Top news for the day
Source: GMA News.tv
Arroyo not bound by ‘utang na loob’ with Ampatuans
"Responsibility over a crime as heinous as the Maguindanao massacre cannot be bound by any utang na loob (gratitude)." Press Secretary Cerge Remonde on Friday addressed this statement to the...
Cosmic Kid: Gabo’s fascination with the cosmos
For a seven-year-old kid who has yet to take science classes at school, Gabriele 'Gabo' Talub was sure to stand out in a crowd of astronomy enthusiasts.
Sexbomb Dancers, Cebu inmates join forces for voters’ education
In theory, it seems far-fetched to have the Sexbomb Dancers and the Cebu inmates boost voters’ education. But it seems that—with the aid of a catchy tune and bouncy steps—the two dance groups have...
Bakunawa eats the sun behind a curtain of clouds
A native myth tells of Bakunawa, a dragon-like snake that rises from the sea once or twice in a man’s lifetime, and reaches up to the sky to brazenly eat the sun or the moon. But this time,...
RP outlaws 'Sexy James Bond' capsules, other unsafe sex enhancers
Philippine drug officials have outlawed nearly 50 sex-enhancement drugs, including a preparation named Sexy James Bond 007 3000 mg capsules. These drugs are “imminently" unsafe and dangerous, the...
RP to send medical teams, addt'l peacekeepers to Haiti
The Philippines will send medical teams and more peacekeepers to Haiti to to assist in relief operations following this week's devastating earthquake that killed thousands of people.
Cory Aquino statue ready to be unveiled in time for her birthday
A monument of the late president Corazon C. Aquino has been completed and is ready to be installed in Manila in time for her birthday on January 25, Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim said. The 15-foot,...
Court defers ruling on Dacer-Corbito double murder case
(Updated 10:49 PM) A Manila cour
t has sought more time in determining whether there are sufficient grounds to continue hearing murder charges filed against Senator Panfilo Lacson. The senator...
Second Filipina saved from Haiti ruins, 5 still missing
(UPDATE 2 - 8:26 p.m.) A second Filipina was rescued from the ruins of a supermarket in the quake-torn Hatian capital of Port-au-Prince, leaving five more Filipinos either missing or trapped in...
VP bet Manzano still optimistic despite poor showing in survey
Administration vice presidential bet Edu Manzano remains optimistic about his chances in the 2010 polls despite his dismal performance in a recent survey. With a three percent preference rating,...
NAIA can withstand strong quake, official says
A Philippine official assured the public that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) – the primary hub for the country’s airlines – can withstand an earthquake as powerful as the one that...
Signs of life detected in collapsed UN building in Haiti
Two days after the powerful quake that hit Haiti, signs of life were finally detected inside the United Nations headquarters in the Hatian capital of Port-au-Prince where three Filipino...
Comelec OKs Ang Ladlad, 143 other party-list groups
(Updated 4:35 p.m.) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday allowed 144 party-list groups, including gay party-list group Ang Ladlad, to participate in the May 10 national polls.
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Vice Ganda to star in ‘Petrang Kabayo’ remake
Comedian Vice Ganda acknowledges that his “unique” face is a blessing in disguise.
Arnel Pineda opts to be apolitical
Arnel Pineda had to categorically shut down speculations that he will be endorsing a presidential candidate, as rumors of two bets wooing him fly fast.
‘Magpasikat’ hangs by a thread
ABS-CBN faces yet another showdown with the MTRCB over “Magpasikat,” which the latter mulls suspending like its predecessor, “Showtime.”
Kris denies altercation with James Yap’s rumored GF
Kris Aquino denied rumors that she had an altercation with a woman who is said to be her husband’s girlfriend.
More of FILharmoniKA in 2010
This 2010, FILharmoniKA will be scaling higher heights not only in their career path but also in the consciousness of the music-loving Filipinos everywhere.
Ex-PBB housemates in Sinulog Kapamilya-style
ABS-CBN Regional Network Group parties hard in the "Queen City of the South" during one of the most anticipated events of the year, the Sinulog Festival.
Bangs Garcia gets her big break
Actress Bangs Garcia hopes the soap “Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal” could turn her into an accidental star.
