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The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away--Psalm 90:10 Yikes. For those in Rio Linda, I'm talking about an age of seventy years. The date is… Continue reading Quote of the Day: “Three Score Years and Ten”
Here's a minor reworking of a post originally from five years ago on Ricochet. I've updated and edited a couple of things, but--in the main--it stands: "Diamonds are a girl's best friend:" I can’t be sure that’s true, because I’ve never owned a single one. But certainly, if I were to try and come up… Continue reading “Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend”
A post today on Ricochet references one of my favorite authors, and one of his comments on Hell. The author is C.S. Lewis, and the quote (from The Screwtape Letters) is We must picture Hell as a state where everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and… Continue reading “The Doors of Hell Are Locked On the Inside“
It is true that few of us can worship the self, naked and unashamed for very long. For one thing, it simply doesn't work. Living for his own pleasure is the least pleasurable thing a man can do: If his neighbours don't kill him in disgust, he will die slowly of boredom and lovelessness--Joy Davidman,… Continue reading Quote of the Day: On Self-Worship, Boredom, and Lovelessness
The detail is from a History Channel recap of important events on July 10 throughout history. Obviously, some are more recent than others. Some are so recent that I was an absurdly small "extra"--merely a unrecognized bystander--in their resolution. As fate and fortune would have it, I was in Chiang Rai, Thailand, the week that… Continue reading On This Day, Six Years Ago, “Mission Possible for Team Thailand”
The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference; for at a minimum, to love or hate someone is to have intense emotions toward them.--Elie Wiesel He would know. Elie Wiesel was a Holocaust victim who survived imprisonment in Auschwitz and Buchenwald before the latter camp was liberated by the the US Army in April,… Continue reading Quote of the Day: Elie Wiesel on Love, Hate, and Indifference
Those are the last words spoken by Shakespeare's villainous King Richard III, as he desperately dashed about Bosworth Field, just before being hacked to smithereens by by the opposition--the soldiers of Henry Tudor--after which (IRL, now) Richard's naked body was thrown across a horse (presumably not his own) and taken to Leicester, where he was… Continue reading King Richard III
Into each life, some rain must fall. But not into ours. Our lives are where the garbage is delivered. — Jenny Today (June 10) is Jenny's birthday, and it's been three years since I first posted this here. In her honor, I'm proud to do so again: Ever have one of those days, weeks, months,… Continue reading Quote of the Day, June 10, 2024: On Life’s Vicissitudes
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. Today's quote of the day comes from a prolific novelist, Thomas Hardy, who was born 184 years ago, on… Continue reading Quote of the Day: On Old Age
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. This is the quote attributed to General George S. Patton in his extemporaneous remarks at Boston’s Copely Plaza, on June 7, 1945. There’s no written record (on his part) of his saying such a thing,… Continue reading Quote of the Day: From ‘Old Blood and Guts in the Year Of Our Lord 2024’