Truman Capote Quote – Flavor of Success
“Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.” – Truman Capote
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Cartoon – GMO Talk
Poem – Hero or Zero (By Ray Gallucci)
HERO OR ZERO? To die on the battlefield leading a charge, Your body upon a shield, burned in a barge – An image heroic of Viking portrayal Approvingly stoic, quite worthy of hail. The fireman rushing pall-mall into blaze As on 9-11, the last of his days. No body recovered from building’s collapse. Just wife, children, mother to […]
Read moreAbraham Lincoln Quote – I Have Been Driven To My Knees
“I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.” – Abraham Lincoln
Read moreCartoon – The ‘Fun Ship’ Line Attends To Every Detail
Aung San Suu Kyi Quote – Women Are Valued
“In societies where men are truly confident of their own worth, women are not merely tolerated but valued.” – Aung San Suu Kyi
Read moreHannah Arendt quote – Economic growth
“Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence.” – Hannah Arendt
Read moreArthur Schopenhauer Quote – Life
“The first 40 years of life give us the text; the next 30 supply the commentary on it.” – Arthur Schopenhauer
Read moreNeil Gaiman Quote – Making Mistakes
“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” – Neil Gaiman
Read moreShort Story – Finding a Refugee a Home (By Donal Mahoney)
Finding a Refugee a Home Fuzzy wasn’t my cat although I fed him every morning at four o’clock for 10 years. He was my wife’s cat, loved to sit on her lap, be petted, jump down and rub his head against her feet. He was a Maine Coon cat who arrived at our door as a refugee without papers or a green card. Probably was a pet once; someone […]
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