6:41 p.m. - 2006-05-11
the Da Vinci Code
Thursday, May 11, 2006
I have been reading the most interesting book. It has been out for several months and even on the Best Sellers List and a movie is coming out on it on May 19th.
I probably checked this book out at least three other times but never got into reading it. I finally decided I wanted to read it before the movie was seen. I have become fascinated with it.
iT'S THE DA VINCI CODE by Dan Brown.
It reminds me somewhat of National Treasure. because it has lots of historical references and clues to figure out. The Da Vinci Code is based on several people's interpretation of religion and "facts" that are not generally known.
The book talks about the Vitruvian Man which is supposed to be the most accurate anatomical drawing of its day by Da Vinci.
It mentions Fibonacci sequence as the Prime number. and explains what a PHI is and how many things in Nature follow this sequence without exception.
PHI (fee) used a ratio to determine how things are compared to other like things.
The book talks about the Mona Lisa painting and by Da Vinci liked to play
tricks on people with the portrait.
The Last Supper is also discussed and what might really be hidden meaning in some of the picture.
I don't want to spoil the story for anyone who wants to either read or see the Da Vinci Code so I don't want to tell all of it.
It raises many possibilities and questions. A lot of the explanations seem so plausible and sensible. And who really knows what the answers are.?
I have about 1/3 of the book left to finish and I am looking forward to reading the rest of the story.
For anyone who likes a mystery, clues, codes, interpretations and a fast paced story, this is the book for you.
TOM HANKS PLAYS Robert Langdon who is a Harvard symbologist who not only teaches at Harvard but travels all over the world to give lectures. He has been working on a book about Da Vinci and the codes and is just about ready to have it published when the story begins.
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In case you ever have a bad day
Sometimes we wonder, "What did I do to deserve this?" or "Why did God have to do this to me?"
Here is a wonderful explanation! A daughter is telling her Mother how everything is going wrong, she's failing algebra, her boyfriend broke up with her and her best friend is moving away.
Meanwhile, her Mother is baking a cake and asks her daughter if she would like a snack, and the daughter says, "Absolutely Mom, I love your cake"
"Here, have some cooking oil," her Mother offers.
"Yuck" says her daughter.
"How about a couple raw eggs?"
"ICK.. Mom!"
"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?"
"Mom, those are all yucky!"
To which the mother replies: "Yes, all those things seem bad all by themselves. But when they are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!
God works the same way. Many times we wonder why He would let us go through such bad and difficult times. But God knows that when He puts these things all in His order, they always work for good! We just have to trust Him and, eventually, they will all make something wonderful!
God is crazy about you. He sends you flowers every spring and a sunrise every morning.
Whenever you want to talk, He'll listen. He can live anywhere in the universe, and He chose your heart.
If you like this, send this on to the people you really care about. I did.
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we might as well dance.
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How To Plant Your Garden
First, you Come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses....
FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING,
PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:
1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart and 3. Peace of soul
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:
1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness
PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:
1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another
NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:
1. Turnip for meeting
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another
TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:
1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends
WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE. THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW. NOT BAD,HUH?!
My instructions were to send this to people that I wanted to be blessed and I picked you!
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A guy from Tennessee passed away and left his entire estate to his beloved widow, but she can't touch it 'til she's 14.
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How do you know when you're staying in a Tennessee hotel?
When you call the front desk and say, "I gotta leak in my sink," and the clerk replies, "Go ahead."
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How can you tell if a Tennessee redneck is married?
There's dried tobacco juice on both sides of his pickup truck.
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Did you hear that they have raised the minimum drinking age in Tennessee to 32?
It seems they want to keep alcohol out of the high schools.
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What do they call reruns of "Hee Haw" in Tennessee?
Documentaries.
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Where was the toothbrush invented?
Tennessee. If it had been invented anywhere else, it would have been called a teeth brush.
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An Tennessee State trooper pulls over a pickup on I-64 and says to the driver, "Got any I.D.?"
and the driver replies "Bout wut?"
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Did you hear about the $3 million Tennessee State Lottery?
The winner gets $3.00 a year for a million years.
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The governor's mansion in Tennessee burned down!
Yep. Pert' near took out the whole trailer park. The library was a total loss too. Both books-poof! up in flames and he hadn't even finished coloring one of them.
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A new law was recently passed in Tennesee. When a couple gets divorced, they are STILL cousins.
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A guy walks into a bar in Tennessee and orders a mudslide.
The bartender looks at the man and says, "You ain't from 'round here are ya?
"No," replies the man, "I'm from Pennsylvania".
The bartender looks at him and says, "Well, what do ya do in Pennsylvania?"
"I'm a taxidermist," said the man.
The bartender, looking very bewildered now, asks, "What in the world is a tax-e-derm-ist?
"The man says,"I mount animals".
The bartender stands back and hollers to the whole bar.."It's okay boys, he's one of us!"
Have a great evening.
