TRANQUILLITY BASE (LIFE FROM PLANET NORWOOD): February 2007

CHUZZLE

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JUDGE FROM THE BRONX

Judge Larry Seidlin.....

I have been watching Court TV live for hours these past three days, on the case of Anna Nicole Smith and who should be awarded custody of her body. I have definately come to the conclusion that Judge Larry Seidlin is a very caring and passionate Judge.

There were times when he had trouble speaking through the saddness of the situation and through the tears he shed for everyone in his court room.

He truly is a Judge with kindness and love in his heart.

"I want them to be together,'' Judge Larry Seidlin said in the Florida courtroom.

In his unexpected ruling, Seidlin gave custody of the body to a lawyer he appointed as a guardian for Smith's five-year-old daughter, rather than to Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, or her longtime companion, Howard K Stern.

"I have suffered for this, I have struggled with this, I have shed tears for your little girl,'' Seidlin told Arthur, whom he called "Mama"

Emerging from the courtroom, lawyers for the rival parties said they had agreed to bury Smith at a private ceremony in the Bahamas, even though her mother had wanted to put her to rest in her native Texas.

"It's a grieving process. All of us are suffering from it,'' said Seidlin, a former taxi driver from the Bronx, whose emotional courtroom performance and oddball comments raised some eyebrows.

"We all cried for her,'' he said in reference to meetings he held in his chambers with the rival parties.

COME ON.......LADIES!!

I had some real fun last night at the Cherokee Casino.......

I hit the Jackpot playing the "Gems & Jewels" slot machine.

I was playing the "Gems & Jewels" one dollar slot machine set on "2".....which equals $2.oo a pull.....

I hit on all three ladies and got the $2000.00 Jackpot. Not bad! Turned my one hundred dollar bill into two grand! Woo Hoo!

Until we meet again.....Happy and Go-Lucky from Planet Norwood..........Lj

Tranquillity Base.................out

Soooooooooo Cute!!

Nora began playing the piano on her own. She plays even when she is alone in the room. She really enjoys playing duets with a student playing on the second piano.

On the "cute scale".....Nora playing the piano is......."off the scale!"

NORA....THE PIANO CAT

TO ALL MY VALENTINES

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Until we meet again......Greetings and Valentine wishes from Planet Norwood

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DEFENDING EQUAL MARRIAGE

Ballot initiative would require married couples to "show proof of procreation"

The Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance seeks to defend equal marriage in this state by challenging the Washington Supreme Court’s ruling on Andersen v. King County.

This decision, given in July 2006, declared that a “legitimate state interest” allows the Legislature to limit marriage to those couples able to have and raise children together.

Because of this “legitimate state interest,” it is permissible to bar same-sex couples from legal marriage.

The way we are challenging Andersen is unusual: using the initiative, we are working to put the Court’s ruling into law. We will do this through three initiatives.

The first would make procreation a requirement for legal marriage.

The second would prohibit divorce or legal separation when there are children.

The third would make the act of having a child together the legal equivalent of a marriage ceremony.

... If passed by Washington voters, the Defense of Marriage Initiative would:
add the phrase, “who are capable of having children with one another” to the legal definition of marriage;

(1) require that couples married in Washington file proof of procreation within three years of the date of marriage or have their marriage automatically annulled;

(2) require that couples married out of state file proof of procreation within three years of the date of marriage or have their marriage classed as "unrecognized;" establish a process for filing proof of procreation; and make it a criminal act for people in an unrecognized marriage to receive marriage benefits.

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And while we're on the subject of babies....

Why do you suppose that baby animals look so much cuter than human babies?

Puppies, kittens, ducklings, and almost any young mammal or bird you can think of, have an irresistible charm to them.

Interestingly, when you listen to the cries from newly born animals, they usually make a cute or sad sound that makes you want to cuddle them and feel sorry for them. Birds chirp, kittens go, "mew-mew-mew," and dogs whimper (it just makes you want to go "ah").

But when a human baby cries, it doesn't inspire love or affection. Oh no, no, no. What you get from the infant's mouth part emerges a wail.

One would expect that evolution would select for quiet criers to prevent the young from getting eaten by predators. This seems the case for most animals, but when it comes to the human animal, this theory goes out the window.

By the way.........We have six billion people now.

(contents taken from "Ugly Little Crying Babies")

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Until we meet again.....

Dearly Beloved.....With the power vested in me.....I now pronounce you a Tranquillity Base Blog Friend.

You may now...."step back and kiss yourself".

Ya'll come back now, yahear?

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SAD NEWS...FEB 8 2007

ANNA NICOLE SMITH
NOVEMBER 28,1967-FEBRUARY 08,2007

A SAD SITUATION IN SO MANY WAYS........

VICKIE LYNN HOGAN

WE DID IT.....!!

WE'RE HOMEOWNERS AGAIN!!

NOW THE FUN BEGINS....!!

Until we meet again.....Excited and Thrilled to the bone from Planet Norwood........Lj

Tranquillity Base....................out

STARDATE.....02042007

AND THE WINNER IS...........

WE HAD THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE.......

AS ANOTHER SUPERBOWL SUNDAY BECAME HISTORY.......

Until we meet again.....Greetings and Salutations from the Planet............Lj

Tranquillity Base........................out

IT'S SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!!!

WHO WILL WIN?

PARTY ON.....!!!!

Until we meet again.....Chips 'n Dips and lots of ice from Planet Norwood........Lj

MAY THE BEST TEAM WIN!!!

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WHAT A DOG!!!

A TRUE HERO.....

THOMASVILLE, Ga. - A south Georgia woman bloodied in a car wreck says she owes her life to a German shepherd who — thankfully — just wouldn’t stay in his yard.

Shannon Lorio says that after her car careened down an embankment, the wayward dog found her bruised and battered on the vehicle’s trunk, pulled her by her shirt collar, dragged her about 50 yards through briars to a highway and let her lean against him so she could flag a passing motorist.

His new name: Hero.

That dog is always going to have a special place in my heart,” Lorio said Friday. “He’s my hero.”

Hero’s previous owners have signed him over to the Thomasville-Thomas County Humane Society since the Jan. 26 accident because he kept wandering off.

He won’t be in the shelter long: Not only have at least 50 people offered to adopt him, a dog trainer has agreed to see if he has the right stuff for search and rescue work.

Lorio’s car tumbled backward down an embankment in a remote, heavily wooded area. She said she lost control on a curve and was thrown onto the trunk.

“I was bleeding from my face and my nose,” she said. “All of a sudden, I felt a presence — a really huge presence. He was straddling me. I have watched too many horror movies about werewolves and vampires. I thought he was going to eat me.”

Instead, the dog licked her face, she said.

The 2-year-old dog, weighing 70 pounds, dragged the 136-pound Lorio to the highway, then stood by to help her summon help before she collapsed, she said.

Lorio, 36, of Pavo, said she can’t adopt Hero because she already has six dogs, but she’s showered him with gifts including a huge bone and a stuffed animal.

“If he ever needs anything, I’ll be there,” she said.

Dog trainer Heidy Drawdy, of Thomasville, will take Hero next week to see if he’s cut out to be a search and rescue dog.

What a precious gift God has given us......DOG

Until we meet again.....Greetings and Salutations from Planet Norwood.....Lj

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