Student: Where does the healing begin?
Master: It’d be cliché to say from within; the healing must be without.
Category: Philosophy
Think deep.
Why do they always pick on Doug?!
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)
