To live long enough to see my 9 yo autistic daughter grown to adulthood and able to be independent and self-sufficient.

Most of Scandinavia has a zero tolerance policy towards regular citizens carrying guns and rifles.

Average number of deaths by firearms per year in Norway: 219 (44 per 1 million)

Average number of deaths by firearms per year in Sweden: 189 (23 per 1 million)

Average number of deaths by firearms per year in Denmark: 143 (26 per 1 million)

I lived in Sweden for a decade and only saw ONE instance where the police needed to be armed in apprehending a criminal. I lived in the second largest city in the country and there was so little crime, the police officers were not armed.

In the USA, regular citizens, if licensed, are allowed to carry guns and rifles.

Average number of deaths by firearms per year in the USA: 46,664 (152 per one million)

I am not against carrying firearms; as a matter of fact, I used to be a card carrying member of the NRA. But Americans have a more violent mindset than Scandinavians. This was ONE psychotic, lone gunman in Norway. A very rare occurrence.

Don't think so.

Good morning fellow Minglers.

Today is my sabbath day, so I won't be on until after sundown. Just wanted to wish you all a great day!

Thinks little people live in his camera

We starve-look
At one another
Short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation
Of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes

Somewhere
Inside something there is a rush of
Greatness
Who knows what stands in front of
Our lives
I fashion my future on films in space
Silence
Tells me secretly
Everything
Everything

Awww ... thank you, Prash.

For thinking that Texas is a country by itself.

Love my Linux and I can't wait to try the new stable version. I could really use the auto defrag ... I keep forgetting to do it manually. DUH

You have Kentucky in your bathroom?

Love's Baby Soft Cologne

Hiya Bro. Great to see you back. I like the way you think.

Now how can it be that a love
carved out of caring,
fashioned by fate
could suffer so hard
From the games played once too often?

But making mistakes
is a part of lifes imperfection
Born of the years.
Is it so wrong
to be human after all?

I love the simplicity of this. It says so much.

Excellent. Very expressive and heart-tugging.

I would love to hear this put to music.

As only Krupa could express.

So sweet.

Sweet dreams.
Satin strands of reddish gold
Against her milky white skin,
As she lays silently next to me
Her breath, slow and steady.

She murmurs
And smiles contentedly
As I hang the curls gently
Around her ears.
I whisper, "I love you."
"'uv you" she echos, still smiling.

And for just that one heartbeat
She knows who I am.
And I know
She really does love me.
The delicate lids flutter,
Then close.
All is well.

Reading Revelation six
the horsemen of apocalypse
the time of sorrows
for those who remain.
A stirring comes from deep inside
the tears spill from my weary eyes;
so little time
we're left here to explain.

Walking all around I see
the tallest of majestic trees,
which speak of permanence,
long life and peace.
But soon will they be standing, charred
gutted by man's nuclear war
and I cry
for there will be no hiding place.

I hold my children closer now,
at the same time knowing how
Rachel will cry out
for her own soon.
Who will warn them what's in store,
all that they will answer for?
I see the fields;
but what can one soul do?

I feel the Spirit stir in me
I hear, "I will enable thee,
look before you,
only see G-d's son."
Focusing upon the Lord
I inhale deep, pick up my sword
step out in faith,
Messiah's will be done.

Although my heart is heavy still
Elohim promises He will
Rebuild for us
a brighter, better place
So I continue to the goal,
with those He chose to send to me
until the time
when I can see His face.

I have this kind of faith in the Bible, in G-d and Yeshua. I have faith in myself because I have faced many hard times and I can honestly say I did what I could with what I had. I am convicted that there is someone out there for me, I just haven't found him. I have faith that no matter how bad things may look at any given time, it will work out for the best.

Will this heat wave EVER end? Will my ankle ever heal? Will I ever find a steady job? Someone to love me? A good school for my little girl? (A lot on my mind these days.)