Best E-mails of the Week Aug. 28, 2005 

 

Baby Porcupine Hedgehogs


It doesn't get much more adorable than this:

For more info:

http://www.liewcf.com/blog/archives/2005/08/porcupine-baby

 

 

 

 

 

This was the topic of the sermon at our Church last week:

 

Put The Glass Down
 
A lecturer was giving a lecture to his students on stress management.
 
He rasied a glass of water and asked the audience, "How heavy do you think this glass of water is?"
 
The students' answers ranged from 20g to 550gm
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"It doesn't matter on the absolute weight. It depends on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is okay. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right arm. If I hold it for a day, you will have to call an ambulance. It is the exact same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."
 
"If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, we will not be able to carry on; the burden becomes increasingly heavier."
 
"What you have to do is to put the glass down, rest for a while before holding it up again."
 
We have to put down the burden periodically, so that we can be refreshed and are able to carry on.
 
So before you return home from work tonight, put the burden of work down. Don't carry it back home.
 
You can pick it up tomorrow.
 
Whatever burdens you are having now on your shoulders, let it down for a moment if you can.
 
Pick it up later when you have rested.
 
Life is short, enjoy it!!!!
 
 
 
 
 
Here is the Rose of Sharon we planted in our front yard for Uncle Joe.
 
- In full bloom at the start of the Hurricane Katrina rain week.
 
 

 

And from his godson,

 

Hello everyone
here is a pretty radical video of  how far Base jumping has grown,  and the  various exits and  launch sites...

A friend thought you'd like this streaming media.  Play it now with your RealPlayer:
http://switchboard.real.com/player/email.html?PV=6.0.12&&title=basejump&link=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.randomish.net%2Fbasejump.wmv

Jim

BASE stands for Parachuting from a Bridge, Antenna, Structural building or Earth I believe.

 

 

 

 

Amazing what $2.75 a gallon for gas can buy. . . !!!

 

This is a house, not a hotel. It's owned by the family of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan,

the former president of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu-Dhabi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jay Leno quotes

"A historic operation occurred over in Boston. Doctors successfully transplanted tissue from a pig's brain to a man's brain -- and the man's brain did not reject it. That pretty much confirms what women have been saying about men." (From "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), April 25, 1995)

During the infamous O.J. Simpson murder trial: "Actor wannabe Kato Kaelin is very excited about this trial. It's the first call-back he's had in two years. 'Oh, a part! A part! I got another part!'"

"In Huntington Beach, California, three police instructors lost their jobs after ordering two cadets who were caught smoking to eat cigarette sandwiches as punishment. And of course the tobacco companies are thinking, 'Cigarette sandwiches - what a great idea.'"

"A new medical study reports that men who eat ten pizzas a week are less likely to develop prostate problems at age 50. That's because they are usually dead by age 40."

"They always say the Miss America Pageant isn't a beauty contest, it's really a scholarship program. If that's the case, why don't we just put all the contestants on 'Jeopardy!' and pick Miss America that way? At least you get the smartest one."

"Looks like Darva 'Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?' Conger will pose naked in 'Playboy' Magazine. She says the photos will be tastefully done. And who else knows more about taste than a woman who marries a man she just met on Fox?" (From "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), May 8, 2000)

"I saw something stupid in the paper today - a new alarm clock that makes no noise. It's for people who don't like loud noises. Instead, it slowly hits you with light and gets brighter and brighter until you wake up. I already have one of those...it's called a window." (From "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), February 14, 2001)

"President James Garfield could write in Latin with one hand while writing in Greek with the other. I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous." (From "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), March 9, 2001)

"In France, they're having trouble translating a lot of Internet terms into French. In France the law is you have to use French words. For example, there are no French words for surfing the Web, there aren't any French words for chat session, and there aren't any French words for hacker. Of course, a lot of other words don't translate to French either: military victory, deodorant..." (From "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), May 4, 2001)

"Seems there's a big debate going on about whether a new TV commercial for Minute Maid orange juice portrays Popeye and Bluto as gay lovers or just good friends. The commercial shows Popeye and Bluto at the beach and riding a bicycle for two. I don't think that makes them gay. I think the fact they both find Olive Oyl attractive, that makes them gay." (From "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992), June 4, 2001)

"The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver."

"It is said that life begins when the fetus can exist apart from its mother. By this definition, many people in Hollywood are legally dead."

"You aren't famous until my mother has heard of you."

"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak."

"The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin."

On the steering for his jet-powered motorcycle: "It's kinda like square-dancing with a fat lady: The fact that she does it at all is pretty amazing."

On the now-defunct XFL, "Ratings for the XFL are so low that pretty soon they'll be able to address the viewers by name."

"I see that Mike Tyson has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. It marks the first time that Mike Tyson has made it to Chapter 11 in anything."

 

 

 

 

Here is a picture I took of some loose donkeys or mules or jackasses or burros on the state highway.

 

I was returning from our project at about 7pm when they were there in front of me.

Later, they moved into the left lane running up this hill.

So I passed them in my SUV, and got ahead of them in the left lane.

I was afraid a speeder coming over the crest would hit me head on.

Our combined deaths would be my fault.

I resolved that if I saw an oncoming vehicle I would immediately veer right

into my proper lane, and let the other car smash into these lovely creatures instead.

With horn and high beams on I slowed down, and stayed left forcing my running friends behind me toward the right lane.

Then I sped up in front of them in the right lane.

Fortunately, there's not much traffic here, and the second to next vehicle to approach was

the state trooper I had called minutes earlier from my cell phone.

With oncoming traffic and me stopping, the critters had no where to go but the shoulder.

I got a blurred shot of the officer and departed, since I'm about as good with a lasso as I am with a camera.

 

 

 

Pete

 

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