A Pondering Mind
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The Railing
Charlie, who is a grown man, likes to slide down on the circular railing, which is long and steep. He always likes to slide down it, side saddle. This time, Charlie was wearing silk pajamas, and this in turn would turn out to be a big mistake. It was time for him to go down… Continue reading
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Silence
Silence is a source of great strength. — Lao Tzu Continue reading
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All things …
All things are only transitory. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Continue reading
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Name Change
I changed the name of my blog. It is something I’ve been wanting to do for sometime. For the past 2-3 days, I was jotting down different titles, and then went through the process of elimination. Friday night, I changed it to: “A Wandering Mind,” but after looking at it and thinking about it, changed… Continue reading
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Pictures
Pictures must not be too picturesque. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Illusion
Illusion is the first of all pleasures. — Voltaire Continue reading
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I wish they would …
I wish they would only take me as I am. — Vincent Van Gogh Continue reading
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Too much of a …
Too much of a good thing can be taxing. — Mae West Continue reading
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A will …
A will finds a way. — Orison Swett Marden Continue reading
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3 H
Hazy Hot Humid Has the feel and look of July/August. Not the middle of September. Continue reading
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Words are …..
Words are but the signs of ideas. — Samuel Johnson Continue reading
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If music be …
If music be the food of love, play on. — William Shakespeare Continue reading
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See-Saw
The world is but a perpetual see-saw. — Michel de Montaigne Continue reading
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He is who cruel…
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealing with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. — Immanuel Kant Continue reading
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A bit of humor…
A bit of humor from my email inbox: Football and the Blonde Of all the blonde jokes, this one has to be the best — because it makes football make sense! A guy took his blonde girlfriend to her first football game. They had great seats right behind their team’s bench. After the game, he… Continue reading
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A Humid Rainy Morning
A blah day, rain, humid, and a clap of thunder thrown into the mix. Continue reading
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Integrity
Integrity has no need of rules. — Albert Camus Continue reading
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A Bit Of Car History
From my email inbox: Nice bit of history, concerning about the auto that was used to protect President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hours after Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Secret Service found themselves in a bind. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was to give his infamy speech to Congress the next day, and although the… Continue reading
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When you arise in the morning,…
When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love. — Marcus Aurelius Continue reading
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There are many ways…
There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Continue reading
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Hesitate
The time to hesitate is through. — Robby Krieger (guitarist who played in the band: ‘The Doors’) Continue reading
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Artist
Every artist was first an amateur. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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Count your joys….
Count your joys instead of your woes. Count your friends instead of your foes. — Irish Proverb Continue reading
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It is better to light one candle….
It is better to light one candle than to curse the darkness. — Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Work
I work to stay alive. – Bette Davis Continue reading
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Bluebird
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. – Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Dumb Headlines
From my email inbox: Newspaper headlines that are truly head spinners. Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was… Continue reading
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Democracy
Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. – H.L. Mencken Continue reading
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To live…
To live is to think. – Marcus Tullius Cicero Continue reading
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Sex
Sex is a part of nature. I go along with nature. – Marilyn Monroe Continue reading
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Time
Time is the longest distance between two places. – Tennessee Williams Continue reading
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Full Moon
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. Source: http://www.tealdragon.net/ Continue reading
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True knowledge…
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. – Socrates Continue reading
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A Blue Whale’s Heart…
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Courage
You can’t test courage cautiously. – Annie Dillard Continue reading
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Hating
Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn’t matter which color does the hating. It’s just plain wrong. – Muhammad Ali Continue reading
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Bladder
I don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me. – Stephen Fry Continue reading
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Hell
Hell is a half-filled auditorium. – Robert Frost Continue reading
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Answer
There ain’t no answer. There ain’t gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That’s the answer. – Gertrude Srein Continue reading
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Zen lives in the present
Zen lives in the present. The whole teaching is: how to be in the present; how to get out of the past which is no more and how not to get involved in the future which is not yet, and just to be rooted, centered, in that which is. – Osho Continue reading
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Alone
If you are lonely when you are alone, you are in bad company. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Experience
You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. – Albert Camus Continue reading
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Conversation
“A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month’s study of books.” – Chinese Proverb Continue reading
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Music
Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it. – John Lennon Continue reading
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Being
Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is. – Jean-Paul Sartre Continue reading
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Intelligence
Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. – Stephen Hawking Continue reading
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Stupidity
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Continue reading
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A View of a Distant Building
The building in the distance was once a shoe shop. It has since been converted into an apartment building. Continue reading
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Sunny Day
A sunny day. Not hot, not cold. A perfect 10. Love it! Continue reading
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Faith
Faith is spiritualized imagination. – Henry Ward Beecher Continue reading
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Punctuality
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh Continue reading
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Common Sense
Common sense is not so common. – Voltaire Continue reading
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Water
We’ll never know the worth of water till the well go dry. – Irish Proverb Continue reading
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Adult Realizations
From my email inbox: 1. Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. 2. Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong. 3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.… Continue reading
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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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