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What are some of your favorite inspirational quotations?  I used to have one emailed to me every day.  It really helped re-focus me on the task/day at hand, keep my eyes on the goal, and helped drown out all the detractors.

I'll go first:

"The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly." --Nietzsche

What are some of your favorites?

So what did you think?  Was it the defining moment the Democrats were hoping for from her? 

Did it "soften" her image as pundits thought was the objective?

Why do you think in 2008 it's still so important for a first lady to appear "soft"  while her hubby is fighting to look as tough on the issues as possible?

Why is a smart, educated, self-assured woman still such a threat to the average American?

Think she should get a "get out of jail free card? How should the authorities handle this one?

foxnews.com:

Lawyers in the U.S. are wondering how to deal with a weighty problem.

A woman is accused of killing her two-year-old nephew but prosecutors in Texas do not yet know how to get her to jail and court — because she weighs nearly half a ton.

Mayra Lizbeth Rosales, from La Jola, Texas, is bedridden and weighs nearly 1,000 lbs.

But she cannot get through her front door to be taken to jail and, later, court.

What irony, huh?

Three years of renting....no hurricanes hit Central Florida.

I buy a house....and BOOM! Hello Tropical Storm Fay!

Figures! Ha!

Do you watch this show? Do your daughters? What do you think about this?

One of the 14 girls who will compete on the new season of America’s Next Top Model – which returns to The CW on September 3 – is transgender. “My cards were dealt differently,” Isis, a 22-year-old former receptionist, tells Us Weekly exclusively in its new issue, on newsstands now. Hailing from Prince George’s County, Maryland, Isis identifies herself as “a woman born physically male.”

Will she be a role model? “I like to help people, but I’m here to follow my dreams,” she tells Us.The inclusion of Isis is being hailed by GLAAD president Neil Giuliano as “an unprecedented opportunity for a community that is underrepresented on television. “We applaud Tyra Banks and The CW for making this historic visibility of transgender people possible,” Giuliano said.

Thought you'd have fun with this one.

 SEATTLE — A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound letter carrier is campaigning for the right to take off his pants. Dean Peterson wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men. The idea was soundly defeated in July at a convention of his union, the 220,000-member National Letter Carriers' Association, so Peterson knows convincing management will be an uphill struggle, but at least he'll be comfortable in his kilt, or Male Unbifurcated Garment. "In one word, it's comfort," he said. With his build, Peterson said, his thighs fill slacks to capacity, causing chafing and scarring.

Do you really hit Starbucks twice a day?

Will you now?  For this?

NEW YORK —  Looking to bring more value-seeking consumers through its doors for a late afternoon caffeine fix, Starbucks Corp. said it will now offer its morning customers any iced grande beverage for $2 after 2 p.m.

The price is a big cut from the normal price of most grande-sized iced drinks. A grande iced latte, for example, costs about $4. To get the discount, customers must present a receipt from their morning Starbucks visit.

Just wanted to thank everybody who stopped by the FOX 35 booth at the "Take Your Best Shot" Back to School Bash this Saturday at Amway Arena.

It was great to meet hundreds and hundreds of our loyal morning show viewers.

So nice to know you're up as early as we are!

Thanks for stopping by.

-Lauren

Ouch.  Hurts, doesn't it?

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FOXNEWS.COM: Exxon Mobil Corp said on Thursday soaring oil prices pushed its second-quarter earnings up 14%, again breaking its own record for the highest-ever profit by a U.S. company.

Net income in the quarter rose to $11.68 billion, or $2.22 a share, from $10.26 billion, or $1.83 a share, last year.

Exxon (XOM) both produces oil and refines it to make gasoline, and profit margins for gasoline were weak during the quarter, holding back earnings slightly.

U.S. oil prices averaged slightly less than $125 a barrel in the quarter, nearly double prices from a year earlier. Gasoline prices only rose 25% during that same period, resulting in weak profit margins for the fuel.

A new study that compiled decades of research suggests by mid-life men are much happier than women.

Women apparently start out in life happier...but men end up the happier sex by middle age.

Is this true in your life?

Do you think you're the happier one?

Why?

*The full study if you'd like to read it is in The Journal of Happiness. (Betcha never knew there WAS a Journal of Happiness!)

Do you think it's time to break out the lie-detector test for Casey Anthony and perhaps her mother Cindy?

If investigators say they've caught Casey in a web of lies....why not find out?

If she's got a "gut feeling" Caylee's alive (as she said in her most recently released phone coversation from jail)... and this supposed babysitter really took the child.... why not take a polygraph?

Your thoughts?

Checked my yahoo email this morning and couldn't help but notice their top "news" story...which indicates some married couples can work past an affair and recover from it.

Do you think that's true?

(I'm not married....so, no...no personal experiences here.)