We looked high and low....
Stan Moffat
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Ran into more friends... who again were most helpful, but still no Austyn.... This is Missy who works with Grandma Moffat... these graphic artists are so wild and unpredictable... and sometimes a bit crazy, like the day Ann said yes to me when I asked her to marry me... but I am glad she was!!
Stan Moffat
Then it was time to line up for the photos to be taken of the winners at the fair... I won "most photos entered" so I got the right to stand in line for about an hour... but it was nice to visit with some folks I didn't know... and renew old acquaintances... Met Mrs. Campbell, who has triplets and is co owner of Campbell Drug, who won on her canning... and Ms. Story, whom I used to sell feed to, who won Grand Champion with her super photo of ospry in virgina... and had the Grand Champion last year with flower and bee... and on and on...
Stan Moffat
Let's say I break into your house.....
A lady wrote the best letter in the Editorials in ages!! It explains
things better than all the balderdash you hear on TV.
Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country
protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of
illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect
its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and,
once here, to stay indefinitely. Let me see if I correctly understand
the thinking behind these protests.
Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me
in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds
and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors; I've
done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest
(except for when I broke into your house).
According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you must
add me to your family's insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide
other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do your yard work
because he too is hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in
part). If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my
friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my
right to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and
I'm just trying to better myself. I'm hard-working and honest, um,
except for well, you know.
And what a deal it is for me!! I live in your house, contributing only a
fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about
it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being
anti-housebreaker. Oh yeah, and I want you to learn my language so you
can communicate with me
Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?! Only in America....
things better than all the balderdash you hear on TV.
Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country
protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of
illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect
its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and,
once here, to stay indefinitely. Let me see if I correctly understand
the thinking behind these protests.
Let's say I break into your house. Let's say that when you discover me
in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds
and washed the dishes and did the laundry and swept the floors; I've
done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest
(except for when I broke into your house).
According to the protesters, not only must you let me stay, you must
add me to your family's insurance plan, educate my kids, and provide
other benefits to me and to my family (my husband will do your yard work
because he too is hard-working and honest, except for that breaking in
part). If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my
friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my
right to be there.
It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and
I'm just trying to better myself. I'm hard-working and honest, um,
except for well, you know.
And what a deal it is for me!! I live in your house, contributing only a
fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about
it without being accused of selfishness, prejudice and being
anti-housebreaker. Oh yeah, and I want you to learn my language so you
can communicate with me
Why can't people see how ridiculous this is?! Only in America....
Friday, September 01, 2006
Good News of the Day:
In shopping malls across the United States a revolution is brewing --inspired by a celebrity basketball player who is taking on the global might of companies such as Nike and Reebok. Star NBA player Stephon Marbury has embarked on a "change-the-world" mission that could transform the economics of the sportswear and sponsorship market. Teaming up with a leading US retailer Marbury is endorsing an NBA-quality basketball training shoe available at the giveaway price of just $14.98! Not only will the fifth-highest salaried player in the league wear these same sneakers during the next season, but he won't take any money for endorsing them!
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Today's Quote
Today's Quote
Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.
-Robert F. Kennedy
Only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly.
-Robert F. Kennedy
We ran out to see if any of my photos won a ribbon or not, and we did not.... sigh.... but, maybe next year...??? We did win what we went after, showing the most wins a Family Portrait.. so we did, and I have to get my pic in the paper for having the most photos entered... anyway... we will do this in the spring of 2007 so we can have our newest grandbaby in the photo too.... yeah haw...
Stan Moffat
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
for the history of it...
Just a quick note to the kiddos...
Gene Hauf, who is owner of Hauf Auto Supply/Salvage next door to the studio and with whom I have been friends with since we moved to Stillwater, recently told me about how he used to ride his bike as a kid out to the old airport hangers on our land and they would climb up in the rafters and catch the pigeons ... and he lived in Stillwater, I think he said on Ramsey Street! He also said another great source for photos of the old airport would be the old shoe cobbler... who's name escapes me now, but he has passed away and his daughter now lives in his home... they lived across the street from where orville boyer used to live.. Gene said if he remembers right, there are tons of photos of the way it was back then... all I know for now.. this is also to remind me to follow up on this too.. haha... later.. just some FYI stuff...
Gene Hauf, who is owner of Hauf Auto Supply/Salvage next door to the studio and with whom I have been friends with since we moved to Stillwater, recently told me about how he used to ride his bike as a kid out to the old airport hangers on our land and they would climb up in the rafters and catch the pigeons ... and he lived in Stillwater, I think he said on Ramsey Street! He also said another great source for photos of the old airport would be the old shoe cobbler... who's name escapes me now, but he has passed away and his daughter now lives in his home... they lived across the street from where orville boyer used to live.. Gene said if he remembers right, there are tons of photos of the way it was back then... all I know for now.. this is also to remind me to follow up on this too.. haha... later.. just some FYI stuff...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Silence is not just not talking
Silence is not just not talking. It's a void. It's a place where all things come from. All voices, all creation comes out of this silence. So when you're standing on the edge of silence, you hear things you've never heard before, and you hear things in ways you've never heard them before. --John Francis
Monday, August 28, 2006
jakes addresses on web
Jakes blog is at http://www.jacobmoffat.blogspot.com/
and his photos are at http://jakemoffat.dotphoto.com
just copy address and paste and click to go there.
and his photos are at http://jakemoffat.dotphoto.com
just copy address and paste and click to go there.
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