January 13, 2006

Simply having children does not make mothers.
~John A. Shedd






Passing cars
When you can't see
May get you
A glimpse
Of eternity
Burma-Shave



The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about it.
James Agate




CHOCOLATE
part 1 of 10
  • A 1.5 oz. milk chocolate bar has only 220 calories.
    A 1.75 oz. serving of potato chips has 230 calories.
  • A recent study indicates when men crave food, they tend to crave fat and salt. When women crave food, they tend to desire chocolate.
  • American and Russian space flights have always included chocolate.
  • American chocolate manufacturers use about 1.5 billion pounds of milk -- only surpassed by the cheese and ice cream industries.
  • Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of the total world's production.
  • Aztec emperor Montezuma drank 50 golden goblets of hot chocolate every day. It was thick, dyed red and flavored with chili peppers.
  • Bittersweet chocolate is what is usually called for in baking. It contains more chocolate liquor (at least 35%) and less sugar than sweet chocolate. Semisweet chocolate contains 15% - 35% chocolate liquor.
    • CONTINUED TOMORROW


    An idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
    Sydney J. Harris



    "Well, sometimes I say something mean to my brother, but I feel really good inside. Does that mean I'm a hypocrite?" -- 7 year old girl, after a Sunday School teacher explained that a hypocrite was someone who says one thing but feels something else.



    OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
    Lincoln "A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal." So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.
    Abraham Lincoln



    What are the 2 longest words in the English language that can be typed using only your left hand on the keyboard?



    Are Trix really just for kids? Is there an alarm inside the box that sounds when adults (or bunnies) try to eat them?



    Genes are little items that are found in every living thing except Sen. Alfonse D'Amato.


    A man's moral conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.