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Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
~Thomas Alva Edison












Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
~ Addison

I Know a Carpenter


I was as an old house in dire need of repair.
The years had taken their toll through neglect and lack of care.
Apathy and omission towards a life filled with sin,
Caused great stress damage from without and from within.
I would paint it up and dress it up so the harm wouldn't show
But I knew I needed help and where to look I didn't know.
Then "foundation problems" said a friend "are at the heart of your plight
And I know a Carpenter that you can call on day or night.
He will be a Rock for your foundation on which to base your life.
He will wash away all the damage caused by sin and strife.
You need only ask Him in, repent from your sins and let them go.
For with His precious blood he paid the price long years ago."
And now the renewal complete I can let my little light shine.
My house is sound and filled with love and Jesus Christ is mine.
So if you're lost and searching and there's no way out you see
Let me send you to someone I know, the Carpenter from Galilee.
~D. Wallcarpenter tools




If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
~Anatole France






The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
~Flannery O'Connor







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The age is dull and mean. Men creep,
Not walk; with blood too pale and tame
To pay the debt they owe to shame;
Buy cheap, sell dear; eat, drink, and sleep
down-pillowed, deaf to moaning want;
Pay tithes for soul-insurance; keep
Six days to Mammon, one to Cant

God's ways seem dark, but, soon or late,
They touch the shining hills of day;
The evil cannot brook delay,
The good can well afford to wait,
Give ermined knaves their hour of crime;
Yet have the future grand and great,
The safe appeal of Truth to Time!
~John Greenleaf Whittier,
For Righteousness' Sake




I preached as never sure to preach again,
And as a dying man to dying men.

Richard Baxter (1615-1691):
Love breathing Thank and Praise.



















She comes like the husht beauty of the night
And sees too deep for laughter;
Her touch is a vibration and a light
From worlds before and after.
~Ernest Markham










There is a garden in her face,
Where roses and white lilies show;
A heavenly paradise is that place,
Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow.
There cherries hang that none may buy,
Till cherry ripe themselves do cry.
(An Howres Recreation in Musike)











She 's adorned
Amply that in her husband's eye looks lovely,~
The truest mirror that an honest wife
Can see her beauty in.
~John Tobin











Happiness is the harvest of a quiet eye.
Austin O'Malley












The pessimist complains about the wind;
The optimist expects it to change;
The realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward











Life is like a cup of tea,
it's all in how you make it!










When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed its point.
~ Maria Callas









When your dreams turn to dust, vacuum.
~ Anonymous




To make a mistake is human, but you need a computer to make a complete mess of things.
~Paul Ehrlich


My wife says I never listen to her.
At least I think that's what she says.
-Unknown



Just when you think you've finally hit bottom, someone tosses you an anchor.



Beware of the man who praises women's liberation, he is about to quit his job. - Erica Jong



Is the glass half empty, half full, or twice as large as it needs to be?



Oscillating between career choices ? Become a wave mechanic.







A manager advised by his doctor to take up a sport decides to play tennis. After a couple of weeks his secretary asks him how he's doing. "It's going fine", the manager says, "When I'm on the court and I see the ball speeding towards me my brain immediately says: To the corner! Back hand! To the net! Smash! Go back!". "Really? What happens then?", the girl asks enthusiastically. "Then my body says: Who? Me? Don't talk nonsense!".



Copernicus' parents: Copernicus, young man, when are you going to come to terms with the fact that the world does not revolve around you?!


A Stanford research group advertised for participants in a study of obsessive-compulsive disorder. They were looking for therapy clients who had been diagnosed with this disorder. The response was gratifying; they got 3,000 responses about three days after the ad came out. All from the same person.



THE RULES (OR, IS THIS HOW MEN SEE US?)
1.The female makes the rules.

2.The rules are subject to change by the female at any time without prior notification.

3.No male can possibly know all the rules. Attempts to document the rules are not permitted.

4.If the female suspects that the male may know some or all of the rules, she must immediately change some or all of the rules.

5.The female is never wrong.

6.If the female is wrong, it is because of an egregarious misunderstanding which was the direct result of something the male did, said, did not do, or did not say.

7.If rule 6 is invoked, the male must apologize immediately for having been the cause of the misunderstanding without any clues from the female as to what he did to have caused the misunderstanding. See rule 13.

8.The female may change her mind at any time for any reason or no reason at all.

9.The male is never permitted to change his mind or under circumstances without the express written consent of the female which is given only in cases where the female wanted him to change his mind but gave no indication of that wish. See rules 6, 7, 12, and 13.

10.The female has the right to be angry or upset for any reason, real or imagined, at any time and under any circumstance which in her sole judgement she deems appropriate. The male is not to be given any sign of the root cause of the female's being angry or upset. The female may, however, give false or misleading reasons to see if the male is paying attention. See rule 13.

11.The male must remain calm at all times, unless the female wants him to be angry or upset.

12.Under no circumstances may the female give the male any clue or indication whether or why she wants him to be angry or upset.

13.The male is expected to read the mind of the female at all times. Failure to do so will result in punishments and penalties imposed at the sole discretion of the female.

14.The female may, at any time and for any reason, resurrect any past incident without regard to temporal or spacial distance, and modify, enlarge, embellish, of wholly reconstruct it in order to demonstrate to the male that he is now or has in the past been wrong, insensitive, pig-headed, dense, deceitful, and/or oafish.

15.The female may use her interpretation of any past occurrence to illustrate the ways in which the male has failed to accord her the consideration, respect, devotion, or material possessions, he has bestowed on other females, domestic pets or barnyard animals, sports teams, automobiles, motorcycles, boats, aircraft, or coworkers. Such illustrations are non-rebuttable.

16.If the female is experiencing PMS, Post-PMS, or Pre-PMS, the female is permitted to exhibit any manner of behaviors she wishes without regard to logical consistency or accepted norms of human behavior.

17.Any act, deed, word, expression, statement, utterance, thought, opinion, or belief by the male is subject to the sole, subjective interpretation of the female, other external factors not-withstanding. Alibis, excuses, explanations, defenses, reasons, extenuations, or rationalizations will not be entertained. Abject pleas for mercy and forgiveness are acceptable under some circumstances, especially when accompanied by tangible evidence of contrition.









As I was sitting in my chair,
I knew the bottom wasn't there,
Nor legs nor back, but I just sat,
Ignoring little things like that.
--Hughes Mearns




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