A Pondering Mind
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Mature Humans
Found in the email inbox: Mature Humans How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear or understand a word they said? I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars team up to prevent a jerk from cutting in at Continue reading
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Quote
Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. John Lennon Brainy Quote Continue reading
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When you try ……
When you try to stay on the surface of the water, you sink; but when you try to sink, you float. Zen Proverb Continue reading
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The Good Word
Another conversation between he and she. She: Good morning. He: Good morning, or is it a good morning. She: I see your not in a good mood. He: Me? She: Yes, you. He: Do you really want to know why I’m not in a good mood? She: Please tell. He: Well … I slept like Continue reading
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Tina Turner
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She said, He said
She said: Wake up and smell the coffee. He said: Smells good. She said: How can you drink it without cream/milk and/or sugar? He said: Easy. She said: Easy? He said: Coffee tastes best in its natural state. Nothing added. She said: Yuk! He said: Have you ever really tried it drinking it black? She Continue reading
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Quote
A man in debt is so far a slave. Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Proverb
The place of uninvited guest is behind the door. Yugoslavian Proverb Quotes Wave Continue reading
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A Thought From Aunty Acid
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I Feel Like New
I feel like a new old man today. Got my hairs styled/cut. Not just one hair, but a whole lot of hairs was snipped/cut off. Still no bald spots, so that’s a good sign. Now, if I was a barber/stylist, and someone came in and a haircut, I would would ask the person, which one Continue reading
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Quote
Literature is news that stays news. — Ezra Pound Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Uncle Seamus
From the email inbox: Mick and Paddy have made a promise to their uncle. They had an Uncle Seamus who was a seafaring gent all his life and a while before he passed away, he made the boys promise to bury him at sea. Of course he did pass away and the boys remembered to Continue reading
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Humor Quote
Our culture runs on coffee and gasoline, the first often tasting like the second. — Edward Abbey Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Something They Have In Common
My mother and Eric Clapton have something in common. Both are English. Her parents came from the Manchester area of England. Of course Clapton was born in the UK. But the thing they do share is the same date: March 30, 2004. Mother passed away the same day as Clapton’s birthday. She had just turned Continue reading
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Criticism
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Advertising
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it. — Stephan Leacock – Humorist, Political Scientist, Teacher, Writer Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Anxiety
So an ancient once said, “Accept the anxieties and difficulties of this life”. Don’t expect your practice to be clear of obstacles. Without hindrances the mind that seeks enlightenment may be burnt out. So an ancient once said, “Attain deliverance in disturbances”. — Kyong Ho Quote source Continue reading
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I feel like …..
Below is an anonymous quote that I can vouch for. With this damn head cold, that is now slowly going away, I could not get my head to wrap around in responding to the comments left on the past several posts. It will be probably be a couple or more days of sporadic posting. Be Continue reading
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Coffee Break
Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break. — Earl Wilson Brainy Quote Continue reading
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New Best Seller: How To Understand Women
Note: When I took a break from blogging, the very next day, I came down with a nasty head cold. And it happened on the first day of spring. So my thinking is still bit foggy. With that said, here is a bit of humor from the email inbox. Thought you should know that the Continue reading
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Hiatus
When I first started blogging, the main intention was writing, which was what I was doing. I know I have strayed away from it. My problem is, is that when I call it a night, there are times I’ll be laying in bed, and next the thing, an idea pops into my head on what Continue reading
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Coffee and ……
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Meaning of the Resurrection
From the email inbox: Got to love this kid… MEANING OF THE RESURRECTION A Baptist pastor was presenting a children’s sermon. During the sermon, he asked the children if they knew what the resurrection was. Now, asking questions during children’s sermons is crucial, but at the same time, asking children questions in front of Continue reading
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Who can do, …….
Who can do, don’t want to; Who wants to, can’t do; Who knows how to do, won’t do it; Who does it, doesn’t know how to; and, so, badly goes the world. — Italian Proverb Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Quote
Very few people can afford to be poor. — George Bernard Shaw Brainy Quote Continue reading
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On Being Homeless
This is a true story about being homeless. It all began in 2008, when I got laid off from the job that I had since 1997. I was getting a lot overtime, sometimes starting as early as 4:00 in the morning, and sometimes working till almost 9:00 pm. So I was making good money, then Continue reading
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Overcast Sun
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Drink Coffee …..
