Quit complaining and enjoy the life God's given you

I can't remember where I got this, so I can't give credit where credit is due, but it's worth watching. One of my pet peeves is people bitching and moaning about how bad things are, how horrible the industrial revolution was, and how modern technology has actually made life worse. I've always called bullcrap on this notion, which is almost always voiced the loudest by hypocrites who fully enjoy all the benefits of living in modern society: medicine, computers, the internet, automobiles, and so on. Mr. Rosling backs me up:



In the same vein, but more entertaining:

Kids...

I was teaching history to my four oldest kids today; we were covering the twilight of the Moghul empire. When I wrote the name of the Sayyid brothers on the white board, I asked, "Based on their names Hussain and Hassan, what religion were they?" (Husayn ibn Ali and Hasan ibn Ali were grandsons of Mohamed)

My younger son, who loves to guess at answers without putting any thought into what he's saying before hand, said, "Russian. Pirate. Catholic." But he ran the words together, trying to get as many guesses out there before anyone else spoke up... so it came out sounding like he said, "Russian Pirate Catholic."

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My youngest, who has just started babbling incessantly (you parents know what I'm talking about), told her first joke today:

SQ: Knock, Knock.

Me: Who's there?

SQ: Kangaroo.

Me: Kangaroo who?

SQ: Poop.

(raucous, gut-busting laughter from the siblings)

Oprah Invites Hundreds Of Lucky Fans To Be Buried With Her In Massive Tomb

Is that better?

There, I cleaned up the template. Hopefully it's more readable now.

And for good measure: