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Originally posted by Channain:
I was just looking in the Excel spreadsheet containing the giving records for the church where I work. There, on the right hand side, was the notation "RIVER 03"

It was made for a music group who gave a concert last year, but that wasn't the first thing I thought of.

River's still smiling in my head... should I be worried?

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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It was on this day in 1865 that General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. In the year leading up to the surrender, the Northern blockade of the South had made it almost impossible for the Confederate army to get proper supplies. Confederate soldiers were fighting without decent food, without proper clothing, in some cases without even shoes. Confederate numbers were also dwindling as many soldiers began to desert.

By 1865, General William Tecumseh Sherman had already marched through Georgia, destroying almost everything in his path, and had begun to march through the Carolinas. The Union Army had been laying siege to Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederacy. At the beginning of April in 1865, Grant launched an offensive that finally captured the city. President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Richmond on April 3rd to see the stars and strips flying above the Richmond capital building. Lincoln said, "Thank God I have lived to see this. It seems to me that I have been dreaming a horrid nightmare for four years, and now the nightmare is over."

Lee's army of about 25,000 fled to the west, without rations, surviving on dried corn that was meant to feed horses. They were followed by Grant's army of more than 100,000. On April 5, Grant sent a message to Lee that said, "General: The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle." Lee wrote back to say, "Though not entirely of the opinion you express of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer, on condition of its surrender."

Lee and Grant met at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, Palm Sunday, just after noon. Lee was wearing his best gray Confederate uniform, with a sword at his side, while Grant showed up in a private's shirt, splashed with mud. The two men talked briefly, remembering that they had met during the Mexican War, and then discussed the terms of surrender. After it was over, Grant said, [I felt] sad and depressed at the downfall of a foe who had fought so long and valiantly and had suffered so much for a cause, though that cause was, I believe, the worst for which people ever fought." When the Union soldiers began to cheer and celebrate, Grant ordered them to stop.

Lee rode back to his camp, and crowds of Confederate soldiers along the road began to weep as he passed. One man called out, "I love you just as well as ever, General." When he reached his tent, Lee said to the crowd, "Boys, I have done the best I could for you. Go home now, and if you make as good citizens as you have soldiers, you will do well, and I shall always be proud of you. Goodbye, and God bless you all."

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Originally Posted by MissAyaTam
She refuses to call them anything but fireflys now because of how it made me laugh. She also knows the theme song to firefly. I sing it to her all the time.

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Originally posted by Doran:
well, we just got a new jacuzzi on the deck in back. I came home the other night to find my wife giving herself a sponge bath as the sun set... ;0)

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Originally posted by thefop:a few weeks back a girl I know was hitting on me (HAH, geeks can get some too) and I heard Book in my head going "If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special hell". It WAS kind of a Saffron situation, I should point out.

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Originally posted by Embassy:
"Blue Hands" they all managed to settle into two abreast more or less instantly.

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Originally posted by thefop:a few weeks back a girl I know was hitting on me (HAH, geeks can get some too) and I heard Book in my head going "If you take sexual advantage of her, you're going to burn in a very special hell". It WAS kind of a Saffron situation, I should point out.

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She knocked you out, stole your shuttle and left you and your crew for dead?

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Originally posted by Channain:
I'm going to the American Craft Council tomorrow. That's a show for fine arts and crafts - glass work, crystal, metalsmithing, metal working, bronze, wood, fabrics, leather - for them as think the Renaissance festival merchandise can be pricey? They are garage sales compared to this. I think only the Catskill Moccassins, Felix Needleworthy and one other costumer in Minnesota measure up to this.

But what am I telling people?

"I'm going to the ACC tomorrow to ogle the pretties!"

God bless you Kaylee.

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and one other costumer in Minnesota measure up to this.

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Originally posted by Channain:
I'm going to the American Craft Council tomorrow. That's a show for fine arts and crafts - glass work, crystal, metalsmithing, metal working, bronze, wood, fabrics, leather - for them as think the Renaissance festival merchandise can be pricey? They are garage sales compared to this. I think only the Catskill Moccassins, Felix Needleworthy and one other costumer in Minnesota measure up to this.

But what am I telling people?

"I'm going to the ACC tomorrow to ogle the pretties!"

I'm dyin. Can I come, too?
God bless you Kaylee.

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

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Originally posted by Channain:
Hey!

Post ACC:

So I'm at my favorite leather vendor's booth. Pretty coats made of sheepskin. I touched the soft sleeve of one, smiled at Karen and said, "Browncoat!"

Then I spied a hat, grinned even bigger and said "Thrillin' heroics hat!"

We have art so as not to die of truth ~ Neitzsche
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