Friday, April 24, 2009

The Ultimate Aphrodisiac??

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Do you think it would help if we market peace as the ultimate aphrodisiac?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You can teach new tricks to anyone, but I have a hunch it helps if we don’t see ourselves as old dogs. If we enjoy learning your work is easier. If we feel affirmed in learning, it comes more readily. With a little loving in the process, we hardly notice we’re learning. No wonder your students who see you as loving parent instead of judge do so well. I know I’m looking forward to the next class you teach.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Peter, your business is fishing. So why would you limit eating fish to one day a week?”

[Doesn’t seem to make sense, but He never said it.]

D. Blog: Word of the Week -- In Cahoots

cahoots
1829, Amer.Eng., perhaps from Fr. cahute "cabin;" but other sources suggest Fr. cohorte.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

ca·hoots (kə-hōōts') pl.n. Informal Questionable collaboration; secret partnership: e.g., an accountant in cahoots with organized crime.


[e.g., Reagan – Iran; Bush administration – torture; lobbyists for business interests – politicians; etc.]

[Perhaps from French cahute, cabin, from Old French, possibly blend of cabane; see cabin, and hutte; see hut.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth EditionCopyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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