for him! (ouch, leave my head alone!)

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    That's really good news. Good luck to him!
    Will you tell us if he made it?

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    I just got a hundred in all my classes! (except the evil one which will not be mentioned, that which shalt not be name )
    Shall these bones live?

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    Congratulations and celebrations, Baki ...

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    I haven't been here in a while. Great accomplishments all!!
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

    "Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena

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    I ran one mile (1.609 km) in 5 minutes and 32 seconds about two months ago. Improved my previous record by 20 seconds!
    com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity

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    Two plus two is CHICKEN!! Weisinheimer's Avatar
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    great job, Dori!
    Calvin: You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.

    Hobbes: What mood is that?

    Calvin: Last-minute panic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dori View Post
    I ran one mile (1.609 km) in 5 minutes and 32 seconds about two months ago. Improved my previous record by 20 seconds!
    Wow, that is outstanding. Are you on a track team? The best I ever did was 6 minutes even when i was about 21. Breaking six minutes is so hard, and you did it by almost half a minute. Dori are you a gal or a guy, if you don't mind me asking?
    LET THERE BE LIGHT

    "Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena

    My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Virgil View Post
    I haven't been here in a while. Great accomplishments all!!
    staying off-line is an accomplishment SleepyWitch (=internet addict) has yet to achieve!

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