Archive for the ‘History’ Category

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When you reach for the stars, you might not quite get one, but you won’t come up with a handful of mud, either – Leo Burnett

Talk about a trip back in time… The Bryant Pond Press

Back in the mid 90′s (seems like so long ago) the neighbors and I started a small run community flier/newspaper. The kids planned the paper, wrote the stories, distributed the thing & even sold subscriptions. It was a lot of fun and I think it really helped bring the neighborhood together. I was cleaning out [...]

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“A question well asked, is half the answer.” – Socrates

All the cool Google logos

If you’re like me, you catch a cool Google logo every now and then.  (See earlier post on Jules Verne’s Bday) I wasn’t even looking for it but came across a listing of all their cool logos.  I did the thing I never do and hit “I’m Feeling Lucky” instead of doing a regular search [...]

Google Honors Jules Verne

How cool is Google today? They honored Jules Verne on the 183rd anniversary of his birthday with a way-cool interactive logo. It is a fun change to the old dependable logo that not only allows you to float around looking out the “submarine” logo windows, but turn, go up and down etc. There is even [...]

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“Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Gratitude Recap

The family was sitting around the dinner table (with an amazing pork roast, potatoes and asparagus – mmmm) and I took the opportunity to start a conversation.  “Let’s recap a little bit.  What are some of the things you are happy about from 2010?” It was a simple way to get 2011 started off in [...]

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“What lies behind us, and what lies before us, are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“”Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi

It’s ALIVE!!!

Okay, I would start this post with a litany of excuses for why I have been away from writing, but a) they are too numerous to mention and b) you could probably care less. In any event, my life has gone through some major changes (all for the good) and it has certainly drawn my [...]