Funny Friday Quotes

Happy Friday readers, what's up today? This has been a great week with a holiday mixed in there. It's a nice day in Atlanta and the National Black Arts Festival kicks off today which is a wonderful event featuring arts and culture in Centennial Olympic Park and venues around the city. If you are visiting the ATL, put this event on your "things to do" and explore. Check out coverage of the Festival on the AJC in this article.

Let's have a funny Friday with laughter and smiles. These quotes are from Brainy Quote and each one is by a comedian. TGIF!

--->"Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix." ~Elayne Boosler
--->"I can't sing, dance or act; what else would I be but a talk show host." ~David Letterman
--->"I wanna make a jigsaw puzzle with 40,000 pieces. And when you finish it, it says 'go outside.' ~Demetri Martin
--->"I'm writing a book. I got the page numbers done." ~Steven Wright
--->"It all started when my dog began getting roll over minutes." ~Jay London

Tuesday's to-do needs a boost

Hello everybody, how is the day going so far? It's almost noon and glances at the to-do list let's me know there needs to be more check marks on it:-) There was a light fog that covered the morning skies, but have since faded away. The afternoon looks to hold the key to unlocking sunshine.

If your to-do list needs a boost like mine today, skip the second cup of coffee and crank up the laptop with Adam Lambert's new album. I always check over on AOL Music for the latest releases where listeners can play the full CDs. Lambert's new album is titled "Trespassing" and it's jamming. He was an American Idol contestant some time ago, but did not win. Not to worry, his music career has taken off and this new album proves it.

On the pad I keep near my workstation, I noticed a quote that was jotted down, but no name of who quoted it. I like it and wanted to share it anyway ->"Be weird, Be Random. Be who you are. Because you never know who would love the person you hide." (^_^)

Happy Birthday ~ Barbra Streisand

Acclaimed singer and actress Barbra Streisand is celebrating her birthday today. Her career is stellar and she still makes appearances at special events. I recall an interview where she revealed how terrified she was with performing before an audience. I'd say Barbra got over her fright once she stepped on stage, a songbird indeed. My favorite film is The Way We Were with dreamy Robert Redford. The title song for the movie is sung by Barbra Streisand and it's beautiful. The video has great scenes from the movie.

Talk about being in love, Barbra's character truly was in love and the ending scene is touching. The lyric "what's too painful to remember, we simply choose to forget" is spot on ~Happy Birthday Barbra!

Albert Einstein Quotes

Over on TIME magazine, they have a Still Life photo of Albert Einstein's office at Princeton photographed on the day of his death. The world-famous theoretical physicist died on April 18, 1955. Einstein taught at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 and is renowned for his Theory of Relativity. See the office photo here which is fascinating and clearly a genius at work.

I snagged five quotes by Albert Einstein in his memory and there are plenty more on the website Brainy Quote.

-->A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.
-->God always takes the simplest way.
-->Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.
-->Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.


-->Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves. ~Einstein had a sense of humor didn't he!

Quote of the Day

Image: Lemon Meringue Pie

While listening to the Bob Edwards Weekend radio show on Public Radio International last Sunday, I remember hearing the host say "When life gives you lemons, make a lemon meringue pie." I quickly wrote it down to use as the quote of the day this week. It's quite clever and thought...Yep, that's just what I would do!