As Rudy Giuliani was explaining his position on abortion: lightning struck the building
Month: June 2007
-
The smallest bone in the human body is the stapes or stirrup bone located in the middle ear. It is approximately .11 inches (.28 cm) long. The longest cells in the human body are the motor neurons. They can be up to 4.5 feet (1.37 meters) long and run from the lower spinal cord to the big toe.
This is a very beautiful and innocent bird, and no one is mentioned more frequently in the Bible. It does not live upon the flesh of animals: so when Noah sent one out of the ark, she soon came back again, because she could find nothing to eat, and no rest for the sole of her foot.The Holy Spirit once condescended to take the form of a dove, when he rested upon Christ at the time of his baptism. Our Savior speaks of the innocence of this bird when he says to his disciples, "I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."
This bird has a very sweet but mournful voice; and this is referred to in the Bible. Hezekiah, one of the Jewish kings, had been very sick and expected to die; but as he lay on his bed, he prayed that God would be pleased to spare his life.
God heard his prayer, and promised that he should live fifteen years longer; and soon after he became quite well. He was grateful to God for his goodness, and wrote a beautiful song of praise to be sung in the temple.
Among other things he told how he felt when he lay so sick upon his bed. He says, "Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter; I did mourn as a dove."
The turtle-dove is a bird of passage. It appears in Judea early in the spring, when the leaves are coming out, the flowers opening, and every thing looking lovely and beautiful. This will explain some verses in the Song of Solomon, "Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away, for lo ! the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle (or turtle-dove) is heard in our land."
It remains until summer is gone; and then flies away to a warmer climate to spend the winter. It is in reference to this that David says, "Oh ! that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I flee away, and be at rest; lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness; I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest." You will find these beautiful verses in the 55th Psalm.
Who would not wish to be like the gentle, peaceful dove?My Story:
I was watching two turtle doves on the roof of my garage. Both birds were eating seeds that were on the roof. I laughed when I saw the male bird try to eat a seed. He knocked it off the roof instead. What I laughed about was what happened next. The female bird pecked the head of the male dove. I could just imagine their conversation. -
80 years ago: The food mixer and the domestic refrigerator were invented.
More INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANTS
If a man could run as fast for his size as an ant can, he could run as fast as a racehorse.
Ants can lift 20 times their own body weight.
With their combined weight greater than the combined weight of all humans, ants are the most numerous type of animal.
An ant brain has about 250 000 brain cells. A human brain has 10,000 million so a colony of 40,000 ants has collectively the same size brain as a human. Ant brains are largest amongst insects. An ant's brain may have the same processing power as a Macintosh II computer. Thousands of years ago, King Solomon wrote: "Go to the ant, consider its ways and be wise".
The average life expectancy of an ant is 45-60 days.
Adult ants cannot chew and swallow solid food. They rely on juice which they squeeze from pieces of food.
I would call this a "bad day":
DirecTV installer's comment sets off dramaSAVAGE, Minn. (UPI) -- A Minnesota woman is suing police who forced her to the ground and handcuffed her after a DirecTV dispatcher told police an installer was being held hostage.
"These are regular people. She's a schoolteacher. ... You shouldn't have SWAT teams coming after someone if they know there's not a crisis," Marc Kurzman, a lawyer for Julie and Steven Pyle of Savage, Minn., told the St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer Press.
The Pyles are seeking more than $75,000 in damages in a federal civil rights lawsuit against DirecTV, Savage police and Scott County enforcement dispatchers.
The Pioneer Press reported that a DirectTV installer working at the Pyles' home told a dispatcher he was "being held hostage" and the dispatcher called police. Two installers then spoke to police and said there's been a misunderstanding and that they'd left the house.
Police went to their home, anyway, called Julie Pyle out and handcuffed her at gunpoint before searching the home, the lawsuit alleges.
Julie Pyle felt bad the job was taking the installers so long, so she baked them cookies, the lawsuit said. -
The Bear
Did you ever hear children say, "He is as cross as a bear? I hope it will never be said of you, for nobody loves a child who is selfish and unkind, or who speaks cross and angry words. The bear is certainly a very cross animal; the name that was given to it in Bible times means a grumbler or growler.
