I'm glad that Platner has dropped out of the Maine senate race. We should ask and expect high standards from our elected leaders.
Sometimes, it actually is that hard. But "difficult" is not "impossible," and many hard things are worth doing.
Happy 70th birthday to Tom Hanks. I haven't watched "Joe vs. the Volcano" yet, though.
"Ninety percent of science fiction is crud. But then ninety percent of everything is crud, and it's the ten percent that isn't crud that is important."
-Theodore Sturgeon
Make sure you have at least one pastime that doesn't require electricity.
Good drainage really is important.
Happy 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Lee Resolution (which stated "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States... absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown) and the beginning of Congress' consideration of the Declaration of Independence.
Celebrate this wonderful nation of ours this weekend!
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What foods have ridiculous names? I nominate "shamrock shake."
Sometimes it's just one of those times.
"Thank you for always trying to do the right thing."
It's a good goal.
Do you prefer odd numbers or even numbers?
What's your typical workplace snack?
"This consciousness of divine grace of the elect and holy was accompanied by an attitude toward the sin of one's neighbour, not of sympathetic understanding based on consciousness of one's own weakness, but of hatred and contempt for him as an enemy of God bearing the signs of eternal damnation." -Max Weber, "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"
May we all live with humility and kindness.
How many body parts have you had removed?
Hungry in Ninevah? Stop by Snackerib for a royal treat before they're Sar-GONE!
I honor those who have died in the service of our nation and our communities. I look forward to the day when war is no more.
"People have told me that this is what you're supposed to do with power. You're supposed to punish your opponents. Really? Is that how it's supposed to work here? Crushing the minority opposition is not a demonstration of strength. It's an admission of fear and a show of weakness. Maybe we've become convinced that the only way to preserve the republic is to implement policies that are contrary to the founding ideas of the republic. I don't seek power to punish. I want to uplift. Competition makes you better, y'all. A legitimate opponent will make a competitor better every time. They do it to you, so you should do it to them? Do unto others as you believe they would do unto you? Is that what we teach our children? I think you should do what you know to be right."
I'm not sure where the bounds are with person-centered language. Is a lawyer an "esquired person?" Is a trucker a "trucking person?" Is the Pope a "Catholicized person?" Help me understand!
Act, speak, relate in good faith.
"The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth!" -Jean-Luc Picard
Joined Nov 2022
