Thinkings '09'

12/23/09 - I am not alone at all, I thought. I was never alone at all. And that, of course, is the message of Christmas. We are never alone. Not when the night is darkest, the wind coldest, the word seemingly most indifferent. For this is still the time God chooses. ~ Taylor Caldwell

12/20/09 - I'm thinking it might be time to kick into panic mode. *~<(:o{ }

12/16/09 - Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world - stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death - and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas. ~ Henry Van Dyke

12/15/09 - Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut her up with cookies.

12/14/09 - Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! ~ Charles Dickens

12/13/09 - The joy of brightening other lives, bearing each others' burdens, easing other's loads and supplanting empty hearts and lives with generous gifts becomes for us the magic of Christmas. ~ W. C. Jones

12/10/09 - I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph. ~ Shirley Temple

12/09/09 - By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean. ~ Mark Twain

12/08/09 - Christmas is a race to see which gives out first - your money or your feet. ~ Unknown

12/06/09 - Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes. - Oscar Wilde

12/05/09 - Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation. ~ Edward R. Murrow

12/04/09 - Never insult 7 men when you're only packing a 6 shooter. Col. Potter

12/03/09 - An optimist thinks this is the best possible world. A pessimist fears this is true.

12/02/09 - Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. ~ Frank Church

12/01/09 - There is, incidently, no way of talking about cats that enables one to come off as a sane person. ~ Dan Greenberg

11/30/09 - Blonde Medical Terminology ~ Barium -- what doctors do when treatment fails.

11/19/09 - I know this is a little early to put up the Christmas web page, but I was really bored this morning and at least it is a change. :O)

11/14/09 - Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

10/14/09 - I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ~ Winston Churchill

09/29/09 - If Columbus had an advisory committee he would probably still be at the dock. ~ Justice Arthur Goldberg

09/25/09 - One of the perks of getting older... people no longer view you as a hypochondriac.

09/24/09 - The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. ~ Joe Ancis

09/23/09 - Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ~ Benjamin Franklin

09/17/09 - I don't do drugs. I get the same effect by just standing up fast.

09/16/09 - If it has tires or testicles you're going to have trouble with it.

09/15/09 - Expecting something for nothing is the most popular form of hope. - Arnold H. Glasow

09/14/09 - I hate what has happened to this country. People with big mouths get what they want and the rest of us just sit back and watch. Americans are stupid. ~ Karen

09/12/09 - I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there. ~ Herb Caen

09/10/09 - There will always be death and taxes; however, death doesn't get worse every year.

09/09/09 - There was a guest editorial in the Lewiston Tribune yesterday about Idaho's blood lust for wolves. It was a guest editorial, but the Tribune failed to say who the editorialist was. I wonder why? I do believe the city folk should limit their editorials to the city. I'm real tired of them making judgements about things they have no clue about. I say, "Send them some wolves of their own!"

09/08/09 - I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. ~ Mark Twain

09/06/09 - The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends.

09/05/09 - One reason we admire cats is for their proficiency in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing, or pretend they do. ~ Barbara Webster

09/04/09 - I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. ~ Hunter Thompson

09/02/09 - Inside of me there is a thin person struggling to get out... but I can sedate him with two or three cup cakes. ~ Bob Thaves

09/01/09 - Definition of a bachelor; a man who has missed the opportunity to make some woman miserable.

08/31/09 - I'm sure everything I can't find is in a safe secure place, somewhere.

08/30/09 - I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. ~ Mark Twain

08/29/09 - Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then... we elected them. ~ Lily Tomlin

08/28/09 - Any married man should forget his mistakes... there's no use in two people remembering the same thing.

08/27/09 - There's nothing wrong with this country that a good election couldn't fix. ~ Richard Nixon

08/26/09 - Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

08/25/09 - A good storyteller is a person who has a good memory and hopes other people haven't. ~ Irvin S. Cobb

08/24/09 - Just think, if it weren't for marriage, men would go through life, thinking they had no faults at all.

