Archive For April 30, 2020
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it – what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. – Carlos Castaneda Things I Hate: Vandalism Irony Lists Anybody who can do at 65 what he did at…
The crisis we are facing should not make us forget the many other crises that bring suffering to so many people. – Pope Francis. From his Easter message about “a contagion of hope.” Donald’s Election Came Down to 77,744 Votes in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Total.What’s the over/under of coronavirus deaths exceeding that number?That’s one…
“Painting calmed the chaos that shook my soul.” Niki is born Catherine Marie-Agnès Fal de Saint Phalle on October 29, 1930 in France. Her father is French, her mother American. She is the second of five children of a wealthy family who lose their business and fortune in the stock market collapse. She spends most of her…
With our gift for language and willingness to stand up and be counted, as well as heaps of charm and charisma, we Irish have long been an integral part of American political life.” – Rashers Tierney THE WORLD HAS LOVED, HATED AND ENVIED THE U.S. NOW, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE PITY IT By Fintan O’Toole…
“The United State Postal Service is a joke.” Disinfecting The News: “Tearing Our Minds To Pieces…” by Jon Katz for Bedlam Farm Journal (Note: The purpose of my pieces on politics are not to hate anyone or boost anyone, but to try to explain to confused and frightened people what is really going on, using…
Would you know the truth if it sat on your face? – Barker Ajax You’re not ready to hear about my second marriage – sixty months of unhappiness squeezed into five years – busy as you are with this pandemic. But… Sunday mornings, we’d pretend to be religious by watching Joel Osteen ministering to a…
I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles. – Audrey Hepburn Never saw her coming. Just think if we had met when we were young, I said. And she replied,…
“…as of right now and yesterday, anybody that needs a test — that’s the important thing — and the tests are all perfect, like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect, right? This was not as perfect as that, but pretty good.“ Remarks by President Trump After Tour of the Centers for Disease Control…
Bunny slippers remind me of who I am.You can’t get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers. You can’t lose your sense of perspective and start acting like a star or a rich lady if you keep on wearing bunny slippers. Besides, bunny slippers give me confidence because they’re so jaunty. They make a…
You can’t be invited to this. You walk in and see it. When we leave, the painting’s gone, like we were never there. – Fernando Miteff Nic 707 figures prominently in the history of the New York graffiti movement which began to flourish in the early 1970’s. Born in Argentina as Fernando Pablo Miteff, he…