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Then again, comparing “Wonder Woman” to its ghastly sequel is enough to make one lunge for a fistful of Advil.-Christian Toto
“It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.”- Mahatma Gandhi
It has been the great tragedy of our time that people were taught to read and not taught to reason.- G.K. Chesterton
"Cheer up! You are far worse than you think and God's grace is greater than you've ever dared hope."- Jack Miller
"The Christmas Song was written in a hotel room in Rome, in 1969. I can't remember what I was in Rome for, but it was close to Christmas, and I started thinking about that, and all that entailed, and I wanted to tell the story somewhat differently, and make it fun. A few months later, when we were recording Second Contribution, I played the song for Jonathan Weston, and he didn't want to waste any of the studio time we had. I was determined to get it on tape. So when he and the engineer Robin Cable went out for a dinner break, I got on the phone, and gathered together 19 musicians, and I had everyone of them set up with microphones, and had the levels set, we'd rehearsed it several times, and we were sitting in the studio, and then Jonathan, and Robin walked into the control room. I just told Robin to roll the tape. It was done in the first take."
I have been trying to figure out who did this song and what it was called. Thanks a million. I would also like to find the version with the false start, but I can't find the title "A Christmas Song" on Itunes, but I'm willing to sample each song to find it! I had googled "I think that's tremendous" before, but since it wasn't that unique a sentence, I got nowhere. Even adding christmas music to the search came up dry, and I eventually stopped trying. But I was looking for something else, thought I'd give it another try, and here you are. Thanks a million more times.
“Why do we close our eyes when we pray, and we cry, when we kiss, and when we dream; because the most beautiful things in our life are not seen but felt only by the heart.”- Unknown
“The magi, as you know, were wise men--wonderfully wise men--who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones, possibly bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a last word to the wise of these days let it be said that of all who give gifts these two were the wisest. O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.”- O. Henry
"It was psychobabbler Abraham Maslow who wrote of the phenomena of self-actualization. What Maslow failed to grasp is that reaching true self-actualization can only be ultimately achieved when you have your own brand of ammunition."- Ted Nugent
The weather wasn’t looking good; it had been cloudy all day, with a couple of brief showers, but now it was threatening heavy rain. It would be a long drive home, as he lived over 25 miles away from the office–freeway driving most of the way, but always slow and tricky in bad weather. Better stop and get some dinner now, he thought. Maybe that BBQ place—yeah, that would taste good! I’m really hungry. I’ll get a BBQ sandwich meal for tonight and an extra sandwich for tomorrow’s lunch. And maybe an extra side—two are never enough. Their sides are good enough for a meal on their own… I just hope they haven’t run out of anything!
He reached the BBQ place and turned into the parking lot. He went inside, breathing in the delicious smell as soon as he opened the door. As he stood in line, he went through the usual uncertainty of which of the sides he would order. They offered six, but he knew he should limit himself to three. By the time he reached the front of the line, he had decided on the mac and cheese and the cole slaw, with corn muffins extra. As he was ordering, though, he kept thinking about the fries. Regular or sweet potato? I’m so hungry… The young boy behind the counter waited patiently while Owen thought, clearly used to patrons’ indecision about sides. “And regular fries, too,” Owen finally announced. As he waited for his order to be assembled, he noticed that some light rain was starting to fall. Owen added a large cup of coffee to his order, realizing that it could be a while before he reached home, and he might need it.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace.- Thomas Paine
I didn't mean to say you looked fat. I merely pointed out that you make "Reubenesque" look anorexic!-Mike B
Oh, there once was a Puffin Just the shape of a muffin, And he lived on an island In the bright blue sea! He ate little fishes, That were most delicious, And he had them for supper And he had them for tea. But this poor little Puffin, He couldn’t play nothin’, For he hadn’t anybody To play with at all. So he sat on his island, And he cried for awhile, and He felt very lonely, And he felt very small. Then along came the fishes, And they said, “If you wishes, You can have us for playmates, Instead of for tea!” So they now play together, In all sorts of weather, And the Puffin eats pancakes, Like you and like me. -Florence Page Jaques
“My opponent was literally in bed with Chinese intelligence” will make a hell of a good attack ad.- @jimgeraghty, on Eric Swalwell
"More than once, I’ve said “screw the Chinese communists.” Little did I know how closely Swalwell was listening."-Ted Cruz
I thought of trying to rewrite the newsletter with no Fs at all. (After breaking the "F" key on his Macbook). There’s a word for that: lipogram, from the Greek word (λειπογράμματος) meaning “leaving out a letter.” Lipograms are a kind of literary stunt. A famous one was the novel Gadsby, which contains about 50,000 words but no letter E. Some works omit a letter by accident (there is no X or Z in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”), but the writer of a lipogram does it on purpose.- Kevin Williamson
Three out of four doctors say Jill's right to be called doctor is as good as theirs! pic.twitter.com/TFoBGNKNKr
— 🇺🇸Reverend Dr. Mike a.k.a. Proof Emeritus🇺🇸 (@ProofBlog) December 14, 2020
"Last year at the company party the boss gave us all Christmas cards. We opened them to find pink slips inside. He said he thought the party atmosphere would take the edge off being let go."-Unemployed in Seattle
"We are living in a period of church history that may be classified as mindless. It is an anti-intellectual period of Christian history - not anti-scientific, or anti-technological, or even anti-educational, but anti-mind. While teaching in a seminary classroom I would sometimes ask a student what he thought about a particular proposition. The student would sometimes respond, "I feel that the statement is incorrect." I would stop him and say, "I didn't ask you how you felt. I wasn't inquiring into your emotional response. I was asking you what you think about it."- R.C.Sproul
Thermopylae, Hastings, Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor… names we thought would live forever in our memories fade with the passing sons.-Mike B
"When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives."-Ned Stark