A Pondering Mind
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Kindness
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Boiling Water
Fab Quote Continue reading
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Quote
“Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.” – Aldous Huxley, Continue reading
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The Left-Handed Whopper
The Left-Handed Whopper In 1998 Burger King published a full page advertisement in USA Today announcing the introduction of a new item to their menu: a “Left-Handed Whopper” specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new whopper included the same ingredients as the original Whopper (lettuce, tomato, hamburger patty, Continue reading
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New York City fire destroys Manhattan buildings – in pictures
New York City fire destroys Manhattan buildings – in pictures http://gu.com/p/472n7 Continue reading
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Quote
Every man’s memory is his private literature. Aldous Huxley Continue reading
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Albert Einstein Quote
When the Special Theory of Relativity began to germinate in me. was visited by all sorts of nervous conflicts… I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion. Albert Einstein Continue reading
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‘Naked Eye Nova Sagittarii 2015 No 2’ image
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Zen Proverb
Not creating delusions is enlightenment. Bodhidharma Continue reading
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‘Orion Spring’ image
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Just Thinking
There’s the saying(s) “time goes by to fast,’ “where did the time go?’ “time sure flies when you are having fun,” etc, etc. If you ever want time to go by slow, pull up a chair, sit, relax and give the clock your undivided attention, and witness time passing by. Call it meditation by clock. Continue reading
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Bertrand Russell Quote
“It is a waste of energy to be angry with a man who behaves badly, just as it is to be angry with a car that won’t go.” – Bertrand Russell http://www.bquot.es/s/3113 Continue reading
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Instant Color TV
From the email inbox: ********************* In 1962 there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it broadcast in black and white. The station’s technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that, thanks to a new technology, viewers could convert their existing sets to display color reception. All they had to do Continue reading
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The Life Of Subway Dogs
From the email inbox: ********************* The Life of Subway Dogs To those of you who own dogs or like them, this should be interesting. The elite of Moscow’s 35,000 stray dogs are about 500 Russian dogs constantly living in the Moscow subway (Metro). About 50 of subway dogs have learned to ride the trains, commuting Continue reading
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‘Earths Changing Vista’s’ image
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Quote
“The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.” – William Blake http://www.bquot.es/s/1420 Continue reading
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The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest* In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti down from trees. Huge numbers Continue reading
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Henry Ford Quote
“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ….” – Henry Ford http://www.bquot.es/s/155 Continue reading
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Quote~ Marilyn Monroe
“Ever notice how ‘What the hell’ is always the right answer?” – Marilyn Monroe http://www.bquot.es/s/2052 Continue reading
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‘Atlas V Launches MMS’ image
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Wall Shadow
I took five photos (B&W and Color). This was the last one that I took, and it turned out to be the best one of them all. Photo was taken at 5:52 PM (3/22/15). This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Continue reading
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‘A Double Eclipse of the Sun’ image
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Quote By Aesop
“Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.” – Aesop http://www.bquot.es/s/3718 Continue reading
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Steven Wright Quote
“I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.” – Steven Wright http://www.bquot.es/s/1815 Continue reading
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An American horror story: ‘real’ haunted houses
An American horror story: ‘real’ haunted houses http://gu.com/p/42pp8 Continue reading
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Quote by Michel de Montaigne
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.” – Michel de Montaigne http://www.bquot.es/s/3300 Continue reading
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The death of the American newsroom
Interesting photos of the Philadelphia Inquirer newsroom. The death of the American newsroom http://gu.com/p/46zk3 Continue reading
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Helen Keller Quote
“The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.” – Helen Keller http://www.bquot.es/s/998 Continue reading
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Humor Quote – Mark Twain
“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.” – Mark Twain http://www.bquot.es/s/286 Continue reading
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Quote
“A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion” – George Orwell http://www.bquot.es/s/2740 Continue reading
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Abraham Lincoln Quote
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” – Abraham Lincoln http://www.bquot.es/s/8 Continue reading
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Voltaire Quote
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” – Voltaire http://www.bquot.es/s/1823 Continue reading
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Police Work At Its Best
From the email inbox: ********************* Two policemen call the station on the radio: “Hello. Is that the Sarge?” “Yes.” “We have a case here. A woman has shot her husband for stepping on the floor she has just mopped clean.” “Have you arrested the woman?” “No sir. The floor is still wet.” Continue reading
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Wisdom
“As the soft yield of water cleaves obstinate stone, So to yield with life solves the insolvable: To yield, I have learned, is to come back again.” – Lao Tzu Continue reading
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Anthony C. Grayling
“I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.” -Anthony C. Grayling http://www.bquot.es/s/3661 Continue reading
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Oscar Wilde Quote
“Everything in the world is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” – Oscar Wilde http://www.bquot.es/s/469 Continue reading
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Dirty Snow
March 20 is to be the first day of Spring, but here in the Boston area, and doesn’t have the feel of a new season set to begin, as it has and still is windy as all hell, with wind chill factors at times in the teens. Also, there is snow to arrive on Friday, Continue reading
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Rain Is Grace
John Updike Novelist Born: March 18, 1932 – Died: January 27, 2009 Continue reading
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Creation
“The intention that man should be happy is not in the plan of Creation.” – Sigmund Freud ——- Maybe he’s right, maybe not. http://www.bquot.es/s/755 Continue reading
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Humor Quote By Stan Laurel
“If you had a face like mine, you’d punch me right on the nose, and I’m just the fella to do it.” – Stan Laurel http://www.bquot.es/s/2401 Continue reading
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Carrie Fisher
