Monthly Archives: January 2017

History Lessons

History is full of stuff. Choose which parts you want to repeat.

“Come on People Now, Smile on Your Brother,” Youngbloods, Slow Jam, YouTube, RetroDan

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V5-2-Xh0wxk

If Reasoned Argument Occurs

Looking for ways out of this gesticulating scream fest, I find it helpful to see what Patricia Roberts Miller has to say.  She’s compiled a useful list for times when reasoned argument is possible.

Devil Onboard

 I am thinking of a conversation in Candide:

“The enormous riches which this rascal had stolen were sunk beside him in the sea, and nothing was saved but a single sheep. —You see, said Candide to Martin, crime is punished sometimes; this scoundrel of a Dutch merchant has met the fate he deserved. —Yes, said Martin; but did the passengers aboard his ship have to perish too? God punished the scoundrel, the devil drowned the others.”

Bitten Nails

How am I feeling today about the state of things near and far?  Check my fingernails.

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