watermelon
Tucked under her arm,
It was on the quiet verge
Of slipping under the
Shaking steps of her
Heisman form and her
Barreling stance directed
Toward the shopping cart
Where the defense
Was waiting like my
Arms eager to tussle
With a flirting quiddity
So very out of my element
When the bottles of water
Were clearing the shelves
And the windows and the world
Were buzzing with moving lips
For a smashing break of
Furrows, froth and routine.
So, I took it and slipped it
Under my shirt pretending that
It was a green baby birthed
Beneath an angry wind.
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Everyone thinks all you do is sit in a room and design policy and that’s it. But if you look at the experiences of World War II and the Cold War, there was a great deal of trial and error — or as I like to call it, “audibling.” No military plan survives first contact with a real enemy. Who was it who said it? Was it Clemens? Some humorist. “Even the most brilliant strategist must occasionally take into account the presence of an enemy.”
From Colin Powell’s conversation with PJ O’Rourke in Adult-Male-Elephant Diplomacy (The Atlantic – Sept 04)
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Bonnie was a false alarm… but then there was Charlie. Then Francis. And maybe Ivan.
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It’s my nature to look to the future. I often feel like I’m catching up to where I want to be five years hence. Jim Eliot, a martyred missionary once said, “Wherever you are, be all there.” I always liked that. And lately, I’m being reminded of the point.
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(x100):
Side lobe banking uses the same comparison situation as side lobe cancellation, but instead of canceling, a blanking gate turns off a main receiver, actually blanking the system. Intended for use against pulse interference. …
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Matt11:28
