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Tuesday, February 17

Monday, February 16

Romance fun facts!

You won't believe some of these Romance fun facts!

Coffee Break Romance.It's reported that more than 10,000 marriages a year now are directly traceable to romances which begin during coffee breaks.

Engagement Lengths.The average engagement lasts 06 months.First Love.Two out of five marry their first love.

Wearing a Wedding Ring.The reason that the engagement ring and wedding band is worn on the fourth finger of the left hand is because the ancient Egyptians thought that the "vein of love"Ran from this finger directly to the heart.

Go Ahead and Kiss.A team of medical experts in Virginia contends that you're more likely to catch the common cold virus by shaking hands than by kissing.Having Sex?According to a survey, the second most popular reason for having sex is to produce a baby.Strange But True.In Pennsylvania, Ministers are forbidden from performing marriages when either the bride or groom is drunk.Median Age for Marriage.In 1970, brides were on average 20.8 years old when they married, while grooms were 23.2.
Americans are now marrying later in life.In the year 2000, brides were on average 25.1With their grooms averaging 26.8.

Morning Kissing.Studies indicate that a man who kisses his wife good-bye when he leaves for work every morning averages a higher income than those who don't.
Husbands who exercise the rituals of affection tend to be more painstaking, moreStable, more methodical, thus higher earners.
Studies also show that men who kiss their wives before leaving in the morning live 05 years longer than those who don't.

Oldest Bride.Minnie Munro became the world's oldest bride when she married Dudley Reid at the age of 102 on May 31, 1991.
Reid, the groom, was 83 years old.Oldest Groom.Harry Stevens was 103 when he married 84 year old Thelma Lucas at the Caravilla Retirement Home in Wisconsin on December 3, 1984.Phone Proposals.06% of men proposed to their girlfriends over the phone.

Romance Novels.Romance Novels are more popular than ever.
53% of all mass market paperback books sold in this country are Romances.Romance novels earn more money in the USA yearly than baseball!
So, what's the national pastime?

Sex Manuals.The oldest sex manuals were published in China 5,000 years ago.The Longest Engagement.Sixty-seven years.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records.The happy couple finally wed at age 82!

Friday, February 13

Manchested United Player - very funny...

Thursday, February 12

Another pet

Ljveen dog and the balloons

Happy Valentines day

Monday, February 9

Some cute, some funny, some downright strange (pictures)

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Quotes about Obama

clipped from obamamessiah.blogspot.com

"An Attuned Being with Powerful Luminosity and High-Vibration Integrity who will actually help usher in a New Way of Being"
-- Mark Morford

"Does it not feel as if some special hand is guiding Obama on his journey, I mean, as he has said, the utter improbability of it all?"
-- Daily Kos

"He communicates God-like energy..."
-- Steve Davis (Charleston, SC)

"Not just an ordinary human being but indeed an Advanced Soul"
-- Commentator @ Chicago Sun Times

"I'll do whatever he says to do. I'll collect paper cups off the ground to make his pathway clear."
-- Halle Berry

"A quantum leap in American consciousness"
-- Deepak Chopra

"He is not operating on the same plane as ordinary politicians. . . . the agent of transformation in an age of revolution, as a figure uniquely qualified to open the door to the 21st century."
-- Gary Hart

"[Obama is ] creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom . . . [He is] the man for this time."
-- Toni Morrison

"Barack Obama is our collective representation of our purest hopes, our highest visions and our deepest knowings . . . He's our product out of the all-knowing quantum field of intelligence."

-- Eve Konstantine

"This is bigger than Kennedy. . . . This is the New Testament." | "I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don't have that too often. No, seriously. It's a dramatic event."

-- Chris Matthews

"[Obama is ] creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom . . . [He is] the man for this time."

-- Toni Morrison

"Obama's finest speeches do not excite. They do not inform. They don't even really inspire. They elevate. . . . He is not the Word made flesh, but the triumph of word over flesh . . . Obama is, at his best, able to call us back to our highest selves."

-- Ezra Klein