Under a spreading chestnut-tree The village smithy stands;The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands,And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. Excerpt from The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I recognize that I have not begun to plumb the depths of my ignorance on commonplace topics. This is […]
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Advice is one thing that is freely given away, but watch that you only take what is worth having. ~ George Clason, The Richest Man in Babylon NOTE: I received several responses this week and decided to include them all. Consequently, this post is a bit long; feel free to cherry-pick. Or read a few sections a
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I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me. ~ Matt Groening If you have had the opportunity to travel from sea to shining sea and from the Canadian border down to the Gulf of Mexico, you may have encountered a comprehension issue. In this country. With English speakers. Obviously this isn’t
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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in. ~ Isaac Asimov This is going to be a bit of a rant on both sides of the argument. Feel free to play along. You have likely experienced similar challenges. Comments and [rhetorical]
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