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    On War, Whimsy, and The Way: Random Thoughts Over the Years
    On War, Whimsy, and The Way: Random Thoughts Over the Years
    On War, Whimsy, and The Way: Random Thoughts Over the Years
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    On War, Whimsy, and The Way: Random Thoughts Over the Years

    By Joseph Palen

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    This is a collection of thoughts I have had over the past ten years since retirement. They are mostly in poetic form--some rhyme, others don't. I am bringing them to print mainly for my children and grandchildren. As the name of the book implies, they cover my strong objections to war, some miscellaneous whimsical thoughts, and my feelings about God and religion.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherResource Publications
    Release dateMar 1, 2013
    ISBN9781621895749
    On War, Whimsy, and The Way: Random Thoughts Over the Years
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    Joseph Palen

    Joseph Palen was born in Springfield, Missouri, in 1935, has a BS from the University of Missouri, an MS from the University of Illinois, and a PhD from Lehigh University, all in chemical engineering. For forty-seven years he worked for the chemical process industries. He was married twice and has six children and eleven grandchildren. Palen is author of numerous published technical papers and industrial reports. This is his first nontechnical work.

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      On War, Whimsy, and The Way - Joseph Palen

      On War, Whimsy, and The Way

      Random Thoughts over the Years

      Joseph Palen

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      ON WAR, WHIMSY, AND THE WAY

      Random Thoughts over the Years

      Copyright © 2013 Joseph Palen. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in critical publications or reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior written permission from the publisher. Write: Permissions, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 199 W. 8th Ave., Suite 3, Eugene, OR 97401.

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      ISBN 13: 978–1-62032–843-9

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      Manufactured in the U.S.A.

      Plane Talk

      They said the plane was still on time,

      It was 30 minutes late.

      Then they said we’re boarding now,

      Another 20 minutes wait.

      The plane we’re on should be gone,

      We still are at the gate.

      By now I don’t even really believe—

      The . . .bag will not inflate!

      Perspective

      Billions of billions

      Huge blazing balls of fire

      Wildly careening at tremendous speed in all directions.

      In a corner of this massive display

      A tiny spinning speck of dirt

      With brown and green organic matter.

      What is the significance of this brown and green organic matter?

      I don’t know

      But

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