Heaven's Special Child (I have a voice)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPM3QGERFo8

A meeting was held quite far from Earth!
It’s time again for another birth.
Said the Angels to the LORD above,
This Special Child will need much love.

Her progress may be very slow,
Accomplishments she may not show.
And she’ll require extra care
From the folks she meets down there.

She may not run or laugh or play,
Her thoughts may seem quite far away,
In many ways she won’t adapt,
And she’ll be known as handicapped.

So let’s be careful where she is sent,
We want her life to be content.
Please LORD, find the parents who
Will do a special job for you.

They will not realize right away
The leading role they’re asked to play,
But with this child sent from above
Comes stronger faith and richer love.

And soon they’ll know the privilege given
In caring for their gift from Heaven.
Their precious charge, so meek and mild,
Is HEAVEN’S VERY SPECIAL CHILD.

by Edna Massionilla
December 1981
The Optomist- newsletter for PROUD
Parents Regional Outreach for Understanding Down's Inc.

10 Years Later and the Terrorists are Still Winning

As the government continues to take away our freedoms in the name of security and as it acts more and more like terrorists themselves, the terrorists are laughing themselves silly.

There must be something wrong with me

I admit it I couldn't get through the first three chapters of the first Harry Potter book and that was when it was a relatively short 309 pages. The last book was a whopping 759. I love young adult books and read them all the time. How many young adult books are that long? She bored me to tears. I tried, I really did try to read it but couldn't.

She basically admitted to being a hack by saying she wouldn't write anything else in the fantasy genre because it would overlap Potter. There are many fantasy authors out there many of whom few outside fantasy fandom have ever heard of who have no need to plagiarize anyone including themselves and have created many magical worlds.

Why was there all this fuss about a nobody? She keeps claiming she is working on other books, she's been claiming this since before the last Potter book was published 4 years ago, so not only is she a hack she's an already has been who has not a single creative bone in her body, and can't even tell a story in a decent amount of words.

What am I missing? She is being placed on lists of greatest writers of all time and has neither published all that much nor withstood the test of time. Kudos to Scholastic for foisting her onto the world.

Two Unrelated Thoughts

First: When did using turn signals become optional? Why would you not use your turn signal? Are you hoping someone will hit your car as you make a right hand turn from the left side of the road without a turn signal?

Second: I know the answer is marketing as the publishers hope you buy a book in a series out of order so that you have to come back and buy the first one, but why can't they number books in a series?

Yosh's Fan Club continues to grow

We needed to hire a babysitter recently. One young lady after the interview was over and she was leaving blurted (and I use the term literally, she really couldn't stop herself) out, ' I love him already.' She had met him for 15 minutes and already she is oohhing and ahhing. How did Yosh win this fan over? Simple, he smiled, he was charming and he exudes love and joy. If only we could all do that.