Top news for the day
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Ate Vi, Ralph take oath as new LP recruits
Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto and husband former Senator Ralph Recto were formally sworn in as new members of the Liberal Party by LP presidential aspirant Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino.
Tropical depression Urduja dissipates
All storm signals were lifted in the northeastern part of Mindanao after tropical depression "Urduja" dissipated, the Pagasa said Thursday.
Interfaith prayer rally in the Mid-East
Filipino Muslims in the Middle East will be holding an indoor interfaith prayer on Friday for the victims of the gruesome killings in Maguindanao.
P50-million automated system installed in RP airports
The country’s top aviation body has installed a cutting edge communications system, linking the Philippines with other countries to get the latest aeronautical and other relevant information critical to flight safety.
MMDA introduces new complaint number for erring PUV's
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) crime deterrent measure against erring cab drivers introduced a new four-digit access number for easy recall and public convenience.
Arroyo cheers vibrant tourism industry
President Arroyo Wednesday cheered the vibrant tourism industry and called on travel stakeholders to sustain the resurgence of the sector to generate more jobs and enhance economic growth.
Tiger City starts Christmas countdown
With a symbolic lighting of their 30-feet tall Christmas tree at the Maysilo Circle last Monday, the Mandaluyong City government officially started their traditional Paskuhan project where 300 booths selling various goods are put up around the area.
TIN requirement waived for driver’s license applicants
The government relaxed Wednesday its requirement that driver’s license applicants should have Tax Identification Numbers (TIN).
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: GMA News.tv
iGMA: Bittersweet Christmas for Mark-Jen fans
Dapat magsaya na ngayon ang mga Mark-Jen fans habang happy pa ang inyong favorite couple. Dahil batay sa mga kuwento ni Mark Herras sa mga maaaring mangyari sa kuwento ng 'Ikaw Sana', the...
ABC's `Good Morning America' cancels Lambert
NEW YORK – Adam Lambert's racy American Music Awards performance cost him a gig on "Good Morning America," but he will perform live instead on ABC's morning rivals at CBS.
PEP: ‘Definitely, I’m wiser now,’ Heart Evangelista says
Inamin ni Heart Evangelista na nag-suffer ang career niya dahil lumaki ang kanyang ulo. Dahil parang served in a silver platter ang pagpasok niya sa showbiz, hindi raw niya masyadong na-appreciate...
A noble tradition: Artists misbehaving on TV
NEW YORK – Entertainers have been misbehaving on TV — or accused of it, at least — long before singer Adam Lambert was even born.
Donny Osmond wins 'Dancing with the Stars'
NEW YORK – Donny Osmond was declared the new champion of "Dancing with Stars" on Tuesday night, taking home the show's mirror ball trophy in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program.
Jinkee to Krista: ‘If you wreck a family, will you be happy?’
Nagpaunlak ng eksklusibong panayam sa GMA News ang maybahay ni Pinoy boxing hero Manny Pacquiao na si Jinkee. Bagaman umiwas na sagutin ang kontrobersiya tungkol kay Krista Ranillo, may mensahe...
Kris, Sharon supporting cast: Gov Vilma takes her oath as LP's new recruit
Nagpatikim ng “star power" sa kampanya ni presidential aspirant Sen Benigno “Noynoy" Aquino III nitong Martes nang dumating ang malalaking artista sa oath-taking nina Batangas Governor...
PEP: Johnny Delgado finally laid to rest
Inihatid na sa kanyang huling hantungan ang beterano at multi-awarded actor na si Johnny Delgado nitong Martes sa Loyola Memorial Park sa Marikina City.
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
So upsets World's No. 12 GM in Chess Cup
MANILA – Filipino chess prodigy Wesley So upset World No. 12 Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the first of their scheduled two-game match in World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
Orcollo wins, Souquet falters in WTBC opener
MANILA – Former World No. 1 Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo defeated compatriot Steve Villamil, 9-6, in Group A during Day 1 of the 2009 WTBC at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on Wednesday.
