Friday, July 31, 2009

Quote of the Day

My work is a game, a very serious game.



Maurits Cornelis "M.C." Escher

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Quote of the Day

To love and be loved is to
feel the sun from both sides.



David Viscott

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Quote of the Day

I refuse to have a battle of wits
with an unarmed person.



Walter Crawford "Walt" Kelly, Jr.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Quote of the Day

I am extraordinarily patient, provided
I get my own way in the end.



Margaret Hilda Thatcher

Monday, July 27, 2009

Friday, July 24, 2009

Quote of the Day

Never part without loving words to think
of during your absence. It may be that
you will not meet again in life.



Johann Paul Friedrich Richter

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Quote of the Day

The backbone of surprise is
fusing speed with secrecy.



Carl Philipp Gottlieb von Clausewitz

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Quote of the Day

He that respects himself is safe from others.
He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.



Herny Wadsworth Longfellow

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Quote of the Day

We don't know what we want, but we
are ready to bite somebody to get it.



William Penn Adiar "Will" Rogers

Monday, July 20, 2009

For those of you keeping track...

...we've got a 1966 Chevrolet BelAir, a 1979 Pontiac TransAm, and a 1973 Plymouth Duster.

You know what we've been missing, right?

No, it's not an El Camino* - it's a 1986 GMC Caballero.

They didn't make many of those babies. Ain't she a beauty?!?!

*Sad to say, I parted with my 1973 El Camino back in 1986...

Quote of the Day

Why do we have to wait for special moments to
say nice things or tell people we care about them?



Randal Keith "RK" Milholland

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Quote of the Day

I've never quite believed
that one chance is all I get.



Anne Tyler

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Quote of the Day

I can't imagine a person becoming a success who
doesn't give this game of life everything he's got.



Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Quote of the Day

Books have the same enemies as people:
fire, humidity, animals, weather,
and their own content.



Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Quote of the Day

We cannot control the evil tongues of others;
but a good life enables us to disregard them.



Marcus Porcius Cato (a.k.a. Cato the Elder)

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Quote of the Day

Farming looks mighty easy when your
plow is a pencil, and you're a
thousand miles from a corn field.



Dwight D. Eisenhower

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Fer the Kinfolk


Hannah (#3 on the way), Daniel, Bobby, Leon, Max

Quote of the Day

Nothing astonishes men so much as
common sense and plain dealing.



Ralph Waldo Emerson