Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. Dec. 29-30, 2003

12-29-03 | JustAmy, St.Louie1 and Mama_Bear

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12-29-03



There were two posts yesterday that I'm bringing to today. Does anyone have any comments?




Has anyone tried this new flavored soda? If not, will you try it, if you can find it?

[JustAmy]

'Tis also the season movie critics reflect on the year's films. In that spirit, here are ten films my wife and I enjoyed in 2003 and recommended to friends. This a personal selection listed alphabetically and not intended to be predictive of future success in film contests, like the Oscars. Some films may not be listed simply because we have yet to see them.

Finding Nemo
Girl With A Pearl Earing
Hours, The
House of Sand and Fog, The
Master and Commander

Seabiscuit
Spellbound
Swimming Pool
Whale Rider
Winged Migration

I wonder what your comments or, better, your choices, would be? In other words, what are your recommendations?

Incidentally, we found Cold Mountain (the film, not the book) to be the most disappointing of the current crop.


282 posted on 12/28/2003 11:23:42 AM PST by OESY

[JustAmy]

Children's Party
Ogden Nash

May I join you in the doghouse, Rover?
I wish to retire till the party's over.
Since three o'clock I've done my best
To entertain each tiny guest.

My conscience now I've left behind me,
And if they want me, let them find me.
I blew their bubbles, I sailed their boats,
I kept them from each other's throats.

I told them tales of magic lands,
I took them out to wash their hands.
I sorted their rubbers and tied their laces,
I wiped their noses and dried their faces.

Of similarities there's lots
Twixt tiny tots and Hottentots.
I've earned repose to heal the ravages
Of these angelic-looking savages.

Oh, progeny playing by itself
Is a lonely little elf,
But progeny in roistering batches
Would drive St. francis from here to Natchez.

Shunned are the games a parent proposes,
They prefer to squirt each other with hoses,
Their playmates are their natural foemen
And they like to poke each other's abdomen.

Their joy needs another woe's to cushion it,
Say a puddle, and someone littler to push in it.
They observe with glee the ballistic results
Of ice cream with spoons for catapults,

And inform the assembly with tears and glares
That everyone's presents are better than theirs.
Oh, little women and little men,
Someday I hope to love you again,

But not till after the party's over,
So give me the key to the doghouse, Rover

[visualops]

Thanks for the ping. I'm not usually up this late lol

Movies..We don't get to the movie theatre much, too expensive.
We did all go see Return of the King in the theatre though. That was a big screen must see, as were the first 2 LOTR films.

[JustAmy]

Thank for your comments.

WE don't go to the movies either. Once in a while we do see a pay for view. I read and I spend waaaay too much time on FR. LOL

[JustAmy]

Happy New Year from the Swinging Cats at Amy's Place.

[Dubya]

Murphy's Laws Of Combat

Friendly fire - isn't.

Recoilless rifles - aren't.

Suppressive fires - won't.

You are not Superman; Marines and fighter pilots take note.

A sucking chest wound is Nature's way of telling you to slow down.

If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.

Try to look unimportant; the enemy may be low on ammo and not want to waste a bullet on you.

If at first you don't succeed, call in an airstrike.

The enemy attacks on two ocasions: when he's ready and when your not

If you are forward of your position, your artillery will fall short

All 5 second grenade fuses burn down in 3 seconds

Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself.

Never go to bed with anyone crazier than yourself.

When your attack is going really well, its an ambush

Never forget that your weapon was made by the lowest bidder.

If your attack is going really well, it's an ambush.

The enemy diversion you're ignoring is their main attack.

The enemy invariably attacks on two occasions: when they're ready. & when you're not.

No OPLAN ever survives initial contact.

There is no such thing as a perfect plan.

Five second fuzes always burn three seconds.

There is no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole.

A retreating enemy is probably just falling back and regrouping.

The important things are always simple; the simple are always hard.

The easy way is always mined.

Teamwork is essential; it gives the enemy other people to shoot at.

Don't look conspicuous; it draws fire. For this reason, it is not at all uncommon for aircraft carriers to be known as bomb magnets.

