Football Picks- Week 1

I am a little early, but going away on vacation. Thursday, Sep. 7
GAME	TIME
Miami at Pittsburgh - Miami shocks Pittsburgh in the opener 20-17	8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sep. 10
GAME	TIME
Atlanta at Carolina Vick runs wild ATL 30 - CAR 23	1:00 p.m.
Baltimore at Tampa Bay TB 13 - BAL 10	1:00 p.m.
Buffalo at New England PATS 33 - BILLS 30	1:00 p.m.
Cincinnati at Kansas City KC 27 - CIN 19	1:00 p.m.
Denver at St. Louis DEN 45 - STL 21	1:00 p.m.
New Orleans at Cleveland NO 24 - CLE 23	1:00 p.m.
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee TENN 23 - NYJ 21	1:00 p.m.
Philadelphia at Houston PHI 17 - HOU 10	1:00 p.m.
Seattle at Detroit SEA 37 - DET 17	1:00 p.m.
Chicago at Green Bay CHI 14 - GB 3	4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Jacksonville DAL 28 - JAC 21	4:15 p.m.
San Francisco at Arizona ARI 21 - SF 17	4:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants IND 33 - NYG 30	8:15 p.m.
Monday, Sep. 11
GAME	TIME
Minnesota at Washington WAS 13 - MINN 10	7:00 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland SD 28 - OAK 12	10:15 p.m.

New dictionary terms

I went camping this weekend with three of my buddies that I have known for 15 years+. Hanging out with these guys have allowed me to create a few new words to add to the English language:

Analist- someone who is anal about everything
Analite- someone who cannot help being anal...and likes it!

Analogistician- Someone who studies anal people

Hope Merriam-Webster accepts my submissions.

New Features

Been busy adding features to a few sites:

Garfield Jones
Site now has the following:
Picture Rater - Rate the pictures submitted by our users.
Dating - The real people only dating site.

Everything Montreal
Site now has the following:
Jobs Search- users can post their resumes, employers can post job offerings
Classifieds - buy and sell items through our classifieds
Real Estate - buying a new home, visit here.
Classmates - staying in touch has never been easier
News and Reviews - Publish your articles, opinions, poetry here. Review and rate others
coming soon- Auctions

GAJ Hosting
Site now has the following:
Search Engine - Site is now a powerful search engine. It groups searches from different engines, including Google into one place. Also available, free MetaTag generator.
Search Submit - Submit your site to the 66 most powerful search engines. SEO is not just a three letter word.
coming soon- freelancers, web hosting portal

Poker Voyages
Gaming Directory - add your gaming related web links to Poker Voyages gaming directory

Soldiers

The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.

He's a recent High School graduate;

he was probably an average student,
pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy,

and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left,

or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away.

He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and 155mm howizzitor.

He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home

because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.

He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him,

but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds

and reassemble it in less time in the dark.

He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.

He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.

He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to march.

He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation,

but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient.

He has two sets of fatigues:

he washes one and wears the other.

He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.

He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.

He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.

If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition with you

in the midst of battle when you run low.

He has learned to use his hands like weapons

and weapons like they were his hands.

He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.

He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay

and still find ironic humor in it all.

He has seen more suffering
and death then he should have in his short lifetime.

He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies,

and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private,

for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.

He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body

while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to

'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand,
remove their hat, or even stop talking.

In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home,

he defends their right to be disrespectful.

Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather,

he is paying the price for our freedom. Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the American or Canadian Fighting Man

that has kept this country free

for over 200 years.

He has asked nothing in return,

except our friendship and understanding.
Remember him, always,

for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.

And now we even have women over there in danger,
doing their part in this tradition

of going to War when our nation calls us to do so.

As you go to bed tonight, remember this shot..

A short lull, a little shade

and a picture of loved ones in their helmets

Short Prayer

"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us.
Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us

in our time of need. Amen."

When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer
for our ground troops in Afghanistan, sailors on ships,

and airmen in the air, and for those in Iraq.

There is nothing attached....

This can be very powerful.......

Of all the gifts you could give a US and/or

Canadian Soldier, Sailor, Coastguardsman, Marine
or Airman, prayer is the very best one.

The World

The world is a depressing place lately...isn't there anything good going on anywhere?