Drink to me. Pablo Picasso 1973
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Frances Xavier Cabrini
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![]() Four o'clock. How strange. So that is the time. Strange. Enough! Sir Henry Morton
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![]() If this is dying, I don't think much of it! Lytton Strachey |
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.
Benjamin Franklin
vap·id
adjective. 1. Lacking liveliness, animation,
or interest; dull: vapid conversation. 2. Lacking taste, zest, or flavor; flat: vapid
beer. [Latin vapidus.]
Somehow he knew now, though he had never allowed himself to consider it before,
that she couldn't in any way have been as naive or stupid as he had hoped and imagined.
She had to have known how vapid he was, how
shallow, and yes, cheap.
Left Behind
Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Definitions from American Heritage Dictionary
May is frog Month on the Daily Miscellany - I hope you enjoy these facts about amphibians. God is a marvelous architect and his sense of humor and creativity is expressed in these interesting creations.
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The Caecilians Caecilians are amphibians that relatively unknown. There are 156 known species of Caecilians. They are worm-like, mostly secretive, burrowing amphibians confined to tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Their name 'Caecilians' means 'blind.' Most caecilians, however, have small eyes, which in some species are hidden beneath the bones of the skull. Most all caecilians are found living underground. A Few are found above ground at times. The Typhlonectets family of caecilians is aquatic. The largest caecilian is Caecilia thomsoni of South America. It can reach lengths of up to 5 feet. The smallest is Grandisonia brevis of the Seychelles archipelago. It will reach a length of only 4 1/2 inches. Caecilians are the only amphibians that are completely legless. They are able to move snake-like across surfaces when forced to, but normally live underground and move through preformed tunnels. They also create new tunnels by pushing their head through loose mud or moist soil. The caecilians are created perfectly for their environment. Their skull is powerfully constructed with a pointed snout and an underslung lower jaw or recessed mouth. These features allow the head to be used as a ram. The eyes are reduced in size and importance because there is no light in their underground world. Caecilians have a unique pair of sensory organs called tentacles. A tentacle emerges from a groove or cavity on each side of the snout between the eye and the nostril. These tentacles are probably organs of taste and smell and are perfect for sensing the environment of their tunnels. The food and feeding habits of the caecilians have not been greatly studied. It seems that they are carnivorous and eat immature insects, insect larvae, earthworms, and occasionally small frogs and lizards. Like all amphibians, the skin of caecilians contains numerous poison glands. These glands function to discourage predators. Most caecilians have very subdued colors of gray and browns. There are some caecilians, however, that are brightly colored. Unlike most amphibians, all caecilians have internal fertilization. A few caecilians lay eggs. The mother will remain with the eggs until they hatch. The few egg laying caecilians hatch into larvae and the larvae later metamorphose into adults. The larvae have tiny gills and gill slits. They live in seepage and streams until they metamorphose into adults. Most caecilians give birth to live young, and there is no larval stage. |
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"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 Hello
Doctor The patient shook his doctor's hand in gratitude and said: "Since we
are the best of friends, I would not want to insult you by offering payment. But I would
like for you to know that I had mentioned you in my will." A patient in a psychiatric hospital spent all day with his ear to the wall, listening. The doctor watched this person do this day after day. The doctor finally decided to see what he was listening to, so he put his ear up to the wall and listened. He heard nothing. So he turned to the patient and said, "I don't hear anything." The patient replied, "Yeah, I know. It's been like that for months!" Einstein's Lecture There's a story about how Albert Einstein was traveling to Universities in
a chauffeur driven car, delivering lectures on his theory of relativity. A Kiss is just a Kiss There was a married couple who were in a terrible accident. The
woman's face was burned severely. The doctor told the husband they couldn't graft any skin
from her body because she was so skinny. The husband then donated some of his
skin...however, the only place suitable to the doctor was from his buttocks. The
husband requested that no one be told of this, because after all this was a very delicate
matter!
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Statistics are like bikinis. |
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