September Velma Newsletter

September 2010





Laura Glass

First United Bank Mortgage Company

610 N 8th St, Suite 1

Gunter, TX 75058

Laura@LauraGlass.com

903-433-0222



www.lglass.fubmortgage.com





Occurring this month:

Labor Day

Patriot Day

Grandparent's Day

Constitution Day

Air Force Birthday

Hunting & Fishing Day

R.E.A.D. in America Day

VFW Day

FotoSketcher

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An opinion should be the result of thought, not a substitute for it.

~ Jef Mallett



Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.

~ Brendan Gill



How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

~ Ronald Reagan



It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

~ William Blake



Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

~ W. Somerset Maugham



The reluctance to put away childish things may be a requirement of genius.

~ Rebecca Pepper Sinkler



Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

~ Kin Hubbard



Things ain't what they used to be and probably never was.

~ Will Rogers



As a child my family's menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.

~ Buddy Hackett



A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking.

~ Earl Wilson





reticent

Definition: [RET-ih-suhnt] -- 1. Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative. 2. Restrained or reserved in style. 3. Reluctant; unwilling.



Example: The young executive was very sociable amongst intimate friends, but fairly shy and reticent outside that circle.



Question 1.) What is the southernmost city in the continental U.S.?

a.) El Paso, TX

b.) Honolulu, HI

c.) Key West, FL

d.) Yuma, AZ



Question 2.) Who wrote "Lord of the Flies"?

a.) Jeffrey Archer

b.) Lewis Carroll

c.) William Golding

d.) Aldous Huxley



Question 3.) "When A Man Loves A Woman" was a hit for which American soul singer in the 1960s?

a.) Ben King

b.) Otis Redding

c.) Percy Sledge

d.) Stevie Wonder



Question 4.) Who is the voice of Puss in Boots in "Shrek the Third"?

a.) Antonio Banderas

b.) Orlando Bloom

c.) Paco Lopez

d.) Robin Williams



Question 5.) What is the name of the highest mountain in Australia?

a.) Aconcagua

b.) Kosciusko

c.) Puncak Jaya

d.) Vinson Massif



Trivia Answers: #1. c.) Key West, FL; #2. c.) William Golding; #3. c.) Percy Sledge; #4. a.) Antonio Banderas; #5. b.) Kosciusko








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