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Another month’s worth of mental flotsam and jetsam in tweet-sized bites: 01 – Choice between cabbage rolls and hot yoga. Culinary bliss won out over karmic bliss. Maybe I’ll do 2 classes Wednesday night. Today’s Quote: “The media have become the mainstream culture in children’s lives. Parents have become the alternative. Americans once expected parents to raise their children in accordance with the dominant cultural messages. Today they are expected to raise their children in opposition to it.” ~ Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe columnist Song: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere Today’s Quote: “The wise man in the storm prays to God, not for safety from danger, but for the deliverance from fear. It is the storm within that endangers him, not the storm without.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson No, I haven’t disappeared from the face of the Earth. I’ve just been busy, bored, depressed, or away. [...] The Black Crowes – She Talks to Angels Today’s Quote: “From middle age on, everything of interest is either illegal, immoral or fattening.” — American Proverb I don’t know if I’m mentioned this before but I hate snow as much as anyone can hate anything. I got ambitious late this morning and cleared my driveway from the [...] Mountain – Nantucket Sleighride Today’s Quote: “The greater good and individual liberty are not opposites. In fact, nothing which suppresses individual liberty could ever help the greater good. Great accomplishments often are built by groups, but the idea and the vision and the drive always comes from an individual.” — Eolake Stobblehouse It took me 2 [...] The Hollywood Argyles – Alley Oop Today’s Quote: “Ever fart so hard it cracked your back?” — Larry the Cable Guy My calendar says it’s spring but looking outside, it sure as hell doesn’t look like spring. From watching the news this morning, it seems that people were hitting the grocery stores, stocking up stuff just in [...] Bob Rivers – Walking Around In Women’s Underwear Today’s Quote: “We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.” — Arthur Schopenhauer “Oh the weather outside is frightful, . . . ” Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, the lyricist and composer, respectively, of Let It Snow, should be exhumed, dragged behind a snowplow, then [...] Tommy James & The Shondells – Crimson & Clover Today’s Quote: “A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.” — Tennessee Williams (1911- 1983) I’ve had a busy day, mostly shoveling snow. It’s a good thing I took a vacation day today although that wasn’t what [...] Robert Johnson – Dead Shrimp Blues Today’s Quote: “The words ‘I am…’ are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you’re claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.” — A. L. Kitselman The design team that came up with the Chevy Venture (and its equivalents) must have lived in the [...] Bill Withers – Lean On Me Today’s Quote: “Criminal: A person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation.” — Howard Scott Wow, did I pick the wrong weekend to travel up to northeast Ohio. It was raining when I left and I noticed one of my wipers coming off so I pulled [...] |
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