Pope Visits Britain

Something else to ponder as opposed to burning of religious books, whether or not the burkah should be banned, whether or not a Muslim Recreation Centre (it's not a mosque!) should be built near Ground Zero: POPE'S UK VISIT: Benedict defends Christmas and warns religion must not be sidelined in Parliament http:// www.dailymail.co.uk

Sep 18, '10 2:18 PM by Bee for everyone

Rally Sunday

My son's rallying this weekend.

Silly Me! What Do I Know???

MEMO TO SELF: in order to keep your sanity, conserve your energy and keep a cool head, refrain from getting involved in Multiply blogs that are remotely concerned with anything political/religious/racist. Avoid all discussions about Islam, Christianity, the building of mosques, the burning of religious books, Crusades, the possibility of Muslim/Christian communities actually interacting on a loving basis, Obama, Republicans, Democrats, the British government, sexual abuse within the Catholic church, the Pope's visit to Great Britain, racism etc... etc.... What the hell do I know? I have amongst other things, only lived in Muslim countries, seen abject poverty in Africa, am a practicing Roman Catholic who is horrified at the cover ups, am married to a black man whose mother was pure Chinese, have seen racism of all kinds, was the only white child in an all Chinese Girls' Convent, was a member of the Young Conservatives and have chaired debates on most of the above. Silly me..........whatever made me think that I knew anything?

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Song Saturday

Earlier in the week, Heidi in a note here thought it would be a good idea if everyone had a theme song that was played when they walked into a room. I commented would be fun to know what everyone's was and why. The videos came in fast and furious! What fun!

Here's mine!

Our House: Of Husbands and Neighbours

 

It's 8.10am in the Lake household. It's Friday 3 September.

Ding-a-ling-a-ling - well something like that - husband's cell phone.
Husband answers on first ding-a-ling.

Husband:              Good morning Joan
Silence
Husband:               Yes
Silence:
Daughter:              Did you see how fast he answered that phone?
Me:                        Yes!
Daughter:              And when we call, we have to wait forever for him to
                             answer it!
Husband:               I should think he's on the road by now so I'll call him a
                             little later.
Daughter:              Dah-dee-dah-dee-dah ( you all know the tune)
Husband                I'll call you back.
Daughter:              Eh heh?  (Trini expression!)
Me muttering:        My name should be Joan..........
Husband:               Fine. No problem.
Daughter
  under breath:      You're in trouble now!
Silence
Husband:               Fine. Later. Bye.
Me:                        Silence
Daughter:              Whoops!
Me starts to hum:   ........................
Husband:               That was .......       
Me:                        I know who it was
Daughter:              Dah-dee-dah-dee-dah...........
Husband:               She's having problems with her AC
Daughter:              I think you've said enough
Me:                       Wonder who she called before we moved here
Husband to
      daughter:        Hand me your mother's phone.
Me:                       What!
Daughter:              What! Are you mad??
Husband:               Have to call Clyde
Me:                        So?
Daughter to me:    Where's your phone - (sniggering)
Silence
Husband:              Morning Clyde. My neighbour has a problem with her  
                             AC unit and can only deal with it tomorrow as she's a
                             lawyer in town
Me:                       What the hell has her profession got to do with it?
Daughter:             They'll come faster. Status!

                            My daughter knows how the system works.

Me:                      Charming! I should be a lawyer then!
Husband:             Okay then, I'll call you back when you're out of the
                            shower      
Daughter:            Dum-dee-dum-dee-dum.. Really dumb!
Me:                      I wonder who she called before we moved here!
Husband:             Listen.....
Daughter:            To what?
Me:                      Hums
Daughter:            Giggles

Silence

Me singing:          When you've got friends and neighbours
                           Oh the world is a happier place
                           Friends and neighbours put a smile
                           On the gloomiest face.........
                           Just take your troubles and share 'em
                           With the folks next door..........

Daughter:           He's vexed?
Me:                     He can give but he can't take!

Husband walks out of the front door.
Collapse of mother and daughter into a whole heap of laughter

In car:

Husband:            I just want you both to know that I can take as good as
                           I give.
Daughter:           Right!
Me:                     When you've got friends and neighbours..........

I think I came to work on kangaroo petrol!

Song Saturday Tonight

Times gone by.......................

A Sure Winner

A friend sent this to me and it made my day.

You had better arm yourself with a box of Kleenex!

A SURE WINNER

Keep watching/listening after the first song. There are several clips after the first one.

This is Mark Vincent from Australia . You aren't going to believe this young man's voice... are you in for a treat!

Don't stop listening after the judges speak because he sings the Ave Marie like an Angel!

He then speaks about the challenges of being 15.

He will then knock your socks off with "Alleluia" and "It's Time To Say Good-bye" is absolutely amazing.

What a timely video to see. Absolutely inspiring.

'Click' here: http://charliephillips.net/videos/theater-9/mark-vincent.html