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Marvin Zindler wrote:

No Toad Suck, Arkansas?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad_Suck,_Arkansas

I would have included it, but… it just sucked.

Trecdom2 wrote:

At first, it sounded like I had to redo my clearance investigation as my current one didn't carry over, but it sounds like that's not accurate. One less piece of paperwork to worry about. I do have to find a time to go down to the base for fingerprints but their person is out of the office until after the weekend. So hopefully by July I will be in this new job.

Great news!
Please keep us updated.

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Today's Special Salsa is not actually salsa, but keeping it mild, we present - Guacamole - simply mashed avocados, diced tomatoes, diced onions, diced mild jalapeños, a touch of garlic, a touch of cilantro, a pinch of salt, and a squeeze of lime. A sealed cup of Texas-made Longhorn Cheddar Jack cheese is also included for cheese lovers. The taco is hermetically sealed in a Stay-Warm® pouch that is wrapped in the same ol' aluminum foil we are all so familiar with for our breakfast taco. We are trying to keep it real, peeps. For your beverage accompaniment, a packet of Sanka, Tang and a Lipton Tea bag will be included with every delivery as well as salt and pepper and a napkin. Yes, it is different, but it works and you do not even have to leave your residence. Woo! And, watch out for the drones! Start your day off the right way; munch out and go back to sleep. You know you want to!®

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Issues Test Bed wrote:

Marvin? Is that you? I put you on a TV a couple times back in the 1990's...

Sadly, no. The great Marvin Zindler has gone to that big Chicken Ranch in the sky. This is just a simple memorial nation.

In Waters Deep
In ocean wastes, no poppies blow,
No crosses stand in ordered row,
There young hearts sleep… beneath the wave…
The spirited, the good, the brave,
But stars a constant vigil keep,
For them who lie beneath the deep.
‘Tis true you cannot kneel in prayer
On certain spot and think. “He’s there.”
But you can to the ocean go…
See whitecaps marching row on row;
Know one for him will always ride…
In and out… with every tide.
And when your span of life is passed,
He’ll meet you at the “Captain’s Mast.”
And they who mourn on distant shore
For sailors who’ll come home no more,
Can dry their tears and pray for these
Who rest beneath the heaving seas…
For stars that shine and winds that blow
And whitecaps marching row on row.
And they can never lonely be
For when they lived… they chose the sea.
©2001 by Eileen Mahoney