Dave Parker

If It Should

And if it should happen
that one day you play our song
when I am not there
know that I will hear it
because you are hearing it.
Know that I will not
turn my ears from you
when my chimes ring-
they are yours.
Know that I find instances of you
in distant songs
faint music
old books.
Know that I hear you when I drink
your soft voice
your brush of hair
your tongue full of eden.
And if it should happen
that one day I play our song
when you are not there
know that I will listen for you
as wind listens for doves.

© May 2007 Michael Gravel

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Here she is getting ready for a Quinceañera that one of her girlfriends was having. It’s a big party too with lots of people coming from all over to celebrate this young lady as she becomes a woman. I hope you had fun Veronica, I love you.

Today is a day to remember all those who have served and especially those who paid the price of their lives for this great country. Thank you.

Here is my week nine lineup!

Player
Varitek, Jason C BOS
Johnson, Dan 1B OAK
Ellis, Mark 2B OAK
Aurilia, Rich 3B SF
Guillen, Carlos SS DET
Bonds, Barry LF SF
Griffey, Ken CF CIN
Swisher, Nick RF OAK
Delgado, Carlos 1B NYM
Gaudin, Chad RP OAK
Johnson, Randy SP ARI
Morris, Matt SP SF
Mussina, Mike SP NYY
Santana, Ervin SP ANA
Wang, Chien-Ming SP NYY
Zito, Barry SP SF

Reserve
Piazza, Mike C OAK
Crisp, Coco CF BOS
Sheffield, Gary RF DET
Benitez, Armando RP SF
Fuentes, Brian RP COL
Meche, Gil SP KC

One of the benefits of using a dedicated email application like Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird is the ability to send emails which included rich HTML signatures. Unfortunately, because I managed all my email accounts via Gmail
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Condemned murderer Robert Charles Comer fought for seven years to drop his appeals and be allowed to die. He smiled from the beginning to the end Tuesday as the sentence was carried out. Warden Carson McWilliams then asked Comer if he had any last words. The California native replied: “Yes. Go, Raiders.”

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A Williams Middle School Presents, Spring Concerts! Directed by Mr. Renner and featuring April Parker on drums! Tonight was a blast, April played snare on several pieces including Jurassic Park, Duel of the Fates and The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Great job April, and all you guys, I really enjoyed the concert!

Here is Marina and her Guns and Roses t-shirt, rock on young child, may you always crank it to eleven!

Marina and I washed the the Z this afternoon and I thought it would be a good time to take some pics. Marina is a great helper too BTW, she really likes washing the car and does a good job too, thanks Marina!

Here is Marina in todays Tracy Press. She was at the Health Fair on Saturday saying hello to this hound dog among other things. She really had a blast that day. She was so excited because she got lots of “free stuff” including a new bike helmet! What a cool event, anyway here she is hound dog and all! Thanks TP!

The records are beautifully packaged, double-weight vinyl discs that come with a unique code. With the code, buyers can download an unprotected, 320Kbps MP3 version of the music, to use however they like.

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Whenever I look back
On the best days of my life
I think I saw them all on T.V.
I am so homesick now for
Someone that I never knew
I am so homesick now for
Someplace I will never be

Time won’t let me go
Time won’t let me go
If I could do it all again
I’d go back and change everything
But time won’t let me go

I never had a ‘Summer of 69′
Never had a Cherry Valance of my own
All these precious moments
You promised me would come in time
So where was I when I missed mine?

Time won’t let me go
Time won’t let me go
If you gave me back those years
I’d do it all better I swear
Time won’t let me go

If I could go back once again
I would change everything, yeah
If I could go back once again
I’d do it all so much better

Time won’t let me go
Time won’t let me go
If I could do it all again
I’d go back and change everything
But you won’t ever let me go

Here is Marina! I have been playing with an old Olympus Rangerfinder RC 35 camera using actual film if you can believe it! It’s fun playing around with the old cameras, this one belonged to my uncle, then my grandmother then my mom and dad. I ended up with it recently bought some film and gave it a go! Film cameras are dying rapidly, I had better expose some film while I can!

Current reading as of right now…

89.0° Clear
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This morning I was out at the Tracy Clutch Burners Car Show here in town and posted a few pictures of cars that I liked. There were so many nice cars really, it was like a Good Guys event right here in town. If you are in the area the show runs till 4:00 and it’s worth checking out if you like bitchin cars! Here is the Flickr Set.

The Warriors have become just the third eighth seeded team to advance in the NBA playoffs, shocking the Dallas Mavericks and completing one of the most stunning playoff upsets in league history!

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The new chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is now in charge of regulating the ethical behavior of her colleagues. But for many years, Feinstein has been beset by her own ethical conflict of interest, say congressional ethics experts. For years she steered millions in tax to defense contractors her husband controlled

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If the typical stay-at-home mother in the United States were paid for her work as a housekeeper, cook and psychologist among other roles, she would earn $138,095 a year, according to research released on Wednesday.

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