Tenorio, Williams step up their games
MANILA – LA Tenorio and Kelly Williams were recently picked as PBA Co-Players of the Week because of their intensified hard court performance that resulted to their teams's victories last week.
Federer feeling on top of the world
LONDON - Roger Federer said finishing the season as world number one counted among his greatest-ever achievements in the game, given the dramatic upheaval in his personal life during 2009.
UST, Adamson verge on V-League finals
MANILA – Defending champion University of Santo Tomas (UST) and Adamson University are one win away from making it to the finals of the Shakey’s V-League Season 6.
Archers, Eagles face separate foes in PCCL Sweet 16
MANILA – After contrasting fates in the UAAP Season 72, arch-rivals Ateneo Blue Eagles and De La Salle Green Archers begin their quest for a possible showdown in the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) Sweet 16.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan; born December 24, 1973) is an American author, known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition, won multiple literary awa
rds and sold over 85 million copies worldwide, with translations into 37 different languages around the globe. A film adaptation of Twilight was released in the United States on November 21, 2008. Meyer is also the author of the adult science-fiction novel The Host.
Meyer was named USA Today's "Author of the Year" in 2008. She was also the biggest selling author of the year, having sold over 29 million books in 2008 alone, with Twilight being the best-selling book of the year. Meyer was ranked #49 on Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in 2008, and was also included in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities in 2009, entering at #26 with annual earnings exceeding $50 million.
Twilight
Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003. The dream was about a human girl, and a vampire who was in love with her but thirsted for her blood. Based on this dream, Meyer wrote the transcript of what is now Chapter 13 of the book. In a matter of three months she had transformed her dream into a completed novel, though she claims that she never intended to publish Twilight and was writing for her own enjoyment. Her sister's response towards the book was enthusiastic and she persuaded Meyer to send the manuscript to literary agencies. Of the 15 letters she wrote, five went unanswered, nine brought rejections, and the last was a positive response from Jodi Reamer of Writers House. Eight publishers competed for the rights to publish Twilight in a 2003 auction. By November, Meyer had signed a $750,000 three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.
Twilight was published in 2005 with a print run of 75,000 copies. It debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Chapter Books within a month of its release, and later peaked at #1. Foreign rights to the novel were sold to over 26 countries. The novel was named the Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editor's Choice.
Subsequent novels
Meyer, November 2008
Following the success of Twilight (2005), Meyer expanded the story into a series with three more books: New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007), and Breaking Dawn (2008). In its first week after publication, the first sequel, New Moon, debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books, and in its second week rose to the #1 position, where it remained for the next eleven weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list. After the release of Eclipse, the first three "Twilight" books spent a combined 143 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. The fourth installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, was released with an initial print run of 3.7 million copies. Over 1.3 million copies were sold on the first day alone, setting a record in first-day sales performance for the Hachette Book Group USA. The novel also won Meyer her first British Book Award, despite competition with JK Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The series as a whole has sold over 85 million copies worldwide in 37 languages. In 2008, the four books of the series claimed the top four spots on USA Today's year-end bestseller list, making Meyer the first author to ever achieve this feat and the bestselling author of the year.
In August, 2009 USA Today revealed that Meyer broke JK Rowling's record on their bestseller list. The four Twilight books have spent 52 straight weeks on the top 10. The books have also spent more than 102 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Upon the completion of the fourth entry in the series, Meyer indicated that Breaking Dawn would be the final novel to be told from Bella Swan's perspective. Midnight Sun was to be a companion novel to the series. It would be a retelling of the events of the novel Twilight, but from the perspective of Edward Cullen (as opposed to Bella Swan). Meyer had hoped to have Midnight Sun published some time shortly after the release of Breaking Dawn, but after an online leak of a rough draft of its first 12 chapters, Meyer chose to delay the project indefinitely. In addition, since Meyer has decided to pursue non-Twilight related books as a result of the leak, she made the rough chapters of "Midnight Sun" available on her website.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 21:20-28
When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that its desolation is at hand.Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Let those within the city escape from it, and let those in the countryside not enter the city, for these days are the time of punishment when all the scriptures are fulfilled. Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for a terrible calamity will come upon the earth and a wrathful judgment upon this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all the Gentiles; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand."
