Have you ever fallen so fast and unexpectly that you didn't even have time to think? Well that happened to me at work today and I fell so hard that I was sure that I had broken a leg or something, anyway after feeling like a plum idiot and glad no one was around to witness what I am sure was a hilarious sight.Thank God I was finally able to get up and Find out that I was able to walk. Thankfully, I think that I only have a badly sprained ankle. My husband, the nurse has been taking very good care of me, elevated pillow, ice pack and pain medicine. Well I should milk this for all its worth, I am getting lots of TLC  here and I want all of my tblog friends to send cards , candy and flowers.

We all have so much to be thankful for.As we approach Thanksgiving Day, I start thanking about all of the many blessings that God has blessed me with and I am truly grateful for my family and friends, also all of my tblog friends that I feel so close to even though we have never met.I want to wish you all a wounderful Thanksgiving. 

We see blessings in different ways and this is through a childs eyes: 

One day a father of a very wealthy family took his son on a trip to
the country with the firm purpose of showing his son how poor people live. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor family. On their return from their trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?" "It was great, Dad." "Did you see how poor people live?" the father asked. "Oh yeah," said the son.

"So, tell me, what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. The son answered: "I saw that we have one dog and they had four. We have a pool that reaches to the middle of our garden and they have a creek that has no end.

We have imported lanterns in our garden and they have the stars at night. Our patio reaches to the front yard and they have the whole horizon. We have a small piece of land to live on and they have fields that go beyond our sight. We have servants who serve us, but they serve others.

We buy our food, but they grow theirs. We have walls around our property to protect us, they have friends to protect them."
The boy's father was speechless. Then his son added, "Thanks, Dad, for showing me how poor we are."

Isn't perspective a wonderful thing? Makes you wonder what would happen if we all gave thanks for everything we have, instead of worrying about what we don't have. Appreciate every single thing you have, especially your friends!


"Life is too short and friends are too few."

If you need some extra money  and who doesn't, e-Campus.com is a site that buys back Used school books and dvd's.

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Click "Sell Textbooks" from anywhere on the site. Enter in up to 10 ISBN's of any books you want to sell at a time and click "Search". We'll tell you if we can buy your books and how much we'll pay for each one, each quote is good for 7 business days.

A used book is considered in good condition even when it contains highlighting, margin notes, or other markings. We try our best to provide supplements like CD's and study guides with our used package listings. Because not all of our used book vendors have the same standards for buybacks, we cannot guarantee that these supplements will be included.

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Used books are considered in good condition even if they contain minimial highlighting or writing. Items listed on our Buyback pages as package editions must arrive with all items intact, or will not be accepted. Books must be generally clean in appearance with no torn pages and with the cover and spine intact.

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DVDs must be in the original packaging, which includes all original inserts. There may be no damage or scratches on the DVD. It must be fully functional.

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"I do not serve what you worship; nor do you serve what I worship. You have your own religion and I have mine."
— The Koran

"The words you speak today should be soft and tender ... for tomorrow you may have to eat them."
— Unknown

“Every man is to be respected as an absolute end in himself; and it is a crime against the dignity that belongs to him as a human being, to use him as a mere means for some external purpose.”
— Immanuel Kant, Prussian geographer and philosopher (1724-1804)

"The highest result of education is tolerance."
— Helen Keller, American social activist, public speaker and author (1880-1968)

"Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves."
— Bonaro Overstreet, American poet and psychologist (1902-1985)

Civilizations should be measured by "the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained."
— W.H. Auden, English poet (1907-1973)

“Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.” 
— Jesse Jackson, American political activist and preacher (b. 1941)

“Animals don't hate, and we're supposed to be better than them.” 
— Elvis Presley, American rock 'n' roll icon (1935-1977)

“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” 
— Jonathan Swift, English satirist (1667-1745)

“The true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.” 
— Ann Landers (Esther Pauline Friedman), American newspaper “advice” columnist (1918-2002)

“Prejudice is the child of ignorance.” 
— William Hazlitt, English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830)

Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
— Jesus (from the Bible, Matthew 22:39)

I ask this question after reading about the man that hated his Ex wife so much that he cut his finger off with  the ring still on it and presented it to her, what a cruel thing to do. You have to think that at one time they had to love each other. I couldn't help but wonder, what happens in a marriage that causes Love to turn into Hate?

He said it was his way of breaking free of her and that he would never marry again.He was charged with assault and Harassment. He stated that he has no regrets and could function fine without the finger.

Tamiflu is the number one drug of choice to be prescribed by doctors for treating the flu, or as a preventive against the flu. The normal side effects were to be expected but now new frightening side effects has emerged that has made the FDA take a second look in order to determine exactly how safe is tamiflu.

Would you be willing to have your legs deliberately broken to gain a few extra inches in height if it would help you get a better job or husband? officials in China are warning their citizens against going through this very painful procedure that has grown in popularity there.

The procedure is called Ilizarov or leg lengthening. It involves having the legs broken and affixed to a frame, then the legs are stretched a little every day. the  bones fuse together to cover the separated area. this procedure can lengthen  height up to 4 ft. or more. It is considered a long term investment in their future.

This procedure was first performed on Dwarfs to help them live a more normal life. I see on the net that it is so popular that other countries like India are even offering it. There is a site with pictures of the apparatus, that was developed By Dr Ilizarov in 1950.

