Month: September 2005

  • Today is the day!

    International Talk Like a Pirate Day!  Whoo Hoo!

  • Chance

    Chance everywhere has power.Ovid

  • Bush takes responsibility for poor Katrina Response

    Q.  What does Bush think of Roe v. Wade?A.  He doesn’t care how people leave New Orleans.via email from Duane McDowell, Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:25:46 -0500

  • Fresh starts

    You can’t go back and have a brand new start, but anybody can start now and have a brand new end.When God measures us, He puts the tape around the heart instead of the head.Be careful about the bridges you burn, because one might turn out to be the one you later want to cross.My…

  • Experience

    Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.Douglas Adams

  • Recovery Thoughts

    In AA the only mistake you can make is not coming back.Gratitude is the streetcar to a better attitude.The catch-22 of recovery:You’ve got to change your thinkingto change your drinking.But to change your thinking,you’ve got to change your drinking.AA: Absolute Abstinence.As a sponsor, remember you can carry the word, but not the person.When alcoholics are…

  • The “Trusty Handyman” does a little painting

    My step father, the “Trusty Handyman” of Brentwood, New Hampshire does a nice job, but he gets a little klutsy sometimes.  Witness the nice job he did “getting into his work” while he was painting at a customer’s house.  He didn’t bother to interrupt the nice lady who was on the phone, but I understand…