On the same Saturday afternoon that I took this other, heavily populated photo of Worldwide Plaza in Manhattan, I snapped this
other shot of the most prominent feature in the plaza: this sculpture.
Monday, July 31, 2017
Quote of the Day (Joe Queenan, on Tribute Bands’ Economic Clout)
“Tribute bands ranging from Lead Zeppole to Bjorn 2
Run now account for 3.5% of. America's GDP, employing 2.5 million musicians and
twice that number of stage hands, sound engineers and roadies. Working in a
top-flight tribute band is so profitable that musicians graduating from
prestigious music schools routinely join bands with names like Coldplague,
Flock of Seconals and Gladys Night and the Pups.” —Joe Queenan, “With a Little
Help From My Hordes of Imitators,” The
Wall Street Journal, June 3-4, 2017
Labels:
Humor,
Joe Queenan,
Quote of the Day,
Rock 'n' Roll,
Tribute Bands
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Quote of the Day (C.S. Lewis, on How God Shows Himself)
“When you come to knowing God, the initiative lies
on His side. If He does not show Himself, nothing you can do will enable you to
find Him. And, in fact, He shows much more of Himself to some people than to
others—not because He has favourites, but because it is impossible for Him to
show Himself to a man whose whole mind and character are in the wrong
condition. Just as sunlight, though it has no favourites, cannot be reflected
in a dusty mirror as clearly as in a clean one.” — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952)
Labels:
C.S. Lewis,
Christianity,
God,
MERE CHRISTIANITY,
Quote of the Day
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Photo of the Day: Brightest at the Center
I took a picture of this flower last weekend at the
duck pond in Saddle River County Park in Ridgewood, NJ.
Movie Quote of the Day (The Three Stooges, Demonstrating the Value of a Dental Visit)
Patient
(played by Slim Gaut):
(sitting up as Moe takes some dental
equipment out of his mouth) “No!”
(Moe—played by
Moe Howard--slams the patient back down.)
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Quote of the Day (Aldous Huxley, on Words and Experiences)
“Words form the thread on which we hang our
experiences.” —English novelist/essayist Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), Collected Essays (1959)
Labels:
Aldous Huxley,
British Literature,
Experience,
Language,
Quote of the Day,
Words
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