Easter Sunday Definition: An annual church festival commemorating Christ’s resurrection, and occurring on Sunday, the second day after Good Friday. It corresponds to the pasha or passover of the Jews, and most nations still give it this name under the various forms of pascha, pasque, paque, or pask. “The day …
Read More »Knowledge Quotes
"All men by nature desire knowledge." -- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Metaphysics
"To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge." -- Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." -- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
"Convinced myself, I seek not to convince." -- Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)
Hope
“Hope is a good thing; maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.” — From the movie, ‘Shawshank Redemption’ “Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words, ‘Wait and hope’.” — Alexandre …
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11 Things You Didn’t Learn in School
-- By Charles Sykes, from his book "Dumbing Down our Kids"
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If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with fear, he learns to be apprehensive.
If a child lives with jealousy, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns to be confident.
If a child lives with praise, he learns to be appreciative.
If a child lives with acceptance, he learns to love.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
Thoughts on Motherhood
-- Author Unknown
Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you've had a baby... that somebody doesn't know that once you're a mother, "normal" is history.
Somebody said you learn how to be a mother by instinct... that somebody never took a three-year-old shopping.
Somebody said being a mother is boring... that somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver's permit.
Dale Carnegie’s “Golden Book”
Taken from "How to Win Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie
Read More »Wounded Vets take train to the Army-Navy Game
A TRUE Story... and one of the best Christmas stories you'll ever hear.
It's an amazing story of a wealthy Philadelphia couple which organized a train composed of privately-owned railroad cars to carry wounded vets from Walter Reed Army Medical Center and Bethesda Naval Hospital to the annual Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia.
-- By Ronnie Polaneczky
For The Philadelphia Daily News, published December 22, 2005
44+ Uses for WD-40
Some great ideas about using WD-40
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