January 1, 2006

If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders
~Abigail Van Buren





Within this vale
Of toil
And sin
Your head grows bald
But not your chin
Burma-Shave


Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle.
Robert Anthony



Famous Firsts of the 21st Century
  • Colin Powell
    2000 --- 1st black secretary of state.
  • Condoleezza Rice
    2001 --- 1st woman to serve as US national security adviser.
  • Halle Berry
    2002 --- 1st black woman to win an Oscar for Best Actress.
  • Vonetta Flowers
    2002 --- 1st black female USathlete to win a gold medal in a Winter Olympics. She wins in the women's bobsleigh event on February 19th.
  • Steve Fossett
    2002 --- 1st balloonist to fly solo around the world when he landed in Australia on 4th July 2002.
  • Tom Ridge
    2003 --- 1st US Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
  • Gene Robinson
    2003 --- 1st openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church in US.
  • Condoleezza Rice
    2005 --- 1st black woman to serve as US secretary of state.


    • Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.
    Horace Mann


    "I have a rock in my nose." -- 2 year old son, greeting his mother after preschool, a full hour after recess was over.


    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Benjamin Franklin Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
    Benjamin Franklin


    Sarah went to get her drivers license. When asked her age, she replied: "My age today is three times what it will be three years from now minus three times what my age was three years ago." How old is Sarah?


    If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed.


    Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.





    2006 ARCHIVES