Never draw fire; it irritates everyone around you.

If you are short of everything but the enemy, you are in the combat zone.

When you have secured the area, make sure the enemy knows it too.

Incoming fire has the right of way.

No combat ready unit has ever passed inspection.

No inspection ready unit has ever passed combat.

If the enemy is within range, so are you.

The only thing more accurate than incoming enemy fire is incoming friendly fire.

Things which must be shipped together as a set, aren't.

Things that must work together, can't be carried to the field that way.

Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support.

Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and especially during both.

Anything you do can get you killed, including nothing.

Make it too tough for the enemy to get in, and you won't be able to get out.

Tracers work both ways.

If you take more than your fair share of objectives, you will get more than your fair share of objectives to take.

When both sides are convinced they're about to lose, they're both right.

Professional soldiers are predictable; the world is full of dangerous amateurs.

Military Intelligence is a contradiction.

Fortify your front; you'll get your rear shot up.

Weather ain't neutral.

If you can't remember, the Claymore is pointed towards you.

Air defense motto: shoot 'em down; sort 'em out on the ground.

'Flies high, it dies; low and slow, it'll go.

The Cavalry doesn't always come to the rescue.

Napalm is an area support weapon.

Mines are equal opportunity weapons.

B-52s are the ultimate close support weapon.

Sniper's motto: reach out and touch someone.

Killing for peace is like screwing for virginity.

The one item you need is always in short supply.

Interchangeable parts aren't.

It's not the one with your name on it; it's the one addressed "to whom it may concern" you've got to think about.

When in doubt, empty your magazine.

The side with the simplest uniforms wins.

Combat will occur on the ground between two adjoining maps.

If you can keep your head while those around you are losing theirs, you may have misjudged the situation.

If two things are required to make something work, they will never be shipped together.

Anything you do can get you shot, including nothing.

Whenever you lose contact with the enemy, look behind you.

The most dangerous thing in the combat zone is an officer with a map.

The quartermaster has only two sizes, too large and too small.

If you really need an officer in a hurry, take a nap.

There is nothing more satisfying than having someone take a shot at you, and miss.

If your sergeant can see you, so can the enemy.

You'll only remember your hand grenades when the sound is too close to use them.

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

Well .. It could be worse: It could be raining .. and we could be out in it.

So he said, "Cheer up: it could be worse!" So we cheered up. And it got worse.

The side with the simplest uniform wins...

The spare batteries for the PRC-whatever your troops have been carrying are either nearly dead or for the wrong radio.

The ping you heard was the antenna snapping off at 6 inches above the flexmount, while a fire mission was being called in on a battalion of hostiles who know your position.

Why is it the CO sticks his head in your radio hooch to see if anything has come down from DIV when you are listening to the VOA broadcasting the baseball games?

How come you are on one frequency when everyone else is on another?

Why does your 500-watt VRC-26 (real old) not make it across 200 miles while a ham with 50 watts on the same MARS frequency can be heard from Stateside?

Know why short RTOs have long whips on their radios? So someone can find them when they step in deep water.

The enemy "Alway's" times his attack, to the second you drop your pant's in the Latrine!!

The ammo you need "NOW"!! is on the "Next" airdrop!!

[jkphoto]

I had to take the image into PhotoShop and enlarge it because I didn't believe what I thought it said. Yes, It really says "Turkey & Gravy Soda". Is this for real?

I do have one comment . . . GGGGGAAAAAGGGGG!

If not, will you try it, if you can find it?

NO!!!

I like turkey, I like gravy and I like soda . . . but together . . . NO THANKS!

[Dubya]

A man walks up to the Marine guard at the White House front gate and asked to see President Clinton. The guard says "Sorry sir but Clinton is no longer president."

The man comes back the next day and again approaches the same guard and asks to see President Clinton. Again the guard says "Sir, Clinton is no longer president." The man leaves but comes back the third day and again asked to see President Clinton.

The guard says "Sir...you have been here three days in a row asking to see President Clinton...and I have told you each time that Clinton is no longer president...what gives?"

