“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” — John Dryden
“I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation.” — C.S. Lewis
“To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing.” — Eva Young
“The axe forgets what the tree remembers.” — African Proverb
(Photo: Tampa Humane Society)
Apparently there is life after death. Bart the cat was thought to be dead after being hit by a car and summarily buried. Five days later, Bart had apparently clawed his way out of the grave and showed up at a neighbors house looking for food.
Bart is going to lose an eye, but being just a bit worse for the experience, he is expected to make a full recovery.
Listen to the news story:
“Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune.” — Jim Rohn
“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.” — Susan Statham
“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” — Winston Churchill
“This wasn’t just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible, this was terrible with raisins in it.” — Dorothy Parker
My wife and I are classified as “senior citizens,” but in spite of that title we still like to hike. We do have our aches and pains so several years ago we decided to hike in as many places on our bucket list that our knees, hips and other joints would allow.
Last summer we chose to hike along parts of the northern California coast. It was such a beautiful trip along route 1. Nearly every turn provided a post card-like scene. We stopped many times to take pictures.
The Timber Cove Inn located in Jenner, CA is one of the nicest places to stay in the area. The two pictures below show a scene from the rear of the inn. One was a sunset and the other a sunrise of approximately the same area. It was beautiful indeed!
* Title of this post from the song, Sunrise, Sunset – Fiddler on the Roof
The Internet has made it possible for a wide audience to see things they never before imagined. With this mass communication media comes a few caveats and one of them is “don’t believe everything you see or read.” Keeping this in mind, however, it does seem like this little monkey is determined to teach humans his best method for crushing leaves. I think you will find this cute, interesting and perhaps a bit poignant as well.
This human learns a new and valuable life skill.”
“A monkey signals a human to hold out his hand so it can provide some dry leaves. Through the fence, the monkey proceeds to help close the human’s hand so he can successfully crush leaves.”
“Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle.” — Lewis Carroll
“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.” — Alejandro Jodorowsky
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion.” — Abraham Lincoln
“I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.” — Unknown
This happened me today for the first time. I had never seen this before.
Here is the rule:
IFP Official Tournament Rulebook
Section 12. I. (p.38)
“The Net Posts. The net posts are positioned out of bounds. If a ball strikes the net post or anything attached to the net post, it is a fault and a dead ball is declared. This rule does not include the net, the net cable, or rope between the net posts.”
I errantly thought that the ball would be in play and good. This is not correct regarding the Net Post. If it hits a part of the net post (which should be out of bounds), then it is a fault and the player or team of the player hitting that ball loses that service. Who knew? [edited July 10, 2017 to correct an error]
This sometimes happens to me. I get caught in “no man’s land.” When I hit a return that doesn’t go where I anticipated and I am running to the net, the ball is returned prior to my best net position. Watch the video below to learn how you might be able to recover.
“Though the intent is to get you and your partner to net, you may not make it. This video covers the split step stop, and how to block drop the next shot to help you continue to move forward.”
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“When you finally go back to your old home, you find it wasn’t the old home you missed but your childhood.” — Sam Ewing
“What we find in a soul mate is not something wild to tame, but something wild to run with.” — Robert Brault
“I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence.” — Doug MacLeod
Doug MacLeod, Robert Brault, Sam Ewing, Ralph Waldo Emerson, quotes, poignant, witty, humorous
While we were out hiking the other day, on our way to the trailhead we passed this sign. I guess you can’t say we weren’t warned. Really folks, Arizona IS a fun and friendly place to visit.
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