If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When all is said and done, there’s more said than done
Anon
If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
When all is said and done, there’s more said than done
Anon
WARNING!!!: LANGUAGE IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK
The more you know
The less you understand
Tao te Ching #47
I’ve read about alcoholism. I’ve read AA’s “Big Book” and the so-called 12X12 and other AA approved literature. I’ve read lots of other stuff, too. But, really, I don’t know all that much about the disease and don’t pay nearly as much attention to the subject as I might. Lots and lots of people know a lot more about it than I do. However, I do have an understanding of what it is like not to have any alcohol for more than 12 continuous years, no matter how much you may want a beer, a flute of champagne or a couple fingers Scotch, single malt, neat, with a sidecar of still water over ice. What that understanding is that I have I can’t tell you. I don’t have words for it. Even if I did have the words, you still would have only the knowledge of what I said and not my understanding of what I’ve lived on a day at a time basis.
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THE TWITTER FEED WAS LUNATIC!
An Obama Speech Live Blog by Andrew Sullivan
LiveBlog of speech by Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo
“Progressives” LiveBlog Obama’s speech at Daily Kos
ABC.com LiveBlogs the speech with Twitter Twist
I didn’t bother to watch — I don’t have TV at home now, and I didn’t want to go out — but that doesn’t matter as much as the blogosphere and CW reax in tomorrow’s papers, for which I am not going to wait up. If I have anything of substance to say, I’ll do it after digesting some likely bloated pontificating by pundits of all stripes.
DID TUESDAY MAKE ME LOOK FAT?
Historically Carnival has been a last hurrah before the Christian season of Lent40 days of fasting and penitence beginning on Ash Wednesday. But its roots reach at least as far back as ancient Rome’s Saturnalia, a hedonistic winter celebration of Saturn, god of the harvest.
I haven’t heard from my son, who lives in New Orleans, about his experiences, but I’ll give him a couple days rest before I make him talk to me on the phone. I did notice a tweet from him about missing the Vieux Crew ball, but I’m not all that sure I want to know what goes on at the Vieux Crew ball. Compared to my children, I’m not nearly as mature. In fact, compared to most people, I may not be that mature, but that’s another matter.
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TODAY’S THOUGHT
Proverbs 17:9
One who forgives an affront
fosters friendship,
But one who dwells on disputes
will alienate a friend.
It is easier to know wisdom than to act wisely, I find. Please forgive me if I toddle and stumble while I’m trying to learn how to walk the walk.
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UPDATE:
TV Network Founder Beheads Wife?
And you think your divorce was bitter? This guy founded a Muslim television network to bridge cultural gaps for Muslims in the United States. He called police to tell them where the body was: at the office. I find this kind of Sharia culture attitude towards women offensive from my cultural perspective. In fact, I find it mind-boggling. So much for steak and blowjob day for you, mister.