Think for yourself
Question authority

Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities, the political, the religious, the educational authorities who attempted to comfort us by giving us order, rules, regulations, informing, forming in our minds their view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and learn how to...

OK, can we all just make an agreement? Can we reach a consensus and just all agree to do away with legal-sized paper already?

I don't know how to scan it, i have to feed it one-page at a time into my printer, it doesn't work right with my efax, and I don't really have a decent place to store it.

I mean, seriously... what's the point of legal size anyway? Its not any more "legal" than letter-sized paper, it doesn't save any trees, it doesn't intimidate...

As I stumble through this life,
help me to create more laughter than tears,
dispense more cheer than gloom,
spread more cheer than despair.

Never let me become so indifferent,
that I will fail to see the wonders in the eyes of a child,
or the twinkle in the eyes of the aged.

Never let me forget that my total effort is to cheer people,
make them happy, and forget momentarily,
all the unpleasantness in their lives.
...

This is my favorite Psalm.



The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Thou preparest a table before...

I was reading the paper again today when I saw something that made my blood boil and felt compelled to vent about it here. If there's one thing I can't stand, it's ignorance. I know the world is teeming with it so I just need to learn to tune it out. But when I read things like this it really gets my Irish up. (and I'm not even Irish)

Apparently a veteran art teacher in a school district outside of Dallas obtained permission, and therefore took her fifth-grade art class to The Museum...