Heart to Heart Day

Heart To Heart Day [Feb 14] Megan and I wanted a little adventure so we decided to go to a speed dating place--and boy, it was weird! Most people whizzed past me because they were mundane and generic. Questions like "What's your sign? Do you have pets? Do you have children?" et cetera, et cetera... were asked almost on every round. I mean who would really pour their heart out to total complete strangers in the span of five minutes, right? I kept checking on Megan and she kept her eye contact with me. We were motioning each other and wondering "What did we land ourselves into now?" Then there was this woman. She was really pretty. I mean she had the right height, great hair, nice eyes--the works, you know. But when she opened her mouth, everything came out. I learned more about her life history than I ever really wanted to know. She literally poured out everything she discusses with her therapist in five minutes flat! Did someone forget to send me the email on the fact that people are speed dating to skip therapy? For the ladies out there, let me give you a piece of advice--don't pour your heart out on a first date! Give the poor guy a break. I was on the receiving end of whatever bottled up stuff she was working on, and well, it was very, very uncomfortable! She started crying and telling me about how it's so hard to find a decent man these days... I mean, I promise you--that was the longest five minutes of my life! And I do want them back. Don't lose hope on me just yet, because as soon as I came out the door, I saw the hostess that was running the tables. She thought I had a funny reaction to people I met that night. So I struck up a conversation and asked her out. You think she can do better?

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Cheer Up by Bob

Cheer Up! I was really depressed last week after talking to Jeffrey about his Valentine's Day surprise to Kate. I was reminiscing about Aaliyah when Megan called to help her with the computer. I guess I was looking really depressed and more quiet than normal, so she asked me what the matter was. I told her about how I used to plan stuff for Aaliyah too and how I really miss her. Megan looked helpless. We talked about my date with the redhead and how it went so horribly wrong. Sometimes I think I'm the one who's doing all the wrong moves. Maybe I'm just oblivious to things or I lost my mojo or whatever I had. Maybe Aaliyah loved me so much that she tolerated all my shortcomings until she couldn't take it anymore. "Look Bob, you need to relax and just have fun for a while," said Megan, "Maybe having a relationship right now for you is not the best thing. Why don't you date for a while and see the options out there for you? I'm sure something will work out. I mean, you're a great guy." She really tried her best to change my mood. "I don't think there's anyone out there for me Megan, I mean, she's gone and I don't think I'll be getting her back," I told her. Then Megan said, "I'll tell ya what, I'll make a pact with you. If you're not married by the age of 35 and I'm not married, why don't we just marry each other?" I was stunned. Speechless. This is Megan we're talking about, folks. Someone I've known all my life--someone I've never expected in a million years would 'propose' to me. "Um... okay... since we're really great friends, I guess we can work something out like that." There you have it folks, at least someone's out there for me. I'm not going to die alone, old and decrepit. I thought it was really sweet of her to say something like that. We made a pact and shook hands on it. Just like when we used to shake hands when we were kids back in Cali. It cheered me up a lot, that's for sure!

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Your Week ... have courage By Audrey

The Five of Swords card suggests that my power today lies in the upper hand. I can outwit or outlast and I choose my battles wisely. This puts me in a superior position. I know when it's time to hold, fold, or walk away. I am a survivor and am not easily defeated.

I am empowered to gain the advantage by turnabout and my virtue fair play.

The Knight of Chalices card suggests that my power today lies in passion. Pursuing and expressing my hearts desire honors my love, passion, and beauty and is worth waiting, courting or crusading for. What I lack in external means, qualification or ability, I make up for with a true and dedicated heart. I am not a victim therefore I do not need to be rescued.

I am empowered by patience or self-worth and my gift is emotional availability and devotion.

The Nine of Swords card suggests that my power today lies in realization. I am not my mistakes. I can't do this alone or pretend any more. The illusion of comfort in denial or sacrifice is no longer mine. There is no shame in my suffering -- no healing in silent self-torment.

It is here at the surreal crossroads of the "soul search" where dawning truth meets the anguish of overwhelming resistance in mind over matter that I can finally wake up, change my mind, let go of what no longer works or own my losses or choices. I am empowered by intense acknowledgment or epiphany and my virtue is gratitude or relief in recognition.

