No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere
I see Heaven's glories shine
And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
0 God within my breast
Almighty ever-present Deity
Life, that in me hast rest
As I Undying Life, have power in Thee!"
- Emily Bronte, No Coward Soul is Mine (her last poem)
Brian Regan is hilarious; there's some excellent comedy and a whole lot of truth in this bit.
Being an Apollo lunar mission geek, I especially loved the ending.
And all throughout, while I was laughing, I was also thinking of this:
For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think . . . - Romans 12:3a
. . . to share some trivia about me from The Mechanical Contrivium:
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Bill!
1. Ideally, Bill should be stored on his side at a temperature of 55 degrees.
2. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover up Bill.
3. Antarctica is the only continent without Bill.
4. In Vermont, the ratio of cows to Bill is 10:1!
5. Bill was named after Bill the taxi driver in Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life'!
6. The Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter is made entirely of Bill.
7. It's bad luck for a flag to touch Bill.
8. The international dialling code for Bill is 672!
9. When provoked, Bill will swivel the tip of his abdomen and shoot a jet of boiling chemicals at his attacker!
10. The water in oceans is four times less salty than the water in Bill.
[HT, the Thinklings]
Did a bit more iMonk surfing . . . Not to get into the controversy that fuels this post (although I'm a teetotaler who agrees with what's written there), this line completely cracked me up:
"Everyone is aware that this isn’t about the abuse of alcohol, and a fair number of the people getting red-faced over the issue show evidence that if the bar in question were a buffet, they’ve been frequenting it more than once a year."
Heh heh.
