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Now that's reassuring! Blue skies and happy landings!

The first one was particularly impressive. Thanks for sharing, Douva! Blue skies and happy landings!

Keep smiling, the weekend is only five days away... Blue skies and happy landings!

Other: Got into skydiving because I've always wanted to. Blue skies and happy landings!

Scorched Earth was my favorite variant. I spent hours laughing and playing this with my Dad! Blue skies and happy landings!

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Thanks to you both, JP and Max. Those are great! Blue skies and happy landings!

That makes two of us, Matthew... Blue skies and happy landings!

I think we should focus our energy elsewhere. If you're an atheist or hedonist or something, you can be your own god. If you're a buddhist, confuscist, jewish, catholic, baptist, protestant, wiccan, pianist (pianist?) or whatever, insert your own version. Leave it alone and let's do something productive already. Blue skies and happy landings!

Alcohol? Blue skies and happy landings!

I understand attacks against the military and I think you could make a case that being targets is one of their occupational hazards. On the other hand, I never cease to be amazed that a group of people can promote indiscriminate bombings of innocent civilians (sometimes deliberately to sabotage peace talks) and then create an international protest against the "terrorists" who specifically target their leaders (who ordered the attacks) to try to prevent more of their civilians from being slaughtered. It's also interesting that people have a lot more to say about the Israel/Hamas/PLO issue being wrong than about Bush's going after Al Qaida. Aren't they fundamentally the same? Blue skies and happy landings!

Anything that induces a good, heartwarming smile. Blue skies and happy landings!

TOO funny! If I thought I could get away with it, I'd post it here at work. Thanks for sharing! Blue skies and happy landings!

The discovery that affiliation with the Republican Party is genetically determined was announced by scientists in the current issue of the journal NURTURE, causing uproar among traditionalists who believe it is a chosen lifestyle. Reports of the gene coding for political conservatism, discovered after a decades-long study of quintuplets in Orange County, CA, has sent shock waves through the medical, political, and golfing communities. Psychologists and psychoanalysts have long believed that Republicans' unnatural disregard for the poor and frequently unconstitutional tendencies resulted from dysfunctional family dynamics -- a remarkably high percentage of Republicans do have authoritarian domineering fathers and emotionally distant mothers who didn't teach them how to be kind and gentle. Biologists have long suspected that conservatism is inherited. "After all," said one author of the NURTURE article, "It's quite common for a Republican to have a brother or sister who is a Republican." The finding has been greeted with relief by Parents and Friends of Republicans (PFREP), who sometimes blame themselves for the political views of otherwise lovable children, family, and unindicted co-conspirators. One mother, a longtime Democrat, wept and clapped her hands in ecstasy on hearing of the findings. "I just knew it was genetic," she said, seated with her two sons, both avowed Republicans. "My boys would never freely choose that lifestyle!" When asked what the Republican lifestyle was, she said, "You can just tell watching their conventions in Houston and San Diego on TV: the flaming xenophobia, flamboyant demagogy, disdain for anyone not rich, you know." Both sons had suspected their Republicanism from an early age but did not confirm it until they were in college, when they became convinced it wasn't just a phase they were going through. The NURTURE article offered no response to the suggestion that the high incidence of Republicanism among siblings could result from their sharing not only genes but also psychological and emotional attitude as products of the same parents and family dynamics. A remaining mystery is why many Democrats admit to having voted Republican at least once -- or often dream or fantasize about doing so. Polls show that three out of five adult Democrats have had a Republican experience, although most outgrow teenage experimentation with Republicanism. Some Republicans hail the findings as a step toward eliminating conserve-o-phobia. They argue that since Republicans didn't "choose" their lifestyle any more than someone "chooses" to have a ski-jump nose, they shouldn't be denied civil rights which other minorities enjoy. If conservatism is not the result of stinginess or orneriness (typical stereotypes attributed to Republicans) but is something Republicans can't help, there's no reason why society shouldn't tolerate Republicans in the military or even high elected office -- provided they don't flaunt their political beliefs. For many Americans, the discovery opens a window on a different future. In a few years, gene therapy might eradicate Republicanism altogether. Blue skies and happy landings!

