Twilight zone

"Help! I'm stepping into the twilight zone!"--Golden Earring (thanks Grumpy for that post! Another earworm.)

Signs your entering the Twilight Zone:

1.  Was really annoyed when BoyWonder from my enterprise performance improvement committee decided to take credit for my work with the network cheese.

Thankfully, my cohort stepped in with the cheese and set him straight. Thanks, Zeus! I owe you one very large caffeinated beverage.

2. I'm trying to help the governance council, but it's surely a twilight zone I really don't want to step in. A group of strong personalities is an understatement.

You'll come to know...I hope. Stay tuned...

Happy Fourth of July

Happy Independence Day, America!

And I never realized until today that there are so many verses to this song. Read and enjoy!
America the Beautiful
Words by Katharine Lee Bates,
Melody by Samuel Ward

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

I do take chances, too

I take my chances, yeah I don't cling to remorse or regret
I take my chances, I take my chances, every chance I get
--Mary Chapin Carpenter, I take my chances, 1992

And since the instructor told us to go for it, no APA format needed, I took that chance.
Looks like it paid off  in a good review...yes!