ALL THE MEANINGLESS DAYS OF OUR MEANINGLESS LIVES

"Meaningless! Meaningless!"
says the Teacher.
"Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless."

Car Stolen Outside California Store With 2 Kids Inside
Auto Czar Leaves D.C. Amidst Pay-to-Play Probe
Does Obama Have Too Many Czars?
12 Tortured Bodies Found in Mexico Are Intel Officials

What does man gain from all his labor
at which he toils under the sun?

N.D. Missile Crew Members Fired for Falling Asleep
Upcoming Military Robot Could Feed on Dead Bodies
Robber Cites Economy During Bank Heist
Group Seeks to Block 'In God We Trust' Engraving

Generations come and generations go,
but the earth remains forever.

Billboard Claiming MLK in GOP Angers Black Activists
More Arrests in Murders of Fla. Couple With 17 Kids
Man Uses Beer to Lure Drunk Intruder Out of Home
Eastern Iowa Train Crash Kills Conductor, Engineer

The sun rises and the sun sets,
and hurries back to where it rises.

Porn Mogul's Son Accused of Murder, Kidnapping
Study Finds Living Together First Can Spoil Marriage
Obama makes pitch for community colleges
House Dems unveil health care reform plan

The wind blows to the south
and turns to the north;
round and round it goes,
ever returning on its course.

Obama ally hits back at Palin attack
Is there life after a sex scandal?
Investigator visits Jackson dermatologist office
Taylor hospitalization not related to Jackson

All streams flow into the sea,
yet the sea is never full.
To the place the streams come from,
there they return again.

Generic version of drug tied to Jackson recalled
Robot paints tweets on Tour de France route
NASA to cut 400 jobs, contractor says
Driver killed in Grand Canyon plunge

All things are wearisome,
more than one can say.
The eye never has enough of seeing,
nor the ear its fill of hearing.

'Prince' brings more Potter excellence
Dog found 1,800 miles from home
Obama's teleprompter crashes to floor
Eternal moonwalk Web site honors Jackson

What has been will be again,
what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun.

Paris launches smile campaign to woo tourists
15-foot shark washes ashore in N.Y.
Obama mulls rental option for homeowners
Goldman profit and pay surge in blowout quarter

Is there anything of which one can say,
"Look! This is something new"?
It was here already, long ago;
it was here before our time.

Ex-GM CEO Wagoner retires with $8.6 mln
Moody's cuts Calif rating, budget talks press on
China warns citizens in Algeria of al Qaeda threat
House releases healthcare overhaul bill

There is no remembrance of men of old,
and even those who are yet to come
will not be remembered
by those who follow.

Schwarzenegger launches TV ad in budget fight
Obama says lost auto jobs are gone
House eyes extending jobless benefits
Give talks a chance, U.S. tells Honduras rivals

I have seen all the things that are done under the sun;
all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

Nigerian militant group declares 60-day ceasefire
BlackBerry for kids? Child asks creators
Microsoft Office users attacked by cybercriminals
Wall St up as earnings offset retail data; Intel soars

What is twisted cannot be straightened;
what is lacking cannot be counted.

Intel trumps forecasts, bodes well for PC sector
Nikkei gains 0.5 pct on upbeat earnings, yen helps
Shares cheered on by Intel, yen steps back
Jackson's ex-wife denies giving up kids

I have experienced much of wisdom and knowledge.
Then I applied myself to the understanding of wisdom,
and also of madness and folly,
but I learned that this, too, is a chasing after the wind.

Robert De Niro victim of New York art scam
Episcopal vote on gay clergy widens Anglican split
In love? It's not enough to keep a marriage, study finds
What a difference a year makes for Tiger
How bad is swine flu? Without numbers, who knows?
Danish study looks at link between HRT, cancer

For with much wisdom comes much sorrow;
the more knowledge, the more grief.