Monday, December 28, 2009
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Very Unique
from http://gtotd.blogspot.com/2008/01/very-unique-please-kill-me-now.html
The word "unique" comes from the Latin word "unus," meaning one. E pluribus unum means "out of many, one."
Unique means "being the only one, being without like or equal." A person or thing is either unique or not. You can't be "very unique." You hear it all the time, but this expression doesn't reflect the uniqueness of the word unique.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Quotes 7/31/09
If you know you have to swallow a frog, swallow it first thing in the morning. If there are two frogs, swallow the big one first.
-Mark Twain
So she wrote me back recently (I think just remind that she exists) and asked if I had any more quotes. As long as I was putting these together, I might as well share them with the world:
Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.
-Teddy Roosevelt
Courage is grace under pressure.
-Ernest Hemingway
Little minds have little worries. Big minds have no time for worries.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every Artist was once an amateur.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I've been all over the world, and I've never seen a statue of a critic.
-Leonard Bernstein
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.
-Albert Einstein
Hope is passion for what is possible.
-Soren Kierkegaard
Many young men die at age 25, but are not buried until they're 75.
-Benjamin Franklin
And here’s one just for fun:
Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.
-Anonymous
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Why I love Craigslist
And the best part? I didn't even call the guy...he's been calling me about trading, but after the 1st long winded conversation, I figured I didn't have time to chit-chat!
Monday, July 20, 2009
The Jayhawks "Stumbling Through the Dark"
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Highlights from Life's Little Instruction Calendar Volume XI
December 28
Print your favorite quotation on the back of your business cards.
October 30
In your next letter or e-mail, throw in a Latin phrase or two; something like Et ipsa scientia potestas est (“And knowledge itself is power”), Nil satis nisi optimum (“Nothing but the best is good enough”), Per aspera ad astra (“Through hardships to the stars”), or Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur (“Anything in Latin sounds profound”)
November 8
Read Ode to Common Things by Pablo Neruda.
December 11
Haggle over the price of anything costing more than $50.
July 7
Having a good idea is like holding a quart of ice cream on a hot day; you’ve go to do something it right or all is lost.
February 9
Never ask to see a wine list in a place with a mechanical bull.
April 14
Remember, your attitude is 90 percent of what people will remember about you.
April 22/23
Read a book on how Houdini did his tricks.
June 8
When walking alone in a big city at night, look confident, slightly annoyed, and as if you might be armed.
