Oct 2014
Saturday is back
for you and Jack
So hurry and pack
Nothing to lack
Or forget something on a rack
Or in a sack
Eat Big Mac
Get some nicknack
Sleep in a shack
When it is black
Sam
Today is Saturday, Oct. 4,the 276th day of 2014 with 89 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars and Uranus. Evening starsare Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus.
In 1922, Rebecca Felton, a Georgia Democrat, became thefirst woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
A thought for the day:
It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. -- Babe Ruth
QUOTES FOR THE DAY:
Avarice is the vice of declining years.
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Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it liveswithin us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.
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By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respectthat can never excite envy.
George Bancroft
Fortunately,psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfremains a very effective therapist.
Karen Horney
"If you always do what interestsyou, at least one person is pleased."
Katharine Hepburn
"Keep love in yourheart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness tolife that nothing else can bring."
Oscar Wilde
POETRY
Last Night
Michael Broder
Idreamt of making sense,
parts of speech caught up in sheets
and blankets, long strips of fabric
wrapped loosely around shoulders,
goblets, urns, cups with unmatched saucers.
You were there, and the past seemed important,
what was said, what was done,
feelings felt but maybe not expressed,
signs randomly connected
yet vital to what comes next,
to a coming season,
next year's trip to Nauset Beach.
I woke up wanting to read a poem by that name,
and I found one with a lifeguard's chair,
a broken shell, gulls watching egrets,
home an ocean away.
About this poem
"I wanted the poem to enact the dream it purports to recount. If dreamsare wish fulfillment, then this dreamer yearns for some kind of cognitivecoherence. The s ense the dreamer seeks turns out to be nonsense, and yetpoetry finds a way of making it s ensible after all."
-Michael Broder
About Michael Broder
Michael Broder is the author of "This Life Now" (A Midsummer Night'sPress, 2014). He is a freelance writer and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
*
The Academy of American Poets is a nonprofit, mission-driven organization,whose aim is to make poetry available to a wider audience.
(c) 2014 Michael Broder.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate
HEALTH and BEAUTY TIP
Applying Moisturizer
When applying moisturizer as part of your daily routine,make sure not to use it directly around your eyes -- this skin is more likelyto retain fluid, and moisturizer will make the under-eye area appear puffier.But do remember to use some on your neck and throat; skin can become dry there,too.
JOKES
Lawyer Joke
An American attorney had just finished a guest lecture at a lawschool in Italy when an Italian lawyer approached him and asked, "Is ittrue that a person can fall down on a sidewalk in your county and then sue thelandowners for lots of money?"
Told that it was true, the lawyer turned to his partner and started speakingrapidly in Italian. When they stopped, the American attorney asked if theywanted to go to America to practice law.
"No, no," one replied. "We want to go to America and fall downon sidewalks."
Pregnant
Seven months pregnant, my hand on my aching back, I stood inline at the post office for what seemed an eternity.
"Honey," said a woman behind me, "I had back pain during mypregnancy. I was bedridden for four months because my baby was sitting on anerve."
Then the man in front of me piped up....
"You'd better get used to it now. Once those kids get on your nerves, theycan stay there till they're 18."
Parole Board
The Bureau of prisons just announced the release of a serialbank robber who had looted over 30 banks before his capture.
The parole board says he is completely rehabilitated and has found employmentat his home in Prague.
Yes, that is correct...
They were able to right a bad czech.
Quick Funny or not so funny
I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but Icouldn't find any.
Bad Timing
A parish priest, Father O'Brien, was being honored at adinner on the 25th anniversary of his arrival in that parish.
A leading local politician, who was a member of the congregation, was chosen tomake the presentation and give a little speech at the dinner, but he wasdelayed in traffic.
Sooo.....Father O'Briend decides to say his own few words while they await thepolitician's arrival......
"You will understand," he said, "the seal of the confessional,can never be broken. What is confessed in there to me, is never repeated on theoutside. However, I got my first impressions of this parish from the firstconfession I ever heard here.
Realize, please, that I can only hint vaguely about this, but when I came here25 years ago, I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place.
The very first chap who entered my confessional told me how he had stolen atelevision set and, when stopped by the police, had almost murdered theofficer. Further, he told me he had embezzled money from his place of businessand had an affair with his boss's wife. I was appalled. But as the days went onI knew that my people at this congregation were not all like that, and I had,indeed come to, a fine parish full of understanding and loving people."
Just as the priest finished his talk, the politician arrived, apologized forhis tardiness and then started in on his speech.
"I want to thank you all for letting me say a few words this evening inhonor of Father O'Brien. 25 Years is a long time. In fact, when he arrivedhere, I had the honor of being the first confession he heard at thiscongregation."
Now that is bad timing.
