Year: 2005

  • Vices

    The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they’re going to have some pretty annoying virtues.Elizabeth Taylor

  • History

    With history piling up so fast, almost every day is the anniversary of something awful.Joe BrainardAnd also something good!

  • Wisdom

    …but to knowThat which lies before us in daily life,Is the prime wisdom…John Milton

  • Value

    The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self.Albert Einstein

  • Pancho and the Genie

    Pancho is strolling down the street in Mexico City and kicks a bottle lying in the street.  Suddenly out of the bottle comes a Genie.  Pancho is stunned.The Genie says, “Hello, Master, I will grant you one wish, anything you desire.”Pancho begins thinking, “Well, I really like drinking tequila…”  Finally he says, “I wish to…

  • Knowledge

    Knowing when to say No and when to say Yes is the beginning of true wisdom.Ralph T. Rupert

  • Costco moves the merchandise

    I like warehouse stores because I can get bulk quantites of stuff and reduce the amount of packaging our household is contributing to the waste stream.  Back when I started shopping at warehouses, when they were call “Wholesale Club,” and that’s exactly what they were, just dimly lit warehouses with signage that said where the…