Paul Harvey has died.

Now he knows the rest of the story.

I am 57 years old and sometimes I think wow that is a long time. So, I resonate with C. S. Lewis, although I have lived in 2 centuries (as man marks them):

"I have lived nearly sixty years with myself and my own century and am not so enamoured of either as to desire no glimpse of a world beyond them." - C.S. Lewis

I like poetry. I like the Puritans. Here is some Puritan poetry.

Ann Bradstreet's poem "To my Dear and Loving Husband "

If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee.
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me, ye women, if you can.
I prize thy love more than whole Mines of gold
Or all the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee give recompetence.
Thy love is such I can no way repay.
The heavens reward thee manifold, I pray.
Then while we live, in love let's so persever
That when we live no more, we may live ever.


So, you see, the Puritans were not passionless. This poem came from a passionate loving heart in a Godly relationship with another passionate loving heart.

Todd and Joanna, now that you know how we wash dishes, go here to see how we clean the comuter screen.

Don Surber reports that not everyone in the world has Obama Love Syndrome. Protesters turned out in Indonesia to heckle Hillary Clinton over America's ties to Israel. If you are Islamic, you hate Jews whether or not you are an Arab.

So much for the thought that the world would fall in love with us if a liberal Democrat became president.

Note to protesters: Zionist has a "t" in it.

FINANCIAL PLANNING

Dan was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sickly father died, he decided he needed a wife with which to share his fortune. One evening at an investment meeting he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. Her natural beauty took his breath away.

"I may look like just an ordinary man," he said to her, "but in just a few years, my
father will die, and I'll inherit $200 million!"

Impressed, the woman obtained his business card and three days later, she became his stepmother.

Women are so much better at financial planning than men!

ABOUT THOSE CAMPAIGN PROMISES

Remember the web site of the president elect? when he called it the "office" of the president elect? Here is a prominent paragraph:

"End the Practice of Writing Legislation Behind Closed Doors: As president, Barack Obama will restore the American people's trust in their government by making government more open and transparent. Obama will work to reform congressional rules to require all legislative sessions, including committee mark-ups and conference committees, to be conducted in public. By making these practices public, the American people will be able to hold their leaders accountable for wasteful spending and lawmakers won't be able to slip favors for lobbyists into bills at the last minute."

Remember that old song: but that was yesterday, and yesterday's gone.

Just a note for future biographers. The One did not make it a whole month without violating a major campaign promise.

I'm just sayin'.