Have a very niceSaturday!
for you and Jack
So hurry and pack
Nothing to lack
Or forget something on a rack
Or in a sack
Eat Big Mac
Get some nicknack
Sleep in a shack
When it is black
Sam
Today is Saturday, Oct. 4,the 276th day of 2014 with 89 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars and Uranus. Evening starsare Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus.
In 1922, Rebecca Felton, a Georgia Democrat, became thefirst woman to serve in the U.S. Senate.
A thought for the day:
It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. -- Babe Ruth
QUOTES FOR THE DAY:
Avarice is the vice of declining years.
------------------------
Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it liveswithin us; like virtue and the moral law it is a companion of the soul.
------------------------
By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respectthat can never excite envy.
George Bancroft
Fortunately,psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfremains a very effective therapist.
Karen Horney
"If you always do what interestsyou, at least one person is pleased."
Katharine Hepburn
"Keep love in yourheart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness tolife that nothing else can bring."
Oscar Wilde
POETRY
Last Night
Michael Broder
Idreamt of making sense,
parts of speech caught up in sheets
and blankets, long strips of fabric
wrapped loosely around shoulders,
goblets, urns, cups with unmatched saucers.
You were there, and the past seemed important,
what was said, what was done,
feelings felt but maybe not expressed,
signs randomly connected
yet vital to what comes next,
to a coming season,
next year's trip to Nauset Beach.
I woke up wanting to read a poem by that name,
and I found one with a lifeguard's chair,
a broken shell, gulls watching egrets,
home an ocean away.
About this poem
"I wanted the poem to enact the dream it purports to recount. If dreamsare wish fulfillment, then this dreamer yearns for some kind of cognitivecoherence. The s ense the dreamer seeks turns out to be nonsense, and yetpoetry finds a way of making it s ensible after all."
-Michael Broder
About Michael Broder
Michael Broder is the author of "This Life Now" (A Midsummer Night'sPress, 2014). He is a freelance writer and lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.
*
The Academy of American Poets is a nonprofit, mission-driven organization,whose aim is to make poetry available to a wider audience.
(c) 2014 Michael Broder.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate
HEALTH and BEAUTY TIP
Applying Moisturizer
When applying moisturizer as part of your daily routine,make sure not to use it directly around your eyes -- this skin is more likelyto retain fluid, and moisturizer will make the under-eye area appear puffier.But do remember to use some on your neck and throat; skin can become dry there,too.
JOKES
Lawyer Joke
An American attorney had just finished a guest lecture at a lawschool in Italy when an Italian lawyer approached him and asked, "Is ittrue that a person can fall down on a sidewalk in your county and then sue thelandowners for lots of money?"
Told that it was true, the lawyer turned to his partner and started speakingrapidly in Italian. When they stopped, the American attorney asked if theywanted to go to America to practice law.
"No, no," one replied. "We want to go to America and fall downon sidewalks."
Pregnant
Seven months pregnant, my hand on my aching back, I stood inline at the post office for what seemed an eternity.
"Honey," said a woman behind me, "I had back pain during mypregnancy. I was bedridden for four months because my baby was sitting on anerve."
Then the man in front of me piped up....
"You'd better get used to it now. Once those kids get on your nerves, theycan stay there till they're 18."
Parole Board
The Bureau of prisons just announced the release of a serialbank robber who had looted over 30 banks before his capture.
The parole board says he is completely rehabilitated and has found employmentat his home in Prague.
Yes, that is correct...
They were able to right a bad czech.
Quick Funny or not so funny
I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but Icouldn't find any.
Bad Timing
A parish priest, Father O'Brien, was being honored at adinner on the 25th anniversary of his arrival in that parish.
A leading local politician, who was a member of the congregation, was chosen tomake the presentation and give a little speech at the dinner, but he wasdelayed in traffic.
Sooo.....Father O'Briend decides to say his own few words while they await thepolitician's arrival......
"You will understand," he said, "the seal of the confessional,can never be broken. What is confessed in there to me, is never repeated on theoutside. However, I got my first impressions of this parish from the firstconfession I ever heard here.
Realize, please, that I can only hint vaguely about this, but when I came here25 years ago, I thought I had been assigned to a terrible place.
The very first chap who entered my confessional told me how he had stolen atelevision set and, when stopped by the police, had almost murdered theofficer. Further, he told me he had embezzled money from his place of businessand had an affair with his boss's wife. I was appalled. But as the days went onI knew that my people at this congregation were not all like that, and I had,indeed come to, a fine parish full of understanding and loving people."
Just as the priest finished his talk, the politician arrived, apologized forhis tardiness and then started in on his speech.
"I want to thank you all for letting me say a few words this evening inhonor of Father O'Brien. 25 Years is a long time. In fact, when he arrivedhere, I had the honor of being the first confession he heard at thiscongregation."
Now that is bad timing.
Have a very niceSaturday!
