For St. Louis people, I thought you might be interested in this:
Webster University Speaker Series and Multicultural Center/International Student Affairs present
"Heroism Has No Color"
Shoshana Johnson
The first African-American woman POW in U.S. History
Monday, March 29, 2004
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
The Browning Theatre
Loretto-Hilton Center
Webster University The lecture is free and open to the public.
No tickets required.
For more information, please call (314) 961-2660 ext. 7658
Shoshana Johnson was wounded and captured with five other soldiers when their convoy was ambushed on March 23, 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. After 21 days as a POW, U.S. Marines rescued Johnson and the other soldiers after house raids in the city of Samarra, Iraq. Specialist Johnson retired from the Army on a Temporary Disability Honorable Discharge on December 12, 2003. Johnson's awards and decorations include the US Army Service Ribbon, Army Commendation Ribbon, National Defense Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, and the Prisoner of War Medal.
I�m thinking that I might go. It would be an honor to meet her.
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I�m sitting here eating Girl Scout cookies and trying to wipe away the 10th fat tear that�s rolled down my cheek since I got to work. I hate this. Something in the air is causing only my right eye to water continuously. I�m really mad because it�s messing up my meticulously applied makeup.
Speaking of the GS cookies: my dog ate almost an entire box of Tagalongs the other night. I had just gotten the cookies from Paige and I opened them because I LOVE Tagalongs. I cannot resist the peanut butter and chocolaty goodness. I ate like, 3, and closed the box and set the box on the couch next to me.
Yesterday I saw the box on the couch but wasn�t really hungry so I didn�t eat any.
This morning I got up and stepped on a piece of plastic. Enough light was shining into the bedroom where I realized that it was the plastic that held the GS cookies. Toby, who happened to be standing next to me, immediately looked guilty and hauled butt out of the bedroom. That little turd. He actually worked on the box until it came open, then somehow tore of the remaining plastic wrap, and ate all of the cookies. About 8 of them. However, he wasn�t smart enough to hide the evidence, namely, the plastic and plastic wrap.
I was so mad.
Dog is on my doo-doo list lately. He�s been having accidents, mainly in Jackie�s room, and has been chewing up everything on the floor. I actually caught him chewing on my beautiful entertainment center and put a stop to that real quick.
Our potty walks have to be purposeful; I�ve come to that conclusion. I�ve learned that though I need to give him ample time to go potty on our morning and evening walks, I also need to communicate when the time is up it�s time to go inside. It�s not time to chase squirrels, cats, birds, etc, but time to do your business and be done with it.
I�m learning patience quickly.
Toby is starting to understand that he shouldn�t pull so hard on the leash. I�ve started stopping when he�s doing that so sometimes he actually stops and sits when I stop. Or, he walks slowly.
He�s also learned to leave the gerbils alone. I guess the trick of turning on the vacuum cleaner whenever he�d paw on the cage worked. He will sit and stare at them but will not paw the cage now. Yay.
Toby is actually very smart, if stubborn. I think he�s starting to get that I�m the boss in these here parts and I�m the law around here. No dog is more stubborn than me.
I wanted to find out what my name means. I got the idea from Boxx9000.
Melissa
Honey bee, sweet : Greek
With your charismatic personality and persuasive powers you naturally attract all the good things in life which you could want. Kind, generous and sincere you are a good friend and partner with strong attachments to home and family. You are ambitious and have sound business acumen, this together with a natural love of life ensures that you enjoy success financially and in your relationships.
My middle name is Neal. I hate it. However, I looked it up to find out what it means.
Neal
Champion : Irish
Very intelligent, broadminded and a good listener. You are an ideas person, with a wonderful creative imagination who is always seeking practical applications to apply this to. Your intelligence means that you have great potential for business success if you can apply some discipline and caution. You enjoy sensual pleasures and with a natural restless nature and liking for adventure life is rarely dull with you around.
My middle name means Champion in Irish. Whoo-hoo! I�m hearing some Queen in the background.
�We are the Champions! We are the champions! No time for losers�.�
08:37 - Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2004
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