Thanksgiving Break/Chasing the Elusive Ditch Parrot

Thanksgiving break was very good. Had plenty of time to enjoy God's great creation, as well as chase the elusive ditch parrot (ringneck pheasant). Here's a few pictures:

In preparation for Turkey Day

A lady was picking through the frozen turkeys at the grocery store but she couldn't find one big enough for her family.

She asked a stock boy, "Do these turkeys get any bigger?"

The stock boy replied, "No ma'am, they're dead."

And another...

One year at Thanksgiving, my mom went to my sister's house for the traditional feast. Knowing how gullible my sister is, my mom decided to play a trick. She told my sister that she needed something from the store.

When my sister left, my mom took the turkey out of the oven, removed the stuffing, stuffed a Cornish hen,and inserted it into the turkey, and re-stuffed the turkey. She then placed the bird(s) back in the oven.

When it was time for dinner, my sister pulled the turkey out of the oven and proceeded to remove the stuffing. When her serving spoon hit something, she reached in and pulled out the little bird.

With a look of total shock on her face, my mother exclaimed, "Patricia, you've cooked a pregnant bird!" At the reality of this horrifying news, my sister started to cry.

It took the family two hours to convince her that turkeys lay eggs!

Yep...


...SHE'S BLONDE!!

Ode to Caffeine

This is a poem I wrote for a silly English 180 assignment. It is written in the form of a "sestina," where you repeat the last words of the first six lines in different orders throughout the rest of the poem. Confused yet?

Oh my good friend caffeine
How lost would I be without your power?
You keep me awake
when I've had no sleep
You are my inspiration
when all other things fail

With your help I never fail
You hold all the secrets of life, caffeine
Outside of you there is no inspiration
you have endless creative power
I dream of you when I sleep
I think of you when I'm awake

When I'm awake
lest my hear should fail
and I enter the eternal sleep
I consume caffeine
You keep my alive by your incredible power
My life and inspiration

When I need to write a paper you are my inspiration
I don't need to be awake
I just tap into your power
that can never fail
oh great caffeine
with you, I never sleep

And when I'm in class and fall into a deep sleep
lacking motivation and inspiration
You, oh caffeine
bring me back to the land of the awake
You never fail
for in you is all power

And where do you get this power
It is my constant dream while I sleep
but I will always fail
unless driven by your inspiration
and I will never awake
Without you, caffeine

Your wondrous power, divine inspiration!
I'll never sleep, for you keep me awake!
You never fail, oh great caffeine!