Two Things That Never Change: God & Math.: October 2007

I'm French Canadian and I think this is awesome.:)

Back when Colin Powell was Sec of State he was being interviewed in England by a group of international reporters when a French reporter asked him: "Does America expect to retain control of any of the territory you have conquered recently?"

Powell slowly responded with: "Yes. We will surely retain control of some territory. It will be like the territory we retained in France after World War II. If you will check you will see that we retained an area of about six feet by three ft for each American lost in France who is buried there."

Dead silence.
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Then there was 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 intend 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 de ck.. We have eleven such ships; how many does France have?"

Once again, dead silence.

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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 hear a pin drop!

Moonlight walks on the oregon coast...

MY SISTER'S ENGAGED! Tara, that is, not Anna. har har har har harrrrrrrrrr....since only like...4 people I know of read this...lame. Anyways, here's some Keith Urban sweetness to start the week off right.

Everybody needs somebody:
So here you are now, nowhere to turn
It's just the same old yesterday
And you made a promise to yourself
That you were never gonna be this way
And the only thing that you've ever known is to run
So you keep on driving faster into the sun

Cause everybody needs somebody sometimes
Yeah, everybody needs somebody sometimes

Don't have to find your own way out
You gotta voice, let it be heard
Just when it feels you're on a dead end road
There's always somewhere left to turn

So don't give up now
You're so close to a brand new day
Yes, you are and if you just can bear to be alone
I'll stay

Well, maybe I been too caught up to see
What you've been going through and all that I can say is

everybody needs somebody sometimes
Yeah, everybody needs somebody sometimes
Everybody needs somebody sometimes
A little left to save
Everybody needs somebody sometimes
Gotta have someone beside you

Everybody, everybody needs somebody sometimes

Wide Open Spaces

S.A.D.=Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression most often associated with the lack of daylight in extreme northern and southern latitudes from the late fall to the early spring. I believe it, I have it right now actually. My mom the Christian psychologist diagnosed me last fall when I was moody and discontent around this time of the year.
For liking rain it's sure affecting my moods lately. I'm antsy and irritable. Granted those are also the signs of rabies and mad cow disease, but I'm pretty sure those are not my issue. Exercise usually works for me, but with my pulled tendon in my foot it's hard to do that to the greatest extent of my capabilities. The things that help are, of course riding in a car, summer music, and rehashing embarrassing/wonderful memories. It also doesn't hurt to find your favorite man and let him tell you how pretty ya are. Psalms and Proverbs work wonders on a persons mental state as well.
I have something I must get over. I've got to stop living in the past. If I'm enjoying a summer day it makes me miss a summer day from two years ago. If I'm sitting on campus on a fall day it makes me miss sitting on a beach in Hawaii. The only thing I am good at getting over now is the short-lived friendships I've experienced so many times...Those were given to me to give me memories, like ice cream for the soul...yet still I wonder: How am I so discontent? I donno, but I do know that if I want to live my life to the fullest I gotta start doing something with each day. SO, taking requests on acts to do each day. They can be outrageous, they can be sweet, but I promise if you request them, I'll most likely do them. Just remember I'm a sensitive Christian girl and I'm not gonna do anything mean to anyone. Woo!

Highlights

We went bowling for Mamma's birthday. There were alot more people than what is shown but I knew if I didn't get some of these up soon SOMEONE would have a hissy fit.;)