Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do. | |
— Johan Wolfgang Goethe | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why I Play The Lottery |
C’mon And Dream Along | |
2020 | #45 In A Nutshell |
Old Man Wishin’… | |
2019 | Three Down, Three To Go |
2018 | Too Significant |
2017 | Shadows |
2016 | Still Blurry |
2015 | For Awhile Anyway |
2014 | By Contrast |
2013 | A Very Long Time… |
2012 | Raise And Support |
2011 | Naturally |
2010 | A Quick Sunday Morning Read |
Giants Win Game 4 In Shutout 4 to 0!!! | |
Archive for October, 2016
Still Blurry
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Faith, Johan Wolfgang Goethe, On Charitable Works, On Hell, Philosophy, Quotes on October 31, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I See No Proof
Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Friedrich Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, On Faith, Philosophy, Quotes on October 30, 2016| Leave a Comment »
A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. | |
— Friedrich Nietzsche | |
[Because “faith” in and of itself requires no proof. — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Sustainable Development |
Duke, Duke, Duke | |
2020 | #IncompetentDonald Is A Clear And Present Danger |
VOTE – “We The People” Can Save America | |
2019 | Why #45 Is Fated To Endanger Our National Security |
2018 | Dehydrated |
Dehydrated II | |
2017 | And Some Of Us Have Books |
2016 | I See No Proof |
2015 | Whither Tea Party? |
2014 | Nothing Is Known Absolutely |
2013 | Decoration Time |
2012 | The Beatitudes |
2011 | Good Fences Make Good Neighbors |
2010 | Back On The Asphalt |
No Sweep – Rangers Win Game 3 by 4 to 2 | |
Greek Myths For Kids | |
She Is Still Singing
Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Quotes, tagged Faith Family and Friends, Happy Birthday Hil, Love, Oscar Wilde, Quotes, Singing on October 29, 2016| Leave a Comment »
You don’t love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear. | |
–– Oscar Wilde | |
[Happy Birthday, Hil !! I still hear you singing to me… | |
All my love, | |
— ALWAYS — | |
Your Kev | |
(XXX – OOO – XXX) ] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | It Also Helps To Marry Well |
Holding Hands And Thinking | |
2020 | A Mandelbrot Set |
I Still Can’t… | |
2019 | Proposing A Happy Birthday |
35 Years Later | |
2018 | Forever |
2017 | Too Good To Be True |
Plain Speaking | |
2016 | She Is Still Singing |
2015 | Don’t Complain |
2014 | Nothing Is The Same |
Orange October (XII) – Giants Win Game 7 (3 To 2) And World Series (4 To 3) | |
2013 | Hours, Days, And Years |
2012 | In Kev Are In Hil |
2011 | No Game, Didn’t Really Happen |
A Good Post | |
Remembering
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Feelings, Leadership, Maya Angelou, Memories, Philosophy, Quotes on October 28, 2016| Leave a Comment »
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. | |
― Maya Angelou | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Why We Have So Few Personal Favorites |
I Would Have Liked You Anyway | |
2020 | Why We Must Vote #45 Out |
If You Believe | |
2019 | Sometimes I Still Have Trouble Sleeping |
Public Ridicule For Office Holder | |
2018 | And Flights Of Fancy |
Dodgers Lose 2nd Consecutive World Series!! | |
2017 | By Their Acts Thy Shall Know Them |
2016 | Remembering |
2015 | One |
2014 | Sure Experiments And Demonstrated Arguments |
2013 | Irrational Complacency |
2012 | Why Criticize? |
Giants Sweep 2012 World Series With Game 4 Win (4 To 3)!!! | |
2011 | Saying Just Enough |
2010 | Giants Win Game 2 Shutout of Rangers – 9 to 0!!! |
Give Value
Posted in Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged C.S. Lewis, On Friendship, On Survival, On Value, Philosophy, Quotes on October 27, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival. | |
― C.S. Lewis | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Two Eff’n Right |
Is There A Notion For That Motion? | |
2020 | The Premium Few |
No Sympathy Here | |
