<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699975610895793640</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:03:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>motivation</category><category>funny</category><category>inspiration</category><title>Story</title><description>This is about the Story.&#xa;Every time, we have more story about this live.&#xa;And every story make a magic in our live.</description><link>http://cinnamonstory.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Ichin)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699975610895793640.post-8284782890034584749</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-13T01:45:38.956-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivation</category><title>Famous Motivational Quotes</title><description>&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Verdana;font-size:130%;&quot;  &gt;Inspirational sayings, and  words of Wisdom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inspireme.net/images/inspi-r-images/inspiring-1.jpg&quot;&gt;                                               &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.inspireme.net/images/inspiring-1_small.jpg&quot; image=&quot;images/inspi-r-images/inspiring-1.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; border=&quot;2&quot; height=&quot;66&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt; Famous Quote #1&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot;&gt;People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Abraham Lincoln&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Famous Quote #2&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;Everyone has  problems, some are just better at hiding them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Famous Quote #3&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;If we did all the  things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Thomas Edison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Famous Quote #4&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;Life is 10% what  happens to us and 90% how we react to it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Dennis P. Kimbro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Famous Quote #5&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;Sometimes your joy  is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your  joy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Thich Nhat Hahn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Famous Quote #6&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;Life is not lost  by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the  thousand small uncaring ways.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Stephen Vincent  Benét&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Famous Quote #7&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;Only by going too  far can one possibly find out how far one can go.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Jon dyer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Famous Quote #8&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;People only see  what they are prepared to see.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Ralph Waldo  Emerson&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Famous Quote #9&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;Don&#39;t be afraid to  fail because only through failure do you learn to succeed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   -------------------------------------------&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;Famous Quote #10&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;It&#39;s true that we don&#39;t know what  we&#39;ve got until we lose it, but it&#39;s also true that we don&#39;t know what we&#39;ve  been missing until it arrives.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 204, 255);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-family:Verdana;font-size:85%;&quot;  &gt;Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://cinnamonstory.blogspot.com/2008/10/famous-motivational-quotes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ichin)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699975610895793640.post-7088466067664630065</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-12T22:09:23.329-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivation</category><title>JOANNE KATHLEEN ROWLING</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since childhood, Rowling (it) is true having owned exasperation write. Even [in] age 6 year old, she have composed a story entitle Rabbit. She also has exasperation without shame&#39; its masterpiece is showing to friend&#39; and her parent. This habit continues to be looked after till she [is] adult. That high imagination energy also which later; then lob its name [in] world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;However, in life of reality, Rowling like do not desist to be castigated [by] problem. Impecunious situation, which even make she enter in rightful claimant [party/ side] category obtain; get decently [of] pauper of government of English, that still she experience of when Rowling write series of Harry Potter the first time. Added with divorce which she experience of, that difficult all condition exactly progressively race herself to immediately to write and is complete [of] so called small enchanter story [of] Harry Potter which [is] its idea [is] she earn moment [is] being in a train. Year 1995, crucially, because do not have money for the Photostat of its copy, Rowling perforce to copy its copy by typing to repeat to use a manual typewriter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Copy which finally finishes with that difficult hard struggle [do] not be direct then accepted and burst [in] marketing. Various deduction of publisher [party/ side] she has to experience of beforehand. [Among/Between] her, [is] because initially she send copy by wearing the name of its geniuses, Joanne Rowling. View look down to writer of woman which still strength handcuff [all] book circle and publisher cause she interrogating by disguising its name become JK Rowling. Wearing two consonant letters on the chance of he will be [is] same [of] success with writer of its favorite child story [of] CS Lewis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Finally efficacy even also arrives. Extraordinary Harry Potter burst marketing. All that of course [is] result of from never give up attitude and remarkable hard work. Nothing; there is no paid successful at the price of is cheap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://cinnamonstory.blogspot.com/2008/10/joanne-kathleen-rowling.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ichin)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699975610895793640.post-9221035081721927380</guid><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:29:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-12T22:14:36.594-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivation</category><title>NANCY MATTHEWS EDISON (1810-1871)</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;One day, child 4 year old, rather deaf and stupid [in] schools, back to home bring a leaf of paper from the teacher. Its mother read the paper “Tommy, your son, very stupid. We ask to you for releasing him from this school”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;The mother leaped up to read this letter, but he immediately makes unshakable intention “my son, Tommy is not stupid child. I try educating and teaching him alone”.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Tommy spring up to become Thomas Alva Edison, one of [the] biggest inventor [in] world. He is only going to school [about/around] 3 months, and physically rather deaf, but that all in the reality non barrier to continue to go forward.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Many people do not recognize who is Nancy Matthews, but when we hear the name of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Edison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;, we direct know that inventor most having an effect on history. Thomas Alva Edison becomes an inventor by 1.093 invention patent on behalf of him. Who previously suspect that stupid deaf child&#39; asked [by] exit of school, finally can become a genius? The answer is his mother.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Yes, Nancy Edison, mother of Thomas Alva Edison, [do] not surrender off hand with opinion of [party/ side] go to school to its child. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Nancy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt; setting mind on to become personal teacher to education of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Edison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt; at home, have made his son become one who believes that have potency. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;st1:city&gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Nancy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt; curing trust of himself of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;st1:place&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Edison&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt; and that thing possible very hard. but he&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;[do] not even if let limitation make [him/it] desist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: rgb(51, 255, 51);&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 51);font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;b&gt;  &lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;Lessons:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;font-family: verdana; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul  style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;   &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;You will never how much your  parents worth till you become a number one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;   &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;Don&#39;t surrender with situation and out for to always realize desire of us. