“God and the Soldier all men adore, In time of trouble and no more, For when war is over And all thing righted, God is neglected, And the Old Soldier slighted.” ― Jan Morris, Pax Britannica: Climax of an Empire… Read More ›
Month: November 2020
POST TURKEY DAY BLUES
“Do not think of knocking out another person’s brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.” ― Horace Mann Another… Read More ›
SOMETIMES IT’S WHAT YOU DON’T SAY
“The slickest way in the world to lie is to tell the right amount of truth at the right time-and then shut up.” ― Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land Another Tuesday night and another board meeting has… Read More ›
WHAT’S A LITTLE LAW BREAKING AMONG FRIENDS?
“The future is called ‘perhaps,’ which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you.” ― Tennessee Williams, Orpheus Descending I’ve been struggling this weekend with organizing… Read More ›
JUST MAKE THE CALL
“Because of the movies I make, people get nervous, because they think of me as difficult and angry. I am difficult and angry, but they don’t expect a sense of humor. And the only thing that gets me through is… Read More ›
IT’S CALLED EDUCATION, NOT PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
“Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.” ― Voltaire Last Thursday I had the pleasure to attend, along with my 10-year-old son, an event honoring former Overton High School athletic standout Mookie Betts. Betts, for those… Read More ›
IS IT GOING TO TAKE GETTING BIT?
“Choose not to look, however, at your own peril. The owner of an old house knows that whatever you are ignoring will never go away. Whatever is lurking will fester whether you choose to look or not. Ignorance is no… Read More ›
ENABLERS AND EXPLOITERS
“When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn’t go back home easily.” ― James Lee Burke, In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead It took almost 24 hours… Read More ›
BE THE CHANGE
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader.” ― John Quincy Adams This week marks the beginning of the end of the election season. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More ›
MUCH ADO ABOUT SOMETHING
“The dream begins, most of the time,with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you on to the next plateau sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called truth” ― Dan Rathert In… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 