Social/Environmental
Blog Action Day
This year’s topic for Blog Action Day is Food. Do you know where your food comes from? Have you ever been on a farm? There are several excellent documentaries on food that you can watch […]
Month: October 2011
Quotations
The Prudent Man Rule
All that can be required of a trustee to invest is, that he shall conduct himself faithfully and exercise a sound discretion. He is to observe how men of prudence, discretion and intelligence manage their […]
General
Will you be in tomorrow?
Most people would say, “If I don’t get hit by a bus, I’ll be there.”In fact it is such a cliche in the way of meeting your demise that the father in the undertaker family […]
Quotations
Attitudes
How we think shows through in how we act. Attitudes are mirrors of the mind. They reflect thinking.David Joseph Schwartz
Quotations
Errors
Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.Charles Babbage
General
Columbus Day
Maybe it’s a good thing that nobody seems to care about the bogus “Columbus Day” holiday since most people have realized that it probably should be renamed, “Glorification of decimating indigenous populations of America day.”
Quotations
Follow your heart
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow […]