A Pondering Mind
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I believe that a simple… – Albert Einstein
I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind. – Albert Einstein Continue reading
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“That all men are equal…” – Aldous Huxley
“That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.” – Aldous Huxley Continue reading
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Change / Improve
“To change and to improve are two different things.” – German Proverb Continue reading
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May the fleas of a thousand Camels…
Another one from my email inbox: Continue reading
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Everything
“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” – Isaac Asimov Continue reading
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Secrets To A Long Happy Marriage
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Another Cloud Photo
Here is another photo of the clouds from the early evening of July 24. You can also a contrail, from the plane that passed by earlier. Continue reading
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A book…
A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. – Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Autumn
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” – Albert Camus Continue reading
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I wish… – Edgar Allan Poe
“I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.” – Edgar Allan Poe Continue reading
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A Crappy Night Photo
I took this photo last night, after a wimpy thunderstorm went through. I took the photo to see how it came out, and it does look crappy. Continue reading
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“Think before you speak – Fran Lebowitz
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.” – Fran Lebowitz Continue reading
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Civilizations – Molly Johnson
“All the world’s great civilizations have followed the same path. From bondage to liberty, from liberty to abundance, from abundance to complacency, from complacency to apathy, from apathy back to bondage. If we are to be the exception to history, then we must break the cycle, for those who do not remember the past are Continue reading
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“I spent three days a week…” – Ray Bradbury
“I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it’s better than college. People should educate themselves – you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had every book in the library and I’d written a thousand stories.” – Ray Continue reading
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“Music is a moral…” – Plato
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.” – Plato Continue reading
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“The best thing about the future…” – Abraham Lincoln
“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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“I often think that a slightly exposed…” – Bette Davis
“I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.” – Bette Davis Continue reading
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Passing The Time While Enduring The Heat Wave
No need to remind anyone of the relentless heat wave, that’s gripping the northeast, and other parts of the country. Basically, I go for my walk early in the morning, before the temps spike back up, and the high humidity that is included. Then its doing crosswords, book reading, posting on my blog (if I’m Continue reading
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Paramour
From my email inbox: After a Southern man moved from Atlanta to a New Jersey suburb, a fellow passenger on a train asked how he liked it in the country. “It was difficult at first,” the man replied, “but it’s a lot better since I got myself a paramour.” The passenger was astonished. “A paramour?” Continue reading
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“Stop thinking,…” – Lao Tzu
“Stop thinking, and end your problems.” – Lao Tzu Continue reading
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“Tension is who…” – Chinese Proverb
“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” – Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Stupid – John Stuart Mill
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative. – John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) Continue reading
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America… – Hunter S. Thompson
America… just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. – Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) Continue reading
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Sex at age 90… – George Burns
Sex at age 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope. – George Burns Continue reading
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Our society is run by insane people… – John Lennon
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it. – John Lennon Continue reading
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Computer Viruses – Stephen Hawking
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image. – Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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Do not want others to know… – Chinese Proverbs
Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways. – Chinese Proverbs Continue reading
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News in Brief: 200 Thongs Stolen From Soho Victoria’s Secret in Panty Raid | Observer
$14.50 for a “thong’ & $28.00 for a garter belt.” News in Brief: 200 Thongs Stolen From Soho Victoria’s Secret in Panty Raid | Observer. Continue reading
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The whole aim of practical politics… – H.L. Mencken
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. – H.L. Mencken Continue reading
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Female diner decides to go topless last night at Verso
As far as I know, she didn’t break any laws. It is legal for women to go topless in New York City. Female diner decides to go topless last night at Verso. For the full size, click on the image. Continue reading
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Ninety-nine percent of the people… – Thornton Wilder
Ninety-nine percent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. – Thornton Wilder Continue reading
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There are two types of poor people,… – Jean-Paul Sartre
There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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More Humid Weather
