On Tue, 25 Oct 2011 04:59:22 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

On Oct 24, 10:02*am, jps wrote:
snippage

Now' I'm reminded of one of his parables about someone else who used a
lot of "I's"

Luke 18:9-14 New International Version (NIV)

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector...


9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked
down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable:

10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the
other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed:
‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers,
adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and
give a tenth of all I get.’

13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even
look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on
me, a sinner.’

14 “I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home
justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be
humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”

Or, as one of our esteemed, self-praising colleagues right here said:

"Self-praise sucks."