Ancient tattooing explored
It takes a real tattoo hunter to witness how indigenous people take tattooing as a sacred tradition.
John Travolta rolls out new tricks in ‘Old Dogs’
Take John Travolta and put him in a movie with Robin Williams in a story about a couple of single guys who suddenly has to face fatherhood. What do you get?
‘The Fall’ ups Norah Jones’ game
Critically-acclaimed and multi-awarded singer-songwriter Norah Jones is back with her much-awaited fourth album, “The Fall.”
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
Corteza overwhelms Alcano, tops Villar Cup
MANILA, Philippine -- Reigning national champion Lee Vann “The Slayer” Corteza defeated WPA 9-ball and 8-ball champion Ronato “Calamba” Alcano, 9-4, in the finals to rule the 2010 Manny Villar Cup 10-ball tournament late Friday in Mabini, Manila.
Giants block Aces' from slipping into semis
MANILA, Philippines -- Purefoods Tender Juicy derailed Alaska’s entry in the semifinal round with a masterful 94-77 win Friday night in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
Jr. NBA camp goes full blast
MANILA, Philippines – The Junior National Basketball Association (NBA) camp which tipped off last Dec. 5, 2009 in Marikina, will go full blast starting on Saturday at the Jose Rizal University in Mandaluyong.
Lupian tops Davao chess
MANILA, Philippines – Former Philippine Junior champion and National Master (NM) Alexander Lupian topped the just concluded 1st Caissa’s Father Invitational Blitz Chess Tournament in Toril, Davao City.
NBA Jazz down Cavs on buzzer-beater by unheralded Gaines
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Rookie Sundiata Gaines was Utah's unlikely hero, hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Jazz to a 97-96 NBA victory over Cleveland.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Colin Luther Powell (born April 5, 1937) is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005), serving under President George W. Bush. He was the first African American appointed to that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–
1993), holding the latter position during the Gulf War. He was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Early life
Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5, 1937 in Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, to Jamaican immigrant parents Maud Arial (née McKoy) and Luther Theophilus Powell. He also has Scottish and Irish ancestry. Powell was raised in the South Bronx and attended Morris High School, a former public school in the Bronx, from which he graduated in 1954. While at school, he worked at a local baby furniture store where he picked up Yiddish from the shopkeepers and some of the customers. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the City College of New York in 1958, attaining a C average, according to his 2006 graduation address at Marymount University. He later earned a Master of Business Administration degree from The George Washington University, after his second tour in Vietnam in 1971.
Despite his parents' pronunciation of his name as /'kɑlɪn/, Powell has pronounced his name /'koʊlɪn/ since childhood, after the heroic World War II flyer Colin P. Kelly Jr. Public officials and radio and television reporters have used Powell's preferred pronunciation.
Military career
Powell joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at City College and later described it as one of the happiest experiences of his life; discovering something he loved and could do well, he felt he had "found himself." Cadet Powell joined the Pershing Rifles, the ROTC fraternal organization and drill team begun by General John Pershing. Even after he had become a General, Powell kept on his desk a pen set he had won for a drill team competition. Graduating from City College, he received a commission as an Army second lieutenant. He was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of General.
Powell was a captain during the Vietnam War, serving as a South Vietnamese Army adviser from 1962 to 1963. While on patrol in a Viet Cong-held area, he was wounded by stepping on a punji stake. He returned to Vietnam as a major in 1968, serving in the Americal Division (23rd Infantry Division), then as assistant chief of staff of operations for the Americal Division. He was charged with investigating a detailed letter by Tom Glen (a soldier from the 11th Light Infantry Brigade), which backed up rumored allegations of the My Lai Massacre. Powell wrote: "In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between American soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent." Later, Powell's assessment would be described as whitewashing the news of the massacre, and questions would continue to remain undisclosed to the public. In May 2004 Powell said to Larry King, "I mean, I was in a unit that was responsible for My Lai. I got there after My Lai happened. So, in war, these sorts of horrible things happen every now and again, but they are still to be deplored."
Powell served a White House fellowship, a highly selective and prestigious position, under President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1973.
