The Greatest Show on Earth!
Circus Train, Tracks, and Childhood Dreams.
Pittsburgh Landscape shot today, Pink Fountain and all.
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The Circus train chugged into town filled with the magic of youthful dreams. Mellon arena is now hosting the circus for the remainder of the weekend. The train itself is a symbol of times past meeting today—time now; the silver cars cross this great country of ours bringing a real world of active entertainment to foil the cyber world and extinction.
Downtown Pittsburgh is in a flux of changing colors, as the trees at the point brilliantly display leaves that offer what you cannot buy … natural beauty in all of it’s glory. The fountain at the point is also joining in to dazzle the eyes with the tall spout of water not of routine opacity, but in pink. Apparently the water has been turned pink as part of breast cancer awareness.
As we go into the holiday season I hope that folks that still have all the good stuff … such as food that is hot, steaks with marbled fat, beds that are soft, air conditioning, water that comes out of pipes, and girlfriends that smell good, remember those of you over there that do not. I want to extend my best wishes that all of you get to experience the best holiday of all for the soldier/devil dog with boots in the sand, “the day that you come home.”
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Critically injured war reporter to give speech tomorrow about her experiences:
My granddaddy always told me not to listen to anyone who doesn’t have a pony in the race. Through the years I have found this to be true. Media outlets are usually stepping all in it, as they opine from the outside of the experience. Sometimes it takes a hit to wake someone up; CBS reporter Kimberly Dozier was critically injured by a car bomb in Baghdad. She will be in town tomorrow to speak at Carlow University. Her experiences with the doctors who treat our men and women who were severely injured in the war, is one aspect of her speech. Now that she has a pony in the race, she speaks for others using her high profile perch to catch the attention of those too elitist to listen to combat troops who do not have a voice. Let us hope that she can pave the way for improved treatment for those who put it all on the line.
My granddaddy always told me not to listen to anyone who doesn’t have a pony in the race. Through the years I have found this to be true. Media outlets are usually stepping all in it, as they opine from the outside of the experience. Sometimes it takes a hit to wake someone up; CBS reporter Kimberly Dozier was critically injured by a car bomb in Baghdad. She will be in town tomorrow to speak at Carlow University. Her experiences with the doctors who treat our men and women who were severely injured in the war, is one aspect of her speech. Now that she has a pony in the race, she speaks for others using her high profile perch to catch the attention of those too elitist to listen to combat troops who do not have a voice. Let us hope that she can pave the way for improved treatment for those who put it all on the line.
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Sports update:
The Steelers do not play today. They engage the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football. They have been promising all week to be more physical this year; this should prove to be an interesting affair, a real old-fashioned "Punch in the Mouth" football game.
The Pirates will name John Russell as the new manager on Monday.
Monday Night Sports Update:
The Steelers lived up to the hype and thumped the Ravens 38 to 7! This was an impressive physical game with the Ravens being punched in the mouth all night long... Most "Out of Towner’s" do not know that Pittsburgh fans strongly dislike the Cleveland Browns; well, the Baltimore Ravens are the old Cleveland Browns that slipped out of town at night like a thief in the dark. Thus the sour feelings towards them here, as they are to the Pittsburgh Fans--Cleveland Browns #2! The thrashing they received had them out of sorts all game long … never to recover.
The Steelers do not play today. They engage the Baltimore Ravens on Monday Night Football. They have been promising all week to be more physical this year; this should prove to be an interesting affair, a real old-fashioned "Punch in the Mouth" football game.
The Pirates will name John Russell as the new manager on Monday.
Monday Night Sports Update:
The Steelers lived up to the hype and thumped the Ravens 38 to 7! This was an impressive physical game with the Ravens being punched in the mouth all night long... Most "Out of Towner’s" do not know that Pittsburgh fans strongly dislike the Cleveland Browns; well, the Baltimore Ravens are the old Cleveland Browns that slipped out of town at night like a thief in the dark. Thus the sour feelings towards them here, as they are to the Pittsburgh Fans--Cleveland Browns #2! The thrashing they received had them out of sorts all game long … never to recover.
Keep your head down,
Henry Hill, Plum Pennsylvania
Henry Hill, Plum Pennsylvania
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