Harold Lloyd - Help!

It's Wednesday, we've made it half way through the week, time to lighten up.  Here's an entertaining blend of old and newer.  Enjoy!

From the Desert Fathers, Sunday, December 19, 2010

When we lay bare the hidden meaning of the history, scripture is seen to teach that the birth which distresses the tyrant is the beginning of the virtuous life. I am speaking of the kind of birth in which free will serves as the midwife, delivering the child amid great pain. For no one causes grief to his antagonist unless he exhibits in himself those marks which give proof of his victory over the other.
St. Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses.

Wacky Wednesday, Jack Benny vs. Groucho 1955

It's Wednesday and we've made it half way through the week, time for a little levity. Here's Jack Benny and Groucho Marx. Enjoy!

From the Desert Fathers, Sunday, December 12, 2010

Those who seek humility should bear in mind the three following things: that they are the worst of sinners, that they are the most despicable of all creatures since their state is an unnatural one, and that they are even more pitiable than the demons, since they are slaves to the demons. You will also profit if you say this to yourself: how do I know what or how many other people's sins are, or whether they are greater than or equal to my own? In our ignorance you and I , my soul, are worse than all men, we are dust and ashes under their feet. How can I not regard myself as more despicable than all other creatures, for they act in accordance with the nature they have been given, while I, owing to my innumerable sins, am in a state contrary to nature.

                                                  St. Gregory of Sinai, Philokalia, Vol. IV.

Wacky Wednesday, Funniest Movie Line Ever

It's Wednesday, we've made it half way through the week and it's time for a little humor to get us to Friday.

This little clip makes it clear, some things never seem to change.  Enjoy

Founders Friday, December 3, 2010

A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must be, in practice, a bad government.

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 70, 1788

Wacky Wednesday, The Clock (Sid Caesar)

It's Wednesday, we've made it half way through the week, so time for a little fun to get us through to Friday. Enjoy!