OXI Day: How the Greeks Helped End World War II
Today, October 28, marks the anniversary of one of the most important days in the history of the world, yet few people remember it’s…
A Little Poem About Gossip
If your lip would keep from slips. Five things observe with care: To whom you speak, of whom you speak, And how, and when,…
The Most Important Words in the English Language
5 most important words: I am proud of you! 4 most important words: What is your opinion? 3 most important words: If you please….
50 Reasons Why We / It / They Can’t Change
If you ever work for me, and I hear one of the following excuses, you’re fired. 50 Reasons Why We / It / They…
The Princess Bride – It’s Inconceivable!
Ok. Since everyone and their dog has been abusing the word “inconceivable” since I used it the other day, we’re going to round out…
The Princess Bride – Hello, My Name Is Inigo Montoya…
Ok. As a follow up to my last movie quote post, which was also my first… which was also from The Princess Bride… here…
The Princess Bride – As You Wish…
I don’t know if you are like me… but I love to quote movie lines! I quote them all the time, but the problem…
My, How History Repeats Itself
So what have we learned in two millennia? “The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the…
Do It Right The First Time
The trouble with doing something right the first time, is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was. -Walt West
JFK, Freedom, America, and Apple Pie
I know this post is kind of random and out of the blue, but I was listening to someone on the radio making some…
“Read My Lips, I’m Not a Nation Builder.” – G.W. Bush
During a presidential debate with Al Gore in 2000 Bush said the following: “If we don’t stop extending our troops all around the world…
Originality
Everyone is born an original, but most die copies. – Abraham Lincoln
What My Father Means to Me, by Richard E. Hoyt Jr.
A while back I wrote about one of the most inspiring stories I’ve ever heard about, the father and son team of Richard Hoyt…
World Class One-Liners
Most of the following list of insults from famous people came from Joe-ks.com and I thought they were funny enough to warrant publishing. I’ll…
Socrates, and the Problem With Children
Could it be that people have always thought that the “youth of today” are different than each of us was as a child? “The…
Motivation
“Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.” – W.C. Fields
Bubba’s View on Torture
I got the following e-mail passed to me the other day, and though I don’t usually condone the propagation of false information, this is…
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