February 2, 2006

Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
Will Rogers








Cattle Crossing
Means Go Slow.
That old bull
Is some cow's beau.
Burma Shave




Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?
Chuck Palahniuk




COFFEE
part 11 of 23
  • In Japan, coffee shops are called Kissaten.
  • In Sumatra, workers on coffee plantations gather the world's most expensive coffee by following a gourmet marsupial who consumes only the choicest coffee beans. By picking through what he excretes, they obtain the world's most expensive coffee -'Kopi Luwak', which sells for over $100 per pound.
  • In the 14th century, the Arabs started to cultivate coffee plants. The first commercially grown and harvested coffee originated in the Arabian Peninsula near the port of Mocha.
  • In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family's pot filled with coffee.
  • In the last three centuries, 90% of all people living in the Western world have switched from tea to coffee.
  • In the year 1763, there were over 200 coffee shops in Venice.



    • Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
    Henry David Thoreau



    I told my boys, aged 9 and 6, that I wanted to stop and get some hair coloring. My 6 year old asked what color I was getting and why. I told him that it was just to cover my gray and left it at that. They were like kids in a candy store, searching for the "perfect" color. We agreed on one, bought it, and left. That weekend, at church, a lady said she really liked the color of my hair. My 9 year old beamed and said, "Thanks, I picked it out!"




    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Washington If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
    George Washington



    What 5 letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?



    "It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll."
    Harry Carey



    If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base.



    Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.