Archive for August, 2007

Quote of the Day - August 28, 2007

August 28th, 2007 Comments(0)

Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist:  Give me leave to do my utmost.

Isak Dineson, ‘Babette’s Feast’

Pit Bulls attack sleeping woman

August 22nd, 2007 Comments(0)

Now this story is of the bizarre…How would you like to be awakened like this woman was?

Two pit bull terriers broke into a house through a pet door Tuesday and attacked a woman in her bed, mauling her badly, a Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman said.

The woman was able to grab a gun and try to shoot the dogs, then break away from the attack and lock herself in her car, where she called 911, sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.

The woman, who was not immediately identified, was taken to a hospital in Tacoma, where she was listed in serious condition.

Officers planned to talk to the dogs’ owner.

I’m sure these pit bulls will not be alive much longer.  And in my humble opinion, all pit bulls should be destroyed because of their genetic predisposition for violence.  What do you think?

Source:  FoxNews.com

Quote of the Day - August 22, 2007

August 22nd, 2007 Comments(0)

Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty.

Jefferson Davis
US-Confederate politician (1808 - 1889)

Back from the sea

August 21st, 2007 Comments(0)

It’s hard to believe that it has been three weeks since I last posted on here. Where does the time go?? And what has taken my attention that I haven’t been able to post on here regularly? Well, last week I was quite literally out to sea. (Work-related.) The two weeks before that - who knows?!

Oh well. That time is lost. Now it’s time to re-enter the world of the blog-o-sphere-o. So what have you guys and gals been up to since I’ve been on hiatus?

Post away your activities in the comments.

Word of the Day: “indurate”

August 21st, 2007 Comments(0)

indurate \IN-dur-it; -dyur-\, adjective:
1. Physically or morally hardened; unfeeling; stubborn.

 Origin: 
Indurate is derived from the past participle of Latin indurare, from in-, intensive prefix + durare, “to harden,” from durus, “hard.”

Source:  Dictionary.com

Quote of the Day - August 21, 2007

August 21st, 2007 Comments(0)

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, (attributed)
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)