Quote O’ the Day

“Have the courage to act instead of react.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Quote O’ the Day

“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.” — Ray Bradbury

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Not Sitting for Cyber Bullying

. OK, so with the kids starting middle school, and with the girl already having a Facebook page (she’s too young for it, in my opinion, but her mom gave her the go-ahead), I have started to explain to them the damage that cyber bullying can do. She is 11, but I can already see [...]

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In the South, College Football is King

Stephen Fry, the English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, takes a look at the Iron Bowl—the annual football game between Auburn University and the University of Alabama—and experiences culture shock. His take-away: . I really don’t know of anything sums up America better. It’s simultaneously preposterous, incredibly laughable, [...]

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Quote O’ the Day

“I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls.” — Gene Kelly

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The Credit Downgrade for Dummies

Still not sure what America’s recent credit downgrade by Standard & Poor’s really means? Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich explains . . . and it’s pretty scary . . . . .

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Who Should You Thank for Your Craft Beer?

When you sit down to have a beer, is it mass-produced by one of the huge brewing companies, such as Anheuser-Busch, Miller or Coors, or is it a hand-crafted boutique brew, cooked up by a small brew-house or, even better, a home brew? Well, if you are quenching your afternoon thirst with a craft beer, [...]

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Quote O’ the Day

“Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.” — Malcolm Forbes

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Living in the Post-Potter World

Are you going through Harry Potter withdrawals now that Voldemort and the Death Eaters have been vanquished? My daughter, who loves the series, will simply read the books and watch the DVDs over and over again. Since J.K. Rowling says she isn’t going to write any more Potter tomes, there are some who are picking [...]

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Now He’s Not Even Trying

According to the N.Y. Times’ The Caucus blog, former Georgia representative and current GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is going to campaign this weekend in that hotbed of national politics and critical primary state . . . wait for it . . . Hawaii. . Mr. Gingrich’s presidential schedule shows him campaigning in Hawaii on [...]

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