Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Nov. 21, 2009)
Pretty Strong Words Compulsion in religion is distinguished peculiarly from compulsion in every other thing. I may grow rich by an art that I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I […]
Pretty Strong Words Compulsion in religion is distinguished peculiarly from compulsion in every other thing. I may grow rich by an art that I am compelled to follow; I may recover health by medicines I […]
From The Devil’s Dictionary Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. —Ambrose Bierce A Different Man When a woman who asked Philip of Macedon to do her justice was snubbed […]
Abdul Abulbul Amir Lesley Nelson-Burns This song was written in 1877 by Percy French at Trinity College for a college concert. His original title was “Abdulla Bulbul Ameer.” He sold it to a publisher […]
From the Trivia File “Moron” was coined in 1910 by psychologist Henry H. Goddard from the Greek word moros, which meant “dull” (as opposed to “sharp”), and used to describe a person with a mental […]
From the Trivia File The finger on which the wedding ring is to be worn is the fourth finger of the left hand, next unto the little finger; because of the received opinion of the […]
Shedding Light It is better to burn the candle at both ends, and in the middle, too, than to put it away in the closet and let the mice eat it. … Henry van Dyke […]
A Marvelous Mondegreen When our neighbor went to sign up for use of the township tennis courts, the clerk on duty asked, “Name?” Thinking to make it easy for him, our neighbor replied, “Kristian, with […]
Roman Proverb He destroys his health by laboring to preserve it. —Virgil Lo! The Prophet We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature’s […]
No Exceptions The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself. … Marcel Pagnol At a Loss for Words Boss to secretary: There are two words that I want […]
From A Tramp Abroad It seems that the heavy work in the quarries and the new railway gradings [in Germany] is done mainly by Italians. That was a revelation. We have the notion in our […]
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