February 19, 2006


If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent.
~Bette Davis






Bristly beard or silky fuzz,
Shave 'em back,
To where they was
Burma Shave




Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.
John W. Gardner




GEOGRAPHY

part 5 of 19
  • French was the official language of England for over 600 years.
  • Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first city in the US to put fluoride in their water.
  • Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.
  • Hawaii officially became apart of the US on June 14, 1900.



  • Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
    Samuel Johnson



    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Jefferson No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.
    Thomas Jefferson



    A mile from end to end, yet as close to you as a friend. A precious commodity, freely given, seen on the dead and on the living. Found on the rich, poor, short or tall, but shared among children most of all.

    What is it?



    He wears glasses during math because it improves divison





    Life is anything that dies when you stomp on it.



    Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.