“I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more
credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those
occurring in dreams.... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory.”

- André Breton, “Manifesto of Surrealism,” 1924
(09 Feb 1896 - 28 Sept 1966)

August 24, 1944 - Allied troops began the attack on Paris.

August 24, 1949 - The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) went into effect. The agreement was that an attack against on one of the parties would be considered "an attack against them all."

August 25, 1942 - Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea

August 25, 1942 - Second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons: A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal was turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer, sinking one transport, and leaving one light cruiser heavily damaged.

August 25, 1943 - U.S. forces overran New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.

August 25, 1944 - Paris was liberated by the Allied, ending four years of German occupation.

August 25, 1944 - Romania declared war on Germany.

August 25, 1967 - George Lincoln Rockwell, founder and leader of the American Nazi party, was assassinated by John Patler, who was born Yanacki Christos Patsalos.

Tuesday, August 24, 1965 - Basketball player Reggie Miller was born in Riverside, California.

Tuesday, August 24, 1965 - Cricketer Brian Rajadurai was born in Sri Lanka.

Wednesday, August 25, 1965 - Cricketer Sanjeev Sharma was born in Delhi, India.

Wednesday, August 25, 1965 - Football player Cornelius Bennett was born in Birmingham, Alabama.

Wednesday, August 25, 1965 - Baseball player Moonlight Graham (born Archibald Wright Graham on 10 Nov 1879 in Fayetteville, North Carolina) died in Chisholm, Minnesota at the age of 85.

   Oh, Laura is your daughter, Norris! Well, that makes it all the more important! When I tried to vote for Grace again today, I noticed the site was trying to pull a switcheroo on me. It tried to persuade me to vote for the wrong Grace!  OH, NO!

   That's why I've included the link to all the candidates named Grace, along with the image of The Real Grace, lest there be any confusion. As y'all can see, she's a Weimaraner from Richmond.

http://www.adogslife.net/photo_gallery.php?pg=&limit=40&sort=tnid&type=tnap&field=dog_name&keyword=grace#14296

   Vote early, and vote often - or at least cast your allotted daily vote!

Newport News Visitor Center to Hold Book Signing for Local Author

Take a trip down memory lane and save some green at the same time! Newport News native William A. Fox will be signing specially-priced copies of his newly-released book, Downtown Newport News, at the Newport News Visitor Center on Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. In addition, the first 25 visitors who purchase a copy of Downtown Newport News will also receive a VIP Passport, valued at over $120.

The NNVC is located at 13560 Jefferson Avenue, at the entrance to Newport News Park. Published by Arcadia Publishing, Downtown Newport News is part of their Images of America series. For more information about the book signing or to purchase signed, specially-priced copies of  Downtown Newport News, call the NNVC at 757-886-7777 or go online at www.newport-news.org.

       From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/24/10 - "RE: Book Signing with Newport News High School Ties":

Ms. Pearson, By this e-mail, I am forwarding your request to       Carol Buckley Harty. She is the webmistress of a website and a frequent newsletter, which reaches hundreds of NNHS alumni as well of many members of other City of Newport News high schools. Her inclusion of your announcement in one or more of her newsletters will reach the maximum number of potential attendees of Mr. Fox’s book signing. TYPHOON Regards, Dave Spriggs NNHS Class of 1964

   Certainly, Dave - and Suzanne! How exciting!

Anxieties Make a House Call

This morning at 2:00 a.m. my anxieties decided to pay me a visit. They came as a group. They didn't even bother to knock at the front door, but let themselves right in. They marched right up to my bedroom and woke me up.

One by one, they began to scream at me, "What are you going to do about this and that? Isn't it terrible? There's no way out. You're surely done for, aren't you? Have you thought about this?"

It was at this moment that I knew I had one of three options. I could continue to lie on my bed and entertain these intruders, passing out bits of crumpets and cookies. This of course would only fatten them up and enliven them to voice even more opinions.

Option number 2 was to simply try to escape them by way of fantasy. I could pretend that they didn't exist and never had. I could enter the realm of fantasy by way of my imagination. I could dream away my present circumstances. I could be young, thin, rich, living in a different time, living with different people, and romantically sought after. What would that avail? My intruders would still be waiting for me when I awoke.

Option 3: I could get up and seek the Lord. I could then commune with the Living God of all power, wisdom, and glory. I could cast all my care upon Him and allow Him to undertake in every circumstance.

By the grace of God, I was empowered to take option number 3. Rising up, I spoke for a lingering time with the Lord. I poured forth all my stresses. Then I opened His Word to my devotional Psalm. There in verse 19 of Psalm 94 I read, "In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul."

It was then that the Divine exchange took place. I gave God every anxiety and took upon myself His delightful comforts. I even numbered them.
God will perfect that which concerns me.

God sees everything and nothing is hidden from His sight.

God is at work.

God loves me. I am His beloved, and He is mine.

Immanuel, God, is with me and will NEVER leave me nor forsake me.

God is good and does good!

God will deal with the evildoer, the reviler, the slanderer, gossip, the gainsayer, the complainer.

God does not condemn me. God is for me.

God will supply my every need according to His riches in glory.

God understands me.

God hears my prayer.

God delights to answer my prayer.

The comforts continued to abound and as they did they ushered my anxieties to the door and bid them leave, unfed and unattended.

~ Cheryl Brodersen ~

   Thank you so much, Shari! This arrived at a very timely moment for me!