Saturday, February 1, 2014
Presidents' Month
Labels:
Centrism,
economy,
history,
humanity,
irony,
moderation,
patriotism,
politics,
success,
Teddy Roosevelt
Saturday, January 4, 2014
A Different Course
"In a world that's often unnecessarily cruel, strive to be unfailingly kind." ---C. Marie Byars
Labels:
contentment,
happiness,
humanity,
humor,
Jesus Christ,
Love,
Marie Byars,
moderation,
Perseverance,
religion,
success
Friday, December 13, 2013
O Tannenbaum: New Translation
O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How steadfast are your branches! Your boughs are green in summer's clime And through the snows of wintertime. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, How steadfast are your branches! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, Your boughs can teach a lesson That constant faith and hope sublime Lend strength and comfort through all time. O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, Your boughs can teach a lesson. --More direct translation from the German (and more meaningful) | |
Labels:
Christmas,
contentment,
Love,
nature,
Perseverance,
religion,
success
Saturday, November 2, 2013
More for Lexophiles
- To write with a broken pencil is . . . pointless.
- When fish are in schools they sometimes . . . take debate.
- A thief who stole a calendar . . . got twelve months.
- When the smog lifts in Los Angeles , . . . U.C.L.A.
- The professor discovered that her theory of earthquakes . . . was on shaky ground.
- The batteries were given out . . . free of charge.
- A dentist and a manicurist got married. .. . . They fought tooth and nail.
- A will is a . . . dead giveaway.
- With her marriage, she got a new name . .. . and a dress.
- Show me a piano falling down a mineshaft and I'll show you . . . A-flat miner.
- You are stuck with your debt if . . . you can't budge it.
- Local Area Network in Australia : . . . The LAN down under.
- A boiled egg is . . . hard to beat.
- When you've seen one shopping center . . . you've seen a mall.
- Police were called to a day care where a three-year-old was . . .. resisting a rest.
- If you take a laptop computer for a run you could . . . jog your memory.
- A bicycle can't stand alone; . . .. it is two tired.
- In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
- When a clock is hungry . . .. it goes back four seconds.
- The guy who fell onto an upholstery machine . . . was fully recovered.
- He had a photographic memory . . . which was never developed.
- Those who get too big for their britches will be . . . exposed in the end.
- When she saw her first strands of gray hair, . . . she thought she'd dye.
Thursday, October 10, 2013
A Time for Everything
To paraphrase from words more divinely eloquent than mine:
"There is an appointed time for everything.
And there is a time for every event under heaven ~
A time to economize, and a time to expand;
A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to regulate, and a time to deregulate;
A time to criticize opponents, and a time to build consensus.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to be merciful , and a time to close borders;
A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search for truth, and a time to give up searching;
A time to expand business, and a time to support the environment.
A time to debate, and a time to bring together;
A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time for war, and a time for peace.
What profit is there to the populace from our toils? I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men: to be wise stewards of earthly resources to use in the Kingdom of God. He has made everything appropriate in its time."
"There is an appointed time for everything.
And there is a time for every event under heaven ~
A time to economize, and a time to expand;
A time to plant, and a time to uproot what is planted.
A time to regulate, and a time to deregulate;
A time to criticize opponents, and a time to build consensus.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
A time to be merciful , and a time to close borders;
A time to embrace, and a time to shun embracing.
A time to search for truth, and a time to give up searching;
A time to expand business, and a time to support the environment.
A time to debate, and a time to bring together;
A time to be silent, and a time to speak.
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time for war, and a time for peace.
What profit is there to the populace from our toils? I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men: to be wise stewards of earthly resources to use in the Kingdom of God. He has made everything appropriate in its time."
----Marie Byars, from Ecclesiastes 3:1-11
Labels:
Bible,
disappointment,
economy,
humanity,
irony,
literature,
moderation,
Perseverance,
politics,
religion,
success
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
"Summer ends, and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night.” — Hal Borland
Labels:
contentment,
happiness,
irony,
moderation,
nature
Saturday, September 7, 2013
What Do You Call....
...twins?
Infant replay.
...a male surfer?
Man overboard.
carrot juice?
Infant replay.
...a male surfer?
Man overboard.
carrot juice?
Hare tonic. (Junior High Humor)
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