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
temerarious • \tem-uh-RAIR-ee-us\ • adjective
: marked by temerity : rashly or presumptuously daring
Example Sentence:
The brave explorer set off for the unplumbed depths of the dangerous cave with only a few supplies and one temerarious companion.
Did you know?
If you have guessed that "temerarious" may be related to the somewhat more common word "temerity," you are correct. "Temerarious" was borrowed into English in the early 16th century from Latin "temerarius," which in turn derives from Latin "temere," meaning "blindly" or" recklessly." "Temerity," which arrived in English over a century earlier, also derives from "temere"; another descendant is the rare word "intemerate" (meaning "pure" or "undefiled"). "Temere" itself is akin to Old High German "demar," Latin "tenebrae," and Sanskrit "tamas," all of which have associations with darkness.
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of Life
How many marbles do you have?
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, of maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.
A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the kitchen, with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time.
Let me tell you about it. I turned the volume up on my radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning talk show. I heard an older sounding chap with a golden voice. You know the kind, he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business himself.
He was talking about "a thousand marbles" to someone named "Tom". I was intrigued and sat down to listen to what he had to say. "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital. " He continued, "Let me tell you something Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a "thousand marbles."
"You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years." "Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime.
"Now stick with me Tom, I'm getting to the important part. "It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. "I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. "So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round-up 1000 marbles. "I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in my workshop next to the radio. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and throw it away.
"I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight. "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then God has blessed me with a little extra time to be with my loved ones...... "It was nice to talk to you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your loved ones, and I hope to meet you again someday. Have a good morning!
"You could have heard a pin drop when he finished. Even the show's moderator didn't have anything to say for a few moments. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to do some work that morning, then go to the gym. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special," I said. " It has just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles."
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Golden wish
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit lived in the same forest, but they didn't like each other very much. One day, while walking through the woods, and they came across a golden frog. They were amazed when the frog talked to them. The golden frog admitted that he didn't often meet anyone, but, when he did, he always gave them six wishes, so he told them that they could have three wishes each.
Mr. Bear immediately wished that all the other bears in the forest were females. The frog granted his wish. Mr. Rabbit, after thinking for a while, wished for a crash helmet. One appeared immediately, and he placed it on his head.
Mr. Bear was amazed at Mr. Rabbit's wish, but carried on with his second wish. He wished that all the bears in the neighboring forests were females as well, and the frog granted his wish. Mr. Rabbit then wished for a motorcycle. It appeared before him, and he climbed on board and started revving the engine.
Mr. Bear could not believe it and complained that Mr. Rabbit had wasted two wishes that he could have had for himself. Shaking his head, Mr. Bear made his final wish, that all the other bears in the world were females as well, leaving him as the only male bear in the world. The frog replied that it had been done, and they both turned to Mr. Rabbit for his last wish.
Mr. Rabbit revved the engine, thought for a second, then said, “I wish that Mr. Bear was gay!” and rode off as fast as he could.
Source: Manila Bulletin Online
Ate Vi, Ralph take oath as new LP recruits
Batangas Governor Vilma Santos-Recto and husband former Senator Ralph Recto were formally sworn in as new members of the Liberal Party by LP presidential aspirant Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino.
Tropical depression Urduja dissipates
All storm signals were lifted in the northeastern part of Mindanao after tropical depression "Urduja" dissipated, the Pagasa said Thursday.
Interfaith prayer rally in the Mid-East
Filipino Muslims in the Middle East will be holding an indoor interfaith prayer on Friday for the victims of the gruesome killings in Maguindanao.
P50-million automated system installed in RP airports
The country’s top aviation body has installed a cutting edge communications system, linking the Philippines with other countries to get the latest aeronautical and other relevant information critical to flight safety.
MMDA introduces new complaint number for erring PUV's
The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) crime deterrent measure against erring cab drivers introduced a new four-digit access number for easy recall and public convenience.
