Photo one of the week
Quotes of the week
“Don't love the
things you own, lest they own you.”
Unknown
Unknown
"Have more
than thou showest; speak less than thou knowest." William
Shakespeare
"For to be
free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects
and enhances the freedom of others." Nelson Mandela
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can
do.”
John Wooden
John Wooden
"Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental
picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit
it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture...Do not build up
obstacles in your imagination." Norman Vincent Peale
Congress has a 13% approval rating. More Americans believe
in witches than believe that Congress is doing a good job. Twitter feed of @Pres_Bartlet
Josiah Bartlet
Websites of the week
Easily opt out of
unwanted mail! https://www.catalogchoice.org/mailstop/envelope
And two videos for you annoying Iphone
users out there:
Dear Photograph of the week
The culmination of millennia of scientific endeavor
Type “do a barrel roll” into google and see what
happens!
Then try “askew”
And “google gravity” and then hit “I’m feeling lucky”
Meditation of the week
A millionaire wanted
his son to understand that the world was made up of those who had great
happiness in the world because they never wanted for anything, and those who
lived in unhappiness because their struggles were never-ending. He asked one of
his lowest-paid workers if his son could stay for a weekend, and the employee
agreed.
When the weekend was over, the millionaire picked up his son. On the way home he asked his son, "What did you learn about how others live?"
"A lot," the boy replied as he sat with his shoulders slumped, "We have a dog, but they have three dogs and a couple of cats. They even have chickens and ducks and a donkey. We have a swimming pool, but they have this great big lake. We have a deck, but they have a back yard that stretches for miles and miles. And at dinner, they all sit around a table and laugh and talk together."
The millionaire sat in silence, listening to his son.
"I guess the lesson I learned, Dad, is how poor we really are."
When the weekend was over, the millionaire picked up his son. On the way home he asked his son, "What did you learn about how others live?"
"A lot," the boy replied as he sat with his shoulders slumped, "We have a dog, but they have three dogs and a couple of cats. They even have chickens and ducks and a donkey. We have a swimming pool, but they have this great big lake. We have a deck, but they have a back yard that stretches for miles and miles. And at dinner, they all sit around a table and laugh and talk together."
The millionaire sat in silence, listening to his son.
"I guess the lesson I learned, Dad, is how poor we really are."
Joke of the Week
Steven Colbert told this joke to a priest who was hawking
his book about how hilarious religion is on The Colbert report (watch the
segment here)
A guy commits suicide and he goes to heaven and he gets to
heaven and God greets him there and the guy says “I’m so surprised I’m here,
first of all, I thought there was no God” “And secondly, I thought if you
killed yourself, you were damned forever”
And God says, “You know, that’s a complicated issue,
everybody thinks of ending it, of killing themselves at some point” and God
says “even I’ve thought of it” and the guys says “Can I ask, why you didn’t do
it?”
And God says “what if this is all there is?”
Occupy Wall Street fact of the Week
That’s right. One percent of taxpayers reported almost 17% of all taxable income. But that same tiny group also kicked in 37% of all the taxes paid. How much do you need to make to be in the top 50% of earners? Just $32,396.
Fall below that level and you are in the bottom half, along with nearly 70 million of your fellow taxpayers. All told, that group earned just 13% of the income reported on 2009 tax returns. And they coughed up 2.25% of all the income taxes paid.
Use our calculator to see if you’re in the top 1%, 5%, 10%, 25%, 50% . . . or bottom 50% of income earners.
Read more: http://www.kiplinger.com/features/archives/how-your-income-stacks-up.html#ixzz1cdXLHShe
Photo two of the week
