JOY OF SCIENCE The significance and joy in my science comes in those occasional moments of discovering something new and saying to myself, "So that's how God did it." My goal is to understand a…
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SCIENTIFIC FORMULAS Someone once asked a scientist, "Why do scientists revere Einstein?" The answer: "Because he put more formula into one formula than any other scientist." "Well, what's the aim of all science?" came the…
NO TIME FOR PATIENCE How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, Instamatic cameras, frozen dinners and micro-wave meals teach patience to it's young? Anonymous
ALL THAT EXTRA TIME When Elias Howe invented the sewing machine, women asked, with their sewing done so quickly, what they would do with all that extra time. By Denis Waitley, from "Seeds of Success",…
THE HUMAN MACHINE An engineer in one of America's largest companies has described a human being this way: "Man is a complete self-contained, totally enclosed power plant, available in a variety of sizes, and reproducible…
LOVE & TELEVISION Learning how to love by watching TV is like learning self-defense from a "Roadrunner" cartoon. -- Tim Stafford
CHANGING SCIENCE The scientific facts, which were supposed to contradict the Faith in the nineteenth century, are nearly all of them regarded as unscientific fictions in the twentieth century. G. K. Chesterton in St. Thomas…
MORE STUPIDITY THAN HYDROGEN Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that…
NEVER NO NEWS The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were. -- David Brinkley
PREMATURE END "I have a fantasy: If a terrorist organization were to simultaneously trigger all the world's alarm clocks, stove timers, beepers, factory whistles, car horns, doorbells, dinner bells, digital alarm clocks, fuzzbusters, car phones,…
OLD IS NEW Tag sewn into clothing: This garment is sewn and scientifically laundered to give the look of being old and worn. Flaws and imperfections are part of the total desired look.
BARS AND PARKING LOTS Since it is against the law to drink and drive, why are bars allowed to have parking lots?
LAWS & AXIOMS OF LIFE Law of Reruns: If you have watched a television series only once, and you watch it again, it will be a rerun of the same episode.
LAWS & AXIOMS OF LIFE Kovac's Law: When you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal.
LAWS & AXIOMS OF LIFE Willoughby's Law: When you try to prove to someone that a machine won't work, it will.
WITHOUT MORAL PASSION Art is a moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television. -- Rita Mae Brown
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver” (Proverbs 25:11). A Navy ordinance officer who is able to explain in great detail what makes guided missiles tick, had just…
I don’t have to tell you that today, the desktop computer is almost as commonplace as a toaster over. But few of us, especially the younger generation take the time to reflect on just how…
“Blessed be Yahweh, for He hears the sound of my petition” (Psalms 28:6). Just one week before his first communion, eight-year-old Torre attended Church with his grandparents. After the service, they each took a few…
“Well now is the favorable time; this is the day of salvation” (II Corinthians 6:2). A man set out to purchase a compact disc player. But what kind of CD should he buy? He begins…
