“The most beautiful voice in the world is that of an educated Southern woman.” — Winston Churchill
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Art and Science
So this past week was pretty run of the mill — Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee, raced on carbon fiber prosthetic blades in the Olympic 400 meter and NASA landed an intelligent, autonomous robot the size of a car on Mars. Let’s repeat that together, shall we? A double-amputee raced in the Olympics and NASA landed a car on Mars. MARS. [Read more…] about Art and Science
Quote of the Week for Aug. 6
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill
August Already
Summer has flown. Back-to-school commercials are on TV, kids are heading off to college, and sooner than later the school bus will drive by with the neighbor’s children every morning at 8:07 and cause my dog Andy to bark furiously (I won’t mind; he’s 14 1/2 and every day with him is a gift). [Read more…] about August Already
Quote of the Week for July 30
“Writing is easy: all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” — Gene Fowler