February 21, 2006


Arthur hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realised there was a contradiction there and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.

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College boys,
Your courage muster.
Shave off that fuzz
And cookie duster.
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He was impressive, young and aggressive
Savin’ the world on his own
But the warm summer breezes
The french wines and cheeses
Put his ambition at bay
The summers and winters
Scattered like splinters
And four or five years slipped away

Jimmy Buffett - from the song "He Went to Paris"

GEOGRAPHY
part 7 of 19

Japan is the world's leading importer of iron ore.

La Paz, Bolivia, at 11,900 feet above sea-level, is the highest large city in the world.(According to Scholastic Book of World Records 2004, Wenchuan, China is the highest city in the world, at 16,730 feet about sea level. This city if part of Sichuan Province, southwest China.)

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway at New Orleans, Louisiana, is the world's largest bridge. It is almost 24 miles (about 38 kilometers) long.

None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace.

Theodor Adorno

OUR FOUNDING FATHERS

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Daniel Webster

A rubber ball is tossed off the top of a 90 foot building. Every time it bounces, it goes back up half way. How many bounces will the ball take before it stops?

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.


Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and The Force That Pulls Dogs Toward The Groins Of Strangers.

I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and ofttimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.