30 April 2012
28 April 2012
Take the time ...
... to think before you speak.
... to walk before you run.
... to stretch and catch your breath every morning.
... to stop and smell the roses ... and daffodils ... and peonies ... and other flowers.
... to hug your children - or your parents - or your siblings - or your friends!
... to ask God for help when you need it - and thank Him when you don't.
26 April 2012
25 April 2012
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| http://library.byways.org/assets/27357 |
23 April 2012
Losing My Mind
I'm so scared I'm losing my mind,
For demons are traveling far and wide
To hunt down a place they claim to know,
This place is my head, though it was once home.
I used to think such pretty thoughts;
There were no demons that I had fought.
Not once so far in my life did I feel
Something so scary and so unreal
As the thoughts that capture my brain now,
The ones that make it a hazy cloud,
Though if you look, you'd maybe find
That within the haze sits my old mind;
That one that was filled with laughs and smiles?
It has been here all the while.
It's just trapped in this thick haze,
And it will remain for the rest of my days
In that very spot, in the midst of the smoke,
Now let's just hope that it won't choke.
For demons are traveling far and wide
To hunt down a place they claim to know,
This place is my head, though it was once home.
I used to think such pretty thoughts;
There were no demons that I had fought.
Not once so far in my life did I feel
Something so scary and so unreal
As the thoughts that capture my brain now,
The ones that make it a hazy cloud,
Though if you look, you'd maybe find
That within the haze sits my old mind;
That one that was filled with laughs and smiles?
It has been here all the while.
It's just trapped in this thick haze,
And it will remain for the rest of my days
In that very spot, in the midst of the smoke,
Now let's just hope that it won't choke.
by LittlePoet
20 April 2012
Every now and then, this is what life feels like ...
... and you have to work to feel like this ...
... so that you CAN succeed.
Thanks, Mr. Schulz, and mr Stalone.
19 April 2012
"... And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God."
- Ephesians 3:17-19 (NIV)
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01 April 2012
Instant Color TV - April 1, 1962, Sweden
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| http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ |
Sweden's most famous April Fool's Day hoax occurred on April 1, 1962. At the time, SVT (Sveriges Television) was the only television channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white.
The station announced that their "technical expert," Kjell Stensson, was going to describe a process that would allow people to view color images on their existing black-and-white sets.
The broadcast cut to Stensson sitting in front of a television set in the studio. He began to explain how the process worked. His discussion was highly technical, going into details about the prismatic nature of light and the phenomenon of "double slit interference." But at last he arrived at the main point. Researchers, he said, had recently discovered that a fine-meshed screen placed in front of a black-and-white television screen would cause the light to bend in such a way that it would appear as if the image was in color.
Stensson told viewers they could experience the effect at home with the help of some simple, readily accessible materials. Nylon stockings, it turned out, were the perfect fabric to use as a fine-meshed screen. So all viewers had to do, Stensson said, was to cut open a pair of stockings and tape them over the screen of their television set. The image on the television should suddenly appear to be in color.
The station announced that their "technical expert," Kjell Stensson, was going to describe a process that would allow people to view color images on their existing black-and-white sets.
The broadcast cut to Stensson sitting in front of a television set in the studio. He began to explain how the process worked. His discussion was highly technical, going into details about the prismatic nature of light and the phenomenon of "double slit interference." But at last he arrived at the main point. Researchers, he said, had recently discovered that a fine-meshed screen placed in front of a black-and-white television screen would cause the light to bend in such a way that it would appear as if the image was in color.
Stensson told viewers they could experience the effect at home with the help of some simple, readily accessible materials. Nylon stockings, it turned out, were the perfect fabric to use as a fine-meshed screen. So all viewers had to do, Stensson said, was to cut open a pair of stockings and tape them over the screen of their television set. The image on the television should suddenly appear to be in color.
Stensson cautioned that the viewer would have to be seated at the correct distance from the screen in order to get the full effect. Also, it might be necessary to "move your head very carefully" back and forth, in order to align the color spectrum.
Thousands of viewers later admitted they had fallen for the hoax. Many Swedes today report that they remember their parents (their fathers in particular) rushing through the house trying to find nylon stockings to place over the TV set.
SVT attempted its first color broadcast four years later, in 1966. Regular color broadcasts were begun in Sweden on April 1, 1970
Thousands of viewers later admitted they had fallen for the hoax. Many Swedes today report that they remember their parents (their fathers in particular) rushing through the house trying to find nylon stockings to place over the TV set.
SVT attempted its first color broadcast four years later, in 1966. Regular color broadcasts were begun in Sweden on April 1, 1970
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