Month: September 2007
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The organist
Miss Beatrice, the church organist, was in her eighties and had never been married. She was admired for her sweetness and kindness to all.One afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea. As he sat…
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Fortitude
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.Abe Lincoln
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More Maxine
Getting old is so hard at times… Yesterday, I got my Preparation ‘H’ mixed up with Poli-Grip. Now, I talk like an asshole…but my gums don’t itch!via email from Bob Rosen, Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:44:27 -0700
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Self aggrandizement
The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend.Chuck Palahniuk
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Michigan Girl
A Mexican drinks his beer and suddenly throws his glass in the air, pulls out his pistol and shoots the glass to pieces. He says, “In Mexico our glasses are so cheap we don’t need to drink from the same glass twice.”An Iraqi, obviously impressed by this, drinks his beer, throws his glass into the…
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Serenity
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate.William Arthur Ward