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Thought For the Day: Replying To Nasty Remark With Another Is Like Using Mud To Remove Dirt
“To reply to a nasty remark with another nasty remark is like trying to remove dirt with mud.” – Michael Catt, in Courageous Living
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Strange & Eternal
Not a law firm but a continuing theme…. Strange & Eternal by Michael Romani Strange and eternal We walk into the infernal Nightmare of crimson skies Mist rising before our eyes Walking alone down a dirt road Remembering lessons learned … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraxas, Absrasive, Alone, Believe, Blasphemy, Crimson, Cruel, Dark, Death, Deceive, Demons, Deserve, Dread, Eternal, Haunted, Hope, Infernal, Lessons, Light, Mist, Mock, Other, Panpipe, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Red Skies, Ritual, Secret, Serve, Silence, Solitude, Strange, Strories, Violence
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Static Memories
Do you remember long ago when television station programming would end with snow and static on the screens? This has less to do with that than the late night movies that would come on just before. Static Memories by Michael … Continue reading
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Tagged Certain, Conscious, Duel, Eternity, Eyes, Fantasy, Fire, Fish, Galaxxy, Gift, Infinite, Late Night, Memory, Misty, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Recall, Shadow, Small Talk, Smile, Starless, Static, Sunrise, Tears, TV, Walls of Sound, Years, You and Me
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First Principles: Man’s Wickedness Will Only Increase Without Religion
“If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be if without it?” – Benjamin Franklin
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Thought For the Day: Government Does Nothing As Well Or Economically As the Private Sector
“Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, ‘What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power.’ But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does … Continue reading
Darkness In Sight
In the end times, there will be shadows that walk among us whose sight will inspire fear, hopelessness and much darkness by their mere sight. Are you ready to take this test and come out alright? I hope so. … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Banality, Black, Breaking News, Canary, Catastrophe, Chorus, Dark, Endgame, Eyes, Float, Forgiver, Holy, Humanity, Ignore, Lack, Lonely, Lunch, Mock, Paint, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pray, Ravage, Real, Right, River, Run, Sacred, Savage, Self Pity, Shadow, Sight, Snark, Strung Out, Surrender, Tear, Truth, Walk, Wine, Wisdom
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Just A Little Broken
Based in part on… life…. and Psalm 34:18: Just A Little Broken by Michael Romani Down at the church, I heard it spoken That all of us are just a little broken You know, I couldn’t deny it I wouldn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Psalm, Born Again, Broke, Buy It, Chruch, Contraction, Contrite, Crush, Cure, Dark, David, Deny, Despair, Destruction, Disrepair, Doubt, Fear, Habit, Hear, Heart, Hope, Humanity, Lord, Neglect, Pastor, Path, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Prayer, Pride, Pure, Pursue, Reject, Save, Scare, Self Will, Sense, Separation, Sin, Sold Out, Spoke, Symptoms, Thrill, Try, Vanity, Wanton, Wonder, World
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First Principles: Nothing Is So Contagious As Opinion Formed In the Mind of Distrust
“Nothing is so contagious as opinion, especially on questions which, being susceptible of very different glosses, beget in the mind a distrust of itself.” – James Madison (1790)
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Tagged Born, Contagious, Distrust, First Principles, Gloss, James Madison, Mind, Nothing, Opinion, Question
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Thought For the Day: Only You Can Determine How the Coin of Time Is Spent In Your Life
“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” – Carl Sandburg, poet (6 … Continue reading
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Tagged Care, Carl Sandburg, Coin, Determine, Life, Other People, Spend, Thought For the Day, Time
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Played Like The Boss
The relevance of rock-n-roll is how something so irreverently off the cuff could change the world into the mainly the Key of E. E for emotion, excitement, energy, enjoyment and evolving us into a whole new paradigm. Many watching wanted … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Applause, Boss, Change, Chin, Chord, Common Man, Constant, Dark, Doubt, Explosion, Glory, Guitar, Home, Jaded Past, Key of E, Light, Motorcycle, Photograph, Play, Poem, Poetry, Revolution, Rock N Roll, Satisfaction, Six String, Society, Songs, Stage Lights, Story, Television, Truth, World, Young Boy
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