Happy 4th of July

[jawnbc]

This is how I choose to remember the land of my birthday: with hope, and more than a little awe. It's easy to forget the many good things the US of A have brought to the world these last 230 years. Many achievements. On top of its incredible beauty.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me

As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me

Stumbling back into the groove of life today. Flight was delayed getting in, so our reunion plans--parts of them--needed to be moved to today instead. I'll make up for the delay though--yeah baby! I was supposed to get some oral this morning...as in having my French assessed by The Government. A mix-up precluded that; now it probably won't be until August. Or September. Maybe the voice message has to go to third reading?

Today's theme is lit review, the reading for which I'm plodding through. I hope to move past reading into synthesis mode by the end of next week. From there I'll identify some domains of inquiry for my questionnaires, and start getting others' perspective on it. If I'm gonna apply for an operating grant I need to have this all in the bag by 01 August.

I'm also doing laundry. I'm sure the very idea of it (kweers with clean clothes) scares the bejaysus out of youse. Well groomed: the heart of the Gay Agenda™.

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...Went back home to the refinery...

[holden-wake.livejournal.com]

The US of A, gotta love it still.

There are conservatives with head exploding idotic ideas in every country, so no need to point the finger soley in one direction. The music, movies, effective products, and beautiful country filled with good people more than make up for some of the rougher edges.

Like most places agian, but there is no country quite like it, just the same.

Something 2 Sing About

[weebax.livejournal.com]

We have a simlar song up here in Canada. It's called Something to Sing About:

I have walked on the sand of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland
Laxed on the ridge of the Miramichi
Seen the waves tear and roar on the stone coast of Labrador
Watched them roll back to the Great Northern Sea

Chorus:

From the Vancouver Island to the Alberta Highland
'Cross the Prairies, the lakes to Ontario's towers
From the sound of Mount Royal's chimes, up to the Maritimes
Something to sing about, this land of ours
I have welcomed the dawn from the fields of Saskatchewan
Followed the sun to the Vancouver shore
Watched it climb shiny new up the snow peaks of Caribou
Up to the clouds where the wild Rockies soar

I have heard the wild wind sing the places that I have been
Bay Bull and Red Deer and Strait of Bells Isle
Names like Grand Mere and Silverthorne
Trails of the pioneer, named with a smile

I have wandered my way to the wild wood of Hudson Bay
Treated my toes to Quebec's morning dew
Where the sweet summer breeze kissed the leaves of the maple trees
Sharing this song that I'm sharing with you

Yes there's something to sing about, tune up a string about
Call out in chorus or quietly hum
Of a land that is still young, with a ballad that's still unsung
Telling the promise of great things to come

Happy 4th of July !!