A Walk Through the Cemetery

By Justin Mathews

One day as I walked through a cemetery,

On a gorgeous Memorial Day,
I looked and I saw rows and rows of flags along the way,
So many flags along the grave stones, enough to touch the sky,
And underneath these engraved stones,Is where our heroes lie.

I looked and saw a stone from Concord,the first battle of the Revolutionary War,

And after this both sides knew, Independence lay beyond this door.
I looked and saw a grave from the Battle of Bunker Hill,
And in that field the lives that were lost are in our memories still.

I saw a grave from Gettysburg where a great battle was fought,

Though I do not know the number of dead, I know it was quite a lot.
I saw a grave from a battle of World War I,
Where many men gave their lives, some were fathers, all were sons.

I saw a grave from Normandy Beach, the battle our heroes won,

The Americans stopped the advancing Germans the Invasion of France was done.
I saw a grave from Okinawa a battle that America won,
The raid on Japan now was over and now the war was done.

From Korea, and Vietnam, from the Gulf War to Iraq,

Brave soldiers fought, brave soldiers died, brave soldiers did come back.
I will always honor the men who fought to make me free,
And that is what Memorial Day means to me.

For all of those who gave their lives to defend our liberty,
I'll remember it is because of them that I am living free.
And as I think of all those brave, there are two things I'll say,
Thank God I'm an American boy, God has blessed the USA.

Joke of the Week! "No One on the Line"

I am running out of things to say!
A young man started a business. To impress his customers, he bought a nice office with a nice chair and desk, and a nice computer, and always wore a nice suit to work. One day a man came in, so, to impress him, he picked up the phone, even though there was no one on the other end, and acted like he was having a very important conversation with a rich customer. When he hung up, he asked the man: "Can I help you?"
"Yes," the man replied. "I am here to hook up your phone line!"

Sorry!!!!!

The Bird Brain I put on yesterday was a big OOOOOPS! Please disregard post!

Joke of the Week! "Eat Dirt!"

AHGGGGGG! HERE HE COMES! RUN!

A vacuum cleaner salesman goes out to a little town in the country to try to sell a vacuum. (This takes place in the early 1900s) Anywho, the man saw an elderly lady sweeping her porch. So he got out of his car and went up to her. Then he pulled a packet of dirt out of his pocket, ripped it open and dumped it on the floor. Then he said: "If my vacuum can't suck that up, I'll eat it myself!"
The lady told him: "Better start chomping mister, because we don't have electricity out here!"

Bird Brain



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 Well, I'm back. I hope you enjoyed last week's Bird Brain! Here is this weeks! The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
A few weeks ago, I spent the week at my grand- parents house. I was outside taking a walk around the yard when I heard a call that sounded like a "weep weep"
When I went over to where the sound was coming from, I saw a bird that looked like a downy woodpecker but was much to big to be a downy woodpecker. When I got inside  I looked it up in my bird book and found that it was a yellow-bellied sapsucker.
Here is the Bird ID from Stokes Feild Guide to Birds:
Black-and-white-streaked face; red patch on forehead; elongated white patch on shoulder of black wings; central belly yellowish.
MALE: Red chin.
FEMALE: White chin.
IN FLIGHT: Note white rump and white sholder patches
FALL JUV: Brownish overall, but with white wing patch like adult's. Gradually molts into adult plumage by spring.

Joke of the Week! "The Mothers Day Card"

Better run cause here I come!

Two girls bought their mother flowers for mothers day.
They told their mother that they used their own money to buy the flowers.
The younger of the two stated "We bought you these because you always ask for some peace so you can rest."
When their mother opened the card it simply stated "Rest in Peace"

Bird Brain

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I decided to start a new weekly post called "Bird Brain". No, I am not calling you a bird brain.
This week's bird is one that you probably don't hear about very often. It is called the American Kestrel. We had a family of them living around our house.
I keep a small bird journal with me in my pocket. Here's the entry about the kestrel.
March 28, 2011
The American Kestrel is 9" Long. Small colorful falcon, long tail, thin sickle-shaped wings. Male: Blue-gray wings; redish brown tail with broad black tip; a line of translucent spots is visible along trailing edge of wing.
Female: Wings, black and tail reddish-brown; thin dark brown harson tail. Spots along trailing edge of wings less conspicuas.
Perched: Two black side burns on each side of face. Male has blue gray wings, female has lightly barred brown wings.
Immature: Almost the same as adult.


Hope you enjoy Bird Brain!

Joke of the Week! "The Congress Man and the Farmer"

Hey Peoples, I AM BACK!!!!! Did you miss me? I didn't think you would!!!!

Here is this weeks joke!
A rancher was watching his herd out in the fields of Montana, when suddenly a black Sudan pulled up and a well dress man in a suit, tie, really nice sun glasses and custom made leather shoes stepped out .
The man said to the farmer, "If I can tell you how many cows you have in your herd, will you give me one of your calves?"
"Alright." the farmer replied after thinking about it for a moment, "Why not!"
So the man pulled out his Blackberry Smart phone and found his UTM coordinates on his GPS app. Then he got a satellite photo which was sent to a master computer in Berlin, Germany, which wrote a 126 page report, which got sent to his home office and to his laptop in the trunk of his car. He sent it to his calculator app and had it counted the cows in the photo. Then he printed it on his ink jet printer, also in his trunk. After that he told the rancher: "You have 2,451 cows in this field."
"Wow!" the rancher replied, "Have your pick."
So the man picked a scrawny looking cow and and stuffed it in his trunk. As he was about to leave, the rancher said to him, "If I can tell you what your job is, will you give me back my cow?"
"Sure!" the man replied.
"You are a member of Congress."
"Yea! How did you know?"
"Because you are arrogant! You spend way to much money on things that you don't need! You ask the dumbest questions! You find the hardest way to do the simplest things! You tell me things I already know and you know nothing about animals because this is a herd of sheep, not cows! NOW GIVE ME BACK MY DOG!