WQ #21: Is Being Honorable Better Than Happiness? Being happy — really happy — is always a better choice than pretty much anything else. Words like honorable always leave me wondering what exactly it means? By whose standards? I have my… Read More ›
Quotation
NATURE IS ORDERLY. I’M NOT.
#WQ #9: ORDER BUT EAT CAKE FIRST This quote not only rang true, it also made me laugh. It’s not that I don’t try to be orderly and neat. I am neat to the extent that anyone living in a… Read More ›
IMITATION AS FLATTERY
We are a bunch of hypocrites! The other day, Garry commented that Apple is suing Microsoft (again? still?) over copyright infringements while Apple is suing Samsung and I’m sure Samsung is suing someone — all for infringing on iPhone copyrights…. Read More ›
QUESTIONS OVER COFFEE – SLIGHTLY ABRIDGED
Question Time Over Coffee Rory put up a lot of question this week — more than I feel ready to address, so forgive me, but this is an abridged version. What actions do you take if you can’t sleep naturally? What… Read More ›
WHEN NOTHING MEANS ANYTHING
It’s a Friday Flashback! I’m always glad to have a reason to pull this out of my archives and dust it off. It represents years of thought, night-long discussions in college, several obscure philosophy courses and at least one 40-page research paper…. Read More ›
A SIGN ALONG THE ROAD
Very nearby, we have both a Mennonite and Amish community. Moreover, the entire Blackstone Valley is religious. We have churches of every Christian denomination and more than one of each. No synagogues. This is definitely a Christian area. It isn’t… Read More ›
FANDANGO’S PROVOCATIVE QUESTION #25 – EXTRA INNINGS?
Genesis 3:19 (King James): In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it was thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. “Where do you… Read More ›
IF IMITATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY
We are a bunch of hypocrites! The other day, Garry commented that Apple is suing Microsoft (again? still?) over copyright infringements while Apple is suing Samsung and I’m sure Samsung is suing someone — all for infringing on iPhone copyrights…. Read More ›
A SHORT EXCERPT FROM TODAY’S BOSTON GLOBE
This piece from yesterday’s Boston Globe hit me like a rock in the head. I understand we are all frustrated, grouchy, and possibly poor — and suffering poverty and helplessness in the face of this pandemic. That being said, I… Read More ›
HOISTED ON A WHAT? Marilyn Armstrong
Last night I said to Garry “Aha! He is hoisted upon his own petard!” And Nat Helms wrote a piece about Trump hoisted on his own petard. But really, how many of us have the slightest idea what a petard… Read More ›
WHAT IT ALL MEANS – Marilyn Armstrong
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in… Read More ›
IF WISHES WERE HORSES, WE COULD RIDE TOGETHER – Marilyn Armstrong
“If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride … ” – Old Proverb I do not know what a wish looks like, though I think it might look like a rising sun over a glassy harbor. Beggar that I am, I… Read More ›
STONES AND GLASS HOUSES – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s February Expressions #16 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES. For years, Garry had a thing about westerns. “Why,” he asked, “Do they always break the windows? Don’t they realize how expensive reglazing is? Can’t they just… Read More ›
A WORD MEANS JUST WHAT I CHOOSE IT TO MEAN by HUMPTY DUMPTY
‘When I use a word,’ Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, ‘it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.’ ‘The question is,’ said Alice, ‘whether you can make words mean so many different things.’ ‘The question… Read More ›
HAMLET’S TRAGEDY – Marilyn Armstrong
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Shakespeare Act 1, Scene 3 LORD POLONIUS: Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all: to thine own self… Read More ›
GRATITUDE HAS A SHORT MEMORY – Marilyn Armstrong
Throughout my life, since I was old enough to be responsible for my own actions, I have given when I could to people who needed it. I have received — if not in kind, certainly when in real need. Always… Read More ›
STUPID IS THE NEW NORMAL – Marilyn Armstrong
For the past couple of days, I’ve been dealing with the customer service for the medical plan I was trying to join. I spent — LITERALLY, NOT KIDDING — four hours on the phone yesterday until the battery on my… Read More ›
AMERICA FIRST IS RACISM FROM OUR PAST – Marilyn Armstrong
This post is primarily composed of quotes from HuffPost and other sources. “America First” has a rather long and ugly history … and it started long before Donald Trump. If anyone thinks what Trump is doing is new, it isn’t…. Read More ›
UNLESS YOU’RE A SERIAL NUMBER, CORRUPTION MATTERS – Marilyn Armstrong
The entire quote is from Paul Krugman of The New York Times: Why corruption matters. Hint: It’s not the money, it’s the incentives. When money corrupts the decision-makers, the decisions they make may ultimately have nothing to do with right… Read More ›
WHEN IN DISGRACE – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes (Sonnet 29) William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 