Monster Storm Just In Time For Halloween

Sandy has shown itself to be quite a demonic storm, wrecking havoc over practically the entire eastern 1/3 of the U.S.
So it's quite fitting that it WOULD come around just before Halloween---it's character fits the bill for "hellishness".

One question: Should the New York state tourism department really be showing their ads at this point in time, with the slogan "There's a lot of things happening in New York"?  At this particular point in time it sounds like a bad joke
...especially the way Sandy has literally butchered New York City alive (literally!)

Maybe this storm is "God's will"---He figures the U.S. could use a litle humbling.

More Annoying Adages

WHY I NEVER FOUND ROMANCE IN THE COURSE OF MY LIFETIME

Any woman who ever caught my fancy was either underaged or engaged.
(...or a lesbian...or "through with relationships altogether")





                                 Straighten up and fly right!
...and you'll find you not only get to your destinations a lot sooner, but you also don't have to continually stop to "refuel" so frequently.



Why is life so much like some "psychological problem"?
Things often perform "below par" or inefficiently because they always seem to be "getting hung up on" something or another.



(Okay FACEBOOK---let's see if the above are "worthy" of APP status.  Will folks be downloading these cheesy sayings onto their FACEBOOK pages or no?)

Jesus Gives Congregation a Lesson in Percentages, Ratios, and Fractions

Jesus and his disciples were on a town square preaching and had drawn quite a large crowd---many who had left gold and silver coins and rubies at their feet.

At one point a beggar woman walks up slowly and lays a small coin at their feet, then walks away.
A number in the crowd start deriding her for "making such a small contribution" after having contributed so much themselves

...upon which Jesus stops his sermon mid-sentence and points out that, in fact, this woman has been far more "blessed" than any of the others in the crowd, for being someone who possesses next-to-nothing that "one shilling" she donated represents almost everything she has on earth---whereas all the gold and silver nuggets the others donated represent only a fraction of what-all worldly goods they have.
In short, these wealthier STILL had plenty left over of their own even after their donations, whereas the "beggar lady" gave away just about everything she had.

It makes sense:
80% of $10 is $8...80% of $1000 is $800
...while $800 is a greater amount than $8 in the more practical sense, proportionately the balance is still equal when in relation to what it is one is starting out with.

4/5=8/10...2/10=6/30....2=20%...2/10=20/100

Remember that?
Back in the 1960s they often referred to it as "6th-grade-level arithmetic".

Birthdate Wishes

Van Morrison
Born Geoger Ivan on August 31 1945 in Belfast
He'll be 67-years-old a week from Friday

Debbie Gibson
Born August 31 1970 in Long Island
She'll turn 42 a week from Friday

Missed this one:
Madonna
Born Madonna Louise Ciccone on August 16 1958 in Bay City.
She's 54-years-old now...
...Elvis Presley died on her 19th birthdate.

REALLY missed this one:
Cat Stevens
Born Steven Georgiou on July 21 1947 in London
He's now 65-years-old.
(However did I miss HIS birthdate?)

 

ANOTHER "Election Year"?

With a presidential election coming up, I thought I'd direct you to a website which, I feel, best describes what the United States of America is REALLY all about:

www.happierabroad.com/ebook/Page31a.htm 

Authority Adage

Check out Writog (www.writog.blogspot.com) Aug 18 2012: ARE THESE IMAGES ILLEGAL?

In a perfect world authority is also characterized as much by stewardship as by it's "disciplining" aspects---the idea of being both an overseer and a keeper-of-the-peace.

In the real world, though, it seems the only type of personality attracted to positions-of-authority are the power-and-control junkies.

"Despotic-style" authority tends to influence the average person into a minset of "intolerance" and "judgmentalism".

...that being we live in a culture of those who display "zero tolerance" toward what we say and do while thinking nothing of imposing their elements on us and expecting us to overlook their mistakes.

It's a Noisy World

However, the real problem is that there's too much cacophony and not enough songs, poetry, stories, or needed information.

Television and radio is now for tabloid fluff fare instead of good entertainment and news, sports, and weather.
Telephones and computers are tools advertisers use to hustle potential customers...and for hackers to use to harass users for their own personal amusement.
And motor vehicles are toys and the streets are playgrounds...no longer are they about transportation and "getting from point A to point B".







                                        Speaking of GOOD Sounds
Kent Kotal's FORGOTTEN HITS site is up-and-running again and going strong.  Check it out:
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