In his autobiography, My American Journey, Powell named several officers he served under that inspired and mentored him. As a lieutenant colonel serving in South Korea, Powell was very close to General Henry "Gunfighter" Emerson. Powell said he regarded Emerson as one of the most caring officers he ever met. Emerson was reputedly eccentric; he insisted his troops train only at night and made them repeatedly watch the television film Brian's Song to promote racial harmony. Powell always professed, however, that what set Emerson apart, was his great love of his soldiers and concern for their welfare.
In the early 1980s, Powell served at Fort Carson, Colorado. After he left Fort Carson, Powell became senior military assistant to Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, whom he assisted during the 1983 invasion of Grenada and the 1986 airstrike on Libya.
In 1986, he took over the command of V Corps in Frankfurt, Germany, from Robert Lewis "Sam" Wetzel. Following the Iran Contra scandal, Powell became Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989. In April 1989, Powell was promoted to General and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command headquartered at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Later that year, Reagan selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 2:13-17.
Jesus went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"Jesus heard this and said to them (that), "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
incoherent • \in-koh-HEER-unt\ • adjective
1 a : lacking coherence: as
b : lacking cohesion : loose
* c : lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance : inconsistent
d : lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought
Example Sentence:
I found myself unable to follow the movie’s rambling and incoherent plot.
Did you know?
Something that is coherent holds or sticks together firmly, with resistance to separation (that is, it coheres). “Coherent,” ultimately from the Latin “co-” (“together”) and “haerēre” (“to stick or cling”), entered English in the 16th century and almost from the beginning was used both of physical things (“coherent stone”) and of things which hold together in a much less palpable way (“coherent thoughts”). Its antonym, “incoherent,” entered the language about three-quarters of a century later. Like “coherent,” “incoherent” can be applied to both the tangible and the intangible. But, whether we are speaking of sand or logic, all things incoherent have one thing in common: they do not hold together, literally or figuratively, in a unified or intelligible whole.
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of life
Kids
Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve.
And the first thing said to them was: "Don't."
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey, Eve...we got Forbidden Fruit! No way! Yes WAY!"
"Don't eat that fruit!" said God."Why?"
"Because I'm your Creator and I said so!" said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants. A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry."Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the first parent asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied."Then why did you?"
"I dunno," Eve answered."She started it!" Adam said "Did Not!" "DID so!" "DID NOT!!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. But there is a reassurance in this story. If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give them wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble handling children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
A Rope and Two Knots
One day a young cowboy and cowgirl decided to get married. He was a man of the world. She was an innocent bride with no experience.
After the wedding they left for their honeymoon. While driving down the road, the new bride sees two cows having sex.The new bride asks, "What are them cows up to honey?
"The husband, a bit flustered, answers, "Why can't you see? Them cows, they're roping!
"She replies, "Oh, I see! "After a few more hours of driving they pass two horses having sex.Again the bride asks, "What are them horses doing honey? "The husband answers again, "Them horses, they're roping!"She replies, "Oh, I see!"
Finally they arrive at their hotel. The couple washed up and started to get ready for bed. When they got in the bed, they start to explore each other's bodies. Things are going along fine until the bride discovers her husband's penis.
"Oh my!" she cries, "What is that?" "Well, darlin'" he chuckles proudly, "That's ma'rope!
"She slides her hands down further and gasps, "Oh my goodness! What are those?" she asks."Honey, those're my knots!" he answers.
Finally the couple begins to make love. After several minutes the bride says, "Stop honey, wait a minute!"Her husband, panting a little, asks, "What's the matter honey, am I hurting you?"
"No," the bride replies, "undo them damn knots, I need more rope!"
Source: GMA News.tv
Arroyo not bound by ‘utang na loob’ with Ampatuans
"Responsibility over a crime as heinous as the Maguindanao massacre cannot be bound by any utang na loob (gratitude)." Press Secretary Cerge Remonde on Friday addressed this statement to the...
Cosmic Kid: Gabo’s fascination with the cosmos
For a seven-year-old kid who has yet to take science classes at school, Gabriele 'Gabo' Talub was sure to stand out in a crowd of astronomy enthusiasts.
