Good afternoon, Netizens...Here we have a picture forwarded to me by SR's Ryan Pitts that proves, beyond a question of a doubt, that the only wildlife at Eastern Washington University is not in the various residence halls, pubs and after-hours celebrations. Ostensibly the moose were…
Good afternoon, Netizens... In just a few hours Non-Chinese and Chinese alike around the world will begin celebrating Chinese New Year, the year of the ox. Considered by most ethnic Chinese families to be the most-significant day in China, you might be surprised, as I…
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.Stephen Hawking (1942 - ) Engineer
Good morning, Netizens... When I was a young man just beginning the transition toward adulthood, I occasionally attended an African American church, primarily because of the incredibly-powerful oratory of their pastor, the late Reverend Bill Saugus. Reverend Saugus had the ability, using the inflection and…
Good morning, Netizens... In this morning's David Horsey political cartoon, David Horsey's wit has been supplanted with some wisdom. Despite the liberties with which he has created a caricature of President Obama attired as General George Washington at Valley Forge, there is some profound wisdom…
He not busy being born is busy dying.Bob Dylan (1941 - )
Good morning Netizens... After a wealth of politics and opinion regarding our new President, while I was cruising the used car lot of news in the paper online this morning, a story rose up and bit me where I live. Say it isn't so! Eighty-one…
There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.Senator Everett Dirksen (1896 - 1969)
Good morning, Netizens...Perhaps this quote, from Obama's Inaugural Speech yesterday, spoke the loudest to me personally, and obviously this morning, it also spoke to David Horsey. For we are a young nation, and as such, we have a great deal to learn about governance, and…
Good afternoon, Netizens...Here, from the news wires is the entire text of Obama's Inauguration Speech:My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President…
Good morning, Netizens... Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009 – unbounded questions persist. Is he the One? The abiding question, that most-elusive of all questions has lingered in the corners of my mind since his powerful speech delivered at the Democratic National Convention, and even in…
Good morning, Netizens...Per a request, here is this morning's Nonsequitor cartoon in direct response (almost in my opinion) to David Horsey's Cartoon I posted earlier. Comments, anyone?Dave
Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. Johnny Carson (1925 - 2005)
Good morning, Netizens... Today is Martin Luther King Day, and it seems somehow fit and proper that we should carefully and meticulously consider what David Horsey has to say on the issue this morning about the parallels between Dr. King and President-Elect Barack Obama. They…
Good morning, Netizens...Each day I allow a program to select a quote of the day, one which has worked with unfathomable success for nearly a year. This morning, in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, I have manually selected one of my favorite quotations from…
You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. Charles Austin Beard (1874 - 1948)
Good morning, Netizens... It was so shocking to some that Circuit City, a major purveyor of high-tech gadgets in Spokane has fallen from bankruptcy to liquidation. Circuit City became the largest retailer to fall victim to the expanding financial crisis Friday, announcing it will shut…
Good morning, Netizens... Oh, how the once-mighty have fallen department. A British judge has sentenced Boy George to 15 months in prison after being convicted of falsely imprisoning a male escort by handcuffing him to a wall in a London apartment. British Judge David Radford…
Good morning, Netizens... Andrew Wyeth, an American painter, died in his sleep early this morning at his home in the Philadelphia suburb of Chadds Ford, according to the Associated Press. The son of an American book illustrator and artist, N.C. Wyeth, gained wealth, popularity and…
Good morning, Netizens... Let us all stand and pay tribute to this man, Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III, a 57 year-old former fighter pilot from Danville, California who, until yesterday afternoon, was just an anonymous pilot for US Airlines. The news wires are still sizzling…
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny. Paul Tillich (1886 - 1965) Theologian, professor and philosopher
Good morning, Netizens... In this SR photograph, Spokane police Officer Mike McCasland waits for a tow truck to free a truck jackknifed on a snow berm this week at Riverside Avenue and Madison Street. What is this? We haven't had any snow this week to…
Good morning, Netizens... Sometime when the yardarm leans approximately in the direction of 9:00 AM or so, my long-time friend Mhibbs and I are meeting for breakfast at a place known to us as The Hilltop Cafe (Annie's) on North Nevada at the curve. We…
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.e e cummings (1894 - 1962)
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