Author: Dr Wingnut

  • Character

    You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.James A. Froude

  • Love

    We don’t love qualities, we love persons…Jacques Maritain

  • Give it away to keep it

    There’s one thing you can’t give away.  You can’t give away a smile.  It always comes back to you.Violet Hensley

  • These people vote?

    We’re in more trouble than I imagined!  While looking at a house, my brother asked the real estate agent which direction was north because, he explained, he didn’t want the sun waking him up every morning.  She asked, “Does the sun rise in the North?”  When my brother explained that the sun rises in the…

  • Politeness

    Politeness and consideration for others is like investing pennies and getting dollars back.Thomas Sowell

  • Test for Dementia

    It’s that time of year to take our annual senior citizen test.Exercise of the brain is as important as exercise of the muscles.  As we grow older, it’s important that we keep mentally alert.  The saying; “If you don’t use it, you will lose it” also applies to the brain, so… Below is a very…

  • Put a Tiger in your tank

    My copy of OS X Tiger (10.4) arrived yesterday afternoon from Apple.  The installation went very smoothly; except for having to re-establish my Wi-Fi connection.  So far I’ve only done the install, and played with Spotlight and looked at the updates to Safari, but it appears to be another winner from the Apple stable.