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Jurassically Mundane
Jurassically Mundaneby Michael DoyleFinally caving in I’m watching the showWith my daughters whispering clues to knowIn hushed tones, I try not to be curtAs I insist on giving out my spoiler alertA sense of wonder has left the buildingBut I … Continue reading
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Tagged Adversary, Beaut, Bust, Clues, Conspiracy, Corporate Greed, Curious, Curt, Cynicism, Daffodils, Daughters, Destination, Dinosaurs, DNA, Dulle, Empty Vessel, Enemy, Fallen Kingdom, Genetic Manipulation, Hunger, Hushed Tones, Ignoble, Jurassic, Locusts, Manipulation, Movie, Mundane, Plot, Poetry and Poems, Real Life, Revealing, Sense of Wonder, Shoulders of Genuis, Show, Smile, Spoiler Alert, Tragedy, Trampled, Under Foot, Understood, Vapid Trust, Veloiraptor, Watch
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First Principles: Republics Are Created By the Virtue, Public Spirit, and Intelligence of the Citizens
“Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, … Continue reading
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Tagged Betray, Citizens, Dare, Fall, First Principles, Flatter, Honest, Intelligence, Justice Joseph Story, Profligate, Public Council, Public Spirit, Republics, Reward, The People, Virtue, Wise
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Thought For the Day: When Two Opposite Points of View Are Expressed With Equal Intensity, the Truth Does Not Necessarily Lie Exactly Halfway Between Them
“When two opposite points of view are expressed with equal intensity, the truth does not necessarily lie exactly halfway between them. It is possible for one side to be simply wrong.” – Richard Dawkins, biologist and author (b. 26 Mar … Continue reading
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Tagged Halfway, One Side, Opposite, Points of View, Possible, Richard Dawkins, Thought For the Day, Truth, Two, Wrong
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Born In the Rockies (Part III)
Born In the Rockies (Part III)by Michael DoyleAs much as childhood is sweet, it wouldn’t be cleverTo ever believe these days will last foreverThe ending of one relationship spells the start of the newThis is how the grasslands play out … Continue reading
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Tagged Atmosphere, Biosphere, Bison, Born In the Rockies, Childhood, Clever, Clouds, Cold, Cyclone, Days, Drift, Experience, First Sight, Flow, Focus, Forever, Funnel, Grasslands, Kid, Master Class, Mother, Mountain, Nanny, Poetry and Poems, Prairie, Purpose, Reassurance, Relationship, Rocky Mountain, Serenity, Sigh, Snowmelt, Storm, Survive, Sweet, Wall, Winter, Yellowstone Valley
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First Principles: The Most Sacred of the Duties of A Government Is To Do Equal and Impartial Justice To All Citizens
“The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all citizens.” —Thomas Jefferson (1816)
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Tagged All Citizens, Duties, Equal, Government, Impartial, Justice, Sacred, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Too Often We Underestimate the Power of…the Smallest Act of Caring To Turn A Life Around
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” -Leo Buscaglia, author, … Continue reading
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Tagged Act of Caring, Honest Complient, Kind Word, Leo Buscaglia, Potential, Power, Smile, Thought For the Day, Touch, Turn A Life Around
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Born In the Rockies (Part II)
Born In the Rockies (Part II)by Michael DoyleThe backbone of North America stretches for milesBring life across the land with ceaseless smilesFrom shifting sand dunes to deep river valleys it goesFrom the most brilliant stretches of sun to deep shadowsEach … Continue reading
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Tagged Again, Animal Babies, Backbone, Beginning, Biome, Born, Childhood, Cranes, Cub, Dance, Day, Deep River Valley, Den, Earth, Ecosystem, Essential, Explore, Freshness, Generation, Grass, Habittual, II, Life, Miles, Mirth, Mist, Mother, Nature, New Life, North America, Play, Poetry and Poems, Rainbow, Renewal of Vows, Ritual, Romance, Sand Dunes, Shadows, Smiles, Spawn, Sun, Tale, Temperate, Time, Understood, Wait, Ways of Love, Win, Winter, Yellowstone Valley
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First Principles: The People Are Not To Be Disarmed of Their Weapons. They Are Left In Full Possession of Them.
“The people are not to be disarmed of their weapons. They are left in full possession of them.” – Zacharia Johnson (1788)
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Tagged Disarmed, First Principles, Full Possession, Left, The People, Weapons, Zacharia Johnson
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Thought For the Day: One May Have A Blazing Hearth In One’s Soul, and Yet No One Ever Comes To Sit By It
“One may have a blazing hearth in one’s soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.” – Vincent van Gogh, painter (30 Mar 1853-1890)
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Tagged Blaze, Come, Hearth, One, Sit, Soul, Thought For the Day, Vincent van Gogh
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