subj= a dose of reality



"When you're 25, you can eat hamburgers and pizza and drink beer and stay out all night and come out the next day and drink a couple cups of coffee and just play. If I did that today, my heart would stop and I'd need a stretcher and an IV."MIKE PIAZZA, the 37-year-old Mets catcher.

subj= bad day at work


so essentially my calls at work ( i work out of a call center currently) get monitored and graded.
I received my first failing grade in at least 3 months if not 5 today. Big downer. =(

subj= bad day at work


so essentially my calls at work ( i work out of a call center currently) get monitored and graded.
I received my first failing grade in at least 3 months if not 5 today. Big downer. =(

subj= a hard statement to rebuke.



"If the billions of dollars that have been spent on chemical, nuclear and biological response, if some of that had come over here, we would have done better. But after 9-11, the public priority was terrorism."
WILLIAM LOKEY, a FEMA official, on the response to Hurricane Katrina.

subj= I made employee of the month today! Was it in the stars?



AQUARIUS
Don't complain that you are being pushed harder than ever before because you need to be tested, you need to discover just how far your body and mind can take you. Take a look in the mirror. That person staring back is not the real you. The real you is the spirit that lives deep inside, the spirit that cannot be broken. Never give up.

subj= a good answer if not an honest one


"And I will remember that it's my job to call balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat."

JOHN G. ROBERTS JR., at the hearing on his nomination as chief justice.


And here's to hoping he's a man of his word.

subj= good to know


"This year, for the first time, there is laughter and smiles through the tears."
CHRIS BURKE, at ceremony on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

subj= Never forget


May peace come to all the souls and lives affected 9/11/2001.