A Little Mixed Up - A poem

"Just a line to say I'm livin' - that I'm not among the dead.
Tho' I'm getting more forgetful, and more mixed up in the head.

"For sometimes I can't remember when I stand at the foot of the stair,
If I must go up for something, or if I just came down from there.

"And before the 'frig', so often, my mind is filled with doubt -
Have I just put food away, or have I come to take some out?

"There are times when it's dark out - with my night cap on my head,
I don't know if I'm retiring, or just getting out of bed.

"So, if it's my turn to write you, there's no need for getting sore,
I may think that I have written and don't want to be a bore.

"Just....remember, I do love you, and wish that you were here--
And now it's nearly mail time, so I must say, 'Good-bye,' dear."

There I stood beside the mail box, with a face so very red;
Instead of mailing you my letter, I had opened it instead.

author unkown

Pluto is no longer a planet

The latest on the status of Pluto.  Astronomers have demoted it from planet status so the solar system now consists of 8 full fledge planets and a few dwarfs.  Here is the link to an article that gives a little more information.

 

After all these years of thinking Pluto was a planet...science continually changes:)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14489259/

bird trivia

The 2004 edition of the Guinness World Records lists the cassowary as the world's most dangerous bird.

More recently, Cassowaries have been known to lose their natural fear of people. As a result, large areas of Australian National Parks have been temporarily closed to avoid human contact with the bird.

The only poisonous bird!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooded_Pitohui

it causes numbness in your hands when you touch it!

Ostriches can be up to 10 feet tall and weigh 400 pounds. They can run 40 miles per hour for 30 minutes. The only bird with two toes on each foot.