I heard this Jewish Joke it made me laugh.
A lovely old Jewish lady goes into Harrods for a bra. She goes to the ladies underwear department and she asks the woman behind the counter for a Jewish Bra. The woman behind the counter has never heard of a Jewish bra so the old Jewish Lady explains. Well darling there are 4 types of bra, there is the Catholic bra, the Baptist Bra, the Scots Presbyterian bra and the Jewish Bra. The Catholic bra raises the masses, the Baptist Bra helps the downtrodden, A Scots Presbyterian bra is resolute and upright, The Jewish bra makes a mountain out of a mole hill.

St Trinian's School (Battle Cry) Song

Maidens of St Trinian's, gird your armour on.

Grab the nearest weapon; never mind which one.

The battle's to the strongest; might is always right.

Trample on the weakest; glory in their plight.

St Trinian's! St Trinian's! Our battle cry.

St Trinian's! St Trinian's! Will never die.

Stride towards your fortune boldly on your way,

Never once forgetting there's one born every day.

Let our motto be broadcast: "get your blow in first!"

She who draws the sword last always comes off worst.

St Trinian's! St Trinian's! Our battle cry.

St Trinian's! St Trinian's! Will never die.

Lewis Carroll A strange wild song

       
He thought he saw an Elephant
That practised on a fife:
He looked again, and found it was
A letter from his wife.
'At length I realize,' he said,
'The bitterness of life! '

He thought he saw a Buffalo
Upon the chimney-piece:
He looked again, and found it was
His Sister's Husband's Niece.
'Unless you leave this house,' he said,
'I'll send for the police! '

he thought he saw a Rattlesnake
That questioned him in Greek:
He looked again, and found it was
The Middle of Next Week.
'The one thing I regret,' he said,
'Is that it cannot speak! '

He thought he saw a Banker's Clerk
Descending from the bus:
He looked again, and found it was
A Hippopotamus.
'If this should stay to dine,' he said,
'There won't be much for us! '

He thought he saw a Kangaroo
That worked a Coffee-mill:
He looked again, and found it was
A Vegetable-Pill.
'Were I to swallow this,' he said,
'I should be very ill! '

He thought he saw a Coach-and-Four
That stood beside his bed:
He looked again, and found it was
A Bear without a Head.
'Poor thing,' he said, 'poor silly thing!
It's waiting to be fed! '

He thought he saw an Albatross
That fluttered round the lamp:
He looked again, and found it was
A Penny-Postag e Stamp.
'You'd best be getting home,' he said:
'The nights are very damp! '

He thought he saw a Garden-Door
That opened with a key:
He looked again, and found it was
A Double Rule of Three:
'And all its mystery,' he said,
'Is clear as day to me! '

He thought he saw a Argument
That proved he was the Pope:
He looked again, and found it was
A Bar of Mottled Soap.
'A fact so dread,' he faintly said,
'Extinguishe s all hope! ' 


LEWIS CARROLL                       

Quantum

The word "quantum" comes from the Latin "quantus", meaning "how little". "Quanta", short for "quanta of electricity" (electrons) was used in a 1902 article on the photoelectric effect by Philipp Lenard, who credited Hermann von Helmholtz for using the word in the area of electricity. However, the word quantum in general was well known before 1900.^[2] It was often used by physicians, such as in the term quantum satis. Both Helmholtz and Julius von Mayer were physicians as well as physicists. Helmholtz used "quantum" with reference to heat in his article^[3] on Mayer's work, and indeed, the word "quantum" can be found in the formulation of the first law of thermodynamics by Mayer in his letter^[4] dated July 24, 1841. Max Planck used "quanta" to mean "quanta of matter and electricity",^[5] gas, and heat.^[6] In 1905, in response to Planck's work and the experimental work of Lenard (who explained his results by using the term "quanta of electricity"), Albert Einstein suggested that radiation existed in spatially localized packets which he called "quanta of light" ("Lichtquanta").^[7]
The concept of quantization of radiation was discovered in 1900 by Max Planck, who had been trying to understand the emission of radiation from heated objects, known as black-body radiation. By assuming that energy can only be absorbed or released in tiny, differential, discrete packets he called "bundles" or "energy elements",^[8] Planck accounted for the fact that certain objects change colour when heated.^[9] On December 14, 1900, Planck reported his revolutionary findings to the German Physical Society, and introduced the idea of quantization for the first time as a part of his research on black-body radiation.^[10] As a result of his experiments, Planck deduced the numerical value of h, known as the Planck constant, and could also report a more precise value for the Avogadro–Loschmidt number, the number of real molecules in a mole and the unit of electrical charge, to the German Physical Society. After his theory was validated, Planck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for his discovery.

