When your day is long
And the night
The night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough
Of this life
Well hang on
Don't let yourself go
'Cause everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes

Less amusing is the fact that, if you consider what Putin would most want in the middle of this crisis, shutting down travel to/from Europe would be a good move for the US to make from his perspective. Putin does not care about Trump or us or the US. He cares about the Saudis drowning him in his ow...

This is the Russia stuff I was following....oil war with the Saudis

Like a warrior that fights and wins the battle
I know the taste of victory
Though I went through some nights consumed by the shadows
I was crippled emotionally

I AM SO PROUD OF THEM! Who? Well the school board. They really impressed me. I have copied and pasted part of their email about kids in need: Parents, During the next two weeks, we want to make sure our students, especially those who qualify for free or reduced lunch, have access to meals. To that e...

and here... Everybody's Free by Baz Luhrmann Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97 Wear sunscreen If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it A long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists Whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliab...

There's some truth here.

I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
And the touch of a world that is older
Turn the switch and check the number
Leave it on when in bed I slumber
I hear the rhythms of the music
I buy the product and never use it
I hear the talking of the dj
Can't understand just what does he say?

The main question for me is where to draw the line between hype and head-in-the-sand. :( On the one hand nobody wants to see this thing wreak havoc and kill people... :cry: On the other hand over-reacting can cause horrible things too. :headslap: At church our friend, who is a GP, made an effort to ...

Schools are out for two weeks at least. 1 student was tested and that is the reaction of the school board. They are supposed to do online work, but many do not have internet at home. I know we will be buying "tokens" for more data to accommodate this since we use satellite internet at home...

I do. we work jobs as they come in...we build engines 3 or 4 at a time so there are various jobs that can take 1 day or a minute.

I am constantly busy from start to finish and never catch up.

They're pickin' up the prisoners
And puttin 'em in a pen
And all she wants to do is dance, dance
Rebels been rebels
Since I don't know when
And all she wants to do is dance

From my own point of view, that of a 50 something, white, male, Protestant, Christian, Fundamentalist I can only say that I personally would have just made the people the best cake I could with all the love in the world because I am going to see these people as someone Jesus saw as worth dying for. ...

1985....Lifeboat ....Satire by Steve Taylor

I would go along with that test, but I could see it growing into a "Values Clarification" test or a purity test.