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Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:26:28 -0700

"The old town that wished to know a clearly moral harmony in the world, ordered first its national life; those that wished to order their national life regulated first their familiar life; those that wished to regulate their familiar life cultivated first their personal lives; those that wished to cultivate their personal lives straightened first their hearts; who wished to straighten their hearts made first sincere their wills; those that wished to make their wills sincere arrived first a the understanding; the understanding comes from the exploration of the knowledge of the things. When one gains the knowledge of the things is obtained the understanding; when the understanding gains, the will is sincere; when the will is sincere, the heart is straightened; when the heart is straightened, the personal life is cultivated; when the personal life is cultivated, the familiar life is regulated; when the familiar life is regulated, the national life is ordered, and when the national life is ordered, the world is peacefully. From the Emperor to the common man, the culture of the personal life is the foundation for everything. It is impossible that when the foundations are not in order it finds in order the superstructure. There has never been a tree of thin trunk whose superior branches are heavy and strong. There is one causes and a sequence in the things, and a beginning and an aim in the human subjects. To know the order precedence is to have the beginning of the wisdom."
"La Importancia de Vivir" 1937 Lin Yutang 1895-1976
Translated from Spanish

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Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:53:45 -0800

"An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do." --Dylan Thomas

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Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:52:33 -0800

Words with two meanings:

1. THINGY (thing-ee) n.
Female...... Any part under a car's hood.
Male..... The strap fastener on a woman's bra.

2. VULNERABLE (vul-ne-ra-bel) adj.
Female.... Fully opening up one's self emotionally to another.
Male.... Playing football without a cup.

3. COMMUNICATION (ko-myoo-ni-kay-shon) n.
Female... The open sharing of thoughts and feelings with one's partner.
Male... Leaving a note before taking off on a fishing trip with the boys.

4. COMMITMENT (ko-mit-ment) n.
Female.... A desire to get married and raise a family.
Male...... Trying not to hit on other women while out with this one.

5. ENTERTAINMENT (en-ter-tayn-ment) n.
Female.... A good movie, concert, play or book.
Male...... Anything that can be done while drinking beer.

6. FLATULENCE (flach-u-lens) n.
Female.... An embarrassing by-product of indigestion.
Male...... A source of entertainment, self-expression, male bonding.

7. MAKING LOVE (may-king luv) n.
Female...... The greatest expression of intimacy a couple can achieve.
Male.. Call it whatever you want, just as long as we do it.

8. REMOTE CONTROL (ri-moht kon-trohl) n.
Female.... A device for changing from one TV channel to another.
Male... A device for scanning through all 375 channels every 5 minutes.