Thursday, August 25, 2005
Poem of the Day
She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that 's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
-- Lord Byron
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that 's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
-- Lord Byron
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Quote of the Day #141
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
-- Robert Benchley
-- Robert Benchley
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Quote of the Day #140
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
-- Mahatma Gandhi
-- Mahatma Gandhi
Quote of the Day #139
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
-- Abraham Lincoln
-- Abraham Lincoln
Friday, August 12, 2005
Quote of the Day #138
The nice thing about meditation is that it makes doing nothing quite respectable.
-- Paul Dean
-- Paul Dean
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Pretentious Nursery Rhyme of the Day
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water,
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
Jack and Jill ascended the hill
To fetch some mineral water;
Jack's titubation caused
pericranial vitiation;
Jill emulated him shortly after.
Monday, August 08, 2005
Quote of the Day #137
My motto in life .....
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
-- Evan Davis
Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
-- Evan Davis
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Quote of the Day #136
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Max Planck
Max Planck