08/23/09 - No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight. ~ H.L. Mencken

08/22/09 - Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play your foul balls.

08/21/09 - I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money. ~ Pablo Picasso

08/20/09 - By doing just a little every day, I can gradually let the task completely overwhelm me. ~ Ashleigh Brilliant

08/19/09 - The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory. ~ Paul Fix

06/21/09 - Every path has a few puddles..

06/20/09 - Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

06/18/09 - The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.

06/17/09 - Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.

04/30/09 - You might be a school employee if you believe the playground should be equipped with a Ritalin salt lick.

04/23/09 - All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. - Red Skelton

04/22/09 - Trust in Allah, but tie your camel. ~ Arabian proverb

04/12/09 - Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat & drink beer all day.

04/08/09 - Things are never so bad they can't be made worse.

03/19/09 - Big egos are big shields for lots of empty space. - Diana Black

03/18/09 - Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself. ~ Mark Twain

03/17/09 - Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself. ~ Mark Twain

03/04/09 - Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself. ~ Mark Twain

03/02/09 - Geeze.. February was really a short month!

02/04/09 - Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you the kind of misery you prefer.

02/02/09 - I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position. ~Mark Twain

02/01/09 - All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult. - Anonymous

01/28/09 - Business is the art of extracting money from another man's pocket without resorting to violence. ~ Max Amsterdam

01/27/09 - An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought. - Simon Cameron

01/26/09 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. ~ Steven Wright

01/22/09 -

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington D.C. 20500


Dear Mr. President,

I opened my local paper this morning to find you were delaying any progression on getting the wolves delisted and turned over to our state for management.

The gray wolf is listed as endangered in the lower 48 states. I suggest having a pair brought to Washington D.C. so you can enjoy them as well. They breed like dogs so you will have your own pack in no time.

My grandchildren attended school at Timberline, which is a school for both Pierce and Weippe, Idaho. This is a K through 12 school. The playground borders timber. Our son lives next to the school and they cannot walk their property without carrying a weapon. My granddaughter watched a wolf kill a deer while she was out jogging. Would you like your girls attending school in this area? Possibly you could send some secret service agents to patrol the borders of our schools.

The people who are against delisting these animals do not live in this area. They have no idea what kind of a hardship it puts on people who have to live with these animals. City people would like to lock up our area so no one can enjoy it. If it’s not a tree hugger it is a wolf.

Speaking of the timber industry in this region, our state and those that border it have suffered the loss of jobs through the closing of numerous mills. They can’t hunt to feed their families because the wolves have taken care of the deer and elk.

In the minds of politicians our state doesn’t exist. I don’t believe you even flew over our state during your campaign for president. You were elected before our ballots were even counted. If we aren’t going to be acknowledged the least you can do is leave the running of our state to those who live here.

I would really appreciate a response to this letter. I am tired of being pushed around by decisions made in Washington when you have no idea what is happening here. Come for a visit. The population in the intermountain west may be small, but we need to have a say in what happens where we live. Our votes don’t count, so nothing is going to get done with legislation. The judges who rule over these matters don’t have a clue either. All of you need to take a walk in the woods.


Sincerely,

Janice Medley

Medley Co. Inc.
Medley Co. Cedar
Lamming Cedar
Province Logging
Ponsness Warren
Ground Covers International

01/20/09 - Way down deep, we're all motivated by the same urges. Cats have the courage to live by them. ~ Jim Davis

01/19/09 - Is it possible to be terminally stupid?

01/13/09 - Life is not how you survive the storm, but how you dance in the rain. ~ Unknown

01/12/09 - Why do black widow spiders kill their males after mating? To stop the snoring before it starts.

01/11/09 - The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young. ~ Willa Cather

01/10/09 - Budget: a mathematical confirmation of your suspicions. ~ A.A. Latimer

01/09/09 - Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~ George Bernard Shaw