Month: March 2009

  • Lars

    Lars, a Norwegian from Cook County in northern Minnesota, was an older, single gentleman who was born and raised a Lutheran.  Each Friday night after work, he would fire up his grill and cook a venison steak.  Now, all of Lars’ neighbors were Catholic.  Since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating meat on…

  • Perspective

    Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.Herman Melville

  • I Love Mustard

    (This is a true story.)  If you have children you will probably relate to this father…As ham sandwiches go, it was perfection.  A thick slab of ham, a fresh bun, crisp lettuce and plenty of expensive, light brown, gourmet mustard. The corners of my jaw aching in anticipation, I carried it to the table in…

  • Liberty

    Liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.William Penn

  • Satanic Barney Proof

    Given: Barney is a CUTE PURPLE DINOSAURProve: Barney is satanicThe Romans had no letter ‘U’, and used ‘V’ instead for printing, meaning the Roman representation would for Barney would be: CVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVRCVTE PVRPLE DINOSAVRExtracting the Roman numerals, we have:CV  V  L  DI  VAnd their decimal equivalents are:100  5  5  50  500  1  5Adding those…

  • Today is Square Root Day

    This holiday only comes three nine times a century.  Read more about it.

  • Pirate

    It’s better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.Steve Jobs