When in the deeper literary mood, and not laughing at Bierce’s “Devil’s Dictionary, ” I like to laugh along with the wit of those old adages from Poor Richard and Mark Twain. Although I really didn’t like “Tom Sawyer” very much. As I have relayed in other posts, I like …
I love meaningful sayings. “Haste makes waste”, “a stitch in time, saves nine”, “don’t pick at it” and pretty much anything that helps summarize something in a concise manner. Poor Richard really knew his stuff. Some old adages are more useful than others. That stitch in time reference, while still …
What has been seen cannot be unseen. As a kid watching Gilligan’s Island, and loving the theme song, I always appreciated the word play at the end of the second stanza. This enjoyment of clever phrasing migrated into my love of good storytellers and more than a passing passion for …
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.” – Charles Darwin I frequently listen to science podcasts from around the world. New breakthrough …
“Walking over your fabricated eggshells.” A friend of mine came up with this line when they were having a discussion about some relationship foibles. Even in stressful times eloquence springs forth. This single line really sums up for me one of the problems that can wreck a relationship. Fabricated eggshells. …
