Category: Philosophy
Think deep.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I don’t want conflict.
Master: No change without conflict.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: Sometimes I don’t know if I am tired or sad.
Master: Sleep helps both.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I’m getting real stressed thinking about all that I have to do today!
Master: Think only about the one thing you are doing.
My penis is a mountain
Last night at the Bearden Bulldogs vs Farragut Admirals football game, as the crowd stood respectfully as color guard brought in the American flag (and 3 others), Rocky Top blared from the speakers instead of the national anthem. Whoops! The crowd chuckled through the beginning of the actual national anthem. Why did they use a recording instead of having the two high school bands play? I wonder if they could have done it in sync.
Of course, the playing of the national anthem is not unique to sports events in the United States. Countries all around the world play their national anthem, and often a singer belts out the words. Croatia invited UK opera singer Tony Henry to perform their national anthem at the beginning of the Euro 2008 soccer tournament with Croatia vs England. He mispronounced a Croatian word (see the video) when trying to sing "we love your mountains" and instead announced to the crowd "my penis is a mountain." The Croatians believe the mistake relaxed the team enough to knock England out of the tournament with a 3-2 win for Croatia. They have since adopted Tony Henry, and his mountainous member, as their mascot.
(This post should pull in some interesting spam… )
Don’t put off until tomorrow…
So a couple of years ago I noticed my water bill doubled. Years? I hope not. Sure I meant to type "several months ago." It doubled because the washers on the spigots needed replacing but mostly because the flapper in the downstairs toilet needed replacing. Someone would flush the toilet and it could run all night before someone realized it needed fixing. A $3 part and a few minutes of my time would fix the problem but I had more important things to do like figure out how to pay the extra $30 or so per month the leaks were causing.
Yesterday I put a new flapper on the commode. It was $3.45 and took about 2 minutes. Assuming this has been going on a year and that toilet was the total cause of a $30 increase in water costs, then I spent $360 waiting for my round tuit! I may never learn. In 1998, I left for a month of work in South Carolina to return to a very molded bathroom because I could not find the time to replace a 25 cent washer. Failing to change that 25 cent washer resulted in a bathroom remodel! Don’t mess around with water! Don’t put off until tomorrow that which you can do today!
WKRP Thanksgiving Turkey Drop
I’m sure Youtube will pull this one quickly. So enjoy this wonderful piece of history while you can.Sure enough..youtube pulled it. Let’s try another one. Audio is available here.
WKRP in Cincinnati: Thanksgiving Turkey Bomb! @ Yahoo! Video
As God as my witness..I thought turkeys could fly.
Other versions: Youtube, beginning and ending cut off.
Doug’s Mantras
Want a happy life? Keep a happy wife!
Words of Wisdom
If it has happened in the past and is unlikely to happen again, just don’t talk about it. Nothing good can come of it.
Doug’s Mantras
What is forgotten is forgotten.
Of Grasshoppers
Student: I’ve lost hope.
Master: Find new hope.
Quote of the Day
Life is not holding a good hand; Life is playing a poor hand well.
– Danish proverb
Don’t believe what you see in pictures
Newscoma shares the Facebook photo deception which is very, very funny if you have ever watched the Dove evolution self-esteem campaign. Listen closely as you watch the two videos. And you should show the Dove evolution film to your children! Because self-esteem is important.
Doug’s Mantras
If you are going to be stupid, you’d better be tough!
(with credits to a very good friend of mine commenting on my own stupidity years ago)
Schools want emotionless zombies
First we ban tag because playing tag causes physical and emotional injury and now we are giving girls detention for hugging because it violates the school policy banning public displays of affection!
Megan’s mother, Melissa Coulter, said the embraces weren’t even real hugs — just an arm around the shoulder and slight squeeze.
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District Superintendent Sam McGowen said that he thinks the penalty is fair…
[The student handbook] states: "Displays of affection should not occur on the school campus at any time. It is in poor taste, reflects poor judgment, and brings discredit to the school and to the persons involved."
[Source, MSNBC
What kind of poor, scarred adult wrote that handbook?! I want my children to hug! I want them to hug their friends. I want the elementary school teachers to hug my children when they fall down on the playground. Touch is important for emotional development.
An example of this can be seen in early childhood development of infants who respond and attach themselves to the adults who love and are responsible for them. In the magazine American Baby it states, “What’s usually the fastest way to soothe a crying baby? Snuggle together while gently stroking him. Your touch has an amazing power to communicate love†(Wu, 2004). [Source, Debbie Cluff, Emotional Development and the Self Esteem in Children]
Touch is one of the five love languages. We need to encourage touch for healthy people and a healthy society! We need to move beyond the sensationalism we hear and read in the news and quit assuming every adult is out to assault our children. Hug frequently!
