Hey there, sweet, handsome Mr. Dice!  My Jordan could help you with the pages—he has "thumbs."  :)

Hi there, L. P.   I know what you mean about the smell of a book—can’t beat it.  :)

Ms. Jane,

How do you like your Kindle?  I don’t have one myself, and I had thought about buying one, but I think I’d miss holding a real book.  You know?  Something about a book.  :)

I’ve been staring at a copy of "Blood Done Sign My Name" by Timothy B. Tyson—sitting on my nightstand, just waiting.

Uhm, a few years ago, women and blacks couldn’t vote either … but we changed that condition of life.  One keeps fighting until things are changed.  That’s how it works.

Ah, our lovely Ms. Lily.  It’s so wonderful to see you are still fighting the noble fight for a very worthy cause and some very, very worthy creatures.

Ms. Lily, I checked out the website that you have so kindly provided to us, but unfortunately, there is not a zoo in my immediate area that will be participating in this fight on Saturday.  I so wish it was different, because I would be there “with bells on” as they say.  I’m with you in spirit!  Keep fighting.

Also, I was thinking of something—if elephants were meant to live in small quarters, such as zoos, why did God make them native to the two largest continents on the planet?  Asia is 44,579,000 sq km and Africa is 30,065,000 sq km.  Hmmmm, seems to me God figured these beautiful creatures needed to live in a place that had the most room for them to roam.  Don’t ya think?

Oh, no, no!  I didn’t mean to imply that there was anything controversial in your post.  That was kind of my point—it doesn’t matter whether there is anything controversial or not … sometimes they just disappear!  :)

Hey Mo, no offense, but I don’t think the disappearance has anything to do with the world of high tech … IF you know what I mean.  :)

Edgar Allen Poe,

–› The Cask of Amontillado —>"The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado"

Flannery O’Connor’s “Wise Blood”:

 “She shut her eyes and saw the pin point of light but so far away that she could not hold it steady in her mind.  She felt as if she were blocked at the entrance of something.  She sat staring with her eyes shut, into his eyes, and felt as if she had finally got to the beginning of something she couldn’t begin, and she saw him moving farther and farther away, farther and farther into the darkness until he was the pin point of light.”

 

Awesome!

Sure you could Mr. Dice!  Please, join the Facebook and look me up!

Josie,

I don’t think it’s working.  Ms. Jane must be busy creating something brilliant!! 

Perhaps we should chant for Edith?

ommmmmm … Edithcomeoutandplayinthesandboxtoday … . ommm

Greed—the human condition:  Judas, the Roman Empire, King Midas, Christopher Columbus, Hitler, Japan in WWII, Apartheid in South Africa, Imdela Marcos, Bernie Ebbers of World Com,  Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling of Enron, the war in Iraq, the AIG scandal, Bernie Madoff, Wall Street, today’s mortgage crisis, the American economy …

Well, this is just my humble opinion—even though no one asked for it—but I personally would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT if Ms. Jane got herself set up on Facebook.  (Hint, hint)

 

*more chanting*   ommm …  pleasems.janesetupafacebookpage … .ommmmm

Purrrrr away, Dice!!

Om … .ms.janepleasecomeoutandplaywithus … ommmmm