A rendered transliteration of the Middle English original.
For those of you not conversant with ME, þ ~= some kind of th.

Sumer is icumen in ( Read more... )

[Part of this was originally posted private on July 21, 2009.
Updated 12/2/2009 to honor helping hands and making mistakes.]

Bob Uecker, who does play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers ( Read more... )

The tragedy in life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal.
The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.
- Benjamin Mays

One can do things without having a goal, but ( Read more... )

That's me in the corner,
That's me in the spotlight, I'm
Losing my religion
-R.E.M.

I already knew, but it was also the very first thing ( Read more... )

Ive seen so many things that made me wonder
But sometimes its hard to tell--
-Lindsey Buckingham

Yesterday ( Read more... )

The lone and level sands stretch far away.
-Shelley

Lives are changing all around me. Marriages ( Read more... )

Courage is doing what you're afraid to do.
There can be no courage unless you're scared.
-Eddie Rickenbacker

I have spent a lot of energy not being angry ( Read more... )

By being receptive, we can avail ourselves
of the spiritual wealth available to us.

By being open, we can receive things
beyond what we ourselves might imagine.
-Deng Ming-Dao in Everyday Tao

To Practice This Thought:
Don't stifle new possibilities because of
your fear, doubt, or closed-mindedness.
from Soul Booster

The first shoe has dropped ( Read more... )

[in telling how the wildlife
are coming back to his family's
farm, now returned to nature]
The pumas are back! You know,
one puma tells another.
Sebastiao Salgado

I see the future ( Read more... )

When you think of [x] as your business,
you also think of [y] as the machinery
that makes that business operate.

It would be nice if you could let everyone use [y],
but basically you've got to use it yourself.
Bobby Baldwin, as told to Mike Caro

Lessons from unlikely sources this week ( Read more... )