Wisdom from the Cookie

Fortune cookie logic....................

Sometimes these things are good..................

"The man who rows the boat doesn't have time to rock it."

Remembering "RERUN"

The other day at work I called the tank wash we use (The place that cleans our Chemical trailers after we deliver) and Shirley answered. She is the wash rack's clerk. Trying to be funny and make people smile I said "Shirley, I need a favor."

She said "What is it."

I said, "When Rog, Dewayne and Rerun come to the diner, tell them I will see them later."

I laughed and my co-worker laughed. Shirley didn't laugh.

I could not believe that she did not know who Rog, Dewayne and Rerun were. I quickly explained to her about the show "What's Happening".

After that I felt the urge to google Rerun.

Fred Berry passed away on October 21, 2003. I didn't even realize he died. Between the time I read some information on him and now, it is starting to come back to me. I sort of remember him passing.

He starred in the show. He battled drug addiction and alcoholism in the 1980s. During the 90s, he became a Baptist minister. He lost 100 pounds after learning he had diabetes. Rerun got around. He was married six times to 4 different women. Berry appeared in various films after the "What's Happening" days. He was recovering from a stroke at his Los Angeles home when he died.

Rest in Peace Rerun.

Wednesday Quote...on Thursday

"The highest point a man can attain is not knowledge, or virtue, or goodness, or victory, but something even greater, more heroic, and more despairing: sacred awe!" - Nikos Kazantzais (Greek author)

Honest Abe

I have writer's block.
So I cam across this from yahoo and thought you might find it interesting.
The headline:
Lincoln ranked best president by historians

I was happy to see Honest Abe at the top:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/ap_on_go_pr_wh/ranking_presidents

Let the Church Rise...

While in Memphis last weekend, we attended Lighthouse Fellowship church. During the praise and worship time this song was sung.............Awesome

here is one version............

What She Knew

What She Knew

Jan. 2009

He told her “You cut me to the quick.”
But she knew all along what he really was.
She could tell who he actually was.
She realized that she would eventually find him.
She understood that he would act as if he was a dim-witted man.
But she knew his act was just that.
She could tell it was a front.
She realized that he would have the capacity to assist her.
But sadly she understood that he never would.

The Laundry List

The Laundry List – for Hiccups
Feb. 12 2009

Last night my wonderful wife had hiccups. They simply would not go away.
I suggested a spoon full of sugar.
For the hiccup of it, I went to our copy of The Doctors Book of Home Remedies.
On page 345, in plain sight, I see the words: “Doctor Dubois’ surefire sugar cure.”
So we use the sugar and the hiccups go away. They stay away.
This blog would be over now, but I decided to read a little further.
I turned the page and saw “The Laundry List.” This is a list of suggested cures for hiccups.
Two of them immediately caught our eyes.
1-“Lift the uvula (that little boxing bag at the back of your mouth) with a spoon.”
TIMEOUT! I have one question to the person who tried this. How long did it take you to clean the puke up off the floor? I gag just thinking about a spoon touching my “little boxing bag.” I guess this works because just the thought of that would scare the hiccups out of a person.
I can picture the deleted scene from Valley Girl. “Like oh my gosh. Like I had the hiccups and I totally gagged myself with a spoon and like it was totally gross like for sure. I threw up all over my Madonna poster. Like wow, totally no more hiccups. For sure.”
I will stick with the sugar.
2-“Yank forcefully on the tongue.”
WHAT?
I tried it last night. It hurts. Imagine the scene. Two couples meet on a cruise. The husband of one couple can’t talk. The wife is asked why. Her answer: “Back in 2002, John had the hiccups.”
I will stick to the sugar.