Not many people know this, but Katie and Ted are huge
Duke basketball fans. A few years ago Duke was having
trouble competing in their conference so Coach K got
the admissions people to lower their standards so he
could sign a great player who wasn't exactly the sharpest
knife in the drawer.
The kid wowed everyone the first semester with his great
basketball skills, but he was flunking all of his classes and
was not eligible to play anymore. Coach K went to the
President of the school and asked that the kid be given a
chance to redeem himself.
The president said ok. That he would give the kid an oral
test consisting of one question. Coach K agreed but added
that the kid was used to performing before a huge crowd of
people in the gym. The president agreed and Coach K
went on local tv pleading with Duke supporters to turn out
in force for the kid's one question exam.
Katie and Ted showed up. The gymnasium was full.
The kid and the president walked to the center of the court.
Everyone was sitting on the edge of their chairs. The ...

My SIL's poetry book was published and on sale today. Exciting
morning. :))) deb

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You might as well hear it.
People are being killed in the world because of your grievances and judgment
in your own personal life.
There is war and national debt because you worry about money.
...You are causing all of it. <<

(from an EA on-line instructor, Februari 1, 2008)

Fragility of life happens when two opposing forces meet that are
mutually exclusive. I can't get the picture of my little dog's face
out of my mind today. So am trying to work this out by writing a
little story.

Went for a late evening walk earlier this week, the first without my
dog. As I tried to order my mind by letting go of the past, I noticed
an animal sitting in an unusual place. I wondered what it was. As I
looked, it walked towards me, confidently, unafraid, and as I thought
that it must be a cat it lifted its face, so I could see it was a
possum. Yet it kept coming towards me, quite un-possum-like, slowly,
not in a scared rush. I quietly waited, and watched. As I remembered
the horror stories people like to tell about them, I took no notice of
these and kept on watching. As I moved one way, the animal stayed
close to me, follwing me a bit then I stopped and walked back again,
several times, it following me constantly.