Sexbomb Dancers, Cebu inmates join forces for voters’ education
In theory, it seems far-fetched to have the Sexbomb Dancers and the Cebu inmates boost voters’ education. But it seems that—with the aid of a catchy tune and bouncy steps—the two dance groups have...
Bakunawa eats the sun behind a curtain of clouds
A native myth tells of Bakunawa, a dragon-like snake that rises from the sea once or twice in a man’s lifetime, and reaches up to the sky to brazenly eat the sun or the moon. But this time,...
RP outlaws 'Sexy James Bond' capsules, other unsafe sex enhancers
Philippine drug officials have outlawed nearly 50 sex-enhancement drugs, including a preparation named Sexy James Bond 007 3000 mg capsules. These drugs are “imminently" unsafe and dangerous, the...
RP to send medical teams, addt'l peacekeepers to Haiti
The Philippines will send medical teams and more peacekeepers to Haiti to to assist in relief operations following this week's devastating earthquake that killed thousands of people.
Cory Aquino statue ready to be unveiled in time for her birthday
A monument of the late president Corazon C. Aquino has been completed and is ready to be installed in Manila in time for her birthday on January 25, Manila Mayor Alfredo S. Lim said. The 15-foot,...
Court defers ruling on Dacer-Corbito double murder case
(Updated 10:49 PM) A Manila cour
t has sought more time in determining whether there are sufficient grounds to continue hearing murder charges filed against Senator Panfilo Lacson. The senator...Second Filipina saved from Haiti ruins, 5 still missing
(UPDATE 2 - 8:26 p.m.) A second Filipina was rescued from the ruins of a supermarket in the quake-torn Hatian capital of Port-au-Prince, leaving five more Filipinos either missing or trapped in...
VP bet Manzano still optimistic despite poor showing in survey
Administration vice presidential bet Edu Manzano remains optimistic about his chances in the 2010 polls despite his dismal performance in a recent survey. With a three percent preference rating,...
NAIA can withstand strong quake, official says
A Philippine official assured the public that the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) – the primary hub for the country’s airlines – can withstand an earthquake as powerful as the one that...
Signs of life detected in collapsed UN building in Haiti
Two days after the powerful quake that hit Haiti, signs of life were finally detected inside the United Nations headquarters in the Hatian capital of Port-au-Prince where three Filipino...
Comelec OKs Ang Ladlad, 143 other party-list groups
(Updated 4:35 p.m.) The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday allowed 144 party-list groups, including gay party-list group Ang Ladlad, to participate in the May 10 national polls.
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Vice Ganda to star in ‘Petrang Kabayo’ remake
Comedian Vice Ganda acknowledges that his “unique” face is a blessing in disguise.
Arnel Pineda opts to be apolitical
Arnel Pineda had to categorically shut down speculations that he will be endorsing a presidential candidate, as rumors of two bets wooing him fly fast.
‘Magpasikat’ hangs by a thread
ABS-CBN faces yet another showdown with the MTRCB over “Magpasikat,” which the latter mulls suspending like its predecessor, “Showtime.”
Kris denies altercation with James Yap’s rumored GF
Kris Aquino denied rumors that she had an altercation with a woman who is said to be her husband’s girlfriend.
More of FILharmoniKA in 2010
This 2010, FILharmoniKA will be scaling higher heights not only in their career path but also in the consciousness of the music-loving Filipinos everywhere.
Ex-PBB housemates in Sinulog Kapamilya-style
ABS-CBN Regional Network Group parties hard in the "Queen City of the South" during one of the most anticipated events of the year, the Sinulog Festival.
Bangs Garcia gets her big break
Actress Bangs Garcia hopes the soap “Magkano Ang Iyong Dangal” could turn her into an accidental star.
Ancient tattooing explored
It takes a real tattoo hunter to witness how indigenous people take tattooing as a sacred tradition.
John Travolta rolls out new tricks in ‘Old Dogs’
Take John Travolta and put him in a movie with Robin Williams in a story about a couple of single guys who suddenly has to face fatherhood. What do you get?
‘The Fall’ ups Norah Jones’ game
Critically-acclaimed and multi-awarded singer-songwriter Norah Jones is back with her much-awaited fourth album, “The Fall.”
