Saturday, May 29, 2010

I DON'T GET IT? 


Quote for the Day - May 29 2010


"One man's 'simple' is another man's 'huh?'"


David Stone, Omni, May 1979

Friday, May 28, 2010



LOVE IS ....



Quote for the Day - May 28, 2010


"A lady of 47 who has been married 27 years and has 6 children knows what love really is and once described it for me like this: 'Love is what you've been through with somebody.'"


James Thurber [1894-1961] Found in Life magazine, March 1960


Picture on top of a long married couple from California whom I met on my Panama Canal Cruise in 2007.

Thursday, May 27, 2010


ENTERTAINMENT
CAN BE TELLING!


Quote for the Day - May 27, 2010


"The analysis of character is the highest human entertainment."


Isaac Bashevis Singer [1902-1991] New York Times, November 1978


The picture on top is of a street comedian in the Covent Garden area of London, summer, 2009. He was making fun of me for taking his picture.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010


BLUE ANGELS

The birds
fly these patterns every day,
but today in Annapolis,
they stopped to watch
the show: no comparison.



Shot from St. Mary's May 26, 2010

A  MOSQUITO 
IN A NUDIST COLONY


Quote for the Day - May 26,  2010


"I am like a mosquito in a nudist camp; I know what I ought to do, but I don't know where to begin."


Stephen Bayne - on becoming first executive officer of the Anglican Communion, Time, January 25, 1960

Tuesday, May 25, 2010


READY  OR
GETTING  READY? 


Quote for the Day - May 25, 2010


"Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune."


Igor Stravinsky [1882-1971]- recalled at his death April 6, 1971 - that's a photo of Igor on top.



Is this true or was Igor just being cute - or was he a complainer? I don't know.

Monday, May 24, 2010


FAILURE:
A TEACHER 
NAMED
"FAILURE". 


Quote for the Day - May 24, 2010


"Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know."


William Saroyan, [1908 - 1981], N.Y. Journal American, August 23, 1961