Year: 2008

  • What great planning

    Not only are we financing a pointless war in Iraq entirely by borrowing, but people are living not paycheck-to-paycheck, but entirely on credit.  The following excerpt is from the Time, 13-October-2008 article, The End of Prosperity?In the case of housholds, debt rose from about 50% of GDP in 1980 to a peak of 100% in…

  • Brutal honesty

    People who are brutally honest get more satisfaction out of the brutality than out of the honesty.Peter F. Drucker

  • Friendship

    Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn’t oversleep.Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.The best vitamin for making friends… B1.The happiness of your life depends on the…

  • Not a Cough in a Carload

    An interesting online gallery at Stanford of “Images from the Tobacco Industry Campaign to Hide the Hazards of Smoking.”  A very good presentation of tobacco promotion by doctors, babies, Santa, and celebrities.

  • Purpose

    Every man serves a useful purpose: A miser, for example, makes a wonderful ancestor.Laurence J. Peter

  • The divorce

    She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases.On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining table by candlelight, put on some soft background music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp…

  • Happiness

    Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.Anne Frank