ALL THE REST –    April 6
  

Today's Quotations – about Heaven
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Earth's crammed with heaven.


Elizabeth Barrett Browning

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Do not ask God the way to heaven, he will show you the hardest way.

Stanislaw Lec

 
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.


Oprah Winfrey

 

quoteNo man was ever scared into heaven.

Thomas Fuller

 
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 To rest in God eternally is the supreme joy of Heaven. Indeed, Heaven has no meaning but that.

Bede Jarrett Holmes

 

Today's Short Words of  Wisdom



Common-looking people are the best in the world; that is the reason the lord makes so many of them.

Abraham Lincoln

 

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  Today's Word – CLOY
   

 


cloy  

verb cloyed, cloying, cloys -transitive 1. To cause distaste or disgust by supplying with too much of something originally pleasant, especially something rich or sweet; surfeit. -intransitive To cause to feel surfeited.  Synonym  satiate.

A cloying aroma of unseen jasmine and gardenias put Peter in mind of a mortuary at midnight.

The Hofburg Treasures
Stephen Adams

Spell love's primer through, enjoying
Lovesick brewing, cooing, toying;
Brew and coo on, idle, cloying,
Yet for that 'tis not the day.

FAUST
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary

 

Today's Fact

 

  
 


Chocolate

  

 

 

Chocolate - Part 2

At the court of Montezuma, the Aztec ruler of Mexico, in 1519, Hernán Cortés was served xocoatl, a bitter cocoa-bean drink. He introduced to Spain in the 16th century. In the royal court of Spain the beverage was sweetened generously, flavored with cinnamon and vanilla, and served hot. The drink, called cocoa, was a sensation. King Ferdinand issued an order that no one was to disclose knowledge of the new beverage under the penalty of death. The beverage remained a Spanish secret for almost a hundred years before its introduction to Europe.

By 1606 chocolate found its way to Italy. The Italians soon set out in search of their own sources of cocoa. Chocolate reached France as part of the dowry for the marriage of the Spanish princess Maria Theresa to King Louis XIV. On sampling the drink the French royalty swooned over its rich taste. From there the drink went to England, when in 1657 a Frenchman opened a chocolatery in London. At this shop solid chocolate for making the beverage could be purchased at 10 to 15 shillings a pound. At this price only the wealthy could afford to drink it. There then began to appear in London, Amsterdam, and other European capitals fashionable chocolate houses, some of which later developed into famous clubs. Around 1700 the English improved chocolate by the addition of milk to the beverage.

Chocolate manufacture started in the American colonies in 1765 at Dorchester, Massachusetts. Here they used beans brought in by New England sea captains from their voyages to the West Indies. James Baker financed the first mill, which was operated by an Irish immigrant, John Hanan. Waterpower was used for grinding the beans.

Chocolate remained only a beverage until the 19th century - but that's another story...

Sources:
The Browser's Book of Beginnings and Origins of Everything under, and Including the Sun - Charles Panat | Encyclopaedia Britannica |

 

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Today's SMILE

 

A cheerful heart is good medicine,
but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.
Proverbs 17:22 (NIV)

  
   

 

 

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable."

Joseph Addison

 

A FEW SMILES   

One day, shortly after the birth of their new baby, the mother had to go out to do some errands.

So the proud papa stayed home to watch his wonderful new son. Soon after the mother left, the baby started to cry. The father did everything he could think of to do but the baby wouldn't stop crying.

Finally, the dad got so worried he decided to take the infant to the doctor. After the doctor listened to the father all that he had done to get the baby to stop crying, the doctor began to examine the baby's ears, chest and then down to the diaper area. When he undid the diaper, he finds that the diaper is indeed full.

"Here's the problem", the Dr. says. "He needs a change."

The father is very perplexed, " But the diaper package says it is good for up to 14 lbs.

Impatient guy asks a clerk in the county court house, "How many people are there working in this office?"

Bored clerk answers, "About a quarter of 'em."


A fellow asks his boss, "Say Boss, my wife wants me to clean out the basement tomorrow. Can I have the day off?".

"NO" the boss answers.

"Thanks Boss, I knew you'd come through"


A wife complains, "Our wall clock almost killed my mother today. It fell only seconds after she got up from the couch."

The husband mumbles, "Stupid clock always was slow."

The Custodians of America were brushing up their resumes since their work was not really picking up.
         
The Balloon Makers formed a union because their work was rapidly expanding.
         
The Fortune Tellers did not form a union because it became crystal clear that there was no future in it.
         
The Magicians were worried and did not form a union because of concern that their work was just an illusion, and would soon vanish.
         
The Electricians union took charge and sent the Teamsters Union packing.  (At least that is the current situation due to an alternating view.)
         
The Ice Cream Makers discovered that their union had a hiring freeze.
         
The Meat Packers Union found that management gave them the cold shoulder.
         
The Breadmakers could not rise to the occasion and so lost an increase in dough.
         
Disputes recently broke out among the Window Installers Association, causing a real pane.   Until they had a major break through that was a shattering success.
         
The painters union was all primed for a strike but was rolled right over by the floor covering union that laid down the law because they were stretched tight.
         
The Professional Bowlers Association did go an a major strike, but were split on the issues.
         
The Professional Wrestlers wanted to form a union because they felt they were being pinned by those holding them down, and they did not want to be counted out...

A Sunday School teacher asked her class, "Does anyone here know what we mean by sins of omission?"  One of the girls replied: "Aren't those the sins that we should have committed, but didn't?"          
         

Reality is a figment of your imagination. 

 


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