Category: General
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Daffodil Garden
Several times my daughter telephoned to say, "Mother, you must come see the daffodils before they die." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive to her house."I will come next Tuesday," I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call. Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so…
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Tomorrow
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough, and we'll be more content when they are. After that, we're frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out…
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Miscellaneous links
Automatic flattererInterview with god Angelhttp://john.shockey.com/friends.htm Just for today
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You are not alone
"Perhaps the strangest and most insidious aspect of the disease ofalcoholism is its ability to hide itself from the sufferer. Alcoholics areexperts at not being able to see their own illness. They are often thelast to admit that they have a drinking problem."Alcoholism is aprogressive illness. Late starting or early, the drinking gets more andmore…
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George Carlin POST 9-11-2001 (his wife recently died)
Isn't it amazing that George Carlin, the gloriously gross and mouthy comedian of the 1970's and 1980's, could write something so very eloquent … and so very appropriate post 9-11-2001. Here is a wonderful message by George Carlin:The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider freeways,…
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Noah's Ark
Proof Noah’s Flood Really Occurred?Hundreds of feet below the Black Sea, American explorers led by Titanic discoverer Robert Ballard have found ancient signs of human habitation—habitation that existed before all life was killed from a catastrophic flood that occurred some 7,500 years ago.Remember Noah and the Ark in the Book of Genesis? The scientists think…
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Self-esteem
WHO HAD higher self-esteem: Gandhi or Hitler? Columbine High School's valedictorian or the two Columbine students who, that April, killed a teacher, fellow students and then themselves? Albert Einstein or Adolph Eichmann? Popeye or Bluto?If you picked the first person in each pair (the hero/high achiever), you're wrong. The bad guys, not the good guys,…