The greatest lesson I learned that year in Mrs. Henry's class was the lesson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., tried to teach us all: Never judge people by the color of their skin. God makes each of us unique in ways that go much deeper. Ruby Bridges
Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever. Charles LambWhen I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it. Alan AldaWriter, California attorney, stumbling through the courtrooms of Southern California
Weekly posts for 2025!
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Monday, March 31, 2025
Monday, March 24, 2025
Baseball Opening Day March 27, 2025
You always get a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you go through. You look forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen. Joe DiMaggio
If you want to see a bunch of happy Americans, go out to opening day at any baseball stadium in the land. Ben FountainBaseball's Opening Day is full of time-honored traditions: the President throws out the first ball, the Cubs' starting pitcher walks away with a 54.00 ERA, the Royals get mathematically eliminated from the pennant race. Rob SheffieldOpening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air out, the light pour in. In baseball, no other day is so pure with possibility. No scores yet, no losses, no blame or disappointment. No hangover, at least until the game's over. Mary Schmich
Monday, March 17, 2025
First Day of Spring March 20, 2025
Spring is nature's way of saying, 'Let's party!' Robin Williams
In the Spring, I have counted 136 different kinds of weather inside of 24 hours. Mark TwainPeople ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. Rogers Hornsby
Monday, March 10, 2025
Saint Patrick's Day - March 17
Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. Saint Patrick
Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. Dave Barry"May you have all the happiness and luck that life can hold—and at the end of your rainbows may you find a pot of gold." Old Irish BlessingMonday, March 3, 2025
March
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. Charles Dickens
One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring. Aldo LeopoldI am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears. James HerriotMonday, February 24, 2025
Snow
Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin
The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love. Margaret AtwoodSeasonal change in Los Angeles is often a very subtle thing. It's not as if we finally stop having to shovel the snow out of our driveways and can put our parkas back in the closet. Henry RollinsMonday, February 17, 2025
Presidents Day
We, the people. Manifest Destiny. Conceived in liberty. Fear itself. Ask not. Morning in America. United we stand. Yes, we can. In times of great change and tumult, presidents seek to inspire beleaguered Americans by reminding them of their national identity. Ron Fournier
Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference. Jay LenoAll of the American presidents, certainly all of the notable ones, have been pretty original. Michael J. KnowlesMonday, February 10, 2025
Valentine's Day
All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt. Charles M. Schulz
Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone - we find it with another. Thomas MertonI think that Valentine's Day is only as good as you want it to be. You know, I don't think it should be anything fancy, nothing crazy. As long as you're spending time with that person that's special, I think that's a great Valentine's Day. Prince RoyceMonday, February 3, 2025
February
No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February. Suze Orman
Every February, we reflect on and honor the achievements, struggles, and icons that comprise Black history. As a proud, Black man running for office and raising two young, Black boys in the South, I am acutely aware that I stand on the shoulders of giants. Jaime Harrison
January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year's resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken. Sendhil MullainathanFebruary is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned. Hunter S. Thompson
Monday, January 27, 2025
Winter 2025
There are only two seasons - winter and Baseball. Bill Veeck
There's nothing better than curling up with a good book and sitting in front of the fire on winter evenings. Leo Sayer
The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter. Dave BarryMonday, January 20, 2025
Inauguration Day 2025
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President Donald J. Trump |
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/platform
Here's the full Republican platform
https://gop.com/about-our-party/
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24795758-read-the-2024-republican-party-platform/
Donald Trump quotes. No matter your opinion of him, let's hold him to these promises and do all we can to help him deliver.
From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land. From this moment on, it's going to be America First.
We will make America strong again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And we will make America great again.
It is time to show the whole world that America is back - bigger and better and stronger than ever before.
It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.
The American People will come first once again. My plan will begin with safety at home - which means safe neighborhoods, secure borders, and protection from terrorism. There can be no prosperity without law and order.
Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families, and good jobs for themselves. These are the just and reasonable demands of a righteous public.
Monday, January 13, 2025
Quotes for the Martin Luther King Jr holiday
Next week is Martin Luther King Jr holiday. Here are a few quotes from MLK
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
The time is always right to do what is right.
Monday, January 6, 2025
A few more new year quotes
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey
Let our New Year's resolution be this: we will be there for one another as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word. Goran PerssonI have no way of knowing how people really feel, but the vast majority of those I meet couldn't be nicer. Every once in a while someone barks at me. My New Year's resolution is not to bark back. Tucker Carlson