Arroyo cheers vibrant tourism industry
President Arroyo Wednesday cheered the vibrant tourism industry and called on travel stakeholders to sustain the resurgence of the sector to generate more jobs and enhance economic growth.
Tiger City starts Christmas countdown
With a symbolic lighting of their 30-feet tall Christmas tree at the Maysilo Circle last Monday, the Mandaluyong City government officially started their traditional Paskuhan project where 300 booths selling various goods are put up around the area.
TIN requirement waived for driver’s license applicants
The government relaxed Wednesday its requirement that driver’s license applicants should have Tax Identification Numbers (TIN).
Showbiz Chika for the day
Source: GMA News.tv
iGMA: Bittersweet Christmas for Mark-Jen fans
Dapat magsaya na ngayon ang mga Mark-Jen fans habang happy pa ang inyong favorite couple. Dahil batay sa mga kuwento ni Mark Herras sa mga maaaring mangyari sa kuwento ng 'Ikaw Sana', the...
ABC's `Good Morning America' cancels Lambert
NEW YORK – Adam Lambert's racy American Music Awards performance cost him a gig on "Good Morning America," but he will perform live instead on ABC's morning rivals at CBS.
PEP: ‘Definitely, I’m wiser now,’ Heart Evangelista says
Inamin ni Heart Evangelista na nag-suffer ang career niya dahil lumaki ang kanyang ulo. Dahil parang served in a silver platter ang pagpasok niya sa showbiz, hindi raw niya masyadong na-appreciate...
A noble tradition: Artists misbehaving on TV
NEW YORK – Entertainers have been misbehaving on TV — or accused of it, at least — long before singer Adam Lambert was even born.
Donny Osmond wins 'Dancing with the Stars'
NEW YORK – Donny Osmond was declared the new champion of "Dancing with Stars" on Tuesday night, taking home the show's mirror ball trophy in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program.
Jinkee to Krista: ‘If you wreck a family, will you be happy?’
Nagpaunlak ng eksklusibong panayam sa GMA News ang maybahay ni Pinoy boxing hero Manny Pacquiao na si Jinkee. Bagaman umiwas na sagutin ang kontrobersiya tungkol kay Krista Ranillo, may mensahe...
Kris, Sharon supporting cast: Gov Vilma takes her oath as LP's new recruit
Nagpatikim ng “star power" sa kampanya ni presidential aspirant Sen Benigno “Noynoy" Aquino III nitong Martes nang dumating ang malalaking artista sa oath-taking nina Batangas Governor...
PEP: Johnny Delgado finally laid to rest
Inihatid na sa kanyang huling hantungan ang beterano at multi-awarded actor na si Johnny Delgado nitong Martes sa Loyola Memorial Park sa Marikina City.
Isports laang
Source: ABS-CBN News Online
So upsets World's No. 12 GM in Chess Cup
MANILA – Filipino chess prodigy Wesley So upset World No. 12 Grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk of Ukraine in the first of their scheduled two-game match in World Chess Cup in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
Orcollo wins, Souquet falters in WTBC opener
MANILA – Former World No. 1 Dennis “Robocop” Orcollo defeated compatriot Steve Villamil, 9-6, in Group A during Day 1 of the 2009 WTBC at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on Wednesday.
Tenorio, Williams step up their games
MANILA – LA Tenorio and Kelly Williams were recently picked as PBA Co-Players of the Week because of their intensified hard court performance that resulted to their teams's victories last week.
Federer feeling on top of the world
LONDON - Roger Federer said finishing the season as world number one counted among his greatest-ever achievements in the game, given the dramatic upheaval in his personal life during 2009.
UST, Adamson verge on V-League finals
MANILA – Defending champion University of Santo Tomas (UST) and Adamson University are one win away from making it to the finals of the Shakey’s V-League Season 6.
Archers, Eagles face separate foes in PCCL Sweet 16
MANILA – After contrasting fates in the UAAP Season 72, arch-rivals Ateneo Blue Eagles and De La Salle Green Archers begin their quest for a possible showdown in the 2009 Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) Sweet 16.