The man says "I know... I just like hearing it."

[Dubya]

Locked Out

Two Washington politicians had locked themselves out of their car, and unfortunately some important papers they needed for a meeting were inside. "Let's use a coat hanger to pull up the lock," suggested the first.

"Oh, no," argued the second. "Someone might see us and think we were trying to break in."

"Then we could use my pocketknife to cut away the rubber around the window and stick our fingers through to pull up the lock."

"No, no! People would think we're too stupid to know how to use a coat hanger to open cars."

"Well, we'd better do something fast. The top's down and it's starting to rain."

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody ! Happy Monday !

Man ! Just ~68 hours 27 minutes until the new year ! ...

Have a cup while you Freep !

[MeekOneGOP]

Ew ! If I want Turkey and Gravy, I'll take some from the kitchen table ...

Not out of the bottle !

I heard about that a while back and it just sounds awful to me. Of course, I'm probably not a good survey candidate because about 20 years ago, I pretty much stopped drinking any of them. I might drink 3-5 soft drinks a years MAX, maybe.

[Dubya]

The goodness and mercy of the Lord reaches from everlasting to everlasting.
We are to always keep in mind that God loves us and wishes for our Joy to
be full. He promises to strengthen us when we are weak and to lift us up
when we are feeling low. Such great love is not deserved, but thankfully
still is offered to all who will receive. Rejoice and know that God is
with you and in your prayers, I encourage you to be quick to show your
thankfulness for God's provision over your life. (Psalm 103:8-17)

I hope today's message encourages you to be in constant communication with
the Lord sharing with Him all that is on your heart.


THE POWER OF A LITTLE PRAYER

It was the end of a great day! My wife and I were on our way home. It was
about midnight. We were both relaxed and enjoying the ride on a clear
autumn night. I was driving our 1999 Mazda 626 down the highway and was
preparing to exit onto a major 4 lane road.

Sarah and I frequently pray as we travel, especially at night. We were
both in a reflective mood and decided to pray about half way home. I had
already finished praying to God. Sarah was still talking to Him as we
started up the long exit ramp. She was asking Him for His protection on
all her family who were also traveling home that evening. Little did she
know we were about to become the recipients of that very protection.

We both were watching the traffic light as we got about half way up the
ramp. It was solid green. There were no vehicles in front of us so we
simply rolled into the intersection at about 30 MPH, to make the sweeping
left turn onto the other road.

As we entered the intersection we saw a flash of light to our left and
instantly heard a loud crash and felt a jarring impact. Our bodies were
thrown to the right, then whipped back immediately to an upright position.
I felt a sharp blow to my lower side and back as our car stopped dead in
the intersection. It felt like somebody had hit me full force with a
baseball bat. I just sat there, dazed and moaning. I could not believe
what had just happened.

I heard my wife asking me if I was OK. I told her my back hurt but
otherwise I seemed to be alright. I asked if she was injured, expecting
an answer involving neck pain. Praise God she was completely unhurt! I
then realized that I did not have any neck trauma either. In spite of
being violently slammed sideways we had no obvious injuries to our necks.

The paramedics checked me over in the car then helped me out the passenger
side because the drivers side was crushed shut. They checked me out in the
ambulance and said I was OK except for some possible bruised ribs where the
side impact door beam hit me in the back. I didn't even have to go to the
hospital.

Our car had to be towed away, (it had almost $10,000 damage), but we
walked away! Amazingly, the 3 teenagers in the Blazer that hit us were also
completely unharmed. The speed limit was 45 MPH on that road and the
driver said she had a green light, so she would not have been slowing down
before she hit us broadside in the intersection. There is no reasonable
explanation for the lack of serious injuries for all of us, unless we
believe in miracles! We do!

There are a lot of things that don't make any sense about this whole thing.
Looking back on the accident, and observing the damage to the vehicles,
there are many things that I simply don't understand. This all should have
been much worse!

