Best E-mails of the Week 10/10/01

Here is an interesting announcement I was just sent that I am passing along to you earlier than usual.
Please join us and PLEASE forward this email immediately to everyone in your address book asking them to also forward it. We have 21 days and counting to get the word out all across this great land we love and call the United States of America.
Let's see how powerful email can be!
THE PROGRAM IS THIS: On Thursday, October 11th, 2001, have everyone in the USA that will be driving a motor vehicle that day to drive with their headlights on
during daylight hours. This will be the 30th day commemoration in honor of our fallen friends desecrated by the terrorists' attacks on NYC, the Pentagon, and the highjacked plane that crashed in PA.
Read on.
The purpose of driving with headlights on this day will:
1).Show our respect, friendship, and tribute to all of those individuals that lost their lives on that dreadful September 11, 2001, day.
2).Show our concern for the family members of those individuals.
3).Show those uncouth terrorists that the fabric of the USA is stronger than steel.
4).Show that we Americans have solidarity standing shoulder to shoulder against any terrorists' acts upon the USA. You can probably add others to this list.
Your contribution by sending this email on to others is greatly appreciated.

A site about a flight being diverted to Canada:
http://lovethissite.com/neighbors/


Here's a picture of a high steppin' strutter. Can you identify him? Why are they chasing me?

To see if I finished the 13.1 mile race in under 2 hours, go to this site, and check the runners between 300 and 500th place!
HI-TEK Racing Results Ridgefield Half Marathon
http://www.hitekracing.com/results01/ridge1007.htm
Hint: I did break 1 hour and 55 minutes, and I expect to be walking up stairs without using the banister within the next few days :)

Who knows where the term High Steppin Strutter comes from?
Do you know which three types of birds must get out of the way of the High Steppin' Strutters?
Guess how many spectators along the way told me to get racing shorts.

Children
To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, or students....here is something to make you chuckle:
Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to His own children.
After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve. And the first thing he said was, "Don't."
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We have forbidden fruit? Hey, Eve.. . we have forbidden fruit!"
"No way!"
"Yes, way!"
"Do NOT eat the fruit!" said God.
"Why?"
"Because I am your Father and I said so!" God replied, wondering why he hadn't stopped creation after making the
elephants. A few minutes later, God saw His children having an apple break and was He ticked!
"Didn't I tell you not to eat the fruit?" God, as our first parent, asked?
"Uh huh," Adam replied.
"Then why did you?" said the Father.
"I don't know," said Eve.
"She started it!" Adam said,
"Did not!" "Did too!" "DID NOT!
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus, the pattern was set and it has never changed! But there is reassurance in this story. If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give children wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble raising children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two Aspirin" and "Keep away from children."
We child-proofed our home 3 years ago and they're still getting in!

Lou, where's that picture of Osama bin Laden without his beard resembling O.J. Simpson?

We're off to Providence, RI for parents weekend to see Raf after 6 weeks in college. No way. Yes way.
Hope he recognizes us:)
Pete