2398 Days since retiring July 1, 2005!
"If I had a penny for every time I thought I was mistaken but wasn't I would now have a cent."
Read on and fall sound asleep
A friend sent a quotation for John Mill. I suppose he was tired of my endless tirade against our continued adventure in Afghanistan. I had only a small knowledge of Mr. Mill. Now, after reading many of his writings, I wish I had known more. The quote is in italics. "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
His autobiography is HERE.
Almost every political thought I possess resonates with John Stuart Mill.
My wife was cleaning her bedroom and discovered four small Bendies I had hanging on the lampshade on my night stand. A grannie friend gave them to me at a Grannie gathering in Branson, MO in 2000. The thing started as gimmick accessories for a series of photo advertisements for a line of children's clothing. The photographers had to keep replacing them before each photo session. The clothing company employees were taking the Bendies home for their children. Eventually the demand for Bendies grew so great that they were turned into a full fledged product line. They were once as popular as Bennie Babies. I now have the four hanging over my desk.
 Annette |  Decker |
 Wayne |  Zap |
They are plastic molded around a flexible metal armature and thus can be posed in a great variety of positions. It is a challenge to pose them so they will stand erect.
Our youngest grandson's school basketball team played their last regular season game this evening. Because it was the last I went to video parts of the game. Basketball is noisy and gives me a raging headache so I only attend one a year. I posted two of the videos to YouTube at http://youtu.be/tgHvgGVcH-U and at http://youtu.be/zm2VooJ7YG0. My hands now shake a lot so please excuse the jitter in the video.
I have an appointment with my Cardiologist tomorrow morning. I intend to ask why my blood pressure has become so erratic.
Now I am going to stop and watch the recording of the State of the Union and the R response. I am so disgusted with all the current politicians I hope to see the whole herd burst into flame.
 | 1/21: Dear Lord, thank you that you enable us to do what you have called us to do to show others your love. Amen. 1/22: Dear God, when we begin to worry, help us instead to gain the comfort and calm that come from trusting you. In the name of your son, Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen. 1/23: Dear God, help us to listen closely to your words in the Bible - and to change. Amen. 1/24: O Lord, open our eyes to your word, and help us to see you more clearly in every circumstance. Amen. The prayers are from the Upper Room. For your own free E-Mail Devotional visit : http://upperroom.org/devotional/email/ and click on the link "Other Ways to Receive the Daily Devotional" | |
1.Two vultures board an airplane, each carrying two dead raccoons. The stewardess looks at them and says, "I'm sorry, gentlemen, only one carrion allowed per passenger."
2. Two boll weevils grew up in South Carolina. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind in the cotton fields and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.
3. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.
4. A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He slides up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."
5. Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused Novocain during a root canal? He wanted to transcend dental medication.
6. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."
7. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
8. These friars were behind on their belfry payments, so they opened up a small florist shop to raise funds. Since everyone liked to buy flowers from the men of God, a rival florist across town thought the competition was unfair. He asked the good fathers to close down, but they would not. He went back and begged the friars to close. They ignored him. So, the rival florist hired Hugh MacTaggart, the roughest and most vicious thug in town to "persuade" them to close. Hugh beat up the friars and trashed their store, saying he'd be back if they didn't close up shop. Terrified, they did so, thereby proving that Hugh, and only Hugh, can prevent florist friars.
9. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him.... what? (Oh, man, this is so bad, its good) A super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
10. And finally, there was the person who sent ten different puns to friends, with the hope that at least one of the puns would make them laugh. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
"The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven."
Mark Twain
SGGP
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