Thanks Wikipedia

Stonehenge

Stone Circle

Iconic symbol of Britain, a walk around the Stone Circle is the centrepiece of any visit to the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site.
With a history spanning 4,500 years Stonehenge has many different meanings to people today. It is a wonder of the world, a spiritual place and a source of inspiration.
The Stone Circle is a masterpiece of engineering, and building it would have taken huge effort from hundreds of well-organised people using only simple tools and technologies. Visit Stonehenge to find out more, and use our handy glossary to understand words such as trilithon, sarsen and henge.

Thanks to English Heritage for this blurb

Today was a sad day

I played for the funeral of a friend.

Sister Mary (Molly) Swain SCJM

3rd March 1930 - 25th July 2016

dear friend Rest in peace.

This represents the concepts behind the organisation she was a part of.

"Our mission as Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary (SCJM) is to reveal that GOD IS LOVE, especially to the poor and the abandoned of our time.
The Sisters of Charity was founded in 1803 in Lovendegem, Belgium by Peter Joseph Triest and Mother Placide. On 2nd July 1804 the first Sisters of Charity pronounced their first vows and decided to devote their lives to “the caring of the poor and destitute”
The Belgian SCJMs came to Lahore (then undivided India) in 1897, and were involved in various ministries with great zeal and ardour. However, due to adverse climatic conditions and lack of facilities some fell ill while others met with untimely death. On 21^st February 1901 a new foundation was started in Dalhousie, a small hill station in the state of Himachal Pradesh. The year 1937 saw another foundation in Amritsar, the holy city of the Sikhs. Both Dalhousie and Amritsar witnessed the upheavals of the partition period.
21^st December 1958 was a red- letter day in the history of the Indian province of the SCJMs: the first batch of Indian aspirants was welcomed to begin their formation in the newly opened novitiate in Amritsar.  From then on a steady flow of aspirants from various parts of India joined the novitiate for their initiation into the SCJM way of life.
Thus, with a very humble beginning in Hulhundu in the district of Ranchi, the SCJM presence in India expanded with great rapidity. The time between 1962 and 1993 saw 27 foundations spread in 14 states and 20 dioceses in India. As the time passed both the provinces grew and expanded and presently there are 25 and 27 foundations in Ranchi and Delhi respectively.
Find out more here: http://www.sistersofcharityofjesusandmary.org/
Find out more about the India chapter of the Sisterhood here: http://www.scjmdelhi.in/"

Jane Austin Ever musing

Ever musing I delight to tread
The Paths of honour and the Myrtle Grove
Whilst the pale Moon her beams doth shed
On disappointed Love.
While Philomel on airy hawthorn Bush
Sings sweet and Melancholy, And the thrush
Converses with the Dove.


Gently brawling down the turnpike road,
Sweetly noisy falls the Silent Stream--
The Moon emerges from behind a Cloud
And darts upon the Myrtle Grove her beam.
Ah! then what Lovely Scenes appear,
The hut, the Cot, the Grot, and Chapel queer,
And eke the Abbey too a mouldering heap,
Cnceal'd by aged pines her head doth rear
And quite invisible doth take a peep.       

JANE AUSTIN