Hurricane Dolly nears Texas and upgraded to Category I on Tuesday.
Then pretty much fizzled out.
The dying professor who taught Americans how to live, Randy Pausch, passes away from pancreatic cancer on Friday. Two weeks in a row a man under 50 dies. Goes to schedule my husband a physical.
He is survived by his wife Jai & three young children.
Quotes from The Last Lecture :
- "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not
there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to
show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the
people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the OTHER
people!"
- "…when you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's
bothering you to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your
critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care."
- "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
To cut fuel costs schools eye 4 day week. Several small schools around us have had a 4 day week for years.
Two Bens replace movie reviewers Ebert & Roper.
Fishy pedicure anyone ? Mr. Ho in Maryland offers individual pedis with Doctor Fish. If a group pedi is offered the fish ALL nibble on the one with the most dead skin.
JackieW. forumed for years until dipping into the blog world early this year & blogs @ Buried in Legos and Bologna Donuts. She twitters & plurks as Abbreviated. She homeschools in Kansas with a husband, 3 sons, one grandson, 2 dogs, a cat & a herd of Belted Galloway beef cattle.
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I did not know that he had passed away. It makes me sad to see such good people go. This is why it's so hard for me to believe in that man above. I just don't understand.