2019 | Is That Why Love Hurts? |
2018 | And Honest Politicians |
2017 | Maya, Maya |
2016 | Give Value |
2015 | Believe In Substitution |
2014 | Pragmatic Religion |
2013 | How’s Your View? |
2012 | Giants Win Game 3 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!! |
Still Haven’t… | |
Accidental Me | |
2011 | What Is Your Ratio? |
2010 | Giants Win Game 1 With 11 Runs Scored – Repeat 11 Runs!! |
And Women When You Are 59
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #AmnestyDon, Muhammad Ali, Politics, Quotes on October 26, 2016| 2 Comments »
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. | |
― Muhammad Ali | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Message To All The Democrats In Congress |
Where Did You Go In Texas? | |
2020 | Reminds Me Of #LyingDonald |
It’s All Been Rehearsed | |
2019 | The Earth’s Breath |
Family Visit | |
2018 | Forests, Shorelines And Mountain Paths |
2017 | Reach Down |
2016 | And Women When You Are 59 |
2015 | Intersections, Explorations And Relationships |
2014 | [!(±*=)/≠], [!<] |
Orange October (XI) – Giants Win Game 5 (5 To 0)!!! | |
2013 | Hard To Deserve |
2012 | Cloudy Between Games |
Admiration, n. | |
2011 | One, Two, Three – Blink |
Two Weeks To Go…
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged Napoléon Bonaparte, On Undecideds, On Voting, Politics, Quotes on October 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide. | |
― Napoléon Bonaparte | |
[Are there really still ANY undecideds left? — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A Simple Choice, Really |
Waaaay Before The Movie | |
2020 | I Just Want To Stay Happy |
Fading… | |
2019 | Show Righteousness, Not Fear |
2018 | Sounds Like Politics, Too |
2017 | Resist More |
Conservatives Are Not The Enemy | |
2016 | Two Weeks To Go… |
2015 | Remembering |
2014 | The Creeping Death Of Civilization |
Orange October (X) – A Blue Morning Turns Into An Orange Evening | |
2013 | License Problem |
2012 | Giants Win Game 2 Of The 2012 World Series 2 To 0!!! |
Adage, n. | |
Questions Women Should Ask Before Voting… | |
2011 | What Are You Looking At? |
Self-Restraint
Posted in Leadership, My Journal, Quotes, tagged Leadership, My Journal, President Theodore Roosevelt, Quotes on October 24, 2016| 2 Comments »
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it. | |
— Theodore Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Do What You Can |
From The Shadows | |
2020 | Mostly To Just Smell A Few More Roses |
Above The Storm | |
R.I.P.: Jerry Jeff Walker | |
2019 | Ought To More Often Than Once |
2018 | Talking About Egypt, Not The White House |
2017 | Left Behind |
2016 | Self-Restraint |
2015 | In The Midst |
2014 | Match Book |
2013 | Disservice And Disingenuous |
2012 | Giants Win Game 1 Of The World Series 8 to 3!!! |
On Death | |
2011 | The Spirit Of Universal Connectivity |
2010 | SF Giants Pitchers Witness Protection Program |
Orange Outside (Too) & Fear The Beard | |
Non-Taxing Read | |
Future Halo
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged John Dewey, My Journal, On The Future, Philosophy, Quotes on October 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »
To the person fully alive, the future is not ominous but a promise; it surrounds the present like a halo. | |
— John Dewey | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Too Heavy A Burden |
I Don’t Mind At All | |
2020 | Compare, Contrast And Learn |
Some Dreams Do Come True | |
Just In Case | |
2019 | Can I Get A Witness? |
2018 | I’d Still Like To Try It Out |
2017 | In Every Thing |
2016 | Future Halo |
2015 | The Hard Way Every Time |
2014 | Indispensable Wits |
2013 | I’d Like To |
2012 | 2012 National League Champions – San Francisco Giants!! |
2nd Viewing – No Change | |
Light Shining Out of Darkness | |
2011 | Just Kickin It |
Are These The “Real” Protectors Of America’s Constitution? | |
2010 | Giants Advance To 2010 World Series!!! |
The Worst Sin