A version of this was posted here a couple of years ago. I just thought of it again and thought it worth a repeat. It's pretty doggone funny! My choice in naming my dog Sex has been very embarrassing. When I went to City Hall to renew his dog license, I told the clerk I would like to have a license for Sex. He said, "I'd like to have one, too." Then I said, "But she is a dog!" He said he didn't care what she looked like. Then I said, "But you don't understand, I need Sex, and to have Sex at home I need to get a license for Sex." I then told him that I have had Sex since I was nine years old. He said I must have been mature for my age. I said, oh yeah. My mom was tired of me always playing with myself, so she got me sex for my birthday. He asked me if she explained what exactly Sex was, and how to properly handle it and I told him that I had seen lots of movies and read lots of books ... since the age of 5 or so. He didn't look too well. When I decided to get married, I told the minister that I would like to have Sex at the wedding. He told me to wait until after the wedding was over. I said, "But Sex has played a big part in my life and my whole world revolves around Sex." He said he didn't want to hear about my personal life and would not marry us in his church. I told him everyone would enjoy having Sex at the wedding. The next day we were married at the Justice of the Peace. My family was barred from the church from then on. After the wedding we went on our honeymoon and I took the dog with me. I told the motel clerk that I wanted a room for my wife and me and a special room for Sex. He said every room in the place was for sex. I said, "You don't understand. Sex keeps me awake at night!" The clerk said, "Me too." I told him that the noises that Sex makes are unnerving and that she can keep it up all night. He just told me I was a very lucky man. One day I entered Sex in a contest, but before the competition began, she ran away. Another contestant asked me why I was just standing there looking around. I told him I had planned to have Sex in the contest. He told me I should have sold my own tickets. "But you don't understand," I said, "I had hoped to have Sex on TV." He called me a show-off. I asked him if he wanted to see the Blue Ribbon that we won at the last competition. That's where I got this black eye. When my wife and I separated, we went to court to fight custody of the dog. I said, "Your honor, I had Sex before I was married." The judge said, "Me too." Then I told him that after I was married, Sex left me. He said, "Me too." I told him that my wife doesn't really want Sex, or like Sex for that matter, but she is just using Sex as a way to get even with me. He asked me why I though I was so special and should have any different type of marriage than any other couple. I asked him if he knew how much Sex really meant to me, and that I would just die without Sex. He told me I was just overreacting and that I would just have to learn to enjoy my own company because he could not force her to give me Sex. Last night Sex ran off again. I spent hours looking around town for him. A cop came over to me and asked, "What are you doing in this alley at 4:00 in the morning?" I said, "I'm looking for Sex." My case comes up Friday. Blue skies and happy landings!

12 - first jump after completing AFF. Lineover right in the middle of the canopy. Pretty bow-tie until I touched the risers, at which point it was a fast, face up spin. Blue skies and happy landings!

D'oh! Blue skies and happy landings!

Is it just me or does anyone else find it amazing that our government can track a cow born in Canada almost three years ago right to the stall where she sleeps in the state of Washington. They can also track her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. I think the solution is to give everyone entering the country a cow. Blue skies and happy landings!

In case anybody else was wondering where to find the book... Blue skies and happy landings!

Don't blame me, I didn't create it. I will, however, point it out to others who shake their heads in wonder at what people do with their free time. Blue skies and happy landings!

If you've ever wondered how the Google search engine works, check out this explanation. Don't worry if you're not a computer wiz, it's a very simple explanation (complete with graphics). Blue skies and happy landings!

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I'm working on becoming a better (i.e. more sexy) dancer. Any comments on form or style would be appreciated. Thanks! Blue skies and happy landings!

How do you grow a pair of boobies? I have always fancied my own pair - just for bad weather days etc! ROFL! yea can ya get that in a pill? over the counter or prescription? If offered a choice, get the BIG pills. Blue skies and happy landings!

Way to go, Anne! Blue skies and happy landings!