Year: 2011

Good works

Mar 22, 2011

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.Robert A. Heinlein
Fortitude

Mar 21, 2011

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.William Maugham
Chocolate-Cranberry White Chunk Cookies

Mar 21, 2011

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Dr Wingnut

in Cooking

Total time: 45 minutes; active time: 15 minutes2 cups all-purpose flour1 cup Dutch process cocoa1 teaspoon baking soda½ teaspoon kosher or sea salt1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons softened unsalted butter¾ cup granulated sugar¾ cup packed brown sugar1½ teaspoon vanilla extract2 eggs¾ cup white chocolate chunks¾ cup macadamia nuts, chopped1 cup dried cranberriesHeat oven to 350…
Sister Randy and Sister Wendy

Mar 20, 2011

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Dr Wingnut

in Humor

In the 1990s there was an art appreciation show on PBS with this funny little nun, Sister Wendy. Following her suceess, my distant cousin Buzz Hays worked with a group that put together a great satire called “Sister Randy.” Do a search for either on YouTube to watch.Here are a couple of examples:I think you…
The quality without a name

Mar 19, 2011

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good; but that which is good is always beautiful.Nitin Nohria
Educators

Mar 18, 2011

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.C.S. Lewis
Happy Saint Patty’s Day

Mar 17, 2011

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Dr Wingnut

in Quotations

May the roof above us never fall in. And may the friends gathered below it never fall out.Irish blessing