Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Luck

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    Luck, bad if not good, will always be with us.  But it has a way of favoring the intelligent and showing its back to the stupid.John Dewey

  • Know your State Motto?

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    Alabama: Hell Yes, We Have ElectricityArkansas: Literacy Ain’t EverythingCalifornia: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your HondaConnecticut: Like Massachusetts, Only The Kennedy’s Don’t Own It YetFlorida: Home of the headless driversHawaii: Haka Tiki Mou Sha’ami Leeki Toru (Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)Idaho: More Than Just Potatoes … Well Okay, We’re Not,…

  • Mediocrity

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    The road to mediocrity is littered with empty ketchup packets.Fire Border Sauce packet, Taco Bell

  • Overheard at dinner

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    We took our son Daniel out to dinner for his 15th birthday last Saturday.  It seemed to take forever to get a table for six, and were finally seated near the line.  We were talking when I distinctly overheard the sous chef say, "One Pokemon Sorbet."  I know I’m getting old, and my hearing isn’t…

  • Success

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    About the only problem with success is that it doesn’t teach you how to deal with failure.Tommy Lasorda

  • Creativity

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    Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last you create what you will.George Bernard Shaw

  • States’ Rights

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    The states can retain powers, though not rights.  So "states’ rights" is something of a misnomer, no matter how common its use.  The states have no natural rights.  Their powers are artificial, not natural—they are things made by contract.  The equation "states are to the federal government as people are to the states" mixes apples…