This blog was created for thoughts that I receive via email sent by this man dan-galvin@oldschool.tamu.edu - Dan.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
Jokes of the proper kind, properly told,
can do more to enlighten questions of politics,
philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
-Isaac Asimov,
scientist and writer (1920-92)
Quoted in AWADmail Issue 610
can do more to enlighten questions of politics,
philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.
-Isaac Asimov,
scientist and writer (1920-92)
Quoted in AWADmail Issue 610
Wednesday, May 28th, 2014
"Man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?" ~~ Robert Browning
Karie **Please share the inspiration by forwarding to friends and family.
Karie **Please share the inspiration by forwarding to friends and family.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Tuesday, May 27th, 2014
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking
we used when we created them.
-Albert Einstein
Quoted in City of Marble Falls
newsletter to the Council and Staff
Submitted by Herr Kemper
we used when we created them.
-Albert Einstein
Quoted in City of Marble Falls
newsletter to the Council and Staff
Submitted by Herr Kemper
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Thursday, May 22nd, 2014
Life is like a ten speed bicycle.
Most of us have gears we never use.
-Charles M. Schulz
Most of us have gears we never use.
-Charles M. Schulz
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
FYI
FYI - starting in June I will be taking a break for the summer. I will start back (hopefully)first part of Aug.
Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
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Critic, n.:
A person who boasts himself hard to please
because nobody tries to please him.
-Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Critic, n.:
A person who boasts himself hard to please
because nobody tries to please him.
-Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
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There's a fine line between courage and foolishness.
Too bad it's not a fence.
There's a fine line between courage and foolishness.
Too bad it's not a fence.
Monday, May 19, 2014
Monday, May 19th, 2014
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For every complex problem,
there is a solution that
is simple, neat, and wrong.
-H. L. Mencken
For every complex problem,
there is a solution that
is simple, neat, and wrong.
-H. L. Mencken
Friday, May 16, 2014
Friday, May 16th, 2014
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Colvard's Logical Premises:
All probabilities are 50%. Either a thing will happen or it
won't.
Grelb's Commentary
Likelihoods, however, are 90% against you.
Colvard's Logical Premises:
All probabilities are 50%. Either a thing will happen or it
won't.
Grelb's Commentary
Likelihoods, however, are 90% against you.
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Thursday, May 15th, 2014
What could possibly go wrong?
Five words you should never say out loud.
- Crankshaft comic strip by Batiuk and Ayers
Submitted by Herr Kemper
Five words you should never say out loud.
- Crankshaft comic strip by Batiuk and Ayers
Submitted by Herr Kemper
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014
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Rule of Defactualization:
Information deteriorates upward through bureaucracies.
Rule of Defactualization:
Information deteriorates upward through bureaucracies.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014
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On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
-- Will Rogers
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.
-- Will Rogers
Monday, May 12, 2014
Monday, May 12th, 2014
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Rules:
(1) The boss is always right.
(2) When the boss is wrong, refer to rule 1.
Rules:
(1) The boss is always right.
(2) When the boss is wrong, refer to rule 1.
Friday, May 9, 2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Thursday, May 8th, 2014
There are three things in life
that people like to stare at: a
flowing stream, a crackling fire
and a Zamboni clearing the ice.
-Charlie Brown
Brainy Quote
that people like to stare at: a
flowing stream, a crackling fire
and a Zamboni clearing the ice.
-Charlie Brown
Brainy Quote
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Wednesday, May 7th, 2014
All you need is love.
But a little chocolate
now and then doesn't hurt.
-Charles M. Schulz
Brainy Quote
But a little chocolate
now and then doesn't hurt.
-Charles M. Schulz
Brainy Quote
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Monday, May 5th, 2014
Never confuse motion with action.
-Benjamin Franklin,
statesman, author,
and inventor (1706-1790)
A.Word.A.Day 2Jan14
-Benjamin Franklin,
statesman, author,
and inventor (1706-1790)
A.Word.A.Day 2Jan14
Friday, May 2, 2014
Friday, May 2nd, 2014
They say:
"Why don't we agree to disagree?"
They mean:
"You're wrong, but I don't feel
like fighting about it right now."
Modified from 'A Day's Work'
Reader's Digest Feb 2014
"Why don't we agree to disagree?"
They mean:
"You're wrong, but I don't feel
like fighting about it right now."
Modified from 'A Day's Work'
Reader's Digest Feb 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Thursday, May 1st, 2014
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Fortune's Real-Life Courtroom Quote #41:
Q: Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
Fortune's Real-Life Courtroom Quote #41:
Q: Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
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