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

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.

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.

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)

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)

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"

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

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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.