It does not even like other bears, excepting its own young ones, but chooses to live by itself in the gloomiest woods- often in a dark cave, or in the hollow part of some great old tree. When winter begins, it lies down to sleep, and does not wake up till warm weather comes again; then it creeps out of its retreat, lean and hungry enough-and cross enough, too.
The bear loves its young ones more than almost any other animal does, as this little story will show you. A bear with two cubs or young ones once came over the ice near to a ship where the sailors had just killed a large animal. The bears were very hungry, and the sailors threw over some pieces of flesh for them; the old bear would tear them up, giving most of the meat to the cubs, and keeping but little for herself. Presently some one in the ship cruelly shot both the young ones-then their mother was full of sorrow.
She had been hurt herself by the guns, but she crawled along to her cubs, put her paw upon them, and tried to have them get up; and when she found that they did not move, she went a few steps off, and then looked back with a sad, moaning noise, as though she expected them to get up and follow her. When she saw that all her efforts were useless, she walked around them several times, turned towards the vessel with a terrible growl-for she was angry enough to tear in pieces the men who had killed her young-and then lay down between her cubs and died.
Does not his help you to understand this verse in the 17th chapter of 2d Samuel? "For thou knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps (or cubs) in the field;"-and this also, Hosea 13:8, "I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps." Such verses as these show that the writers of the Bible were acquainted with the habits of different animals: we never find any mistakes in what they say about them.
Solomon says in his Proverbs, "As a roaring lion and a ranging bear, so is a wicked ruler over the poor people."
Do you remember what David said when he was trying to persuade king Saul to let him go and fight with the great giant Goliath? Saul thought he was too young, and by no means strong enough; but David said, "Thy servant was keeping his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock, and thy servant slew both the lion and the bear." He said also, "The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine."
You see why David was not afraid to meet the giant. It was not because he felt strong of himself, but he believed that God would be near to help him; and it was the same feeling that led him to say afterwards, "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for Thou art with me."
Happy will it be for you, dear child, if you can say the same words, with peace in your heart, when you lie down to die. -
Captions
Let's Play: You come up with the caption.
AAAAAAACK! Is that my SON hanging on the ledge????"FreeeVerse
What?!!!? Dry food again?!!!? beadbrat
I can't believe she's wearing that! Kowpatty
AHHH MY EAR! MY EAR! WHERE'S MY EAR? WHY ISN"T ANYONE TALKING TO ME? HUH? MY EAR! MY EAR! WHERE"S MY EAR? YES! I am the Van Gogh of the cat world! MUAHAHAHA... angi1972
BURP! SandyisSuperwoman
Hello Dear, you're home early. Kowpatty
Um honey... that psychotic cat with no ear is really freaking me out. Hold me. angi1972
You can't get in the club if you don't have shades.....sorry. chasnfireflies
Who would have ever thought that looking into the moon would hurt your eyes. Kowpatty
Mame... We're here to check your plumbing. angi1972 -
Quotes
Birthday Quotes:
Erma Bombeck
A friend never defends a husband who gets his wife an electric skillet for her birthday.
Robert Frost
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
I like to keep good quotes on the tip of my tongue, because then I can say more with my words by using someone elses.Upcoming Events in my life:
Summer camp - 2 weeks starting next week.
Camp Kinship
Kalli's 3 year old birthday party - This Friday - which is my birthday as well.
Court for my CASA case in early July.
Vacation to the Black Hills in the end of July.TB GUY
Several years ago I was in the Navy. One of the cooks was diagnosed with TB. The entire Food Service personnel had to be checked for TB. My test turned out positive for inactive Tuberculosis. I had to go through a year long treatment. Many of us tested positive for exposure to TB but no one contracted TB. -
Funny Quotes
Winston Churchill
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.Marion Barry, Mayor
If it weren't for the killings, Washington would have one of the lowest crime rates in the country.Robin Williams
If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a phone number?David Letterman
USA Today has come out with a new survey: Apparently three out of four people make up 75 percent of the population.Rita Mae Brown
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans are suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.Charlie Brown
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night."What is normal?
