Quotes from the World for Tuesday 08/06/MMXIII

When we lose love, we lose also our identification with the universe and with eternal values—an identification which alone makes it possible for us to lay our lives on the altar for what we believe.

Sarah Patton Boyle
Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 3, ch. 2 (1962).

Boyle, a white Virginian, had publicly advocated integration despite great opposition, social isolation, and threats of violence.

What’s in a Thing?

Good Morning & Happy Monday,

What’s in a thing, what’s in that thing, what’s that thing?

Today is Tuesday 08/06/V3.4 & I might do something crazy today.

The Wolverine is showing at 1555 today & I just might go see it. That’s the crazy part about it. There’s also a 51% chance I won’t go see it. At this point we could go either way.

Today will be a 1 star weather day.
Today will be a 3 star weather day.
Today will be a 5 star weather day.

How many times have we heard a subjective term try to quantify something. What is the maximum number of starts. If there are 34 stars totally, that’s not such a good day is it?

So why do we do this to our selves. Isn’t life good enough?

So the US Department of State has requested non-essential personnel leave Yemen. Why don’t we just pull all of our personnel out of this unstable countries. When I was growing up & I didn’t play nice with my brothers & sisters. The parental units separated us, we probably should do the same.

The word of the day is eyetooth which is a canine tooth of the upper jaw.

So more on the hashtag #ASpoon, a spoon isn’t a unit of measurement. Cause a spoon can hold 10 ml, 20 ml, 30ml, any amount from a fraction of a ml to several l’s of an item.

So what’s new with you?