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I would like to apply fore a job as an editor of your paper. I halve a computer, and it has spellcheck, and it wood seam that this is awl I really knead.

I had originally intended too dew this last weak, but then I happened to reed my horoscope in The Times, and it said: "Put on the reigns before you lose control of everything. Of coarse, once I red this, I gnu it wood be better to weight four a more auspicious thyme.

Aye thought at first that maybe I should caul, but then I decided it mite be better to right. I truly believe that I would be a grate editor--know matter watt--rein or shine. Eye wood make accuracy inn spelling the mane ingredient of my editorial rain. Just to prove my hart is in the rite place, I maid sure this letter was perfect--I ran it threw Spellcheck.

I really due wont this job, and I no I could bee a reel asset, butt if yew don't higher mi, I won't whale.

 Today is International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day, so please send this message to someone you think fits this description. Please do not send it back to me as I have already received it from a Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman! And remember this motto to live by: Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" Have a wonderful day !
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To the Girls !!

Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission.
 -Eleanor Roosevelt- 
 
  I'm not going to vacuum 'til Sears makes one you can ride on.
 -Roseanne Barr-
If you can't be a good example -- then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.
 -Catherine

Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.
 -Caryn Leschen-

I had not planned on posting anything else until I came back from the funeral but after reading alienflee's blog I had to share it. Even though he is homeless he took the time to write several six word stories and I Wanted to share them with you.

I am getting ready to go to my second funeral in less then a month. This time my husbands sister has died so we are getting ready to go to Ohio.We will be leaving on Wednesday and coming back on Sunday night.

My husband and his sister were very close, I could hear them laughing and talking on the phone together at least two or three times a week. he comes from a large family of eight kids .She is the first of the children to die.He is taking it pretty hard so Please say a prayer for those that pray and others we always say think good thoughts.

I have never been that close with my own family, I sometimes envy peiole that do have that close knit family. If you have that Cherish it and don't take it for granted.

How would you like to go to the prom and find out later that your date was 30 years old. When this story first came out It was called The Girl who refused to grow up. She was abused for years by her father. She finally reportrd the abuse  and was placed in the foster care system.She started developing mental problems from years of abuse and was placed in a mental hospital.When she got out the hospital she enrolled in high school and got her diploma.

After getting her diploma, she took on a new identity. changed her name and started traveling. Everywhere she went she would enroll in high school.Even though she did not have the appropriate papers, the schools always gave her the benifit of the doubt and accepted her as a hard luck case from an abusive  family just trying to get her diploma.She told the same story that her father was a satanist, had killed her mother and raped her.

In 1996 she moved to Washington  and said she was 16 years old, was once again cared for by the foster system.She  enrolled in high school. There she met a young man,he was 16 years old, they hit it off right away.started going steady and he took her to the prom.

Eventually her lies caught up with her.She was charged with theft and perjury.She was also diagnoised with having multiple personality disorder. most people say she was just a con artist, she was sentenced to three years in prison.

I feel sorry for the young man that took her to the prom, can you imagine how he felt when he found out that his date was actually 30 years old.

Can you write a story using only six words, there is a site that invites you to do just that. I have tried to come up with one but no luck yet. Give it a try. Check out short stories on wired .com.

We'll be brief: Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words ("For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") and is said to have called it his best work. So we asked sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from the realms of books, TV, movies, and games to take a shot themselves.  Some examples of stories submitted:&n bsp;   &nb sp;   &nbs p;     ;   

Failed SAT. Lost scholarship. Invented rocket.
- William Shatner

Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer?
- Eileen Gunn

Vacuum collision. Orbits diverge. Farewell, love.
- David Brin

Gown removed carelessly. Head, less so.
- Joss Whedon

Automobile warranty expires. So does engine.
- Stan Lee

Sudden infant death or SID is how it's normally called has caused so much pain and suffering. What a tragedy to put your  Baby down for a nap only to go back and find it dead. This has happened to a friend close to me and to so many others that I have heard about.Usually the parents always blame them selves or they are sometimes under suspicion of doing something to have harmed the baby.New research has been done and a possible cause found.

 An abnormality in the brain stems of babies is likely the biological cause of sudden infant death syndrome.

Researchers are hoping it will lead to a test that can identify newborns at risk of dying in their sleep.

According to Health Canada, three babies die of SIDS every week in this country and the risk seems to be greatest when infants are 2 to 4 months old.

While much is understood about risk factors — exposure to cigarette smoke or sleeping on tummies — until now little was known about the biology of the disease. 

Specifically, they've found abnormalities in nerve cells that make and use serotonin, one of more than 100 chemicals in the brain that transmit messages between nerve cells.

"This confirms there is a biological problem in SIDS, that SIDS is a disease," said David Paterson, a neuroscientist with the Boston hospital and one of the paper's authors.

"That is important for parents who've had ... the horrible experience of having an infant lost to SIDS."

Serotonin regulates everything from mood to breathing. In the brain stem, it helps manage blood pressure and sensitivity to carbon dioxide.

If babies are sleeping on their stomachs, with their faces down or slightly covered by soft blankets, it is believed they breathe in exhaled carbon dioxide.

"The serotonin alarm system, if you like, because it isn't working properly, doesn't detect this or is unable to stimulate the baby to wake up and breathe," Paterson said.

That is why it is so important to make sure infants sleep on their backs, he added.

Of the 31 babies who died of SIDS in this study, 65 per cent were found on their stomach or sides, he noted.