Archives: Weekly Thoughts
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It Could Be Verse! -Sept. 8, 2014
There’s a list of things that make you say “hmmm” Many of them come from Texas We can steer the ‘logic train’ all through the South But going near there usually wrecks us. With minor apologies to Terry (and Teresa) Goodman. 🙂
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Wild Cards! 9/8/14
1. For a 2nd picture of Sydney, see Sydney at Sunset. 2. Glad we extended the Brain Teaser one more week. We got SEVERAL more submissions. See Answers (and Winners) for updates. 3. See this link for more Contest Details/Logistics. I hope some of you will be interested and/or challenged, and will submit entries!! 4. Some of these are…
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Photo of the Week – Sept. 1, 2014
Winter Sunrise Luckily, I was up before the sun this particular morning. It was cold, but the sunrise was magnificent! Taken in January, 2014. From the Ozarks Scenes and Seasons collection.
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Thought for the Week – Sept. 1, 2014
Over a century ago, industry learned the value of centralizing, specializing, and standardizing. Soon, education began to centralize, specialize, and standardize, as well. I’ve begun to call this getting hit between the IZE, and while some of this is good, to be sure, I’m not sure the results have been uniformly positive. For more thoughts on this…
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Wild Cards! 9/1/14
Be Sure to See #3 & #4 for September Contest(s), and a NEW category! 1. Ouch – Errors! I goofed twice last week. 🙁 A. I forgot to give the answers (and winners) for the 8/18 Brain Teasers. See the link. B. I left (important) words out of newest Brain Teaser #1. I had it…
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Photo of the Week – August 25, 2014
Took a trek down to the Lake with my camera on a foggy morning in October ’06 (I think). While taking some shots, the sun broke through and highlighted this dead-tree driftwood just perfectly. This is one of my personal favorite shots, but it sometimes elicits the opposite reaction as well. See below –…
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Math is Not a Four-Letter Word! – 8/25/14
Cool Primes: 37 & 73 🙂 Our son Adam just turned 37 (yes, we’re old!). In honor of this event, lets look at a couple of cool properties of 37 and its ‘mirror image’ 73. They may seem like boring numbers (though how can any number – let alone a prime – be boring?! :-)), but they’re not .…
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Wild Cards – 8/25/14
1. I’ve always liked today’s picture (possibly because I was so lucky with the timing of the sunlight). My favorite wife, however, doesn’t really care for it. At all 🙂 What do YOU think? Visit the Opinion Poll to cast your (honest) vote (quickly and anonymously!) 🙂 If there are a decent number of responses, I’ll share…
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Photo of the Week – August 18, 2014
A Sand Crane “Flyaway” at Bosque del Apache (NM) Wildlife Reserve. A marvelous, breath-taking sight! Taken in February ’12. Good friend Marvin De Jong got us to the right place at the right time! From the Maine to Alaska collection.
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Aunt Edna’s Wisdom – August 18, 2014
“. . . . between the devil and a hard place!” Feb 11, ’79 Aunt Edna is fictional (to protect the innocent :-)), but the quotes are real. For more background on Aunt Edna (and all the Weekly Sharings), visit www.aftermath.enterprises.com, and scroll to the bottom.