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4/4/10

Phoenix Urban Landscape Natural Wonders

Sunrise, Hummingbirds Feed Midday, Sunset...












Phoenix Sunrise, Midday Hummingbirds Feeding, Sunset from JR Snyder Jr on Vimeo.

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April 4, 2010

Easter...


And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

I John 1:5 

4/3/10

for you have been

...born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable,


For,
   "ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS,
   AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS.
   THE GRASS WITHERS,
   AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF,
   BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD
   ABIDES FOREVER."

I Peter 1:24,25

Desert Spring

Cactus Blooms, Date Palm, Blue Sky, Contrails... 


4/2/10

Quote of the Day

Hmmm, no need for questions, actions build trust and speak louder than words...

"You're going to hear a lot of things that are similar. The question is, who can you trust?" 



Arizona State Treasurer Dean Martin, on the differences between himself and the other Republican gubernatorial candidates

No, It Wasn't April Fools Day

"My concern is...the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize..."

This video of US Congress Representative Hank Johnson (D Ga 4th Dist), sounding like a fool during a House Armed Services Committee Meeting on March 26, 2010, questioning Admiral Robert Willard was released on April Fools Day. The topic was the stationing of an additional 5000 marines (and associated family and other military branch personal, including my nephew) on Guam, an American territory.



Rep. Johnson replaced another standard liberal Democrat "nutcase," Rep. Cynthia McKinney, infamous for her confrontation with Capitol Hill Police in 2006 because she was not instantly recognized as a congresswoman and allowed to bypass security procedures. The taxpayers pay US Congresspersons $174,000 a year for carrying out their duties and responsibilities.

I defy anyone to mock Arizona for it's elected representatives, when it appears the entire nation is glutted with people of this caliber all across the country. It is a sad commentary on where we are with the political class including elected representatives, appointed officials and agency bureaucrats on all levels.
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Cynthia McKinney Sings Pink Upon Defeat by Hank Johnson in 2006

4/1/10

Some Times

When what you're following isn't so great...


That's probably the time it's a good idea to pull back, change lanes, pass and move along.

3/31/10

Poem by Zbigniew Herbert

"The Unicorn Will Not Cross Our Tracks..."



'too easily we came to believe that beauty
     does not save
that it leads the lighthearted from dream
     to dream to death
none of us knew how to awaken the dryad
     of a poplar
 to read the writing of clouds
 this is why the unicorn will not cross our tracks'

Zbigniew Herbert

['To Ryszard Krynicki - A Letter' translated by John and Bogdana Carpenter from: Report from the Beseiged City and Other Poems (Oxford University Press, 1987)]
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Build Character

Invest in yourself...
















Take control of your life.

Educate yourself and develop your mind.

Take good care of your health, mental and physical.

Have relationships with people who are good for you and who you are good for.

Think positively, work at replacing bad habits and thoughts with good ones.

Figure out what works best for you and develop a habit of positive self-talk and engage in it. Ignore any idea that it doesn't work or what others may say about it. Affirmative self-talk does work by reducing stress and improves your life. I'm living proof of that.

It's not my style to go into a list of things I've survived, although there are people who know all about them, without them I wouldn't have survived. You'll just have to trust me that these concepts have worked as tools for getting me through tough times and past them.

3/30/10

Between Palm Springs and Phoenix

OH NO! Stuck in Desert Center Again...


OH NO! Stuck In Desert Center Again... from JR Snyder Jr on Vimeo.

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