Month: December 2008

  • Peace

    Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, and quietly building new structures.John F. Kennedy

  • Disconnected

    I came home late in the evening on the 18th of November, picked up the neighborhood newspaper, the Villager and the sale circulars fell out.  I decided to look at one of them, the Leaflet Missal 2008 Christmas Gifts Catalog — just for grins — when I turned a page and the following appeared.Immediately I…

  • Merry Christmas

    In a sense, the fossil fuels are a onetime gift that lifted us up from subsistence agriculture and eventually should lead us to a future based on renewable resources.Kenneth Deffeyes

  • Merry Christmas!

    Bah Humbug from a schientific standpoint…I.There are approximately two billion children (persons under 18) in the world.  However, since Santa does not visit children of Muslim, Hindu, Jewish or Buddhist religions, this reduces the workload for Christmas night to 15% of the total, or 378 million (according to the Population Reference Bureau).  At an average…

  • ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas… Mom Style

    ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all thru the abodeOnly one creature was stirring, & she was cleaning the commode.The children were finally sleeping, all snug in their beds,while visions of Hot Wheels & Barbie, flipped through their heads.The dad was snoring in front of the TV,with a half-constructed bicycle propped on his knee.So only…

  • Wikipedia needs your help

    How much do you use Wikipedia?  I know that I have a bookmark for it and probably look up something at least once per day.Will you match my $25.00 USD Christmas present to the Wikipedia Foundation?Do you remember what it was like before this information as constantly available at your fingertips?  Haven’t you saved at…

  • Snow Fairy

    The Snow Fairy can bring you good fortune for one whole year.May YOU be blessed by his good deeds!       You must pass the Snow Fairy to 7 people within 60 seconds to receive your one year blessing……HURRY!via email from D. Kimball Lord, Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:16:27 -0800