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WITandWISDOM(tm) - July 13, 2001 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: If you don't risk anything, you risk even more. - By Erica Jong, From: "How to Save Your Own Life," Published by Henry Holt & Company, LLC 1995, ISBN: 003017726X http://isbn.nu/003017726X/price Source: Reader's Digest, Copyright (c) February 1999, http://www.readersdigest.com ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: An elderly man asked Charlotte Elliott if she were a Christian; she felt insulted, and told him to mind his own affairs. But after the man left, she could not get the question off her mind, and she went back to ask the man how to find Christ. He told her to come just as she was. She did, and wrote the beautiful song, "Just As I Am." - By B. A. Scherr JUST AS I AM By Charlotte Elliott 1. Just as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bidd'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 2. Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 3. Just as I am, Thy love unknown Has broken ev'ry barrier down; Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 4. Just as I am, tho' tossed about With many a conflict, many a doubt, Fightings and fears within, without, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 5. Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind- Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need in Thee to find- O Lamb of God, I come, I come. 6. Just as I am, Thou wilt receive, Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve, Because Thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come! I come! Source: Signs of the Times, Copyright (c) July 26, 1942, Pacific Press, http://www.pacificpress.com/signs ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: "HOW WAS THAT?" IN SPORTS Johnny Walker, world middleweight wrist-wrestling champion, on what it takes to be a champ: "It's about 90% strength and 40% technique." Chico Resch, New York Islanders goaltender: "If I wasn't talking, I wouldn't know what to say." Barry Beck, New York Ranger, on who started a brawl during the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup playoffs: "We have only one person to blame, and that's each other." Yogi Berra, when asked why he was wearing gloves: "I'm wearing these gloves for my hands." Ron Fairly, Giants broadcast announcer: "He fakes a bluff." Dizzy Dean, baseball great turned sports announcer: "Fans, don't fail to miss tomorrow's game." Mickey Rivers, Texas Rangers outfielder, on his warm relationship with Yankee owner Steinbrenner and manager Billy Martin: "Me and George and Billy are two of a kind." Don Mattingly, New York Yankee, on Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden: "His reputation preceded him before he got here." Dennis Rappaport, boxing manager, explaining his silence regarding boxer Thomas Hearns: "I don't want to tell you any half-truths unless they're completely accurate." Casey Stengel, baseball great, Yankees and Mets manager: "A lot of people my age are dead at the present time." Dale Berra, Yogi Berra's son: "The similarities between me and my father are different." Source: Humor Digest ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: We had spent the day moving from our farmhouse into our new house in town. Early the next morning, our 3 1/2-year old ran into our bedroom to wake us up. I dressed him and told him to play in the yard and to quit bothering us. About 20 minutes later, he came running back. "Mommy, Mommy," he exclaimed, "everybody has doorbells and they all work." Author Unknown Submitted by Ron Watterly ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: A Web Page - When Was It Updated? Have you ever been on a web site and wondered when it was last updated? This information can come in handy for stuff like news sites, stock sites, and/or any site that has time critical information posted on it. Anyhow, if you want to find out when a particular page was last updated, head to the page and type (or copy and paste) the following line into your address bar and press enter. javascript:alert(document.lastModified) You can test this by visiting the WITANDWISDOM(tm) archive page: http://witandwisdom.org/archive.htm (Note - your browser must be java-enabled in order to do this little trick. That should be 99.99% of you.) Source: Computer Tips, http://www.coolnewsletters.com |