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Well, here in little San Luis Obispo at a place called Cal Poly, we had a thing called ”
Islamo-Fascist Awareness Week.”
All across our nation’s colleges we had folks demonstrating against the right of other folks to see this movie or speak… or think… or maybe even exist. History does tend to repeat itself…. if we are all not careful.
In any event, it was a happening and many people left feeling surprised about what they had learned… and shocked by what they thought they knew about Islam and what they didn’t.
On a completely different and totally unrelated topic…. Al Queda has redirected some of their energy back into the internet as reported by one news agency:
“On Sunday, Nov. 11, al Qaeda’s electronic experts will start attacking Western, Jewish, Israeli, Muslim apostate and Shiite Web sites. On Day One, they will test their skills against 15 targeted sites expand the operation from day to day thereafter until hundreds of thousands of Islamist hackers are in action against untold numbers of anti-Muslim sites.”
So why November 11th? Maybe it has to do with our Veteran’s Day… or maybe it has something to do with rekindling of the sputtering glory of the Ottoman empire:
“In the Treaty of Szitvatorok (Nov. 11, 1606), the prewar boundaries were confirmed, and for the first time the sultan accepted the Habsburg emperor as his equal and ended his payments of tribute for northern Hungary.”
As the old Spanish saying,” it is better to die on your feet than live on your knees.”
Roger Freberg
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Well, the divine ‘Dr. Laura’ and I have finally met our weight goals at Jenny Craig! We did it!
Probably the most scary thing for ‘former dieting’ people is keeping the weight off. Fortunately for us, Jenny Craig has a simple program of ‘maintenance.’
This involves adding a larger amount of calories per day tailored to your individual needs… just enough calories so that you maintain your weight.
I augment their program with a weekly ‘event’: Wine, dessert, great company and ‘something special’ as a main entree. This weekend is another special: Bobotie (yep, I am addicted), South African Wine and Amarula Carrott Cake!
So, we’re happy with the ‘new’ us… and if you were ‘chubby’ as we once were and want to change… there is hope… read my blogs under the category “Jenny Craig”… and –hopefully– this will inspire you ,too!
Roger Freberg
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We placed a few of our old Paper mache’ masks on the fence for decoration… many happy times gone by. Kristin’s ‘voochko’ mask was in the courtyard.
Karen tells of a different way they do Trick or Treat in Knoxville. Parents in the community meet at some common location – a church or park — and open their trunks to their cars and the kids roam around asking for treats. It’s nice… but I like kids coming around the neighborhood.
This year… I ate none of the candy! ( It was See’s!)
Roger Freberg