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Feb 21 2008

Posted by CyberCelt under Misc., Personal, Rivers, Strange

Take Me to the River

We were sitting on a large flat rock, watching the kayakers in the Olympic Team Trials Qualifier on Sunday, February 17. Suddenly, we were surrounded by men and women in dress clothes. Next, a man in shorts and t-shirt jumped in the water and turned to the group. Finally, two people, dressed in white robes, jumped in.

Baptized on the River

A woman was squatting next to where I was sitting, so I asked her what was happening. She said, “You are going to witness an old-fashioned baptism.” Sure enough, first the man and then the woman were dunked in the cold waters of the San Marcos River. Then, they jumped out and dried off, made a short, moving speech and left.

Baptism on San Marcos River

It was pretty amazing. All the family came by and apologized to us for taking over the rock on which we were sitting. We had big smiles on our faces and we kept saying, “No. Thanks! We enjoyed it.”You never know what might happen when you visit the San Marcos River. I did not know some people choose to be baptized in the San Marcos River. I may have to start checking the river on Sundays to see what I am missing.

Take me to the River

I haven’t seen the worst of it yet
I wanna know, can you tell me
I’d really like to stay

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water
Take me to the river
Dip me in the water
Wash me down, wash me down
Wash me down, wash me down

I don’t know why you treat me so bad
Think of all the things that we could have had
Love is an ocean And I can’t forget my sweet sixteen
I’ll never fret
I wanna know, can you tell me
I’d really like to stay

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water
Take me to the river
Dip me in the water
Love me, squeeze me
Love me, tease me
Till I can’t, till I can’t
Till I can’t, till I can’t

I don’t know why I love you like I do
All the trouble you put me through
Sixteen candles blowin’ on the wall
And here I am the bigg’st fool of all
I wanna know, can you tell me
I’d really like to stay

Take me to the river
Drop me in the water - come on, come on, come on yea…
Dip me in the water
Drop me in the river - come on, come on…
Dip me in the water
Drop me in the river
Push me in the water…

Written by Al Green (sung by Talking Heads, Delbert McClinton, and many other artists).

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May 03 2007

Posted by CyberCelt under Misc.

To Lasik or Not?

The Council for Refractive Surgery Quality Assurance, a nonprofit patient advocacy group, has a website at USAEyes.org. On this website is information about Lasik surgery and patient outcomes. Apparently 90 percent of patients who underwent Lasik surgery improved to 20/40 vision and 65 percent achieved 20/20 vision. On the other hand, 3 percent of patients had some sort of unresolved problem remaining six months after surgery, with 1/2 percent had lasting problems. Dry eye symptoms are the most often reported difficulty.

I have worn glasses all my life. when the surgical option came out in the 1970s, I thought about having my vision corrected. The expense more than anything stopped me from taking this step. Through the years I have contemplated life without glasses, but never took the step. After reading these results, I am thinking about having the procedure.

Have you had Lasik eye surgery? If so, what were your results? If you have questions, please visit USAEyes.org, sponsor of this post, for more information. Share your thoughts, please.

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