Here are a couple of jokes that made me chuckle and then gaze thoughtfully like a philosopher: ……………………………………………………… A man walked out to the street and caught a taxi just going by. He got into the taxi, and the cabbie said, “Perfect timing. You’re just like Brian!” Passenger: “Who?” Cabbie: “Brian Sullivan. He’s a guy [...]
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Here’s documentary evidence of the fact that life isn’t fair: “Once there was a man who went out early in the morning to hire some men to work in his vineyard. He agreed to pay them the regular wage, a silver coin a day, and sent them to work in his vineyard. He went out [...]
dejection [dɪˈdʒɛkʃ(ə)n] – noun a sad and depressed state; low spirits : he was slumped in deep dejection. Dear Burned-out You, Clinical depression is a topic strictly for medically qualified professionals. Like many laypeople, however, I sometimes would like to throw my two cents on the more commonly observed state of mind that is short [...]
A story that is even more dramatic – and yet somewhat low-key – than the return of American journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee from North Korea is that of Robert Park. Unlike the two female journalists who were captured and detained against their will, 28-year-old Korean-American missionary Robert Park wilfully and single-handedly crossed the [...]
I was listening to a sermon on the Internet and came to a small yet ground-breaking epiphany, which I can deeply relate to many of my own personal experiences and decisions. Here’s a well-known passage from the Book of Numbers in GNB, my favourite translation: (13.30) Caleb silenced the people who were complaining against Moses, [...]
Unlike Carly Palmer, I couldn’t finish the 509-page book in 2 hours and 34 minutes. Having finished it, however, I don’t think it’s possible to say what the Lost Symbol, after all, exactly was – because, well, it’s much more than just a symbol that had been lost. It’s actually a phrase, an idea, a [...]
No, not Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, but the other Charles. Before I get to the Good News, here I reflect on my two favourite guest stars again: Mulder: [Picks up phone in car] Mulder. Scully: [Worried] Mulder, where have you been? I’ve been trying to reach you all day. Mulder: My apartment complex is being fumigated [...]
Think Libya. Think desert. According to the source, these are not oil-rich local Libyans but foreign labourers from other states of Africa. It’s easily 35 degrees Celsius in the shade and no, they are not in the shade. From what I can see, it doesn’t look like a 10-minute drive along St. Kilda Boulevard, either. [...]
US scientists defend Darwin from attacks on evolution “While the rest of the world feted the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, US scientists were forced to defend the theory of evolution from a skeptical public and a concerted attack campaign… Just 40 percent of Americans say they believe in the theory of evolution, according [...]
Man: [Opens door] Yeah? Scully: Uh… Virgil Nokes? I’m Agent Scully. This is Agent Mulder. We’re with the FBI. Man: [Studies two agents for a moment] …Jehovah’s Witness? Scully: No, Sir. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mulder: [Cynically] But we do have a free copy of “The Watchtower” for you, if you like. Scully: Uh… Sir, [...]