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Hmm…I've known wise-a$$es and jack-a$$es but a long-a$$ I've never seen. Tayba ji? Lmao!

I once taught a continuing education class in my community and as part of course requirements asked my students to submit a Book Review and a Research Paper. One gentleman, wanted clarification and I said that a Book Review was a short paper and a Research Paper was a long paper. Come submission day, aforementioned gentleman submitted the Book Review on a Letter-sized (8.5 x 11) paper and the Research Paper on a Legal-sized paper (8.5 x 13). I did not know if I wanted to laugh or cry. Lmao! The man serves on the board of directors of a large government agency. Sheesh! No wonder this country is going to the dogs.

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Hi, person above me, hope you feel better. I am sorry about your friend's loss. Hi person above person above me…so you are the husband huh? How are the pants? Still sliding off?

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For staring death square in the face and not being scared! You are my hero. I wish I could take the sickness that you have and give you the health I possess…here is one of your favorites (If you see this, I am glad you chose to join this forum. See you friday).

From the highest of heights to the depths of the sea
Creation's revealing Your majesty
From the colors of fall to the fragrance of spring
Every creature unique in the song that it sings
All exclaiming

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God

Who has told every lightning bolt where it should go
Or seen heavenly storehouses laden with snow
Who imagined the sun and gives source to its light
Yet conceals it to bring us the coolness of night
None can fathom

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
You are amazing God

Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untamable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
Incomparable, unchangeable
You see the depths of my heart and You love me the same
You are amazing God
You are amazing God

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Coconut bras or Cool mobiles? Hmm Finland it is!

Questions or answers?

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Sometimes I do know. Sometimes I do not. Right now I do not really care. Nothing makes sense.

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Vital

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Erm…send us some first and then let's see. Lol!

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True.

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Well I saw her one day
At the corner cafe
Everybody there knew she's a wonder
I sat there all night
Too shy to say
Honey you could keep me from going under

Oh my my when she walks on by
It's hard not to get lost in the view
How can you know if the feeling's a lie
When love comes out of the blue?

North, south, east, west
Up, down, all around and all the rest
I'll go anywhere that she wants me to go
Of all the girls I've loved she's the best
She's the one
Till the dreaming's done

Well I left in the springtime long, long ago
Funny, but I never got to know her
Some people tell me she stayed alone
And if things were different
I'd go and show her

But oh my my, when she walks on by
It's hard not to get lost in the view
How can you know if it's a truth or a lie
When love comes out of the blue?

North, south, east, west
Uptown, downbound, and all the rest
I'll go anywhere that she wants me to go
Of all the girls I've loved she's the best
(She's the one)
Till the dreaming's done

Oh my my when she walks on by
It's hard not to get lost in the view
How can you tell if the feeling's a lie
When loves comes out of the blue?

North, south, east, west
uptown, downtown, and all the rest
I'll go anywhere that she wants me to go
Of all the girls I've loved she's the best
She's the one

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So he drank some, then gave me the rest.

Smart man. Lmao. Sorry you had to be sick in one of the most beautiful places in the world (El Capitan, Bridal Veil Fall, Tioga Road, Olmstead Point, Sierra Lake…Sigh!).

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I quit fighting a lo-hong time ago. So, please don't 'Ninja' me. Go after Alie. Lol!

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Rani ji, I am much better considering the circumstances. My friends however, are still hurting and terrified. So am I. But, I trust in God that He will prevail. Thank you for asking. May your kindness be a reason for a blessing unto you from God.

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Hyper? Sounds like you stand before the percolator and make coffee nervous. I am that way each morning. Do you know that the most expensive coffee sold around here is Yemeni Mocha? Reminds me of you each time I walk past that display.

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Wow! That was a fast reply. Someone had one too many cups of coffee? Lmao!

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I am well Ninja. Thank you for asking. How have you been? Erm…besides the ruined mood.

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Thank you for your kind words of comfort. I am very grateful.

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I know I have been a bit edgy of late. Some even wondered if I was having a male PMS moment. I am very sorry if I have offended anyone. What I share with you is not an excuse, just an explanation, and an attempt to get something off of my chest. If you have no desire to have a crappy day, please skip my rant and move to the next post. This may make you feel miserable.

I first lost a loved one to Cancer when I was a child. My aunt died of Hodgkin's disease and the memory of my grandmother crumpled in the corner like a wet, used, grocery paper-bag is still vivid in my memory as is her wailing.

Three of my friends have cancer, and each found out almost simultaneously. I had barely come to terms with the fact that my beautiful friend AC, single mother of a precocious child was just done with her chemo that left her bald. She found out she was 'Stage Two' almost a year ago. I am yet to recover from our conversation one evening late last year, when she said, 'I cannot live like this, I wish God just took me.' I looked into her eyes and saw no hope. It terrified me. I cannot imagine a life without faith or hope.

Now, I have three friends who are fighting for their lives. It sounds like an exaggeration considering two of them are Stage One, but try saying that to any woman that has just been told that the lump in her bosom is life-threatening. All these women are stunningly beautiful and have amazing personalities. I would gladly give up my entire life in exchange to live just one day of any of their lives because they have such uncommon grace, integrity and honor about them.

The ONCOLOGY sign is seared in my heart and mind. Each time I kneel before the Father and try to pray for my friends, no words come out. Not even a cry of anguish. I know God is not in the business of abandoning His children. He is not a delinquent Sovereign. I know that silence does not mean absence, and that distance does not mean indifference with God. I know deep in my heart that God is watching and God cares. But, I am scared. My family, my friends and my commitment to what I believe God has tasked me to do- this is the only wealth I possess and I feel as if I am being robbed.

I accompanied (since these women are all single and/or separated, my friends and I take turns to accompany them to the hospital so they will not have to endure this alone) one of my friends to the hospital. The nurse gave her a form to fill up, and I saw my friend's hand shaking violently as she struggled to fill up the form. The nurse, an older woman, put her hand over my friend's shoulder and said gently, 'Ask your husband to fill up the form for you.' It took me a moment to realize that she meant me. I quietly reached for my friend's hand took the form and was surprised I knew so much about my friend. I knew her maiden name, her age, her height, the color of her eyes and her hair, her parents' names, her address, her mobile number, her place of work, her medical history (hypertension and diabetes on her mother's side, and epilepsy on her father's side), surgeries (appendicitis)…I only needed help on one question. 'How much do you weigh?' I asked.

My friend stared at my face for a moment and then started to giggle. It took me a while to follow suit. It was not a 'giggling' moment…it was a grotesque moment, but we laughed and giggled right there in that well-furnished room with gorgeous flowers and wonderful art deftly placed under excellent lighting, as if to hide the hideousness of disease and perhaps death or banish it to the shadows. Unfortunately, there are many places in life where dreams go to perish, but I have yet to find a place besides God's presence where death goes to die.

While we were on the escalat

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Hour-glass in Jimmy Choos

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Neither.

House by the lake or House by the sea?

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Call me whatever you want. I do not become the monarch of a nation because someone calls me majesty, any more than I lose myself if someone calls me an idiot. There is a school of psychology that says people tend to reveal more about how they perceive themselves in the way they address others, especially in moments of extreme duress.

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