ALL THE REST —  September 13
  

 

Today's Quotations –  FLOWERS:

 


If you want to say it with flowers, a single rose says : "I'm cheap!"

~ Delta Burke ~

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Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets, but I have found that when I silently commune with people they give up their secrets also - if you love them enough.

~ George Washington Carver ~

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Women who buy perfume and flowers for themselves because their men won't do it are called "`self basting."

~ Adair Lara ~

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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 ~

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The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms, Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him.

~ Auguste Rodin ~

 

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  Today's Word – CHICAHE
   

 


chi·cane verb chi·caned 1. To resort to tricks or subterfuges; use chicanery. --transitive 1. To trick; deceive. --chi·cane noun 1. Chicanery. 2. Games. A bridge or whist hand without trumps. [French chicaner, from Old French, to quibble.]

'Ay, would you!'- one may hear the priest retort, 'Being as you are, i' the stock, a man of guile, And ruffianism but an added graft. You, a born coward, try a coward's arms, Trick and chicane,- and only when these fail Does violence follow, and like fox you bite Caught out in Stealing.

THE RING AND THE BOOK
Robert Browning 



Before my departure from Paris I had sketched out the dedication of my discourse on the Inequality of Mankind. I finished it at Chambery, and dated it from that place, thinking that, to avoid all chicane, it was better not to date it either from France or Geneva. The moment I arrived in that city I abandoned myself to the republican enthusiasm which had brought me to it. This was augmented by the reception I there met with.

The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy


Definition from American Heritage Dictionary

 

 

Today's Fact

 

 


  Human Anatomy Fact

The Philtrum

anpphoto.jpg (11355 bytes)What is a philtrum? This is a frequently asked trivia question. The vertical crease on the mouth above the upper lip is called a philtrum. Trivia lovers and biologists probably already know this. But why do we have one?

A Pennsylvania folktale says that before a baby is born, it knows all the secrets of life and death. At the moment of birth an angel presses his forefinger against the baby's upper lip. This seals the lip of the baby. The baby no longer can speak of the secrets, and the crease is there for the rest of their life.

 
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   

 

smile Putting it into Practice

A couple of weeks after hearing a sermon on Psalms 51:2-4 (knowing my own hidden secrets) and Psalms 52:3-4 (lies and deceit), a man wrote the following letter to the IRS:

I have been unable to sleep, knowing that I have cheated on my income tax. I understated my taxable income, and have enclosed a check for $150.00.

If I still can't sleep, I will send the rest."

From Rick Marshall, pastor of Crossroads Bible Church, San Jose 


Too Busy

John and Mary visit their pastor for marriage counseling.

The pastor gets up and hugs Mary, and sits down.

He gets up and hugs Mary a second and third time and then turns to John and says:

"See that, John. Mary needs that EVERY DAY!"

John replies, "Well, that's fine, Pastor. But I can't bring her over here except on Tuesdays and Thursdays."   

 

During our church's worship service, the pastor invites all the young children to join him near the altar for the "Children's Moments Sermon."    One day, with seven small children in attendance, he spoke about the ingredients required to make up a church, using a chocolate-chip cookie as an example.

He explained to the children that, as with a cookie requiring ingredients such as sugar and eggs, the church needed ingredients to make up the congregation.

Holding a cookie aloft, he asked, "If I took the chocolate chips out of this cookie, what would I have?"

A shy six-year-old raised his hand.  "Six less grams of fat," he replied.

from: jokes@gag-o-matic.lowcomdom.com

Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

The Census Taker

The census taker knocked on Donna's door. She answered all his questions except one. She refused to tell him her age.

"But everyone tells their age to the census taker," he said.

"Did Miss Maisy Hill, and Miss Daisy Hill tell you their ages?" she asked.

"Certainly," he replied

"Well, I'm the same age as they are," she snapped.

"As old as the Hills," he wrote on his form.


Why did the turtle cross the road?
To get to the Shell station!

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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