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; face=&quot;trebuchet ms&quot; style=&quot;text-align: justify; color: rgb(51, 255, 51); font-family: verdana;&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://cinnamonstory.blogspot.com/2008/10/nancy-matthews-edison-1810-1871.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ichin)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699975610895793640.post-5200298155300558089</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-12T21:55:31.040-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">funny</category><title>Why We Live as Long as We Do...</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;On the first dayA God created the cow. God said, &quot;You must go to the field with   the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk   to support the farmer I will give you a life span of sixty years.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;The cow said,   &quot;That&#39;s a kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years.    Let me have twenty years and I&#39;ll give back the other forty.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;And God agreed.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt; On the second   day, God created the dog. God said, &quot;Sit all day by the door of your house   and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past.  I will give you a life   span of twenty years.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;The dog said,   &quot;That&#39;s too long to be barking.  Give me ten years and I&#39;ll give back   the other ten.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;So God agreed   (sigh).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt; On the third   day God created the monkey.  God said, &quot;Entertain people, do monkey   tricks, make them laugh.  I&#39;ll give you a twenty year life span.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;The monkey said, &quot;How boring, monkey tricks for twenty years?  I don&#39;t   think so.  Dog gave you back ten, so that&#39;s what I&#39;ll do too, okay?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;And God agreed   again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;On the fourth   day God created man.  God said, &quot;Eat, sleep, play.  Do nothing,   just enjoy, enjoy.  I&#39;ll give you twenty years.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Man said, &quot;What?   Only twenty years?  No way! Tell you what, I&#39;ll take my twenty, and the   forty cow gave back, and the ten dog gave back and the ten monkey gave back.   That makes eighty, okay?&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&quot;Okay,&quot; said   God. &quot;You&#39;ve got a deal.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;So this is why   for the first twenty years we eat, sleep, play, enjoy, and do nothing;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;for the next   forty years we slave in the sun to support our family;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot;&gt;   &lt;p align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;for the next ten   years we do monkey tricks to entertain our grandchildren;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;and for the last   ten years we sit in front of the house and bark at everybody.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://cinnamonstory.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-we-live-as-long-as-we-do.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ichin)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699975610895793640.post-7415566492341063082</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:41:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-13T01:24:52.852-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">funny</category><title>Ad In The Paper</title><description>&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;The  local newspaper funeral notice telephone operator received a phone call। A woman  on the other end asked,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;How much do funeral notices cost?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;$5.00 per word, Ma&#39;am,&quot; came the response.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Good, do you have a paper and pencil handy?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Yes, Ma&#39;am.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;OK, write this: &#39;Fred dead.&#39;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;I&#39;m sorry, Ma&#39;am; I forgot to tell you there&#39;s a five-word minimum.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Hmmph,&quot; came the reply, &quot;You certainly did forget to tell me that।&quot;&lt;br /&gt;A moment of  silence। &quot;Got your pencil and paper?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Yes, Ma&#39;am.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;OK, print this: &#39;Fred dead, Cadillac for sale.&quot;&lt;/span&gt;</description><link>http://cinnamonstory.blogspot.com/2008/10/ad-in-paper.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ichin)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699975610895793640.post-7144827170901809539</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-13T01:28:04.638-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">inspiration</category><title>A MOTHERS LOVE</title><description>&lt;blockquote&gt;  &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;A little boy came up to his mother  in the kitchen one  evening while she was fixing supper, and handed  her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands  on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inspireme.net/images/Ylrose.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.inspireme.net/images/inspi-r-images/Ylrose_small.jpg&quot; image=&quot;../images/Ylrose.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; border=&quot;2&quot; height=&quot;94&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;;font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;For cutting the grass:   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;$5.00 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;For cleaning up my room this week: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;$1.00 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;For going to the store for you:   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;$.50 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;$.25   &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Taking out the garbage: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;$1.00 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;For getting a good report card:   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;$5.00&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;For cleaning up and raking the yard: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;$2.00 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;Total owed:   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=&quot;color: rgb(102, 255, 255);&quot;&gt;$14.75&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the  memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper  he&#39;d written on, and this is what she wrote:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);&quot;&gt;No Charge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;For all the nights that I&#39;ve sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you:   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(153, 255, 153);&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;No Charge&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;For all the trying times, and all the tears that you&#39;ve caused through the  years:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);&quot;&gt;No Charge&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were  ahead:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;No Charge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);&quot;&gt;No Charge &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is:   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);&quot;&gt;No Charge. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears  in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 153, 255);&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(128, 0, 128);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 128);font-size:100%;&quot; &gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Mom, I sure  do love you.&quot; And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: &quot;&lt;b&gt;PAID  IN FULL&quot;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 204);&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-family:Verdana;&quot;&gt;Lessons:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 102, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;   &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;You will never how much your  parents worth till you become a parent&lt;/span&gt;   &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;   &lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 128, 0);font-family:Verdana;font-size:100%;&quot;  &gt;Be a giver not an asker,  especially with your parents. there is a lot to give, besides money.&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;  &lt;p style=&quot;color: rgb(51, 255, 255);&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot; align=&quot;left&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:100%;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Advice&lt;/b&gt;: IF your mom is alive and close  to you, give her a    big kiss and ask her for forgiveness. If she is far away, call her. if    she passed away, pray for her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://cinnamonstory.blogspot.com/2008/10/mothers-love.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ichin)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>