Anyway, don’t forget to set your clocks ahead before you go to bed tonight… Unless of course you live in Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam and the Northern Marianas where they don’t observe daylight savings time.

Her parents have been trying to contact her all weekend, but have been unable to reach her. Her family asks that anyone having information about Ms. Perez’s whereabouts contact the Seattle Police Department or the University of Washington Police Department.

For addition information please visit Ms. Malkin’s blog.

If you’re in the Seattle area or family or friends there you can help get the word out by passing on the following information:

MISSING PERSON

Name: Marizela Perez

Date Missing: March 5, 2011, 12:00-12:30 P.M.

Last Seen: Rainier Beach area, heading to UW Seattle campus to meet friends for lunch or study in the UW libraries

Possible Routes: Sound Link Light Rail stations, downtown/Chinatown areas, UW Seattle campus, U-district

Description – Asian female, 5’5” tall, 110 lbs, skinny build, asymmetrical bob with short bangs and brown/red highlights hairstyle, tattoo on left inner arm with the words ‘lahat ay magiging maayos’, last seen wearing denim jeans, light brown suede laced boots, possibly wearing green eye contacts, possibly carrying a plaid backpack with a Macbook Pro laptop, taking medication for depression.

Please keep Ms. Perez and her family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.

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• Have you seen Marizela Perez? UW student missing – The Seattle Times

A Cowboy’s Christmas Prayer

By S. Omar Barker (1894-1985)

I ain’t much good at prayin’, and You may not know me, Lord-
I ain’t much seen in churches where they preach Thy Holy Word,
But you may have observed me out here on the lonely plains,
A-lookin’ after cattle, feelin’ thankful when it rains,
Admirin’ Thy great handiwork, the miracle of grass,
Aware of Thy kind spirit in the way it comes to pass
That hired men on horseback and the livestock we tend
Can look up at the stars at night and know we’ve got a friend.

So here’s ol’ Christmas comin’ on, remindin’ us again
Of Him whose coming brought good will into the hearts of men.
A cowboy ain’t no preacher, Lord, but if You’ll hear my prayer,
I’ll ask as good as we have got for all men everywhere.
Don’t let no hearts be bitter, Lord.
Don’t let no child be cold.
Make easy beds for them that’s sick and them that’s weak and old.
Let kindness bless the trail we ride, no matter what we’re after,
And sorter keep us on Your side, in tears as well as laughter.

I’ve seen ol’ cows a-starvin, and it ain’t no happy sight:
Please don’t leave no one hungry, Lord, on thy good Christmas night-
No man, no child, no woman, and no critter on four feet-
I’ll aim to do my best to help You find ‘em chuck to eat.

I’m just a sinful cowpoke, Lord-ain’t got no business prayin’-
But still I hope You’ll ketch a word or two of what I’m sayin’:
We speak of Merry Christmas, Lord-I reckon you’ll agree
There ain’t no Merry Christmas for nobody that ain’t free.
So one thing more I’ll ask You, Lord: Just help us what you can
To save some seeds of freedom for the future sons of man.

Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 1:2

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year and each of you is blessed with every joy during this glorious season.

To every Soldier, Sailor, Airmen and Marine at home and abroad… Merry Christmas, Thank You, and may God Bless you and keep safe.http://www.jasetaro.com/blog/wp-admin/post-new.ph

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• Yes, Virginia … – New York Sun

"Betty Jane" a World War II era North American TP-15C Mustang.

The Wings of Freedom tour a living history display of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, Consolidated B-24 Liberator, and North American P-51 Mustang… The backbone of American air power in World War II is coming to Connecticut.

Sixty years after their use over the skies of enemy territory, they embark on a new mission over the skies of America to honor our veterans of World War II, promote education of our future generations about the role of the aircraft and the flight crews of World War II, and to preserve these treasures of American aviation history where they belong: the sky.

The aircraft will be available for ground tours and flight experiences at Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport from September 7th to September 10th, and at Waterbury-Oxford Airport between September 10th and September 13, 2010.

Visit The Collings Foundation web site for exact times and locations or to book a flight.

I swear the next person who tells me how awful our health care system is is going to get slapped… Like most people I try to avoid doctors and hospitals as much as possible, but I couldn’t escape them this time. Everyone I dealt with from my doctor to the nurses aids in the hospital were top notch!

Anyway here’s the short version of the story… I started feeling a little queasy while celebrating my birthday with friends earlier this month… That was Wednesday night, by Thursday morning I was miserable enough to know something wasn’t right so I called my doctor’s office and made an appointment see him that afternoon. Roughly 2 hours later was having CT scan to confirm what training and experience told him was appendicitis… A little more than an hour later is was in the emergency room getting IV antibiotics and waiting for surgery. Truth be told that was the longest most annoying part of the whole process, I spent about 5 hours in the ER before I was taken up for surgery at around 10:00 p.m.

There was no fighting with insurance companies or trivial bullshit of any kind… The system simply worked just as it does for vast majority of Americans everyday. There is a fundamental difference between access to health care and access to health insurance… that’s something that’s been lost in the debate on health care reform. Our health care system is not broken, it has faults, but the issue is not access to health care… It’s access to affordable health insurance and there are ways of providing affordable health insurance coverage to those want it without effectively blowing up our entire health care system.

Oh and for the record… Nothing says Happy Birthday like appendicitis!

“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and the Republic for which it stands. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” – Daniel Webster

Mark your calendars for Thursday, April 15 and make your voice heard at one of the Tax Day Tea Parties being held around Connecticut and around the country.

Greenwich Tea Party
When: Thrusday, April 15th, 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Where: Greenwich Town Hall, Field Point Road, Greenwich, CT
Website: gstpp.org

Hartford Tea Party
When: Thursday, April 15th, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where: State Capitol (North Steps), Hartford, CT
Website: thehartfordteapartypatriots.com

New Haven Tea Party
When: Thursday, April 15th, 12:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Long Wharf Drive (Exit 46 off I-95)
Website: newhaventeaparty.com

New Milford Tea Party
When: Thursday, April 15th, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Where: The New Milford Green at the band stand
Website: ???

Norwich Tea Party
When: Thursday, April 15th, 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Where: Howard T Brown Memorial Park (aka the marina park), Chelsea Harbor Road, Norwich, CT
Website: ct2nddistrictteapartypatriots.com

My schedule’s a mess, but I’m going to try and make it to the New Haven Tea Party… Hope to see you there.

Anyway, my scheduled seems to have become unstuffed and I’m starting to catch up on the events of the last week… so I should be able to get back to blogging later to today.

If you can chip in a few dollars, click here.

Easter is a celebration of love that never fails…

…And life that never ends.

May your day be filled with joy!