Da who for today
Source: Wikipedia
Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan; born December 24, 1973) is an American author, known for her vampire romance series Twilight. The Twilight novels have gained worldwide recognition, won multiple literary awa
rds and sold over 85 million copies worldwide, with translations into 37 different languages around the globe. A film adaptation of Twilight was released in the United States on November 21, 2008. Meyer is also the author of the adult science-fiction novel The Host.Meyer was named USA Today's "Author of the Year" in 2008. She was also the biggest selling author of the year, having sold over 29 million books in 2008 alone, with Twilight being the best-selling book of the year. Meyer was ranked #49 on Time magazine's list of the 100 Most Influential People in 2008, and was also included in the Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the world's most powerful celebrities in 2009, entering at #26 with annual earnings exceeding $50 million.
Twilight
Meyer says that the idea for Twilight came to her in a dream on June 2, 2003. The dream was about a human girl, and a vampire who was in love with her but thirsted for her blood. Based on this dream, Meyer wrote the transcript of what is now Chapter 13 of the book. In a matter of three months she had transformed her dream into a completed novel, though she claims that she never intended to publish Twilight and was writing for her own enjoyment. Her sister's response towards the book was enthusiastic and she persuaded Meyer to send the manuscript to literary agencies. Of the 15 letters she wrote, five went unanswered, nine brought rejections, and the last was a positive response from Jodi Reamer of Writers House. Eight publishers competed for the rights to publish Twilight in a 2003 auction. By November, Meyer had signed a $750,000 three-book deal with Little, Brown and Company.
Twilight was published in 2005 with a print run of 75,000 copies. It debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list for Children's Chapter Books within a month of its release, and later peaked at #1. Foreign rights to the novel were sold to over 26 countries. The novel was named the Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Editor's Choice.
Subsequent novels
Meyer, November 2008
Following the success of Twilight (2005), Meyer expanded the story into a series with three more books: New Moon (2006), Eclipse (2007), and Breaking Dawn (2008). In its first week after publication, the first sequel, New Moon, debuted at #5 on the New York Times Best Seller List for Children's Chapter Books, and in its second week rose to the #1 position, where it remained for the next eleven weeks. In total, it spent over 50 weeks on the list. After the release of Eclipse, the first three "Twilight" books spent a combined 143 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. The fourth installment of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, was released with an initial print run of 3.7 million copies. Over 1.3 million copies were sold on the first day alone, setting a record in first-day sales performance for the Hachette Book Group USA. The novel also won Meyer her first British Book Award, despite competition with JK Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard. The series as a whole has sold over 85 million copies worldwide in 37 languages. In 2008, the four books of the series claimed the top four spots on USA Today's year-end bestseller list, making Meyer the first author to ever achieve this feat and the bestselling author of the year.
In August, 2009 USA Today revealed that Meyer broke JK Rowling's record on their bestseller list. The four Twilight books have spent 52 straight weeks on the top 10. The books have also spent more than 102 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller List.
Upon the completion of the fourth entry in the series, Meyer indicated that Breaking Dawn would be the final novel to be told from Bella Swan's perspective. Midnight Sun was to be a companion novel to the series. It would be a retelling of the events of the novel Twilight, but from the perspective of Edward Cullen (as opposed to Bella Swan). Meyer had hoped to have Midnight Sun published some time shortly after the release of Breaking Dawn, but after an online leak of a rough draft of its first 12 chapters, Meyer chose to delay the project indefinitely. In addition, since Meyer has decided to pursue non-Twilight related books as a result of the leak, she made the rough chapters of "Midnight Sun" available on her website.
Gospel for the day
Source: The Daily Gospel Online
Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 21:20-28
When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that its desolation is at hand.Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Let those within the city escape from it, and let those in the countryside not enter the city, for these days are the time of punishment when all the scriptures are fulfilled. Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for a terrible calamity will come upon the earth and a wrathful judgment upon this people. They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all the Gentiles; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves. People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand."
