This is an old, old house that is behind my grandparents house (which is also very old). I have fond memories of playing ball with my siblings in thier backyard. We made up this game where one of use would throw the ball up on the roof and the other person would wait for it to roll back down and hit it back up on the roof for the other person to hit it up there again.
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My Mom and I went to visit my uncle today. He lives in my grandparents old house. It’s an awesome house. They used to have a farm, but sold some of thier land which has been developed. I took some pictures today that I will post this week.
When I was taking pictures of the old red barn I noticed a big, scary looking german sheperd wandering around, checking me out. Right after I snapped this picture he ran around that corner right towards me! It scared the crap out of me! I think I scared him, too because when I yelled he turned and ran the other direction. I guess he was just trying to be friendly 🙂
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Yeah, I BET he’s sorry:
THE Texas lawyer shot by Vice-President Dick Cheney says he’s sorry and he feels lucky.
Despite being hit with up to 200 pieces of buckshot, Harry Whittington says he feels sorry for the man who shot him.
Oy. I don’t know what to think. On the one hand, the guy seems like a wonderful human being for forgiving Cheney for shooting him in the face. But on the other hand, he shouldn’t have to apologize FOR GETTING SHOT.. Right? Or am I just nuts? sigh.
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Okay, this is way beyond out of control:
A Pakistani Muslim cleric and his followers offered rewards amounting to over $1 million for anyone who killed Danish cartoonists who drew caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad that have enraged Muslims worldwide.
The cleric offered the bounty during Friday prayers as Muslim anger against the cartoons flared anew in parts of Asia.
Reading this article struck a nerve, because my husband and brother both dabble in the art of cartooning. Granted, I have not seen these cartoons, but it is disturbing to me that these fundamentalists have gotten so out of control, to the point of wanting to kill the cartoonist, over the expression of one’s opinion via art. It really bothers me. It, obviously, has a chilling effect.
And this is why fundamentalism, of any kind, is bad. It causes people to do crazy things, like commit violence over a cartoonist expressing his opinion, or a christian fundamentalist going out and murdering doctors who perform abortions. I just totally reject any fundamentalism of any kind.
