AFTR's Daily Commute

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Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face
by Jack Prelutsky

Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.

Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you'd be forced to smell your feet.

Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!

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Happiness
by Raymond Carver

So early it's still almost dark out.
I'm near the window with coffee,
and the usual early morning stuff
that passes for thought.

When I see the boy and his friend
walking up the road
to deliver the newspaper.

They wear caps and sweaters,
and one boy has a bag over his shoulder.
They are so happy
they aren't saying anything, these boys.

I think if they could, they would take
each other's arm.
It's early in the morning,
and they are doing this thing together.

They come on, slowly.
The sky is taking on light,
though the moon still hangs pale over the water.

Such beauty that for a minute
death and ambition, even love,
doesn't enter into this.

Happiness. It comes on
unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really,
any early morning talk about it.

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Sonnets 04: Only Until This Cigarette Is Ended
by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Only until this cigarette is ended,
A little moment at the end of all,
While on the floor the quiet ashes fall,
And in the firelight to a lance extended,
Bizarrely with the jazzing music blended,
The broken shadow dances on the wall,
I will permit my memory to recall
The vision of you, by all my dreams attended.
And then adieu,—farewell!—the dream is done.
Yours is a face of which I can forget
The color and the features, every one,
The words not ever, and the smiles not yet;
But in your day this moment is the sun
Upon a hill, after the sun has set.


About the poet: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/160

PS...Almost sound like lyrics to a Taylor Swift song.

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Today....let's go West

Greatest photos of the American West - CNN.com

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Something a bit different today................cars that look like toys

Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth's real-life cartoon cars - Orbitron (1) - CNNMoney

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Just thoughts I have had concerning my job.

Office Etiquette in the Workplace | Chron.com

The Small Business Office Etiquette Problems

Office Etiquette: Getting Along with Your Coworkers

Business Office Etiquette | Chron.com

Some of these issues exist in the small personnel office where I work. My boss is aware of these issues, but lets the negative behavior slide. Don't get me wrong....we do have a more casual atmosphere I like and occasional humor is appreciated. and enjoyed by myself as well as any other. But many times the comments are not funny, they are rude or just plain silly. I do not laugh; I ignore. Nicknames are used by other co-workers among themselves that are just childish. There are co-workers who text or make personal phone calls frequently and talk like they are home.....loudly. Friends come sit by their desks and they just chat away. You can't help but hear most everything...we work in a small office. Until these issues are addressed by the boss, they will continue. I still like my job and will continue to do my job as best as I can. I am friendly, courteous and helpful to my co-workers because I choose to be. I have also chosen to distance myself from the negative behavior and it looks like I'm in the minority. And there's the difficulty for myself I guess. I will not stoop to their level.

Now, AFTR gets off her soapbox.

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Life is a Beach......

17 beaches we'd like to be lounging on - CNN.com

[AnneBoleyn]

Your threads are amazing & you are fascinating! :-D

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The Perfect Friend
by Shannen Wrass

Today I found a friend
who knew everything I felt
she knew my weakness
and the problems I've been dealt.
She understood my wonders
and listened to my dreams,
she listened to how I felt about life and love
and knew what it all means.
Not once did she interrupt me
or tell me I was wrong
she understood what I was going through
and promised she'd stay long.
I reached out to this friend,
to show her that I care
to pull her close and let her know
how much I need her there.
I went to hold her hand
to pull her a bit nearer
and I realized this perfect friend I found
was nothing but a mirror.

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March

In March the wind blows down the door

and spills my soup upon the floor

It laps it up and roars for more!

Blowing once, blowing twice

blowing chicken soup with rice.

written by Maurice Sendak