Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Nickelback Responds To Their Haters On Twitter
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
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Sunday, January 22, 2012
An unlikely farewell - phillyBurbs.com : Phil Gianficaro: phil gianficaro, joe paterno death, penn state, jerry sandusky scandal, paterno legacy
An unlikely farewell - phillyBurbs.com : Phil Gianficaro: phil gianficaro, joe paterno death, penn state, jerry sandusky scandal, paterno legacy: This is not how he was supposed to go out.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
PIPA Co-Sponsor Abandons His Awful Bill
PIPA Co-Sponsor Abandons His Awful Bill: Senator Marco Rubio has had a change of conscience. The legislation abomination known as PIPA, birthed in part from Rubio's Floridian law-womb, just officially lost his support.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
The author of the internet-censoring SOPA bill would be in violation if it were to pass!
The author of the internet-censoring SOPA bill would be in violation if it were to pass!: The author of the internet-censoring SOPA bill would be in violation if it were to pass!
Lamar Smith is a convressman from Texas and the author of the Stop Online Piracy Bill. We've covered SOPA before (here, and here).
As you've probably heard, most internet companies are in an uproar about the restrictive nature of this legislation, which would put the US on par with the most restrictive regimens in the world when it comes to the internet.
The website Vice did some investigating, and they found that the congressman's website is using a photo wihtout the consent of the man who took the photograph. This means that under the rules of SOPA, the photographer could order Internet service providers to block the congressman's website for violating his copyright!
We know we've been harping on this, but it's important that everyone recognizes how bad this legislation is for the average internet user.
Check out Vice's report here and the petition against SOPA here
This Cute Sea Snail Can Swallow a Fish Three Times Its Size and Kill Humans [Video]
This Cute Sea Snail Can Swallow a Fish Three Times Its Size and Kill Humans [Video]:
Watch this nice snail. It slowly moves across the ocean floor—lah-di-lah-di-lah!—until it finds a sleeping fish three times its size. Does it say hello, Mr. Fish, sorry to wake you up? No. It just opens its giant mouth and swallows it. More »
Watch this nice snail. It slowly moves across the ocean floor—lah-di-lah-di-lah!—until it finds a sleeping fish three times its size. Does it say hello, Mr. Fish, sorry to wake you up? No. It just opens its giant mouth and swallows it. More »
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
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Sunday, January 8, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Illinois Lottery bounces 85 checks to winners – USATODAY.com
Illinois Lottery bounces 85 checks to winners – USATODAY.com
Looks like they should have checked their bank balance first!
Looks like they should have checked their bank balance first!
Friday, January 6, 2012
List of local Catholic schools proposed for closure - phillyBurbs.com : Courier Times: catholic school closing list for bucks and montgomery, bucks school closing list, montgomery school closing list,
List of local Catholic schools proposed for closure - phillyBurbs.com : Courier Times: catholic school closing list for bucks and montgomery, bucks school closing list, montgomery school closing list,: In addition to Conwell-Egan High School the
blue ribbon commission has also recommended closing five elementary
schools in Bucks and six in Mo…
blue ribbon commission has also recommended closing five elementary
schools in Bucks and six in Mo…
Maldives President Considers Moving His Nation’s Population To Australia Because Of Rising Seas
Maldives President Considers Moving His Nation’s Population To Australia Because Of Rising Seas:
If the tiny archipelago of the Maldives disappears below rising sea levels caused by global warming, the nation’s president is warning Australia to prepare for a wave of climate refugees. President Mohamed Nasheed said his government is considering Australia, as well as Sri Lanka and India, as possible new homes if sea levels rise so high that the nation’s islands are no longer inhabitable. The country has a sovereign wealth fund to buy land overseas and finance the relocation of 350,000 people living in the Maldives. ”It is increasingly becoming difficult to sustain the islands, in the natural manner that these islands have been,” Nasheed told the Sydney Morning Herald.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Adam and the Madam Ant
Adam and the Madam Ant: 
"Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and be wise!" - (Proverbs 6:6, NLT).
Adam Ant and his wife, Madam Ant, were busily sorting and stacking their storehouse of corn, kernel by kernel, one winter. Along came a grasshopper.
