Month: October 2008

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General

What great planning

10/19/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on What great planning
Not only are we financing a pointless war in Iraq entirely by borrowing, but people are living not paycheck-to-paycheck, but entirely on credit.  The following excerpt is from the Time, 13-October-2008 article, The End of […]
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Quotations

Brutal honesty

10/19/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Brutal honesty
People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.Peter F. Drucker
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Spiritual

Friendship

10/19/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Friendship
Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn’t oversleep.Of all the things you […]
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Social/Environmental

Not a Cough in a Carload

10/18/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Not a Cough in a Carload
An interesting online gallery at Stanford of “Images from the Tobacco Industry Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking.”  A very good presentation of tobacco promotion by doctors, babies, Santa, and celebrities.
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Quotations

Purpose

10/18/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on Purpose
Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.Laurence J. Peter
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Humor

The divorce

10/18/2008 Dr Wingnut Comments Off on The divorce
She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases.On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.On the third day, she sat down for the last time […]