Quote of the Day, 1/20/09

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“We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.” — B. Obama

Quote of the Day, 1/16/09

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“There’s a saying, ‘It’s easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.’ I’m going through that right now.” — B. Adams

Quote of the Day, 1/14/09

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“There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.” — A. Lincoln

Quote of the Day, 1/12/09

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“Just as some things are too strange for fiction, others are too true for journalism.” — P.J. O’Rourke

Quote of the Day, 1/8/09

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“When I come before the judgment throne, I will plead the promise of God in the shed blood of Jesus Christ. I will not plead any work that I have done, although I will thank God that he has enabled me to do some good. . . I will not plead that I had faith, for sometimes I was unsure of my faith, and in any event that would be to turn faith into a meritorious work of my own. . . Whatever little growth in holiness I have experienced, whatever strength I have received from the company of the saints, whatever understanding I have attained of God and His ways ”” these and all other gifts I have received I will bring gratefully to the throne. But in seeking entry to that heavenly kingdom, I will, with Dysmas, look to Christ and Christ alone.

Then I hope to hear Him say, ‘Today you will be with Me in paradise,’ as I hope with all my being ”” because, although looking to Him alone, I am not alone ”” He will say to all.” — Fr. R.J. Neuhaus (5/14/36-1/8/09)

Quote of the Day, 1/7/09

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“If you want to know the people around you, find out what they read.” — J. Stalin

Joke of the Day, 1/6/09

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During training exercises, the lieutenant driving down a muddy back road encountered another car stuck in the mud, a red-faced colonel at the wheel.

“Your jeep stuck, sir?” asked the lieutenant as he pulled alongside.

“Nope,” replied the colonel, handing him the keys. “Yours is.”

Quote of the Day, 1/5/09

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“Unless a man starts afresh about things, he will certainly do nothing effective. Unless a man starts on the strange assumption that he has never existed before, it is quite certain that he will never exist afterwards. Unless a man be born again, he shall by no means enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.” — G.K. Chesterton

Quote of the Day, 12/29/08

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“Among the lessons every young man should learn is this one: All women who like you because you make them laugh sooner or later stop laughing, and then why do they like you?” — R. Ebert

Quote of the Day, 12/23/08

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“It’s taken for granted that our bodies mature much earlier than our great-grandparents so we all need access to condoms and abortion by fifth grade, but apparently our minds need longer than ever, and in some cases until early middle age. So we enter adolescence much sooner and leave it a decade or more later.

“Right now, to put my demography hat on, the western world has a possibly terminal shortage of children. One reason it does is because the fellows on whom society traditionally depends for child-rearing — young adults — are staying in school until their mid-twenties and embarking on grown-up life ever later, if at all. Thirty percent of German women are childless; among university graduates, it’s 40 percent. The pursuit of a 100 percent college-educated populace is a recipe for societal suicide.” — M. Steyn

Best of the Polls — The 12 Days of Christmas

12/19/2008, 10:45 am -- by | No Comments

Which of the famous gifts in the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ song would we like to receive?

Rank Gift Points
1. 5 golden rings 35
2. 6 geese-a-laying 19
3-4 (tie) 3 French hens; 9 ladies dancing 16
5. 10 lords-a-leaping 14
6. 11 pipers piping 9
7. 8 maids-a-milking 7
8. 4 calling birds 6
9. 12 drummers drumming 5
10. 2 turtle doves 4
Other 7 swans-a-swimming; a partridge in a pear tree 2

Quote of the Day, 12/19/08

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“O ye beneath life’s crushing load, whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way, with painful steps and slow;
Look now, for glad and golden hours, come swiftly on the wing;
Oh rest beside the weary road, and hear the angels sing:

‘Peace on the earth, goodwill to men, from Heaven’s all-gracious King!’
The world in solemn stillness lay, to hear the angels sing.” — E.H. Sears

Joke of the Day, 12/18/08

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What do you call someone who hangs out with musicians?

A drummer.

Best of the Council — Santa Claus

12/17/2008, 3:30 pm -- by | No Comments

At various times, the Bweinh!tributors, having convened in secret for hours of reasoned debate and consideration, will issue a brief and binding ruling on an issue of great societal import.

This classic question, originally published in May 2008 — What should you tell your children about Santa Claus?

Kaitlin delivers the ruling of the Council, joined by Djere, David, and Steve:

That he does not exist. He should be treated like any other fictional character.

 

David concurs, joined by Tom and Connie:

Treat him as make-believe; when your children learn the truth at some point, they may assume you made up the stuff about Jesus too.

 

Job dissents, joined by Chloe:

I will tell my kids Santa Claus exists because his essence is one of the few things most Americans have as a shared identity.

 

Erin dissents:

Go ahead and let them believe for a few years. They’ll get over the moment of truth.

 

Josh dissents:

He’s a great example of why you shouldn’t eat too many cookies, unless you want a jiggly belly.

 

MC-B and Mike played no part in the determination of this issue.

Quote of the Day, 12/17/08

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“As a reader, I finally knew what I wanted to read, and as someone now yearning to become a writer, I knew exactly what I wanted to try to write: narratives of steep verbal topography, narratives in which the sentence is a complete, portable solitude, a minute immediacy of consummated language ”” the sort of sentence that, even when liberated from its receiving context, impresses itself upon the eye and the ear as a totality, an omnitude, unto itself.” — G. Lutz

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