T. Roosevelt

"...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done." ~ Teddy Roosevelt(1891)

View up the Potomac from Roosevelt Island in the District of Columbia

Old Cans

Football

Did you watch those playoff games on Sunday? Oh, you didn't. Maybe you didn't miss that much. This from the Wall Street Journal:

In the average 3 hour NFL game telecast there are:
- 11 minutes of actual playing time
- 17 minutes of replays
- 67 minutes of players standing around between plays
- Remainder - about a dozen other minor times for shots of the coaches, sidelines, announcers, cheerleaders, promotions, owner, etc.

So this is the statement you'll be hearing most between now and the Super Bowl - I think the Colts are going to win, but I'm pulling for New Orleans.

Victorian Still Life

Martins Mill Covered Bridge

Located near Greencastle, PA, this covered bridge is the second longest (208 ft.) in the state.

SIGNS

a viral video ad for signs

12 minutes long

few words

but

cute

&

effective:


SIGNS

Barts Church (past and current)

More contributions from friends...

"I get by with a little help from my friends."
~ John Lennon

From Richard B......

A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in their bed. She puts on her robe and goes downstairs to look for him.

She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a hot cup of coffee in front of him. He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wiped a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee. "What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into the room, "Why are you down here at this time of night?"

The husband looks up from is coffee, "Do you remember 20 years ago when we were dating, and you were only 16?" he asks solemnly. The wife is touched to tears thinking that her husband is so caring and sensitive. "Yes I do," she replies.

The husband paused. The words were not coming easily. "Do you remember when your father caught us in the back seat of my car making love?" "Yes,I remember," said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him. The husband continued. "Do you remember when he shoved the shotgun in my face and said, 'Either you marry my daughter, or I will send you to jail for 20 years?'" "I remember that ," she replied softly.

He wiped another tear from his cheek and said......"I would have gotten out today."

More contributions from friends

"I find friendship to be like wine, raw when new, ripened with age, the true old man's milk and restorative cordial."

~Thomas Jefferson

From the Fezman:

MEN AND WOMEN

MONEY

• A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
• A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS

• A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel .
• The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS

• A woman has the last word in any argument.
• Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE

• A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
• A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

SUCCESS

• A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
• A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

MARRIAGE

• A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
• A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP

• A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
• A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL

• Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
• Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING

• Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
• A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

Kicking off the new year...

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."

~Abraham Lincoln

Let's start the new year with some things my friends have sent me...

from Thomas Myers:

Evolution of Man