Saturday, July 29, 2006

pansy


pan‧sy  [pan-zee]
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a violet, Viola tricolor hortensis, cultivated in many varieties, having richly and variously colored flowers.
2. the flower of this plant.
3. Slang (disparaging and offensive).
a. a male homosexual.
b. a weak, effeminate, and often cowardly man.

Friday, July 28, 2006

The Hell of Heaven

"The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven." -- JOHN MILTON

Monday, July 24, 2006

sundown



"I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." --- John Muir

Friday, July 21, 2006

integrity

"Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind."
--- RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Thursday, July 20, 2006

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

without accepting

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” --- Aristotle

Sunday, July 09, 2006

Good to be a woman

1. We got off the Titanic first.
2. We can scare male bosses with the mysterious gynecological disorder excuses.
3 Taxis stop for us.
4. We don't look like a frog in a blender when dancing.
5. No fashion faux pas we make, could ever rival the Speedo.
6. We don't have to pass gas to amuse ourselves.
7. If we forget to shave, no one has to know.
8. We can congratulate our teammate without ever touching her rear end.
9. We never have to reach down every so often to make sure our privates are still there.
10. We have the ability to dress ourselves.
11. We can talk to the opposite sex without having to picture them naked
12. If we marry someone 20 years younger, we are aware that we will look like an idiot.
13 We will never regret piercing our ears
14. There are times when chocolate really can solve all your problems.
15. We can make comments about how silly men are in their presence because they aren't listening anyway.

Saturday, July 08, 2006

as well as

"A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as for the body."
--- MARGARET FULLER