Mark Twain Quote – The Day You Find Out Why
“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.” – Mark Twain
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Muriel Spark Quote – Frankness Is Usually A Euphemism For Rudeness
“Frankness is usually a euphemism for rudeness.” – Muriel Spark
Read moreBarbara De Angelis Quote – Living With Integrity
“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.” […]
Read moreChangchun, China – Public toilets converted into restaurant
People living in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin province have called for old public toilets that were partly converted into a restaurant to be put back to their original use, according to chinanews.com. “Why can’t we use this public toilet? I have to climb up six flights of stairs back home to use the toilet,” a senior resident surnamed Zhao said. […]
Read moreEnvying the lower castes
Suddenly everyone wants to be low-caste, said Badri Narayan. It used to be considered an extreme disadvantage to be in one of India’s oppressed castes or indigenous tribes. But decades of affirmative action and quota systems have changed all that. Now, many lower-middle castes are agitating to be reclassified as “more backward,” in effect “struggling to move down the ladder […]
Read morePoem – Lore (By David Russell)
Lore Knowledge, as a dish of elusive ice-cubes Floating in acid Touching each one, propels its elusiveness; The mediation of the utensil cannot be avoided. Acid me, hand me, cube me; Cuddling smudges, polychromatic pollution, Knowledge spectrum. He must make a memory of solid metal, So that it cannot be penetrated by knowledge, So that the […]
Read morePoem – Scorpion (By David Russell)
Scorpion I touched a scorpion; it struck. It was my fault; I had been warned – But for one split second Its beauty-fascination wrenched me From reason’s ice. I don’t think anyone could find a scorpion ugly, They shine too. Writhing and smarting from the sting I lashed out, struck on something soft I could not see. […]
Read moreAmos Bronson Alcott Quote – Best Lessons
“Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.” – Amos Bronson Alcott
Read moreCartoon – Getting To Hell
Never allow your past to affect who you are today
“Never allow your past to affect who you are today.”
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