Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Let us bask in the warmth of love, a fire bright and constant. Let us smile against our fate, you and I together.

Monday, August 30, 2010

If tomorrow never comes, what will you look back on with greatest joy & pride? If tomorrow does come, how will that answer shape your life?
This is an exceptional book. It is a thinking person’s book.
It asks “Why are these people here? Why am I here? What’s it all about?” http://ping.fm/QPHfj
Here's the video - http://ping.fm/Oiz8j
A cartoon worth looking at and say hurrah for the rich. http://ping.fm/FJuEy

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Neat word: couchant -Lying down; crouching; reclining & Heraldry: animal represented lying on stomach with hind and fore legs forward.
Often those yelling about government taxing away their wealth are in fact themselves poor. Can we call this "Joe The Dumber Syndrome?"
8/28/63, 200K @ rights rally Washington, D.C. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers I Have a Dream speech. G. Beck is no MLK; today is farce.

Friday, August 27, 2010

I hope you'll check this our and pass it along. Word of mouth is the most important part of marketing. http://ping.fm/TVzIY
The end of my childhood: Contrary to popular belief, Daniel Boone reportedly did not like coonskin caps.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Consider the possibilities, the alternatives, the choices. Then go with your passions and your hopes. What will you do next?
Started reading M.J. Neary's newest novel to write a cover blurb. It will be coming out from my publisher, All Things That Matter Press. http://ping.fm/4EMed
Factoid: Poliosis (from the Greek) is the graying of the hair. It’s caused when pigment cells stop producing melanin.

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Materialism and greed is the religion of the modern world. Ramadan is following Christmas and Hanukkah into the account books. http://ping.fm/JdZUk

Monday, August 23, 2010

New review of my first novel, Widow's Walk. Hope you'll check it out. http://ping.fm/IBSK5
Factoid: The average human body holds enough carbon to make 900 pencils. No wonder I love to write. Visit: http://ping.fm/kekDc
Hope you'll check out Memoirs From the Asylum. http://ping.fm/UYGOx
This day 1990: Armenian independence.
New word: distrain To seize the property of (a person) in order to compel payment of debts.
(A banker's word if ever there was one.)

Saturday, August 21, 2010

A great new word to use:
foudroyant
1. Overwhelming and sudden in effect.
2. Striking as with lightning.
A good author interview http://ping.fm/ZXAwW

Friday, August 20, 2010

Good reading: Memoirs From the Asylum
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Feeling better: Acupuncture is a jab well done.
Too true for too many: You feel stuck with your debt if you can't budge it.
Sorry about this: The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
Ouch: A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
Let's hear it for politics: In democracy your vote counts. In feudalism your count votes.
Puntification: What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead give away.)
Memoirs From the Asylum - worth the read http://ping.fm/CuVsE
Whew: A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.
When two egotists meet, it's an I for an I.
Ouch: Reading while sunbathing makes you well red.
Good advice for you: Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
Dancing cheek-to-cheek is really a form of floor play.
My friend a pun for you: A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
This pun is true? A man needs a mistress just to break the monogamy.
If by these puns you are amused, then check this trailer out and buy the book. http://ping.fm/Gj13s
This pun is surely not new. Shotgun wedding - A case of wife or death.
This puny pun is maybe true: Practice safe eating - always use condiments.
More puns before I'm through: Dijon vu - the same mustard as before.
Punny, too: A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
A pun for you: Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine .

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

For a piece of my writing visit http://ping.fm/jaEyn
Hope you like it.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Don't forget to take a look. http://ping.fm/IPIbG
Babe Ruth invented modern baseball bat. The first player to order bat with knob on end of the handle, with it he hit 29 home runs in 1919.
Romance and mystery lovers, try Deadly Lucidity
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Interesting author interview http://ping.fm/G1b0S

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Undertakers say human bodies don't decay as quickly as they did. The reason(?) Modern diet contains so many preservatives. Man as Twinkie.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

A good story worth your reading by Harris Tobias, author of The Greer Agency. http://ping.fm/9Kogc
Did you know? All Things That Matter Press publishes outstanding books including Widow's Walk and Memoirs From the Asylum. http://ping.fm/yCPFL
Did you know? In bowling turkey is 3 strikes in row. Late 1800s alley owners gave live turkeys to first of team with 3 consecutive strikes.
Did you know? Zebras are polygamous with a stallion having as many as six wives.
Did you know? Memoirs From the Asylum is an important new book? http://ping.fm/RHIXx
Did you know? The typical kangaroo is 40 percent brighter than the smartest dog or cat.
Did you know? If laid out in a straight line, the average adult’s blood vessels would be nearly 60,000 miles long.
WOrth watching: http://ping.fm/5rW8d
Factoid: The longest one syllable word in the English language is "screeched"

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

In case you need to figure out the size U-Haul you'll need: The earth weights approx. 6,588,000,000,000,000,000 tons.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Have you checked out Widow's Walk, a book that matters. http://ping.fm/75bQF
Male fox mates for life. If female dies, he remains single for rest of life. If the male dies, the female will hook go with a new mate

Sunday, August 8, 2010

For a neat scify short story, http://ping.fm/Rhysk
Poverty of the spirit may be worse than poverty of the spirit but far worse indeed is the willingness to impose poverty on others.
A trailer to take you to new places:
http://ping.fm/6alae

Saturday, August 7, 2010

The only truth worth knowing is the extent of ones own ignorance.
Wise men laugh at misfortune; they know it will pass. Wiser men laugh at good fortune; for that, too, passes in the end.
A girl under mistletoe can't refuse to kiss anyone who claims the privilege. Mistletoe is supposed to bring fertility. See any connection?

Friday, August 6, 2010

Consider all those people on the Titanic who
passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. Live now.
Every time I sing your song the notes become more sweet. Every time I hear your laugh the thrill is more complete.
Pictures from America's past. Powerful. Were those in some ways better times? Certainly they were harder. http://ping.fm/S2iQo
Finally I just read a good book and ended up happy. Memoirs From the Asylum, your good book. http://ping.fm/erQlX
I followed my stomach and ended up with ulcers.
I followed my heart and ended up in a vale of tears.
I followed my dream and ended up sleeping through life.
I followed my star and ended up lost in space.
An anatomy lesson - how to draw a woman from the inside out. http://ping.fm/8ZwW3

Thursday, August 5, 2010

8/5/1962 Marilyn Monroe found dead; I still mourn.
In case you missed it, here's my new blog piece on the middle class picked up by an economic news outlet. http://ping.fm/kV7Al

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

If you're interested in what's happening to the middle class, here is the first of a three part series I'm doing. http://ping.fm/ZkFog
Happy birthday dear POTUS, happy birthday to you.
This date, the year 70: Destruction of Second Temple in Jerusalem by Romans. Let us mourn lost treasures and reject the rights of empires.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

8/3/1492 Columbus sets sail to find a new route to the Indies and their riches. Sometimes great failure is even greater success.
Memoirs From the Asylum now available from Amazon. http://ping.fm/oPuRE
Greatness is a moment and fame a fleeting flame. Judge yourself and your behavior for your immortal soul.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Hope you'll visit http://ping.fm/R1I9C
Worth a watch: http://ping.fm/pJeKG
Target has supported a candidate who is anti gay and lesbian in MN. I will not shop at Target until they admit that is simply wrong.
Foolish people trust others. Hateful people do not. Stupid people trust corporations. Wise people do not.
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." (Albert Einstein)

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Try this link for some fun with Sponge Bob. http://ping.fm/Hr1OT
God is not changed by our prayers, but we are. (After Kierkegaard)
How many grand opportunities have been missed because you had to take time to use the facilities? Never again? Use Pampers or Depends?
Remember when the good guys wore white hats and the bad guys wore black. If you do, for nostalgia's sake. http://ping.fm/aqWwk