The humid weather is still here, and will be here for the rest of the week. A story in the newspaper this morning, more or less said, no more 90s, but it will be in the 80s for the rest of the week. Humid, sticky weather and I don’t get along, all that well. Get Continue reading
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We don’t really need reviewers,… – Carroll O’Connor
We really don’t need reviewers, just first-night reporters who tell us faithfully whether or not the audience liked the show. – Carroll O’Connor Continue reading
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I was in enough to get along with people. …- Stephen King
I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody. – Stephen King Continue reading
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Some people talk in their sleep… – Albert Camus
Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep. – Albert Camus Continue reading
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Most folks are as happy… – Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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Redneck Mouse Trap
From my email inbox: This is the best mousetrap I have ever used, 5 gal bucket with a gal of RV antifreeze dumped in the bottom, plastic bottle with a coat hanger thru it and some peanut butter on the middle of the bottle. Lean a board up against the side and it works all Continue reading
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People don’t notice… – Anton Chekhov
People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy. – Anton Chekhov Continue reading
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Nature and books… – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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The Kingdom of Heaven… – John Burroughs
The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind. – John Burroughs Continue reading
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How I Love Lucy was born?… – Lucille Ball
How I love Lucy was born? We decided to that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we’d profit from them. – Lucille Ball Continue reading
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Every saint has… – Oscar Wilde
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. – Oscar Wilde Continue reading
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I consider that a man’s brain… – Arthur Conan Doyle
I consider a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose. – Arthur Conan Doyle Continue reading
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Stupidity – Edgar Allan Poe
Stupidity is a talent for misconception. – Edgar Allan Poe Continue reading
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If you’re in trouble,… John Steinbeck
If you’re in trouble, or hurt or need – go to the poor people. They’re the only ones that’ll help – the only ones. – John Steinbeck Continue reading
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Its Too Hot
Went outside. Neighbor says hi. I say hi back. Neighbor says, “Its hot.” I reply, “Its too hot.” He says, “Its beautiful.” I reply, “I don’t like it too hot.” Went back inside. A/C on. Now, I’m in heaven. Continue reading
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Artists to my mind are the real… – William S. Burroughs
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. – William S. Burroughs Continue reading
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There are worse things in life… – Woody Allen
There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman? – Woody Allen Continue reading
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Habit is habit,… – Mark Twain
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. – Mark Twain Continue reading
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You know those days when you’ve got the mean reds… – Truman Capote / Breakfast at Tiffany’s
You know those days when you’ve got the mean reds…the blues are because you’re getting fat or maybe its been raining too long. You’re sad, that’s all. But the mean reds are horrible. You’re afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don’t know what you are afraid of. Except something bad is going to Continue reading
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If you can’t sleep,… Dale Carnegie
If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. – Dale Carnegie Continue reading
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery,… – Abraham Lincoln
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. – Abraham Lincoln Continue reading
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A jury consists of twelve persons… – Robert Frost
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. – Robert Frost Continue reading
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If you want happiness for an hour…
If you want happiness for an hour; take a nap. If you want happiness for a day; go fishing. If you want happiness for a month; get married. If you want happiness for a year; inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime; help someone else. – Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Ah, Sweet Love
From my email inbox: Ah, sweet love!!!! A middle-aged couple had finally learned how to send and receive texts on their cell phones. The wife, being a romantic at heart, decided one day that she’d send her husband a text while she was out of the house having coffee with a friend. She texted: If Continue reading
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It’s not about how you look….
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“If you can’t explain it simply,…” – Albert Einstein
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Brother, you say that there is one way to worship… – Seneca
Brother, you say that there is one way to worship and serve the Great Spirit. If there is but one religion, why do you white people differ so much about it? Why not all agreed, as you can all read the Book? – Sogoyewapha, “Red Jacket”, Seneca Continue reading
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The past is not a package… – Emily Dickinson
The past is not a package one can lay away. – Emily Dickinson Continue reading
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An “acceptable” level of unemployment…
An “acceptable” level of unemployment means that the government economist to whom it is acceptable still has a job. – Author Unknown Continue reading
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Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde role was “13” on the TV show, “House M.D..” Source Continue reading
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Asian Woman With Rose
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Girl Outdoors
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Kyoto, Japan Sunset
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