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It’s time for a hair cut. I’ve been dreading it for two or three weeks now. I don’t mind looking cleaned up. I don’t mind the idea of a hair cut. In fact I can hardly bear having the hair growing over my ears. I just can’t stand going to get a hair cut and never, never really getting a hair cut. Every few weeks, I go through this cycle of mourning and lamentation at the demise of the local Barber Shop. Read More »
Democracy must be something more than two
wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for
dinner.
-James Bovard, Civil Libertarian
I contend that for a nation to try to
tax itself into prosperity is like a
man standing in a bucket and trying
to lift himself up by the handle.
-Winston Churchill
Henry B. Eyring, 1st Counselor, Thomas S. Monson, President, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, 2nd Counselor
Watch this great video of wonderful memorabilia. Including several sets of Burma Shave Signs. The only one I actually remember from my childhood went: Darling, Dear, your photo came, but your doggone beard won’t fit the frame, Burma Shave.
This week’s word, boys and girls, is REALITY.
Another informative report from Uncle Jay!
I am a history buff, big time, so I am much dismayed that I have never encountered the name William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was the driving force behind the abolishment of the British Slave Trade.
This evening I watched the movie Amazing Grace about Wilberforce’s work in Parliament, to stop that horrible and inhuman business. It was so inspirational and left me deeply humbled and appreciative of the devotion of such men, who through faith, integrity, determination and great sacrifice, change the world!
Amazing Grace is a must see movie experience!
Uncle Jay remains my primary, most honest and most concise news source. I may indeed have a small mind, but Uncle Jay sure helps me understand and put things into perspective. Thanks Uncle Jay.
My brother has long begged me to watch this movie. It was filmed in 1921. The movie follows Nanook and his family as they live their lives in one of the harshest places on earth. To me, the most remarkable thing is their obvious heartfelt joy!
This is just a bit of the movie. I found it in its entirety, at our local library. It is interesting, compelling, startling and at a fundamental level, inspiring.
This past summer, my sweetheart and I went ancestor hunting in Michigan, Ontario and Quebec where I found graves of many of my progenitors. I just located some of those sites on Google Earth. Here is a photo of the Scoville Family Cemetery on Scugog Island, near Port Perry, Ontario. Google Earth Placemark ~GE1568.kmz
I regularly check the Week In Pictures at MSNBC. There are always some amazing photos. At the end of every December they do the Year in Pictures, they’re wonderful, especially the Space Photos.
Click on the photo to learn more about the JAXA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and their HDTV images of the Moon.
The opening of Peter Berg’s movie The Kingdom encapsulates US - Saudi history in a mere four minutes. A little review that’s well worth watching.
After WWII Hiroo Onoda held out on a Philippines Island until 1974! He would not surrender without direct orders from his Commanding Officer. Japanese officials finally tracked down his commander and flew him to the Philippines in order to convice Hiroo that the war was actually over.
I always thought Hiroo was a kook! Not so. Mr. Onoda had such strength of character that he wouldn’t capitulate under the most extreme circumstances.
Read more about Hiroo and see what remarkable things he did with the rest of his life.
Hiroo goes on my list of Heros.
