Archive for May 9th, 2006
« Previous EntriesQuotes For Happy Mother’s Day II
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006 A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan
Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn,Hundreds of bees in the purple clover,Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn,But only one mother the wide world over.~George Cooper
Being a […]
THE ANT AND THE FLY
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006The ant and the fly were bitterly arguing about who was more important.
The fly presented her case first. ‘I am always on top of everyone else. When there’s delicious food, I am the first to fly up to have a taste. I can even rest on the head of […]
The Nature of Attitudes
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006Enthusiasm is contagious. Is your attitude worth catching?
An attitude is an evaluative reaction to a person, object or event. A dislike of broccoli is an attitude, as is a preference for liberal Democratic candidates. A neutral’attitude’ is a contradiction in terms: to be ‘neutral’ about something - neither positive nor negative - […]
Buddha Jumps Over The Wall
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006“Buddha jumps over the wall” (佛跳牆 fó tiào qiáng) is an umbrella term for a type of highly-complex Chinese soup or stew consisting of many ingredients of non-vegetarian origins and requiring one to two days to create. The name reflects the appeal of the soup: it is said to be so enticing that even a […]
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