Friday Funnies

Some people are like slinkies; not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.

Freebee Friday

Watch full episodes of Power Rangers Samurai on Nickelodeon HERE

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The Grave of Trahlyta - A Cherokee Indian Princess

Trahlyta is the name of a princess of Cherokee legend. She lived in the North Georgia Mountains near Dahlonega. It is said that Trahlyta drank from a nearby Fountain of Youth and never grew old was of unimaginable beauty. A Cherokee warrior called Wahsega courted her, but Trahlyta rejected his attentions. This angered Wahsega and he kidnapped her. He kept her a prisoner in an unknown place away from her home in the mountains. Trahlyta grew more and more homesick but the warrior showed no concern and she grew weaker each day. Crying tears of pure gold as she lay dying, Trahlyta asked to be buried in the mountain paradise from which she had come. "Strangers, as they pass by, may drop a stone on my grave and they too shall be young and happy, as I once was." she said, "What they wish for shall be theirs."

The historical marker at her grave reads, "custom arose among the Indians and later the Whites to drop stones, one for each passerby, on her grave for good fortune." Today there is a pile of stones standing at about five feet high. You'd be surprised at how many Georgia natives pass it by and never pay any attention to it. They don't even know it's there.

Trahlyta's "fountain of youth" is now known as Porter Springs, the site of her home is known as Cedar Mountain, and her final resting place is called Stonepile Gap. The magic springs, named Porter Springs, is 3/4 miles northeast of Trahlyta's grave.

Trahlyta's Grave Marker (This is what it actually says)
 
This site of stones marks the grave of a Cherokee princess, Trahlyta. According to legend, her tribe, living on Cedar Mountain, north of here, knew the secret of the magic springs of eternal youth from the Witch of Cedar Mountain.

Trahlyta, kidnapped by a rejected suitor, Wahsega, was taken far away and lost her beauty. As she was dying, Wahsega promised to bury her here near her home and the magic springs. Custom arose among the Indians and later the Whites to drop stones, one for each passerby, on her grave for good fortune. The magic springs, now known as Porter Springs, lie 3/4 miles northeast of here.

Supposedly, on two different occasions, the Highway Department has attempted to move the grave during road construction. Both times at least one person died in an accident while moving the pile. The stone grave is still in the same place today that it always has been. Porter Springs, in the late 1800's and early 1900's, was site of a health spa. It is said that people came from all over the world to sit in and drink the water. The hotel burned down in the early 1900's, but the springs still run at the foot of the mountain.

I don't why the springs weren't named after her, but there is a Trahlyta Lake and a Trahlyta Falls.


Video of the Grave



The Legend in Story and Song

Remembering 9/11

Ten Years Later

I don't think anyone old enough to understand what was happening on that horrible day will ever forget it in their lifetime. Sometimes, I want to forget and sometimes, I want to remember. Nevertheless, it happened and I pray it never happens again.

To commemerate that day a wonderful screensaver has been created. Be prepared... You will relive all the emotion all over again with sight and sound.

Ten years later, it is just as powerful to the humans senses.

View the still shots HERE

Download the screensaver HERE

I can vouch personally for its safety. I love the screensavers on this site and I have them all. I've never had a problem with them. I did, however, download them from their original site. Apparently, they are no longer downloadable from there.

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Behind The Mask Project

I'm a little late, I suppose, but I just recently found out about the Behind The Mask Project. I thought it was pretty cool, so I'm posting it just in case there any other "late comers" to see it like me.



Wikipedia defines the project as this:

As the single release officially announced, a music video for this song was also announced to be released worldwide.[21] On February 28, 2011, a project for this song's music video titled "Behind the Mask Project" was announced: "the Estate of Michael Jackson and Sony Music will provide everyone who likes music an opportunity to help create online a unique groundbreaking music video for the single 'Behind the Mask'." All the world can use a simple online tool to take part in making the music video since March 7, 2011.[28] On March 30, 2011, a 17-second video of what Sony Music had been doing with some of the thousands of submissions for the "Behind the Mask Project" was released.[29] On April 29, 2011, another video teaser for the project was released on michaeljackson.com, and it is announced that the final day to submit for the Behind the Mask Project is Tuesday May 3, 2011.[30] On June 6, 2011 was published the official trailer announcing when the final video would be published. On June 14, 2011 the official and final video was posted on the official Michael Jackson`s channel on YouTube, but only accessible on the King of Pop's page on social networking site Facebook.[31] A day after, the video was classified and is now more widely available. This video has become in the most international, multi-collaborative of all times.[citation needed] In the 1600 clips that compose it can be seen people from the Sahara to the main cities of the world, through the Taj Mahal and the Arctic Circle.[citation needed] The clip is currently[when?] under evaluation for inclusion in the Guinness Book of World Records as the music video with the largest audience of participants.

Read the entire article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Mask_%28song%29

Visit the Behind The Mask Website at http://behindthemask.michaeljackson.com/

It looks like everybody had a good time doing. It's certainly fun to watch.