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Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.

~ George Burns ~

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While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

~ Henry C. Link ~

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It is difficult for sorrow to intrude on a busy life.

~ Unknown ~

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The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have.

~ William Hazlitt ~

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Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.

~ Dale Carnegie ~


 

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  Today's Word – QUIESCENT
   

 


qui·es·cent
adjective Being quiet, still, or at rest; inactive. Synonym latent.

"I loved my father: good; but better, I love you more. That's how I can do it," said the sergeant, with an intonation of such exquisite fidelity to nature that it was evidently not all acted now. Her beauty, which, whilst it had been quiescent, he had praised in jest, had in its animated phases moved him to earnest; and though his seriousness was less than she imagined, it was probably more than he imagined himself.

FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD
Thomas Hardy



After a student has received his ribbon, he is "free"; he can cease from fighting, without reproach--except some one insult him; his president cannot appoint him to fight; he can volunteer if he wants to, or remain quiescent if he prefers to do so. Statistics show that he does NOT prefer to remain quiescent.

A Tramp Abroad
Mark Twain


Definition from American Heritage Dictionary

 

 

Today's Fact

 

 


  Human Anatomy Fact


Those Baby Blues

anpphoto.jpg (11355 bytes)The rate of blinking of the eyes varies, but on the average the eye blinks once every five seconds. At that rate the eye blinks 17,000 times each day. That means that the eyes blink an amazing 6 1/4 million times each year.

All newborn babies have blue eyes. The color of the iris gives the color to the human eye. The amount of the pigment melanin in the iris is what determines its color. In a newborn baby, the pigment is concentrated in the folds of the iris. As the baby matures, generally when a few months old, the melanin moves to the surface of the iris and gives the baby his or her permanent eye color.


 
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

Psalm 139:14

 

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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   

 

smileA new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology courses.

She started her class by saying, "Everyone who thinks you're stupid, stand up!" After a few seconds, Little Johnny stood up.

The teacher said, "Do you think you're stupid, Little Johnny?"

"No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!"  
    



Things our Mother taught Us

LOGIC:  "If your fall off that swing and break your neck,  You can't go to the store with me."

MEDICINE:  "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they're   going to freeze that way."

TO THINK AHEAD: "If you don't pass your spelling test,  you'll never get a good job."

ESP:  "Put your sweater on; don't you think that I know   when you're cold?"

TO MEET A CHALLENGE:  "What were you thinking?  Answer me    when I talk to you...Don't talk back to me!"

HUMOR:  "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't you   come running to me."

GENETICS:  "You're just like your father!"

OUR ROOTS:  "Do you think you were born in a barn?"

ANTICIPATION:  "Just wait until your father gets home."

JUSTICE: "One day you will have kids, and I hope they  turn out just like you!" 


I Think he likes it!

Having arrived at the edge of the river, the fisherman soon realized he had forgotten to bring any bait. Just then he happened to see a little snake passing by who had caught a worm. The fisherman snatched up the snake and robbed him of his worm.  Feeling sorry for the little snake with no lunch, he snatched him up again and poured a little beer down his throat.  Then he went about his fishing. 

An hour or so later the fisherman felt a tug at his pant leg. Looking down, he saw the same snake with three more worms in his mouth...


A day without sunshine is like night.


My Spell Checker

I have a spilling checker,
It came with my PC;
It plainly marks four my revue
Mistakes I cannot sea.
I've run this poem threw it,
I'm sure your please too no,
Its letter perfect in it's weigh,
My checker tolled me sew.


A New Driver

Martin had just received his brand new drivers license. The family
troops out to the driveway, and climbs in the car, where he is going
to take them for a ride for the first time. Dad immediately heads
for the back seat, directly behind the newly minted driver.

"I'll bet you're back there to get a change of scenery after all those months of sitting in the front passenger seat teaching me how to drive," says the beaming boy to his dad.

"Nope," comes dad's reply, "I'm gonna sit here and kick the back of yorr seat as you drive,  just like you've been doing to me all these years
." 


 

Bats in the attic

Three Pastors in the south were having lunch in a diner.

One said "Ya know, since summer started I've been having trouble with bats in my loft and attic at church.  I've tried everything--noise, spray, cats--nothing seems to scare them away. 

Another said "Yea, me too.  I've got hundreds living in my belfry and in the narthex attic.  I've even had the place fumigated, and they won't go away." 

The third said, "I baptized all mine, and made them members of the church...    Haven't seen one back since" !!!


A Sure Fix -

There are three engineers in a car: an electrical engineer, a chemical engineer, and a Microsoft engineer. Suddenly the car just stops by the side of the road, and the three engineers look at each other wondering what could be wrong.

The electrical engineer suggests stripping down the electronics of the car and trying to trace where a fault might have occurred. The chemical engineer, not knowing much about cars, suggests that maybe the fuel is becoming emulsified and getting blocked somewhere.

Then, the Microsoft engineer, not knowing much about anything comes up with a suggestion, "Why don't we close all the windows, get out, get back in open the windows again, and maybe it'll work !?"




TRUE FACT ...

Humans begin laughing at two to three months of age. Six year olds laugh about 300 times per day, while adults laugh from 15 to 100 times per day.

SOURCE: NYT, Dr. William F. Fry, Stanford University

 


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