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Ant," the grasshopper said. He would have doffed his hat, but of course grasshoppers don't wear hats. "I noticed you working so hard this fine winter day, and I wondered if you might be able to spare a few kernels of corn." The grasshopper cleared his throat and added, "I would be most grateful, for I am simply starving."
Adam and Madam Ant, who had kept working while the grasshopper addressed them, stopped working for a moment.
"Why do you not have a storehouse of corn like ours?" Adam asked.
The grasshopper smiled sheepishly. "Well, you see, I spend my summers singing beautifully in the grass. I had no time to work."
Adam and Madam Ant nodded knowingly.
"I see," said Adam. "If you spend your summers singing, you should not expect to spend your winters eating." And with that, Adam and Madam Ant returned to their work, leaving the grasshopper to regret his laziness.
That story, based on a famous fable, illustrates the fact that work is better than laziness. A willingness to work is a virtue, and a person who is not willing to work should not be admired, but pitied or despised. As the Bible says, "Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and be wise! Even though they have no prince, governor, or ruler to make them work, they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter. But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? I want you to learn this lesson:
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--and poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber" (Proverbs 6:6-11, NLT).
The person who works hard--whether it's at school, at home, or in a job--is worthy of respect and admiration, because the Bible makes it clear that working well and working hard is right and good.
Review: Compare the following translations of Proverbs 6:6; which version do you like best, and why?
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise" (KJV)
"Take a lesson from the ants, you lazy fellow. Learn from their ways and be wise" (TLB)
"Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and be wise!" (NLT).
Reflect: Who is the hardest working person you know? Do you admire him or her? If so, why? If not, why not? Which do you resemble most (in your work habits): an ant, a grasshopper, a snail, or a dead skunk in the middle of the road? Why?
Reinforce: Keep your eyes open today for someone who is working hard, and take a moment to thank that person for his or her example of hard work.
Remember: "Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry" (Proverbs 19:15, NIV).
"Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and be wise!" - (Proverbs 6:6, NLT).
Adam Ant and his wife, Madam Ant, were busily sorting and stacking their storehouse of corn, kernel by kernel, one winter. Along came a grasshopper.
"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Ant," the grasshopper said. He would have doffed his hat, but of course grasshoppers don't wear hats. "I noticed you working so hard this fine winter day, and I wondered if you might be able to spare a few kernels of corn." The grasshopper cleared his throat and added, "I would be most grateful, for I am simply starving."
Adam and Madam Ant, who had kept working while the grasshopper addressed them, stopped working for a moment.
"Why do you not have a storehouse of corn like ours?" Adam asked.
The grasshopper smiled sheepishly. "Well, you see, I spend my summers singing beautifully in the grass. I had no time to work."
Adam and Madam Ant nodded knowingly.
"I see," said Adam. "If you spend your summers singing, you should not expect to spend your winters eating." And with that, Adam and Madam Ant returned to their work, leaving the grasshopper to regret his laziness.
That story, based on a famous fable, illustrates the fact that work is better than laziness. A willingness to work is a virtue, and a person who is not willing to work should not be admired, but pitied or despised. As the Bible says, "Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and be wise! Even though they have no prince, governor, or ruler to make them work, they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter. But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? I want you to learn this lesson:
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest--and poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber" (Proverbs 6:6-11, NLT).
The person who works hard--whether it's at school, at home, or in a job--is worthy of respect and admiration, because the Bible makes it clear that working well and working hard is right and good.
Review: Compare the following translations of Proverbs 6:6; which version do you like best, and why?
"Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise" (KJV)
"Take a lesson from the ants, you lazy fellow. Learn from their ways and be wise" (TLB)
"Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and be wise!" (NLT).
Reflect: Who is the hardest working person you know? Do you admire him or her? If so, why? If not, why not? Which do you resemble most (in your work habits): an ant, a grasshopper, a snail, or a dead skunk in the middle of the road? Why?
Reinforce: Keep your eyes open today for someone who is working hard, and take a moment to thank that person for his or her example of hard work.
Remember: "Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry" (Proverbs 19:15, NIV).
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