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
Corteza overwhelms Alcano, tops Villar Cup
MANILA, Philippine -- Reigning national champion Lee Vann “The Slayer” Corteza defeated WPA 9-ball and 8-ball champion Ronato “Calamba” Alcano, 9-4, in the finals to rule the 2010 Manny Villar Cup 10-ball tournament late Friday in Mabini, Manila.
Giants block Aces' from slipping into semis
MANILA, Philippines -- Purefoods Tender Juicy derailed Alaska’s entry in the semifinal round with a masterful 94-77 win Friday night in the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup at the Araneta Coliseum.
Jr. NBA camp goes full blast
MANILA, Philippines – The Junior National Basketball Association (NBA) camp which tipped off last Dec. 5, 2009 in Marikina, will go full blast starting on Saturday at the Jose Rizal University in Mandaluyong.
Lupian tops Davao chess
MANILA, Philippines – Former Philippine Junior champion and National Master (NM) Alexander Lupian topped the just concluded 1st Caissa’s Father Invitational Blitz Chess Tournament in Toril, Davao City.
NBA Jazz down Cavs on buzzer-beater by unheralded Gaines
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Rookie Sundiata Gaines was Utah's unlikely hero, hitting a three-pointer at the buzzer to lift the Jazz to a 97-96 NBA victory over Cleveland.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Colin Luther Powell (born April 5, 1937) is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State (2001-2005), serving under President George W. Bush. He was the first African American appointed to that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–
1993), holding the latter position during the Gulf War. He was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Early life
Colin Luther Powell was born on April 5, 1937 in Harlem, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, to Jamaican immigrant parents Maud Arial (née McKoy) and Luther Theophilus Powell. He also has Scottish and Irish ancestry. Powell was raised in the South Bronx and attended Morris High School, a former public school in the Bronx, from which he graduated in 1954. While at school, he worked at a local baby furniture store where he picked up Yiddish from the shopkeepers and some of the customers. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the City College of New York in 1958, attaining a C average, according to his 2006 graduation address at Marymount University. He later earned a Master of Business Administration degree from The George Washington University, after his second tour in Vietnam in 1971.
Despite his parents' pronunciation of his name as /'kɑlɪn/, Powell has pronounced his name /'koʊlɪn/ since childhood, after the heroic World War II flyer Colin P. Kelly Jr. Public officials and radio and television reporters have used Powell's preferred pronunciation.
Military career
Powell joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at City College and later described it as one of the happiest experiences of his life; discovering something he loved and could do well, he felt he had "found himself." Cadet Powell joined the Pershing Rifles, the ROTC fraternal organization and drill team begun by General John Pershing. Even after he had become a General, Powell kept on his desk a pen set he had won for a drill team competition. Graduating from City College, he received a commission as an Army second lieutenant. He was a professional soldier for 35 years, holding a variety of command and staff positions and rising to the rank of General.
Powell was a captain during the Vietnam War, serving as a South Vietnamese Army adviser from 1962 to 1963. While on patrol in a Viet Cong-held area, he was wounded by stepping on a punji stake. He returned to Vietnam as a major in 1968, serving in the Americal Division (23rd Infantry Division), then as assistant chief of staff of operations for the Americal Division. He was charged with investigating a detailed letter by Tom Glen (a soldier from the 11th Light Infantry Brigade), which backed up rumored allegations of the My Lai Massacre. Powell wrote: "In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between American soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent." Later, Powell's assessment would be described as whitewashing the news of the massacre, and questions would continue to remain undisclosed to the public. In May 2004 Powell said to Larry King, "I mean, I was in a unit that was responsible for My Lai. I got there after My Lai happened. So, in war, these sorts of horrible things happen every now and again, but they are still to be deplored."
Powell served a White House fellowship, a highly selective and prestigious position, under President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1973.
In his autobiography, My American Journey, Powell named several officers he served under that inspired and mentored him. As a lieutenant colonel serving in South Korea, Powell was very close to General Henry "Gunfighter" Emerson. Powell said he regarded Emerson as one of the most caring officers he ever met. Emerson was reputedly eccentric; he insisted his troops train only at night and made them repeatedly watch the television film Brian's Song to promote racial harmony. Powell always professed, however, that what set Emerson apart, was his great love of his soldiers and concern for their welfare.
