today’s thought
The price of excellence is discipline. The cost of mediocrity is disappointment. William Arthur Ward
archive of November, 2009
Yankee abroad
“For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific.” – Former U.S. Vice President James Quayle, in Tokyo
trivia question
Who was the first U.S. president to fly in an aircraft?
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Theodore Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane, though he was no longer in office on October 11, 1910, when he rode in a Wright Flyer over Kinloch Field near Saint Louis, Missouri. Franklin Roosevelt was the first sitting president to fly in an airplane — during World War II.
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Thank God for many blessings
Be thankful that you are not homeless or jobless like the many persons whom I have seen in Panama City Rescue Mission.
Give glory to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. - Psalm 107
today’s thought
There is more to life than increasing its speed. – Mohandas Gandhi
today’s thought
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. – Mohandas Gandhi
I never would have known
Formula 1 is just not NASCAR, and NASCAR is not Formula 1. – Sebastian Vettel
That’s “if”
If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger. – Buzz Aldrin