Its time I started doing something creative with my site such as adding some really good quotes from wise people that I have learned about over the last few years. One of the first is one from a funny man and a person whom I have EXTENSIVE background knowledge on. That person being Casey Stengel, and anyone knows that I have written extensively about Casey knows how much I respect and admire this great individual. Not for the fact that he accomplished great things, but that he had such a lack of ego while doing those greta things. Whether it was managing the Yankees to 5 straight World Series Championships, or helping to make the Mets a fiscal success despite their shortcomings (and there were a lot for Casey's Mets). So from Casey I present this: "When you are younger you get blamed for crimes you never committed and when you're older you begin to get credit for virtues you never possessed. It evens itself out." Such a wisened yet true statement. It also reminds me of some great things that have come from someone whom I am proud to call a friend. You can see what she wrote and how it puts into perspective all the BS that has been going around for the last few months of which I need not make any commentary about. Just three cheers for this Diva...

Now onto other more enlightened subjects. I was discussing philosophy last night and how I tend to be impartial to the eastern philosophies of Confucious and the Taoists. And one person who was a student of Confucius was a man by the name of Zhu Ge Liang (pronounced: Shoe Gay Lee-on). Zhu Ge Liang rose to fame in the era known as the "Three Kingdoms" in Chinese history. It was the period after the collapse of the Han Dynasty and three warlords rose to prominence. The three warlords were Cao Cao of Wei, Sun Ce/Sun Quan of Wu, and Liu Bei of Shu. Master Zhu Ge Liang served Liu Bei due to his devotion to protect the people of China. Master Zhu Ge was called "The Sleeping Dragon" by his colleagues. And is still held in high esteem today by many Chinese who wish to remember their wisened leaders. He was called the "Sleeping Dragon because of his abilities, and due to the fact that Liu Bei needed an adviser to guide him to victory in China. So devout was Liu Bei to recruiting Zhu Ge Liang that he visited his home three times. The first two times Zhu Ge was not home. Upon the third visit, Liu Bei waited outside his house in the rain until Zhu Ge Liang awoke. So touched was Zhu Ge Liang that the rightful heir to the Han throne waited for him that he immeadiatly joind Liu Bei's cause...To learn more about Master Zhu Ge Liang and the era of the three kingdoms, check out Lou Kuangzongs work The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It is a valued work, and gives perspecive into the lives of the men who lived during those trying times.

Ok now for the joke of the day (Perhaps I should change it to the joke of the week):
A whorehouse gets busted. The girls are lined up out front, and a cop is going down the line giving them all tickets.
A little old lady comes walking up to the girl at the end of the line and says, "What're ya all doin' here in line like this?"
The girl is annoyed, so to be a smart-ass, she says, "Lady, we're waiting in line for our lollipops."
The little old lady says, "Oh, that's nice. I didn't have one in so long, I think I'll get in line here with ya."
So she gets in line, and a few minutes later the cop gets to this little, shriveled-up old lady.
He says, "Lady, aren't you a little old for this?"
She looks him right in the eye and says, "As long as they keep makin' 'em, I'm gonna keep suckin' on 'em."

I leave you all with this lil ditty from Confucius: We don't know yet about life, how can we know about death?