I received this in an email from one of my Yahoo Groups and I just wanted to share it with everyone and hope that you will all do this tonight. Thank you.

I know most of you do not know who I am. I am sending this out because I go to New River Community College along with Central VA Community College. My mother went to Tech and Other parts of my family have dealings with VT. My college's are holding a candle light vigual tonight at 9 pm all across VA. Please light a candle at 9pm.
Thank you,
SterlingRose
"Joyce"




Today's Message of the Day is:
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>Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss
>slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never
>regret anything that made you smile.

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The Charge of the Goddess
Now listen to the words of the Great Mother,
who was of old also called among men Artemis, Astarte, Athene, Dione, Melusine, Aphrodite, Cerridwen, Dana, Arianrhod, Isis, Bride, and by many other names.

Whenever ye have need of any thing,
once in the month,
and better it be when the moon is full,
then shall ye assemble in some secret place, and adore the spirit of me,
who am Queen of all witches.

There shall ye assemble, ye who are fain to learn all sorcery,
yet have not won its deepest secrets;
to these will I teach things that are as yet unknown.

And ye shall be free from slavery;
and as a sign that ye be really free,
ye shall be naked in your rites;
and ye shall dance, sing, feast, make music and love, all in my praise.
For mine is the ecstasy of the spirit,
and mine also is joy on earth;
for my law is love unto all beings.

Keep pure your highest ideal;
strive ever towards it, let naught stop you or turn you aside;
for mine is the secret door which opens upon the land of youth,
and mine is the cup of wine of life,
and the cauldron of Cerridwen,
which is the Holy Grail of immortality.

I am the gracious Goddess,
who gives the gift of joy unto the heart of man.
Upon earth, I give the knowledge of the spirit eternal;
and beyond death, I give peace, and freedom,
and reunion with those who have gone before.

Nor do I demand sacrifice;
for behold, I am the Mother of all living,
and my love is poured out upon the earth.

Hear ye the words of the Star Goddess;
she in the dust of whose feet are the hosts of heaven,
whose body encircles the universe.

I who am the beauty
of the green earth and the white moon upon
the mysteries of the waters,
I call upon your soul to arise and come unto me.

For I am the soul of nature
that gives life to the universe.
From me all things proceed and unto me
they must return...

I hope everyone is having a nice evening tonight. Other than the horrible news that's on, we are chillin' pretty well here in the country. We are enjoying some very nice temperatures and a nice break in the wind and rain. Tomorrow I have set up the first of hopefully many appointments with a local chiroprator to see about accupuncture to alievate this pain I'm in and maybe to lose some weight too. I really hope this will help me. I'd really like to get back to what's normal for me. I want to lay around and do nothing only because I'm being fricking lazy as hell and that's all, not because I'm in so much pain like I am now. I want everyone to pray for me, that this Dr. can help me and I can get off the pain killers and muscle relaxers and antidepressants and I will walk again and dance again and drive a car again and go where I want to go on my own for a change. Like right now, I'm so hungry but I can't just get up and go into the kitchen on my own and fix myself something to eat. I'm just getting so sick of being me in this condition.

I'm having a little trouble with my internet connections. I'm on Hughesnet now and I get AOL for free now but it's not letting me get on Blogstream. So I went back to the Hughesnet page and it let me get on but it took a long time to get it all loaded up. I don't understand this shit. Damn it, I feel like I'm computer illerate or something and I've got an AA in frickin'Computer Science. In my defense, I earned it in 1986. Nobody had personal computers or internet connections back then. I heard the military did but I'm not in the military, so there you go. I guess I am pretty much computer illerate. My son, Shawn who didn't even stay in high school to graduate knows more about this stuff than I do. Makes me feel pretty stupid. Frick, frick, frick it!

AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JAMES THATCHER,

BRAND MANAGER, PROCTER & GAMBLE



Dear Mr. Thatcher,

I have been a loyal user of your Always maxi pads for over 20 years,

and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Core or

Dri-Weave absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa

dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the

beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your

revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart

enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi-pads be aerodynamic.

I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's

a little F-16 in my pants.

Have you ever had a me nstrual period, Mr.Thatcher? Ever suffered from

"the curse"? I'm guessing you haven't. Well, my "time of the month" is

starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently

surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and

I'll be transformed into what my husband likes to call "an inbred hillbilly

with knife skills." Isn't the human body amazing? As brand manager in the

feminine-hygiene division, you've no doubt seen quite a bit of research on

what exactly happens during your customers' monthly visits from Aunt Flo.

Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we

endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control

behavior. You surely realize it's a tough time for most women. In fact,

only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her

boyfriend's testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told

her he thought Grey's Anatomy was written by drunken chimps. Crazy! The

point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling

with homicidal maniacs in capri pants. This brings me to the reason for my

letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I

w anted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always

maxi pad , and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words:

"Have a Happy Period."

Are you f...ing kidding me?!



What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really

think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness - is possible during a

menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit

pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you're some kind of

sick S&M freak girl, there will never be anything "happy" about a day in which

you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kailua and lock yourself in your

house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreen's armed with

a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.

For the love of God, pull your head out, man. If you just have to slap a

moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something

that's actually pertinent, like "Put Down the Hammer" or "Vehicular

Manslaughter Is Wrong"? Or are you just picking on us?



Sir, please inform your accounting department that, effective

immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have

chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will

certainly miss your Flexi-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your

brand of condescending bullsh**. And that's a promise I will keep.

Always! !