Grateful Dead

For the 4 years that I've worked in this little town near the Smoky Mtns, a group of folks have had a weekly war protest going on. Rain, snow, or ultra-radiant shine, they are out there on Thurs at lunch time, with signs (e.g. Pro-troops, Anti-war!), the occasional VFW hat, and smiles on their faces. The telling part: my guess is that their avg age is on the north side of 65...NOBODY under 50. As this coincides with my payday run to the bank, I drive by most Thursdays, toot the horn, flash a peace sign, and feel like a complete slug and hypocrite for not being out there with them. God bless them though, they are keeping the spirit alive, and reminding us that yes, there is still a war or two going on....

have the cookies?....heeheeee

cuz you win a stay in a suite! :-) Would be great if it included a suite with a room full of cookies, eh Johnman?********************************** By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. Mark Twain

sweepstakes....ok....i get it.....of course, if ya actually win, i 'spose ya could call it "sweet"stakes..heeheeee

The sweepstakes that Madison Square garden is having where you can win a luxury suiet for 8 at the concert of you choice at MSG... The entry form is here: http://www.msg.com/contests/music-fridays

but, what is a suitestake?

Is going to be playing a GD concert on tv this friday at 11.. found a preview here.. http://video.msg.com/Home/This-Week-on-Music-Fridays-8 I hope they ask the suitestakes question about this show cause that all i'm gonna watch and i would love to win free tickets to the show of my choice at Madison Square Garden http://www.msg.com/contests/music-fridays

have not lived together for over 10 years.....due to irreconcilable similarities......perfect marriage!

Everybody wants to stake out turf on the marriage issue.

You've just expressed a point I've made a number of times. The state should get out of the marriage business! Anyone should be able to have a legal union with whomever they choose. Marriage is another matter which is between the persons involved to determine in conjunction with their religious community (if they have one!) My wife of 14 years and I lived together for over 2 years before we were married in a Christian ceremony (which was very important to both of us). The reason was because she was not legally divorced from her first husband because he was an abusive asshole and she was afraid for him to find out where she was! We had committed to each other and considered ourselves "married" before this was officially recognized by the state. This of course meant that previous to our official marriage we had no legal rights or protection. It was not the state's place to determine whether we were "married" or not!