A Texas Girl




A Mexican, an Arab,

and a Texas girl are

in the same bar.




When the Mexican

finishes his beer,

he throws his glass

in the air, pulls out

his pistol, and shoots

the glass to pieces.

He says, 'In Mexico ,

our glasses are so

cheap we don't need

to drink with the same one twice.'




The Arab, obviously

impressed by this,

drinks non-alcohol beer

(cuz he's a muslim!),

throws it into the

air, pulls out his

AK-47, and shoots

the glass to pieces...

He says, 'In the

Arab World, we have

so much sand to make

glasses that we don't

need to drink with

the same one twice either.'




The Texas girl,

cool as a cucumber,

picks up her beer,

downs it in one gulp,

throws the glass into

the air, whips out her

45, and shoots the

Mexican and the Arab.

Catching her glass,

setting it on the bar, and calling for a refill,

she says,

'In Texas ,

we have so many

illegal aliens that

we don't have to

drink with the same ones twice.'

God Bless TEXAS

JJ Cale "Thirteen Days"

Thirteen days on a gig in the south
Thirteen days on a gig in the South.
We've got enough dope to keep us all around
We've got two girls dancin' to bring in a crowd
A sound man to mix us, make us sound loud
Sometimes we make money, sometimes I don't know
There's thirteen days with five to go

There's Birmingham, Mobile, and up to Baton Rouge
We're smokin' cigarettes and reefer, drinkin' coffee and
booze
I saw the sun go down in Atlanta, come up in New Orleans
I got to know a waitress, I tried to get in her jeans
Sometimes we make money, sometimes I don't know
There's thirteen days with five to go

Migrant Worker is the name of this band
If we're ever in your town, come see us if you can
Yeah, we been to New Orleans, we been to New York
Some take to the magazines, some take to dope
Sometimes we make money, sometimes I don't know
Thirteen days with five to go (SOURCE)

The painters of these Feathers are outstanding, but the message below the Feathers, "God's Wings," will touch your heart.

God's Wings

After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage.

One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree.

Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother's wings.

The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise.

She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast....because she had been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live.

'He will cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you will find refuge.' (Psalm 91:4)

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone Special.

To realize the value of a Friend...lose one.

[Source Unknown]

Tiger Rhetoric and Tom Foolery

Learning Project Management through movie industry

Dear Professor and Club mates:

I saw my parents last weekend. They have been running a movie related business, Mom 2 Pop for a decade now... they shut it down. They had 7000 titles in tapes, and a thousand DVD. The business was a rental setup that loaned 50-100 movies to apartment projects each month, paid for by the management company as fringe benefit for its tenants. In the monthly shipment were the "new releases."

I helped inventory many times, and 8000 movies is only a drop in the bucket, of total number worldwide. Also, some new releases in the old days cost $100 just to get them on release date. Each month after release the tape goes down in value. They kept the entire collection old and new movies in storage shelves at one of the apartment sites, and thereby avoided the storefront debacle. Good business idea, eh? But they are retired now.

So they were looking for a suitable place to market, giveaway, or trade all those tapes. Flea markets were okay but sales were just barely enough to cover expenses. Other avenues also proved too negative.

It turns out "Habitat for Humanity" was a very willing organization. Mom donated the tapes all to the charity group "who build those houses," she said. "They have the hardest working people you ever saw."

Is that the saddest or happiest story you have heard this year? What is more lonesome than an old video sitting in storage? Is happiness then in going to a new life donated to earnest people? Movies are not living things; they are dumb, and expendable. You tell me.
[PD\MPW, 12.29.2006]

Report from the Middle :: Blogger \ Jogger

Eighty-seven countries were represented by persons who lost their lives in the attacks on World Trade Center. How human beings respond to challenges identify their benchmarks of strength, and their level of spiritual reach. The more than 2600 souls released from perishing victims of September 11, 2001, left behind survivors. So it seems many regions around the world including the United States have families and establishments who have been facing challenges to make sense from their losses.
Earlier this year my wife and I were in Manhattan and stayed only two blocks from ground zero. We visited the site at night when few are around. It is a yawning hole in the ground with a train station at the bottom. It resembles nothing either of us has ever seen before.
The 9/11 challenge, though well past, has taken strength in millions of survivors to locate what was destroyed; to find solace, security and new strength. I think survivors world-wide want strength because the question is on their minds: What then is the next challenge? For me the challenge is to identify my benchmarks of strength, and release myself for spiritual upgrade. PD