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John Stuart Mill Quote
“Life has a certain flavor for those who have fought and risked all that the sheltered and protected can never experience.” John Stuart Mill Continue reading
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Talkers
People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. Continue reading
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Steven Wright Quote
“The best kind of friend is the kind you sit with, never say a word and walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.” – Steven Wright http://www.bquot.es/s/1819 Continue reading
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If
If yesterday you had a bad day and today was not any better will tomorrow be the same or will it be better Continue reading
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Socrates Quote
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men’s writing so that you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.” -Socrates Continue reading
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Swedish Proverb
Fear less, hope more Whine less, breathe more – Swedish Proverb Continue reading
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A Pondering Moment
Sitting on the couch writing this post while watching TV or is the TV watching me Could it be I am doing both It could be that I am multitasking Its not really a complicated thing to do What I have been watching for most of the day Blue Bloods and Seinfeld Speaking of Seinfeld Continue reading
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Wisdom
“When playing board-games which involve quizzes etc, you will always know the answers to everyone else’s set of questions but never your own.” – Edward Murphy http://www.bquot.es/s/2381 Continue reading
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Georg C. Lichtenberg Quote
Born: July 1, 1742 – Died: February 24, 1799 German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. Continue reading
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Abraham H. Maslow Quote
“If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.” -Abraham H. Maslow April 1, 1908 – June 8, 1970 Professor of psychology Continue reading
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Democratis Quote
“Everywhere man blames nature and fate yet his fate is mostly but the echo of his character and passion, his mistakes and his weaknesses.” – Democritus http://www.bquot.es/s/3730 Continue reading
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‘Going Hot and Cold in February’ image
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Quote
“This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.” – Dalai Lama http://www.bquot.es/s/84 Continue reading
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The Italian Lover
From the email inbox: ********************* The Italian Lover, a virile middle aged Italian gentlemen named Guido, was relaxing at his favorite bar in Rome when he managed to attract a spectacular young blond woman. Things progressed to the point where he led her back to his apartment and, after some small talk, they retired to Continue reading
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Making Room For New Buildings
Several buildings are being razed, and will be replaced with new ones. The building just above the man with the hard hat on, was a Woolworth’s Store, which sat empty since 1989. There never was a taker for the property. Sad. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Continue reading
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Blaise Pascal Quote
“Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back” – Blaise Pascal http://www.bquot.es/s/2495 Continue reading
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Alfred Hitchcock Quote
“I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it.” – Alfred Hitchcock http://www.bquot.es/s/826 Continue reading
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Stephen Fry Quote
“Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.” – Stephen Fry http://www.bquot.es/s/2152 Continue reading
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The Pendulum Clock
The pendulum clock swings past present future then back present and back to past then to present to future and on and on and… Continue reading
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Friedrich Nietzsche Quote
“A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.” – Friedrich Nietzsche http://www.bquot.es/s/128 Continue reading
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Chinua Achebe Quote
“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have Continue reading
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George Santayana Quote
“To be interested in the changing seasons is . . . a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.” – George Santayana http://www.bquot.es/s/3435 Continue reading
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Muhammad Ali Quote
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.” – Muhammad Ali http://www.bquot.es/s/364 Continue reading
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Truth
“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you mad.” – Aldous Huxley http://www.bquot.es/s/3156 Continue reading
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‘Lenticular Cloud, Moon, Mars, Venus’ image
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‘Island of Hawaii From the International Space Station’ image
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Masashi Kishimoto Quote
“There’s no advantage to hurrying through life.” -Masashi Kishimoto Continue reading
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Debate
Found this in the email. ************************ I gaze at the brilliant full moon. The same one, I think to myself, at which Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato gazed. Suddenly, I imagine they appear beside me. I tell Socrates about the national debate over one’s right to die and wonder at the constancy of the human condition. Continue reading
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Arthur Williams Quote
“I don’t believe people die from hard work. They die from stress and worry and fear — the negative emotions. Those are the killers, not hard work. The fact is, in our society today, most people don’t understand what hard work is all about.” – Arthur Williams http://www.bquot.es/s/2708 Continue reading
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Joseph Addison Quote
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.” – Joseph Addison http://www.bquot.es/s/2451 Continue reading
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It Doesn’t Make Any Sense
For the past couple of nights, I have seen ads of all things: lawn care. It seems odd to show green grass, flowers, etc., when there is so much damn snow on the ground, and it looks like it will be here for quite awhile. By the way, we’re expecting another inch to three inches Continue reading
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George Carlin Quote
“At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom.” George Carlin Continue reading
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Sleep
“Sleep is the best meditation.” Dalai Lama Continue reading
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‘A Dust Devil on Mars’ image
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Time
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Aesop Quote
“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.” Aesop http://www.bquot.es/s/3714 Continue reading
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Peace
“Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” – Albert Einstein http://www.bquot.es/s/39 Continue reading
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Jim Morrison Quote
“I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments” – Jim Morrison Continue reading
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Margot Asquith Quote
“From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.” – Margot Asquith http://www.bquot.es/s/2015 Continue reading
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Spring
Even though it is snowing again in Massachusetts Agnes Cheer up Spring arrives March 20 Continue reading
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