Angela Carter Quote – What terrible discipline it takes to live harmoniously
“What terrible discipline it takes to live harmoniously.” – Angela Carter
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Poem – Two-Faced Tanning (By David Russell)
Two-Faced Tanning (Moral Majority S/M) Time was – One got the slipper, cane and strap – And now, in honest balance of corrected afterthought, Admits that one was fired by sting and weal And thought that someone got a turn-on; “This hurts me more than it hurts you!” Yes: heartfelt behind the irony. Now all of this is […]
Read moreKathleen Winsor Quote – Charm
“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.” – Kathleen Winsor
Read moreHeraclitus Quote – One Is A Warrior
“Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” ― Heraclitus
Read morePoem – FOR MEDICINAL USE ONLY (By Ray Gallucci)
FOR MEDICINAL USE ONLY When Medici once ruled the roost, To Renaissance they gave a boost In Florence, town of Tuscany, By prompting minds to wander free. To God no longer gave their vow, But Greeks and Romans lured them now. Upon their pedestals, the saints By art and science were replaced. Giovanni, patriarch began […]
Read moreIn Poor Taste?
Gun-maker, American Legacy Firearms, unveiled the “Dallas Heritage Rifle” to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassination of President John F. Kennedy. “If I hurt someone’s feelings, I’m sorry,” said company boss Steve Faler, “but I’m not gonna worry about it.”
Read moreFrançois de La Rochefoucauld Quote – Memory
“Why is our memory good enough to recall to the last detail things that have happened to us, yet not good enough to recall how often we have told them to the same person?” – François de La Rochefoucauld
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Poem – A Puzzling Marriage (By Donal Mahoney)
A Puzzling Marriage Married 60 years Fred and Daisy still are very different people. All day long they hide their differences to make their marriage last but every night after supper they let them out silently. Fred in his recliner works a crossword puzzle while Daisy in the dining room works a jigsaw puzzle but neither Fred nor Daisy speaks a word until one has finished and howls […]
Read moreGabriel García Márquez Quote – The Life Of A Person
“The life of a person is not what happened, but what he remembers and how he remembers it.” – Gabriel García Márquez
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