Clever heading here – Welcome
Just a place for me to put my random thoughts …
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Piscator ictus sapiet.
A fisherman, putting his hand hastily into his net, was wounded by the thorns on the backs of some of the fish; being thus caught, he said, I shall now become wiser : which is said to have given rise to the adage. “Bought wit,” we say, “is best;” it will certainly be more likely…
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Ne sus Minervam
Persons pretending to instruct those who are qualified to be their masters, or to inform others in matters of which they are themselves ignorant, fall under the censure of this adage; their conduct being as ridiculous as would be that of a sow who should presume to attempt to teach wisdom. Our clowns, not very…
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Cor ne edito
Let not care corrode and gnaw your heart, lest you should fall into a state of despondency, and to avenge some disappointment or trouble, throw away all the blessings you enjoy, and with them your life. To this purport the Psalmist, “Fret not thyself, lest thou be moved to do evil.” “Por mucho madrugar, no…
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Amicorum communia omnia.
AMONG friends all things should be in common. Erasmus thought he could not begin his Collection better than with this apothegm, which is of great antiquity, and much celebrated, and for the same reason it is here placed first. Nothing is so frequent in our mouths, nor is any thing less common than such a…
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Communication IS information exchange
One of the benefits (curses?) of working 3rd shift and field service is that you get a lot of time to think. Trust me there is only so many hours of music you can listen to before it starts grating on the ol’ nerves. The audio book industry started with a customer demographic of the…
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cheesy and sympathetic
I recently made an observation that “cheesy and sympathetic” never go out of style – with the implied punch line being that “cheesy” can never go OUT of style because by definition it is never IN style. The folks at Merriam-Webster tell me that the non-dairy definition of “cheesy” is “shabby, cheap.” SO something that…
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Was Jesus an illegal immigrant?
Well, short answer: no. The longer answer starts with a reference to a book published in 1992 titled: “When Did Wild Poodles Roam the Earth? An Imponderables Book” Poodles Back in the times “before Google” books full of answers to “weird” questions were popular. The “imponderables” series were funny and sold well – I don’t…
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Let us reason …
… ok, just for fun – consider the ultimate “why” of human motivation Happiness and the pursuit thereof why does ANYONE do ANYTHING? obviously humans are emotionally complex beings with equally complex motivations – but if we try to get to a “root motivation” for individual actions then (maybe) “happiness” is that “root” “Moral reasoning”…
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American Biographies
The Child’s Book of American Biographies In every country there have been certain men and women whose busy lives have made the world better or wiser. The names of such are heard so often that every child should know a few facts about them. It is hoped the very short stories told here may make…
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Little Snow White – pdf
a pdf with some Gemini generated images richest man in babylon pdf