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Father's Day 2011

Father's Day is all about fun and celebrations, therefore jokes and good humor should always be included in the celebrations so that it becomes easier to see that lovely smile on your Father's face. When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. - Mark Twain By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he's wrong.  - Charles Wadsworth   What Is A Dad? A dad is someone who wants to catch you before you fall but instead picks you up, brushes you off, and lets you try again. A dad is someone who wants to keep you from making mistakes but instead lets you find your own way, even though his heart breaks in silence when you get hurt. A dad is someone who holds you when you cry, scolds you when you break the rules, shines...

Happy Valentine to Her and to Him

Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's Saint Valentine's. For that good bishop's sake Get up and let us see What beauty it shall be That Fortune us assigns. ~Michael Drayton Oh, if it be to choose and call thee mine, love, thou art every day my Valentine! ~Thomas Hood Many are the starrs I see, but in my eye no starr like thee. ~English saying used on poesy rings Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand, and Stars, 1939 Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines, Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's Saint Valentine's. For that good bishop's sake Get up and let us see What beauty it shall be That Fortune us assigns. ~Michael Drayton I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby todd...