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WITandWISDOM(tm) - September 2, 1999 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. - Henri Nouwen (E-zine: MOTIVATIONAL MAILER Mailto:overcomeunlimited-subscribe@listbot.com) ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: Dr. Joe Harding tells a story of a man who finally decided to ask his boss for a raise in salary. It was Friday. He told his wife that morning what he was about to do, All day the man felt nervous and apprehensive. Late in the afternoon he summoned the courage to approach his employer. To his delight, the boss agreed to a raise. The man arrived home to a beautiful table set with their best china. Candles were lighted. His wife had prepared a festive meal. Immediately he figured that someone from the office had tipped her off! Finding his wife in the kitchen, he told her the good news. They embraced and kissed, then sat down to a wonderful meal. Next to his plate the man found a beautiful lettered note. It read: "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will tell you how much I love you." While on his way to the kitchen to get dessert he noticed that a second card had fallen from her pocket. Picking it off the floor, he read: "Don't worry about not getting the raise! You deserve it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you." (E-zine: MERRY HEARTS Mailto:subscribe-merry- hearts@xc.org) ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: The following are from the APS Physics Limerick Contest: COLE'S LOST SOUL by A. P. French There was a young fellow named Cole Who ventured too near a black hole. His dv by dt Was quite wondrous to see But now all that's left is his soul. COOL CRUEL TEST by Kay R. DevicciŠ The thermo exam was quite near-o, And he thought everything was quite clear-o; "Why study this junk I'm sure I won't flunk," But they gave him an Absolute Zero. EINSTEIN, PODOLSKY AND ROSEN by David Halliday Two photons, close-coupled at start, Flew several parsecs apart. Said one, in distress, "What you're forced to express Removes any choice on my part." THE PAST ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE by Bruce Elliott A professor of Physics named May Complains of the classroom today, "The problem, you know, Is that they're too slow. We were far better students than they." His friend, a professor named Beecham, Said "It's true, you don't seem to reach 'em. But they're not to blame, For they haven't the same Class of teachers that we had, to teach 'em!" (More Limericks at: http://www.aps.org/apsnews/limericks.html) ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: An archaeologist was digging in the Negev Desert in Israel and came upon a casket containing a mummy. After examining it, he called the curator of a prestigious natural-history museum. "I've just discovered a 3,000 year-old mummy of a man who died of heart failure!" the excited scientist exclaimed. To which the curator replied, "Bring him in. We'll check it out." A week later, the amazed curator called the archaeologist. "You were right about the mummy's age and cause of death. How in the world did you know?" "Easy. There was a piece of paper in his hand that said, '10,000 Shekels on Goliath'." (E-zine: VICEROY'S HUMOR LIST Mailto:join-viceroy-humor@lists.spunge.org) ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Alaska could hold the 21 smallest States. (Asa Sparks) |