Archives: Weekly Thoughts
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Quotes for the Week – July 22, 2024
Food For Thought The truth has no defense against a fool determined to believe a lie. Mark Twain Fun & Smiles If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything. Mark Twain
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Wild Cards! July 22, 2024
Krazy Pic 1 One has to be a little careful on escalators, so I can understand some RULES for them. I think we could have predicted almost all of these (but one?) Krazy Pic 2 And I guess I understand pedestrian safety. But I still have some questions. Cartoon of the Week Time for another visit to our outrageous friend HERMAN: Today,…
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Photo of the Week – July 8, 2024
Summer in the Ozarks! Summer is most assuredly on us, so I thought I’d pull out one of my favorite ‘summer shots’ for another view. This was taken lots of years back (circa 2001). I was on a walk and this scene caught my eye. Somehow the mixture of the old post, the barbed wire…
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Quotes of the Week – July 8, 2024
Food For Thought To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. Lao Tzu Fun & Smiles Unteachable from infancy to tomb — There is the first and main characteristic of mankind. Winston Churchill
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Wild Cards! July 8, 2024
Krazy Pic 1 I know, I know. But at least they couldn’t say they weren’t warned. Krazy Pic 2 Hmm . . . Nothing like subtly proving your point. Cartoon of the Week Me? Pick a Foxtrot cartoon with a math-related punchline? Never. Besides this cartoon is about golf! Curiosity of the Week How many continents don’t have land area below sea…
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Wild Cards! – June 24, 2024
TECHNICAL ISSUES & SUMMER RERUNS? I have been experiencing severe technical issues this week, and my website and WordPress sites may have been a victim of Malware of some kind. My most excellent tech guru, Jonathon (Griffin) Long, has been on the job, and he has made exceptional progress, but if you are reading this…
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Photo of the Week – June 10, 2024
Sunlit Driftwood in Autumn Fog On a foggy autumn morning in October 2006, I wandered down by the lake trying to capture the mood of the fog on the lake (see one attempt here). Suddenly the sun broke through in a narrow focus on a protuding piece of driftwood. I’ve always kinda liked the effect. …
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Quotes of the Week – June 10, 2024
Food For Thought A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. Albert Einstein Fun & Smiles My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem, but they don’t really know me. Garry Shandling
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Wild Cards! – June 10, 2024
Krazy Pic 1 How can we make an oil change less boring?? They say that advertising helps! Even if it’s misleading? Krazy Pic 2 Really a glaring contradiction here? This starts out as humorous, but the end result seems cruel! Cartoon of the Week Father’s Day is coming! To celebrate, we’ll recycle a couple of cartoons from…
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Photo of the Week – May 27, 2024
Lighthouse – Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine We continue to rummage through the Archives to recycle some favorites from bygone days. This shot was taken in Summer 2000, on a non-sunny day. Since then, I’ve seen this one (there are several in the Park area) frequently in articles/pictures, etc, so perhaps it’s ‘famous’. A…