Word for the day
Source: Merriam Webster Online
temerarious • \tem-uh-RAIR-ee-us\ • adjective
: marked by temerity : rashly or presumptuously daring
Example Sentence:
The brave explorer set off for the unplumbed depths of the dangerous cave with only a few supplies and one temerarious companion.
Did you know?
If you have guessed that "temerarious" may be related to the somewhat more common word "temerity," you are correct. "Temerarious" was borrowed into English in the early 16th century from Latin "temerarius," which in turn derives from Latin "temere," meaning "blindly" or" recklessly." "Temerity," which arrived in English over a century earlier, also derives from "temere"; another descendant is the rare word "intemerate" (meaning "pure" or "undefiled"). "Temere" itself is akin to Old High German "demar," Latin "tenebrae," and Sanskrit "tamas," all of which have associations with darkness.
Lesson for the day
Source: Art’s Library of Life
How many marbles do you have?
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it's the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, of maybe it's the unbounded joy of not having to be at work. Either way, the first few hours of a Saturday morning are most enjoyable.
A few weeks ago, I was shuffling toward the kitchen, with a steaming cup of coffee in one hand and the morning paper in the other. What began as a typical Saturday morning turned into one of those lessons that life seems to hand you from time to time.
Let me tell you about it. I turned the volume up on my radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning talk show. I heard an older sounding chap with a golden voice. You know the kind, he sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business himself.
He was talking about "a thousand marbles" to someone named "Tom". I was intrigued and sat down to listen to what he had to say. "Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Hard to believe a young fellow should have to work sixty or seventy hours a week to make ends meet. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital. " He continued, "Let me tell you something Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities." And that's when he began to explain his theory of a "thousand marbles."
"You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years. I know, some live more and some live less, but on average, folks live about seventy-five years." "Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3900 which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime.
"Now stick with me Tom, I'm getting to the important part. "It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in any detail", he went on, "and by that time I had lived through over twenty-eight hundred Saturdays. "I got to thinking that if I lived to be seventy-five, I only had about a thousand of them left to enjoy. "So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores to round-up 1000 marbles. "I took them home and put them inside of a large, clear plastic container right here in my workshop next to the radio. Every Saturday since then, I have taken one marble out and throw it away.
"I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight. "Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign-off with you and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday then God has blessed me with a little extra time to be with my loved ones...... "It was nice to talk to you Tom, I hope you spend more time with your loved ones, and I hope to meet you again someday. Have a good morning!
"You could have heard a pin drop when he finished. Even the show's moderator didn't have anything to say for a few moments. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to do some work that morning, then go to the gym. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "C'mon honey, I'm taking you and the kids to breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked with a smile. "Oh, nothing special," I said. " It has just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Hey, can we stop at a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles."
Joke for the day
Source: Art’s Funbox
Golden wish
Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit lived in the same forest, but they didn't like each other very much. One day, while walking through the woods, and they came across a golden frog. They were amazed when the frog talked to them. The golden frog admitted that he didn't often meet anyone, but, when he did, he always gave them six wishes, so he told them that they could have three wishes each.
Mr. Bear immediately wished that all the other bears in the forest were females. The frog granted his wish. Mr. Rabbit, after thinking for a while, wished for a crash helmet. One appeared immediately, and he placed it on his head.
Mr. Bear was amazed at Mr. Rabbit's wish, but carried on with his second wish. He wished that all the bears in the neighboring forests were females as well, and the frog granted his wish. Mr. Rabbit then wished for a motorcycle. It appeared before him, and he climbed on board and started revving the engine.
Mr. Bear could not believe it and complained that Mr. Rabbit had wasted two wishes that he could have had for himself. Shaking his head, Mr. Bear made his final wish, that all the other bears in the world were females as well, leaving him as the only male bear in the world. The frog replied that it had been done, and they both turned to Mr. Rabbit for his last wish.
Mr. Rabbit revved the engine, thought for a second, then said, “I wish that Mr. Bear was gay!” and rode off as fast as he could.
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