Drink coffee while it’s hot enough to make you swear but let the chocolate cool. — Sicilian Proverb Quotes Wave Continue reading
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Liberal
What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label Liberal? If by Liberal they mean, as they want people to believe, someone who is soft in his policies abroad, who is against local government, and who is unconcerned with the taxpayer’s dollar, then … we are not that kind of Liberal. But Continue reading
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Special
Zen says everything is divine so how can anything be special? All is special. Nothing is non-special so nothing can be special. — Osho Source of quote Continue reading
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Judgment
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Existence
Only one thing is certain — that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false. — Ancient Paradox Quote source Continue reading
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Be …
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Rules
Not to be bound by rules, but to be creating one’s own rules–this is the kind of life which Zen is trying to have us live. — D. T. Suzuki Quote source Continue reading
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Possess
All that is great cannot be possessed – and that is one of the most foolish things man goes on doing. We want to possess. — Osho Continue reading
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Downsizing
For the past couple of weeks, I have been downsizing my blog. Getting rid of old stuff, that has just been sitting there for the past two years or more. I am still in the process of cleaning it up, and it does take some time. It’s like cleaning out the closet, the attic and Continue reading
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Literature
The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don’t want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don’t have Continue reading
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New iPad
A Daughter is visiting her Father. She asks: “Tell me dad, how are you managing with the new I-Pad we gave you for your birthday?” He says “Good”. This is in German but no subtitles needed: Just click on the link below http://www.snotr.com/video/8965/ Continue reading
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Side Walk Covered With Snow
The side walk is covered with a layer of snow. This was taken this morning (2/19/14). We got more snow in the afternoon, before it changed to a light mist of rain. Continue reading
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Wise is he …….
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Success
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Tire Track
While I was standing outside, during the middle of the afternoon, I took my phone out and was going to a photo of the snow covering the yews. When I looked to see how that pic came out, I saw this photo of the tire track and the curb to the left of it. The Continue reading
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Mother Nature
It seems that mother nature has a problem. The problem is, she must have a very itchy scalp. With all the dandruff falling from the sky above, it looks like she needs a good shampooing, with a good rinsing. Then a apply some conditioning, then rinse and repeat. Now, all this dandruff is landing on Continue reading
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Art
A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. — Paul Klee Continue reading
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Sidewalk Ad Sign
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Shadow
Late morning shot of the shadow created by the lamp post. Continue reading
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Heat Wave
If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back? — Steven Wright Brainy Quote Continue reading
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Smile
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Will Rogers
From the email inbox: Will Rogers, who died in a 1935 plane crash in Alaska with bush pilot Wiley Post, was one of the greatest political country/cowboy sages this country has ever known. 1. Never slap a man who’s chewing tobacco. 2. Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. 3. There are two Continue reading
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People
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Sky
Excuse me while I kiss the sky. — Jimi Hendrix Continue reading
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Misspelled Words
The sign in the window has two misspelled words. Can you spot them?Unknown origin of photo. Continue reading
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Remodeled Bathroom
Our bathroom has been remodeled, and quite frankly, it is quaint. Photographer unknown Continue reading
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Knowledge
Knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. — Albert Einstein Continue reading
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Will
We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy and sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering I rush to them. They Continue reading
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Dreams
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Yoga
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Bad Pilots
From the email inbox: The Air Canada plane leaves Pearson Airport under the control of a Jewish captain; his co-pilot is Chinese. It’s the first time they’ve flown together and an awkward silence between the two seems to indicate a mutual dislike. Once they reach cruising altitude, the Jewish captain activates the auto-pilot, leans back Continue reading
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Observation
The Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti once remarked that observing without evaluating is the highest form of human intelligence. When I first read this statement, the thought, ‘What nonsense!’ shot through my mind before I realized that I had just made an evaluation. — Marshall Rosenberg Continue reading
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Mind
The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, not to anticipate the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly. — Buddha Continue reading
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It Was 50 Years Ago The Beatles Appeared On The Ed Sullivan Show
It was 50 years ago, (Feb. 9, 1964) when The Beatles appeared and did their thing on the Ed Sullivan Show. I still can remember when they landed in NYC, a day after I had turned 15 years old. And then watching them on a black & white Zenith TV. Image source: http://wikipedia.org Continue reading
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Illusions
Don’t believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves. — Albert Camus Wisdom Quotes Continue reading
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Ignorance
I believe that ignorance is the root of all evil. And that no one knows the truth. — Molly Ivans Wisdom Quotes Continue reading
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Paradise
From the email inbox: When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Paradise, God appeared and said, “I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men who were true heads of their household, and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. I want all Continue reading
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New Showerhead
Needed a new showerhead, so this is what the maintenance man installed. It works like a charm. Continue reading
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My First Condom
From the email inbox: My First Condom. I recall my first time with a condom. I was 14. I went in to buy a packet of condoms at Parchen’s pharmacy. In those days it took a lot of guts to go in a store and ask for that kind of item because everyone in Continue reading
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Books
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Snow
Its been snowing here for the good part of the morning, and you can see the building’s maintenance man, snow blowing the sidewalk. He will be at this throughout the day, as the storm will not be over till sometime later this afternoon. Continue reading
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Knowledge
Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an ass. — Japanese Proverb Continue reading
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104 Years Old
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: ‘And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?’ the reporter asked… She simply replied, ‘No peer pressure.’ —– From the email inbox Continue reading
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