Golfrn Oldie
Keep you Eye on the Ball,
Your Shoulder to the Wheel,
Your Nose to the Grindstone,
Your Feet on the Ground,
Your Head on your Shoulders.
Now ... try to get something DONE in that position!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Monday, January 30th, 2012
Golden Oldie
(Sign) Outside a country shop:
We buy junk and sell antiques.
-Part of Email SigFile
(Sign) Outside a country shop:
We buy junk and sell antiques.
-Part of Email SigFile
Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday, January 27th, 2012
Golden Oldie
Ask not what the cost of doing this will be.
Ask what the cost of not doing it will be.
-Attributed to
Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
Ask not what the cost of doing this will be.
Ask what the cost of not doing it will be.
-Attributed to
Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Golden Oldie
For perfect happiness, remember two things:
(1) Be content with what you've got.
(2) Be sure you've got plenty.
For perfect happiness, remember two things:
(1) Be content with what you've got.
(2) Be sure you've got plenty.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
A bend in the road
is not the end of the road....
unless you fail to make the turn.
-Author Unknown
Bits and Pieces
July 2011
is not the end of the road....
unless you fail to make the turn.
-Author Unknown
Bits and Pieces
July 2011
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Golden Oldie
... I suppose it never hurts to be reminded
that none of us are that far away from larceny.
Actually, it's the people who make the most
righteous moral noises that I worry about the most.
-Kinsey Millhone
'H' is for Homicide
by Sue Grafton
... I suppose it never hurts to be reminded
that none of us are that far away from larceny.
Actually, it's the people who make the most
righteous moral noises that I worry about the most.
-Kinsey Millhone
'H' is for Homicide
by Sue Grafton
Monday, January 23, 2012
January 23rd, 2012
What must be done eventually
should be done immediately.
-Jeremy Foley
Bits and Pieces
July 2011
should be done immediately.
-Jeremy Foley
Bits and Pieces
July 2011
Friday, January 20, 2012
Friday, January 20th, 2012
Golden Oldie
We find comfort among those
who agree with us -- growth
among those who don't.
-Frank A. Clark
"Bits & Pieces"
November 2004
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And headaches from those with really truly wrongheaded ideas. tftd
We find comfort among those
who agree with us -- growth
among those who don't.
-Frank A. Clark
"Bits & Pieces"
November 2004
*****************
And headaches from those with really truly wrongheaded ideas. tftd
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Thursday, January 19th, 2012
Golden Oldie
They say they climb mountains because they are
there. I wonder if it would astound them to
know that the very same reason is why the rest
of us go around them.
-S. Omar Baker (1894-1985)
Poet and writer
"Bits & Pieces"
November 2004
They say they climb mountains because they are
there. I wonder if it would astound them to
know that the very same reason is why the rest
of us go around them.
-S. Omar Baker (1894-1985)
Poet and writer
"Bits & Pieces"
November 2004
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Golden Oldie
Although botanically speaking a fruit, in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously ruled that tomatoes are a vegetable (and thus taxable under
the Tariff Act of 1883) because of the way they are usually served.
ref: Smithsonian, August, 1990.
While we are on the subject of defintion by fiat.
Although botanically speaking a fruit, in 1893 the U.S. Supreme Court
unanimously ruled that tomatoes are a vegetable (and thus taxable under
the Tariff Act of 1883) because of the way they are usually served.
ref: Smithsonian, August, 1990.
While we are on the subject of defintion by fiat.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Tuesday, January 17th, 2012
Golden Oldie
Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe
and not respond with a description of your own.
-Andrew V. Mason, M.D.
Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe
and not respond with a description of your own.
-Andrew V. Mason, M.D.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Monday, January 16th, 2012
Golden Oldie
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt,
radio address, October 26, 1939
32nd president of US (1882 - 1945)
Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
-Franklin D. Roosevelt,
radio address, October 26, 1939
32nd president of US (1882 - 1945)
Friday, January 13, 2012
Friday, January 13th, 2012
Golden Oldie
A lie can travel halfway around the world
while the truth is putting on its shoes.
-Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist,
short story author, & wit
(1835 - 1910)
A lie can travel halfway around the world
while the truth is putting on its shoes.
-Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist,
short story author, & wit
(1835 - 1910)
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
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If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit
in my name at a Swiss bank.
-- Woody Allen, "Without Feathers"
If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit
in my name at a Swiss bank.
-- Woody Allen, "Without Feathers"
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
*
At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will
find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on
the computer.
At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer you will
find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on
the computer.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
*
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to
do and always a clever thing to say.
-- Will Durant
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to
do and always a clever thing to say.
-- Will Durant
Monday, January 9, 2012
Monday, January 9th, 2012
*
... so long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those
who wish to tyrranize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent,
and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious
and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
-- Voltarine de Cleyre
... so long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those
who wish to tyrranize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent,
and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious
and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
-- Voltarine de Cleyre
Friday, January 6, 2012
Friday, January 6th, 2012
*
Any clod can have the facts, but having an opinion is an art.
-- Charles McCabe
Any clod can have the facts, but having an opinion is an art.
-- Charles McCabe
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Thursday, January, 5th, 2012
We were tipping off our plays. Whenever we broke
from the huddle, three backs were laughing and
one was pale as a ghost.
-John Breen, Houston Oilers
Submitted by Terry Tubb
from the huddle, three backs were laughing and
one was pale as a ghost.
-John Breen, Houston Oilers
Submitted by Terry Tubb
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012
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"I don't have any solution but I certainly admire the problem."
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
"I don't have any solution but I certainly admire the problem."
-- Ashleigh Brilliant
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Golden Oldie
Always try to do things in chronological order;
it's less confusing that way.
Always try to do things in chronological order;
it's less confusing that way.
Monday, January 2, 2012
Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Golden Oldie
(Suggestion for YOUR New Year's Resolutions)
I once listed all the good things I did over the past year,
and then turned them into resolution form and backdated them.
That was a good feeling.
-Robert Fulghum
(Suggestion for YOUR New Year's Resolutions)
I once listed all the good things I did over the past year,
and then turned them into resolution form and backdated them.
That was a good feeling.
-Robert Fulghum
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