Month: June 2010

  • Defeat

    When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.Napoleon Hill

  • And work your way up from there…

    If you’re brilliant and open-minded, you can start at the top.Uri Geller

  • Equality

    All men are created equal, it is only men themselves who place themselves above equality.David Allan Coe

  • Willfullness

    To have no set purpose in one’s life is the harlotry of the will.Stephen MacKenna

  • Rich

    Who is rich?  He that is content.  Who is that?  Nobody.Benjamin Franklin

  • Gumdrop cookies

    Ingredients1 cup (2 sticks) butter1 cup granulated white sugar1 cup packed brown sugar2 eggs½ teaspoon salt2 teaspoons vanilla2 cups oatmeal1 teaspoon baking soda1 teaspoon baking powder2 cups all purpose flour2 cups gumdrops cut into chunks the size of a semi-sweet chocolate chip1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans1 cup flaked coconutMethodPreheat oven to 375 degree FahrenheitCombine…

  • Applecare

    After a mishap last Sunday, Jill got excited playing cribbage with our friend Dick Jordan and knocked over her glass of wine into my Macbook Pro, the Genius bar came to the rescue.  I was honest with the guy about what happened, and he said he understood how that might happen, and comped the repair. …