In the early 1980s, Powell served at Fort Carson, Colorado. After he left Fort Carson, Powell became senior military assistant to Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, whom he assisted during the 1983 invasion of Grenada and the 1986 airstrike on Libya.
In 1986, he took over the command of V Corps in Frankfurt, Germany, from Robert Lewis "Sam" Wetzel. Following the Iran Contra scandal, Powell became Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, serving from 1987 to 1989. In April 1989, Powell was promoted to General and briefly served as the Commander in Chief, Forces Command headquartered at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Later that year, Reagan selected him as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 2:13-17.
Jesus went out along the sea. All the crowd came to him and he taught them. As he passed by, he saw Levi, son of Alphaeus, sitting at the customs post. He said to him, "Follow me." And he got up and followed him.While he was at table in his house, many tax collectors and sinners sat with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many who followed him.Some scribes who were Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors and said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?"Jesus heard this and said to them (that), "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
incoherent • \in-koh-HEER-unt\ • adjective
1 a : lacking coherence: as
b : lacking cohesion : loose
* c : lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance : inconsistent
d : lacking normal clarity or intelligibility in speech or thought
Example Sentence:
I found myself unable to follow the movie’s rambling and incoherent plot.
Did you know?
Something that is coherent holds or sticks together firmly, with resistance to separation (that is, it coheres). “Coherent,” ultimately from the Latin “co-” (“together”) and “haerēre” (“to stick or cling”), entered English in the 16th century and almost from the beginning was used both of physical things (“coherent stone”) and of things which hold together in a much less palpable way (“coherent thoughts”). Its antonym, “incoherent,” entered the language about three-quarters of a century later. Like “coherent,” “incoherent” can be applied to both the tangible and the intangible. But, whether we are speaking of sand or logic, all things incoherent have one thing in common: they do not hold together, literally or figuratively, in a unified or intelligible whole.
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of life
Kids
Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's omnipotence did not extend to God's kids. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam and Eve.
And the first thing said to them was: "Don't."
"Don't what?" Adam replied.
"Don't eat the forbidden fruit." God said.
"Forbidden fruit? We got forbidden fruit? Hey, Eve...we got Forbidden Fruit! No way! Yes WAY!"
"Don't eat that fruit!" said God."Why?"
"Because I'm your Creator and I said so!" said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants. A few minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and was angry."Didn't I tell you not to eat that fruit?" the first parent asked.
"Uh huh," Adam replied."Then why did you?"
"I dunno," Eve answered."She started it!" Adam said "Did Not!" "DID so!" "DID NOT!!"
Having had it with the two of them, God's punishment was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own. Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed. But there is a reassurance in this story. If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give them wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't be hard on yourself. If God had trouble handling children, what makes you think it would be a piece of cake for you?
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
A Rope and Two Knots
One day a young cowboy and cowgirl decided to get married. He was a man of the world. She was an innocent bride with no experience.
After the wedding they left for their honeymoon. While driving down the road, the new bride sees two cows having sex.The new bride asks, "What are them cows up to honey?
"The husband, a bit flustered, answers, "Why can't you see? Them cows, they're roping!
"She replies, "Oh, I see! "After a few more hours of driving they pass two horses having sex.Again the bride asks, "What are them horses doing honey? "The husband answers again, "Them horses, they're roping!"She replies, "Oh, I see!"
Finally they arrive at their hotel. The couple washed up and started to get ready for bed. When they got in the bed, they start to explore each other's bodies. Things are going along fine until the bride discovers her husband's penis.
"Oh my!" she cries, "What is that?" "Well, darlin'" he chuckles proudly, "That's ma'rope!
"She slides her hands down further and gasps, "Oh my goodness! What are those?" she asks."Honey, those're my knots!" he answers.
Finally the couple begins to make love. After several minutes the bride says, "Stop honey, wait a minute!"Her husband, panting a little, asks, "What's the matter honey, am I hurting you?"
"No," the bride replies, "undo them damn knots, I need more rope!"
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