Monday, August 18, 2025

School year begins

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country. Kurt Vonnegut

Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school. Albert Einstein

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson. Tom Bodett

We don't stop going to school when we graduate. Carol Burnett


Monday, August 11, 2025

Heat

It ain't the heat, it's the humility. Yogi Berra

If you saw a heat wave, would you wave back? Steven Wright

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Harry S Truman

I hate summer, to be honest. I hate dressing. I hate the heat. I hate sweaty people getting aggressively close to you when you're walking down the street. Johnny Weir


Monday, August 4, 2025

Football season

August 1 is the beginning of football season to me. Colin Cowherd

There's two times of year for me: Football season, and waiting for football season. Darius Rucker

For many sports fans, the onset of fall only means one thing: It's football season! Marcus Samuelsson


Monday, July 28, 2025

August

August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery. Henry Rollins

In August most of Europe goes on holiday. Tony Visconti

The west coast of Corsica on a boat in August is probably as beautiful as it gets. Antoine Arnault

August 1 is the beginning of football season to me. Colin Cowherd


Monday, July 21, 2025

Travel

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. Saint Augustine

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu

Never go on trips with anyone you do not love. Ernest Hemingway

Just got back from a pleasure trip: I took my mother-in-law to the airport. Henny Youngman


Monday, July 14, 2025

Summertime

I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles. R. L. Stine

When I was growing up in North Carolina, we didn't wear our shoes in the summertime because we were trying to save them. By the time the fall came around, our feet had spread so much from walking around barefooted, the shoes didn't fit anymore. Vernon Jones

Americans are really in love with their summertime. Elin Hilderbrand


Monday, July 7, 2025

July

No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July. Mac Thornberry

Being a traditionalist, I'm a rabid sucker for Christmas. In July, I'm already worried that there are only 146 shopping days left. John Waters

My early childhood memories center around this typical American country store and life in a small American town, including 4th of July celebrations marked by fireworks and patriotic music played from a pavilion bandstand. Frederick Reines