Dr Wingnut

Author: Dr Wingnut

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    The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.Paul Fix

  • Children

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    Human beings are the only creatures that allow their children to come back home.Bill Cosby

  • Too old

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    You know that you’re getting too old when your hearing starts to go…  Last Saturday (2006-01-14) we got back from the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, caught the end of the local news on NBC and then Saturday Night Live came on.Now what I heard after the guest host (Scarlett Johansson) monologue was, “…with Musical Guest,…

  • Destruction

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    All human beings hold to the tools of their own destruction.Barbara Gordon, author of I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can, 1979

  • The year we questioned authority

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    There is a terrific essay in the 26 December 2005 issue of Time about how 2005 was the end of the free pass for President Bush and other public figures by Andrew Sullivan who’s blog is the Daily Dish.  My favorite quote:Katrina was the turning point, the moment when the extent of cronyism, incompetence and…

  • Pity vs. Passion

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    Pity sees suffering and wants to ease the pain; passion sees injustice and wants to settle the score.  Pity implores the powerful to pay attention; passion warns them about what will happen if they don’t.  The risk of pity is that it kills with kindness; the promise of passion is that it builds on the…

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    We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.Sir Winston Churchill