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Interesting Food Information by Appleblossom

You are what you eat, so eat well. A stupendous

> insight of civilizations
> past has now been confirmed by today's
> investigative, nutritional sciences.
> They have shown that what was once called "The
> Doctri NE of Signatures" was
> astoundingly correct. It now contends that every
> whole food has a pattern
> that resembles a body organ or physiological
> function and that this pattern
> acts as a signal or sign as to the benefit the food
> provides the eater. Here
> is just a short list of examples of Whole Food
> Signatures.
>
> A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil,
> iris and radiating
> lines look just like the human eye...and YES science
> now shows that carrots
> greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the
> eyes.
> A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart is
> red and has four
> chambers. All of the research shows tomatoes are
> indeed pure heart and blood
> food.
>
> Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the
> heart. Each grape looks
> like a blood cell and all of the research today
> shows that grapes are also
> profound heart and blood vitalizing food.
> A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right
> hemisphere, upper
> cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles
> or folds are on the nut
> just like the neo-cortex. We now know that walnuts
> help develop over 3 dozen
> neuron-transmitters for brain function.>
>
> Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney
> function and yes, they
> look exactly like the human kidneys.>
>
> Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and more look just like
> bones. These foods
> specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23%
> sodium and these foods are
> 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your
> diet the body pulls it
> from the bones, making them weak. These foods
> replenish the skeletal needs
> of the body.

> Eggplant, Avocadoes and Pears target the health and
> function of the womb and
> cervix of the female - they look just like these
> organs. Today's research
> shows that when a woman eats 1 avocado a week, it
> balances hormones, sheds
> unwanted birth weight and prevents cervical cancers.

> And how profound is
> this? .... It takes exactly 9 months to grow an
> avocado from blossom to
> ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic
> chemica l cons tituents of
> nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science
> has only studied and
> named about 141 of them).
>
> Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they
> grow. Figs increase the
> motility of male sperm and increase the numbers of
> Sperm as well to overcome
> male sterilit y, and guess what they resemble?.
> Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually
> balance the glycemic
> index of diabetics.
>
> Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries
>
> Grapefruits, Oranges, and O there C itrus fruits
> look just like the mammary
> glands of the female and actually assist the health
> of the breasts and the
> movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.
>
> Onions look like body cells. Today's research shows
> that onions help clear
> waste materials from all of the body cells They even
> produce tears which
> wash the epithelial layers of the eyes

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Yankee Doodle Dandy

A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family's vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US, this is the life- story of George M. Cohan, who produced, directed, wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous songs. Written by Leon Wolters {wolters@strw.LeidenUniv.nl}

Born on the Fourth of July?
George M. Cohan at the age of 10, with the violin he so disliked.

George Michael Cohan became the stuff theatrical legends are made of, so it shouldn't be surprising that he instigated a few of those legends, including one surrounding his birth date.

Cohan's baptismal certificate -- which is his only written birth record -- verifies that he was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 3rd, 1878. However, Cohan's family unfailingly insisted that George and his country shared birthdays on the 4th.

Vintage Audio: Over There
Updated - Saturday, 2 August, 2003

Reproduced below are the lyrics to America's best-known World War One song, Over There. Written by George M. Cohan the song was widely performed by various artists (initially by Charles King) from its publication in 1917.

Cohan later recalled that the words and music to the song came to him while travelling by train from New Rochelle to New York shortly after the U.S. had declared war against Germany in April 1917.

Just as It's a Long Way to Tipperary was a smash-hit success during the early days of the war in Europe, so Over There proved a nationwide hit in the months immediately following America's enthusiastic entry into the war.

Cohan himself was formally recognised by Congress with the award of the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor - albeit in 1940.

Three versions of the song are available here: the first by Billy Murray recorded in 1917 (MP3 format 628kb) - click here; the second by Nora Bayes, similarly recorded in 1917 - click here; and a version recorded by the renowned tenor Enrico Caruso in 1918 (MP3 format 421kb).