What I do know is this. Jesus saves...in more ways than one! Jesus heard
my wife's prayer for protection. He put an angel between the two vehicles
to absorb the majority of the energy that would have sent some of us to the
hospital with major injuries. His intervention saved lives that night. I
walked away from an accident that other people, at other times, never did.
Why? I can't answer that question.

I don't know the mind of God and why He chooses to save one and not another
at any given time. What I do know is that God is good all the time...and
all the time God is good! His goodness and love never changes. He allows
nothing bad to happen that is not ultimately for some good. He has a
purpose for each and every one of us, and maybe we don't always understand
it, but there is a reason for all things, good and bad, in our lives.

I don't know why He chose to spare me and my wife this time, but we are
very thankful that He did. He also extended His mercy to the 3 teens that
we didn't even know and spared them too. I don't claim to know all the
answers. All I can testify to is the fact that at the time of impact my
wife was talking to God and asking for His protection, and we all walked
away from this wreck with no serious injuries. The facts speak for
themselves! What more can I say?

Thank you Jesus!

By Tony Kessen


Read and meditate on these scriptures:

Psalm 91:1-4 "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall
abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, He is my
refuge and my fortress: my God; in Him will I trust. Surely He shall
deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence.
He shall cover thee with His feathers, and under His wings shalt thou
trust: His truth shall be thy shield and buckler."

Psalm 34:4-8 "I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from
all my fears. They looked unto Him, and were lightened: and their faces
were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved
him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about
them that fear Him, and delivereth them. O taste and see that the LORD is
good: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him."

Psalm 91:14-16 "Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I
deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known My name. He
shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him, and honour him. With long life will I satisfy him,
and shew him My salvation."

[Dubya]

The Power Of Habit


I am your constant companion.
I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden.
I will push you onward or drag you down to failure.
I am completely at your command.

Half the things you do you might as well turn over to me,
And I will be able to do them quickly and correctly.
I am easily managed; you must merely be firm with me.
Show me exactly how you want something done,
And after a few lessons I will do it automatically.

I am the servant of all great individuals
And, alas, of all failures as well.
Those who are great I have made great
Those who are failures I have made failures.

I am not a machine,
Though I work with all the precision of a machine
Plus the intelligence of a human being.
You may run me for profit or run me for ruin;
It makes no difference to me.

Take me, train me, be firm with me,
And I will put the world at your feet
Be easy with me, and I will destroy you.

Who am I? I am habit!


Author Unknown

[The Mayor]

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 5:3

Happiness depends on what you are, not on what you have.

[The Mayor]

December 29, 2003

The Pursuit Of Happiness

Read: Matthew 5:1-10

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. —Matthew 5:3

Bible In One Year: Revelation 13-15

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Everyone is looking for happiness, and people follow many avenues trying to find it. They look for it in money, parties, self-improvement programs, fancy cars, luxurious homes, or promoting a cause.

That's the wrong list. The right one is found in Matthew 5. Jesus taught us that deep and lasting happiness comes from being right with God. He said we are blessed, or happy, when we are:

• Poor in spirit—recognizing our desperate need for God.
  
• Mourning—realizing the awfulness of sin and being genuinely sorry for it.
  
• Meek—demonstrating self-control, even when we are mistreated.
  
• Hungry and thirsty for righteousness—longing to be holy and pure.
  
• Merciful—showing mercy to others, just as God shows mercy to us.
  
• Pure in heart—being singleminded and sincere in our devotion to Christ.
  
• Peacemakers—sharing the peace Christ offers, and promoting peace with one another.
  
• Persecuted—being willing to suffer for Jesus' sake.

Looking for happiness? Follow Jesus' way. —Dave Branon

Happy are they who love the Lord,
Whose hearts have Christ confessed,
Who by His cross have found their life,
Beneath His yoke their rest. —Bridges

Happiness depends on what you are, not on what you have.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the poems, JustAmy!

[Calpernia]

Goodmorning to Potpourri!

[ST.LOUIE1]

Has anyone tried this new flavored soda?
If not, will you try it, if you can find it?

Not me. LOL

Morning, (((((((Sis))))))))

: )