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged George Bernard Shaw, My Journal, On Being Inhumane, On Indifference, On Sin, Philosophy, Quotes on October 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that’s the essence of inhumanity. | |
— George Bernard Shaw | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Press On |
Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This | |
2020 | AMA |
Still Shiny | |
2019 | Things That Go Bump In The Night |
Hoping I’m Careful | |
2018 | I Must Be Truly Wise |
2017 | My Sensei |
2016 | The Worst Sin |
2015 | Rules Of Thumb |
2014 | A Prayer |
Orange October (IX) – Giants Lose Game 2 In Bullpen Collapse | |
2013 | Complacent Reality |
2012 | Two-minute Sex |
Just Staring, Why? | |
2011 | A World Of Difference |
Rare Competition
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Dale Carnegie, My Journal, On Being Unselfish, On Serving Others, Quotes on October 21, 2016| Leave a Comment »
The rare individual who unselfishly tries to serve others has an enormous advantage. He has little competition. | |
— Dale Carnegie | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Table Talk |
No One Left To Blame | |
2020 | Plant Roots For A Hundred Years |
That Seat Is Taken | |
2019 | Shining In The Dark |
2018 | Sometimes Wisdom, Too |
2017 | What Do I Know… |
Not Much Magic Here | |
2016 | Rare Competition |
2015 | Now Where Did I Put That Thing? |
2014 | Reckoning |
Orange October (VIII) – Giants Win Game 1 Of 2014 World Series!! | |
2013 | Trying To Capture Serenity |
2012 | Above The Vaulted Sky |
2011 | Active Learning |
Reasonable Discounts
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged My Journal, On The Faults Of Others, Quotes, William Allen White on October 20, 2016| 2 Comments »
I have figured that others have put up with my faults so tolerably that I would be much less than fair not to make a reasonable discount for theirs. | |
— William Allen White | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | And / Or A Profound Falsehood |
Feel A Draft? | |
2020 | Trust But Verify |
I Search For Light | |
#CryBabyDonald Is Too Human | |
2019 | With Faith |
2018 | Spiritual Matter |
2017 | Until He’s Elected President… |
2016 | Reasonable Discounts |
2015 | Poem For A Friend |
2014 | A Very Unusual Mind |
2013 | Just Lucky |
2012 | The Undeveloped Child |
2011 | What Is Your Canvas? |
2010 | Giants Win Games 3 & 4 – One Away From World Series!! |
Happy Is…
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged My Journal, On Happiness, Quotes, Robert Ingersoll on October 19, 2016| 2 Comments »
The time to be happy is now, the place to be happy is here, the way to be happy is to make others so. | |
— Robert Ingersoll | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | The Only Winning Move |
Says Who? | |
2020 | I’m Guessing It’s Real |
For One More Day | |
2019 | Like Smartphones And FOMO? |
Getting Ready For Halloween | |
2018 | Nothing To Build On |
2017 | This One Is… |
2016 | Happy Is… |
2015 | Dare Yourself To |
2014 | Damned If You Do… |
2013 | On A Rainy Sunday |
2012 | Not Sure Anymore |
2011 | But What Does It Cost? |
2009 | Another Day, Another Diet… |
What #AmnestyDon Is Really Afraid Of
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #AmnestyDon, Donald "The Chicken-Hawk" Trump, Eleanor Roosevelt, On Freedom, On Responsibility, Politics, Quotes on October 17, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. For the person who is unwilling to grow up, the person who does not want to carry his own weight, this is a frightening prospect. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Givin’ It All Away |
Memories Will Remind You | |
2020 | Does Blogging Count? |
Just Like You | |
2019 | None Absolutely Certain |
Destroying The Republic | |
2018 | Maps For Those Difficult Times |
2017 | A True American Hero |
Or Desserts | |
2016 | What #AmnestyDon Is Really Afraid Of |
2015 | What Are You Doing? |
2014 | The Ideal Man |
2013 | Daring Ripples |
2012 | Evermore |
2011 | Unpredictable Opportunity |
2010 | Giants Fall In Game 2 (1 to 6) – Leave PA With 1-1 Split !! |