Deep Thoughts-The Highest Reward for Toil
Back to the Deep Thoughts Series. The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what he becomes of it. –John Ruskin
Read moreMonth: June 2009
Days of Our Lives – June 6, 2009
The start of a new series trying to better observe the humor in each days happenings.
Read moreTaken – A Movie Review
We watched this movie on DVD last night. Liam Neeson, as “Bryan Mills,” reminded me of Denzel Washington’s role in “Man On Fire.” In that film, Washington played a relentless-and-brutal bodyguard who did what he had to do to get kidnapped Dakota Fanning back to her parents.
Read moreUnderworld-Rise of the Lycans – A Movie Review
We had read some good reviews of this film, and although Lay and I have not been into this series, we decided to rent the DVD and watch this movie. It was something of a disappointment.
Read moreThe Difference Between a State and a Commonwealth
Don’t ask me why, but I got interested in determining what, if any, difference there is a between a State and a Commonwealth in the United States. (I guess it might have something to do with working a project for the Commonwealth of Virginia.) The short answer is that there isn’t much of a difference.
Read moreHappy 5th Anniversary to Deep Sand
I’m a bit late, but we made the first posting to Deep Sand on May 24th, 2004. So here we are five years and 1,370 posts later.
Read moreEverything I Needed to Know I learned at a 5th Grade Graduation
This morning I went to a nephew’s 5th grade graduation ceremony over in St. Petersburg. I found it telling that the speakers two main points were about responsibility: taking responsibility for yourself and your own actions; and being responsible in the friends we choose.
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