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At the florist shop, I search the green plastic buckets bursting with soft pale carnations, vibrant roses, and delicate lilies. I want the perfect rose to give to my new love. My last stop is the Christian bookstore to pick up some valentines for friends. There I run into my former softball coach from the church league, a single man and clearly lonely. As I drive away from the bookstore, I sense the Lord telling me to go back in and give the rose to him. I couldn't imagine giving away that rose. I planned this for days. And the trouble I went through to find the perfect one. I stared down at the pink floral tissue. It was for my savior. And no one else. Then it is clear, what I want to give to God, he wants me to give away. Julie Rank 'Joy ride' It was 2004 when I was sitting with two of my girlfriends at one of their homes.
Morning Report: B-E-A-G-L-E-S!
Yes, it's time for the Westminster Dog Show once again. The crowd-pleasing beagle named Uno barked at his handler in Madison Square Garden last night, then bayed at the crowd, tried to grab his leash and took a flying leap at a piece of filet mignon. Oh, and he gnawed away at a newly printed sign. His white-tipped tail in perpetual motion, Uno turned the green carpet of Madison Square Garden into his own personal backyard last night when he became the first beagle to win the hound group at the Westminster Kennel Club show since 1939 - that's 483 years, in dog years. Westminster has presented best in show 100 times and a beagle has never won. Uno's victory assured him a place in the final seven tonight at America's No. 1 dog event. Beagles are always among the most popular dogs in the country, yet Uno's handler Aaron Wilkerson was at a loss to explain why they've never done better here.
Obama: Beware 'Reverse Bradley'
He has to lose to Bill Richardson to be in trouble? ... Update: Politico's Josh Kraushaar has some standards ("at least a strong second-place performance")! ... 5) Note that Richelieu, a McCain booster (even in the highly unlikely event that he's not Mike Murphy) predicted McCain would finish third with 17%--a "surging third." He came in fourth with 13%--a "disappointing 4th," wrote NBC's First Read, in an honest assessment you don't find many other places in the MSM. Somehow, the press never requires McCain to actually match the "comeback" hype it generates about him. ... **--I once speculated that Harold Ford might benefit from a different kind of Reverse Bradley effect in his Tennessee senate race, in the form of conservative white voters who don't want to admit to their buddies or to pollsters that on the secret ballot they were going to vote for the black Democrat.
Drive Like Jehu
Hugely influential band arrising from the ashes of Pitchfork, created two albums and then split, the members going on to form Rocket from the Crypt and Hot Snakes. Their influence can be found in many of the more abrasive yet intelligent punk/post-hardcore bands coming out of America. News 24/01/2008: Reis with a boon: Rocket from the Crypt, Hot Snakes man back with new band User ratings .
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