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Written for 60th anniversary of the Normandy Invasion:
D-Day
Seasickness, fear
As the beach draws near
Overhead artillery booms
Illuminating Normandy’s morning
With the first flashes of battle.
The armada of a thousand ships
Create fear and resolution
in German defenders
Hope in French hearts ignite
Their resistance emerges into light,
Civilians pray these liberators prevail
In this the allies
Greatest gamble
Soldiers in landing craft don their gear
Say final prayer,
Bullets all 'round them
Pierce the air
Announcing the enemy.
Landing craft door slaps turbulent surf
Men leap into too deep waters
Amid terrible fire
Many taken by heavy loads
Or enemy fire
To a watery death.
Survivors bravely wade to shore,
Amid bullets, shellfire,
the blood and bodies of comrades.
Luckier men achieve meager shelter
Scrambling to the sea wall,
Compelled by an officer shouting
“Only the dead and the soon to be dead
will remain on these beaches under fire.”
D-Day, June 6 1944.
Shall this spearhead
Initiate war’s end?
What future for the world
Shall this day portend?
Freedoms that we now enjoy
Born from D-Day’s terrible labour
Creating debt to soldiers living and dead
That can never be repaid.
Except that we are thankful,
And promise never to forget
Malcolm Watts 2004
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Jason did something wonderful for me today! Many of you know that we don't have children. So this time of year has been hard for me. But this year Jason got me a card from our kitties! He wrote messages from each of them! So I thought I would make a post of our babies in honor of Mothers day! This is Padme'!  ( Come see the rest of our girls!Collapse ) | |
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Hey all...
Yesterday was a hard day. I went to the doctor and had some blood work done. I'm going in for a heart monitor for 24 hours next week.
The trip there didn't go very well. The bus was packed and I was having these damn heart palpations while getting off and some idiot honked their horn...I nearly leaped out of my skin!
The appointment it self went fine, but the lab was full of people. I really wanted to go home at that point. I was sick to my stomach while waiting nearly an hour, standing in a room with over 30 other people. That is as close to hell as it gets for me.
I was in a frazzled state by the time they called my name. Then I had the joy of arguing with the nurse over where she would be taking my blood. Normally I have it taken out of my hand because it is too painful to take it out of my arm. She didn't want to take it out of my hand and was insisting that I let her try my arm. I simply said no and "I know my body better then anyone, so it has to be my hand. Get another nurse if you don't want to do it."
I am so sick of having to fight over where they take my blood. It set me slightly over the edge and I couldn't help my tears. I calmed down quickly so I could get this over with. She finally gave in once I suggested to get another nurse. After she was done, she admitted that the veins in my hands are very good. She got it on the first try. If she had tried my arm? I would have been in agony while she would have had to poke me a half dozen times or more. The veins in my arms collapse as soon as they hit them.
I had a good cry once I got home.
I talked to the doctor about my chronic pain again. All the tests we have done have come up with nothing. He is having a few more tests done with this blood work to rule out anything else. Once everything has been ruled out, he said then most doctors give a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia or Chronic pain syndrome (CPS).
So I go in on the 10th to be hooked up to this heart monitor. I can go home, then come back the next day to have them take it off.
I came online to make this post and that's about it for tonight. Luke has another wound and he's not eating, so I'm going to keep a close eye on him tonight and see if he will have some broth.
The 10th is election day too! So I'll be voting NDP! (New Democratic Party) - Mood:drained
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When surfing at Multiply I found that:
It crashed my browser
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It took forever to load
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It crashed my whole computer
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It ate my comments/replies to others
4(22.2%)
It won't let me on the site period!
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What is your opinion of the site? Select the one that best fits.
I would like it more if I had the time to learn how to use it.
4(22.2%)
I'm only there to see the galleries.
7(38.9%)
I had a hell of a time getting registered! That made it suck!
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It looks cool, but it's unstable man!
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It pisses me off cause it keeps crashing!
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I wanna strangle the damn thing!!!!!!
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I'm hacking into their site right now! It's goin' down man!
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Dameion is the webmaster... It's all for you DAMEION!!!!
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How would you rate Multiply on a scale of 1 to 10?
Mean: 4.93 Median: 4 Std. Dev 2.91
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Click each thumbnail to go to scrapbook, then click again to get full size.
These are from New York on location where he is filming.
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These are from christmas 2005 in New York with Hannah his sister.
She is the one looking at the camera.
 
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Here is the rest of the sets: Set 1, Set 2, Set3, Set4, Set 5, Set 6, Set 7, Set 8, Set9, Set10, Set11, Set12, Set13, Set14, Set15, Set16, Set17, Set18, Set19, Set20, Set21, Set22, Set23, Set24, Set25, Set26, Set27, Set28, Set29, Set30, Set31, Set32, Set33, Set34, Set35, Set36, Set37, Set38, Set39, Set40, Set41, Set42, Set43, Set44, Set45, Set46, Set47, Set48, Set49, Set50, Set51, Set52, Set53, Set54, Set55, Set56, Set57, Set58, Set59, Set60, Set61, Set62, Set63, Set64, Set65, Set66, Set67, Set68, Set69, Set70, Set71, Set72, Set73, Set74, Set75, Set76, Set77, Set78, Set79, Set80, Set81, Set82, Set83, Set84, Set85, Set86, Set87,( Set 82! Screen Caps, Witch-king, Farmer Maggot, Buckland, Rosie Cotton, Frodo, Merry, Pippin, Green DragonCollapse ) | |
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Here is the rest of the sets: Set 1, Set 2, Set3, Set4, Set 5, Set 6, Set 7, Set 8, Set9, Set10, Set11, Set12, Set13, Set14, Set15, Set16, Set17, Set18, Set19, Set20, Set21, Set22, Set23, Set24, Set25, Set26, Set27, Set28, Set29, Set30, Set31, Set32, Set33, Set34, Set35, Set36, Set37, Set38, Set39, Set40, Set41, Set42, Set43, Set44, Set45, Set46, Set47, Set48, Set49, Set50, Set51, Set52, Set53, Set54, Set55, Set56, Set57, Set58, Set59, Set60, Set61, Set62, Set63, Set64, Set65, Set66, Set67, Set68, Set69, Set70, Set71, Set72, Set73, Set74, Set75, Set76, Set77, Set78, Set79, Set80, Set81, Set82, Set83, Set84, Set85, Set86, Set87,( Set 81! Screen Caps, Witch-king, Farmer Maggot, BucklandCollapse ) | |
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