Thursday, October 30, 2008

Say, Mean, Matter 7

To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks.
A. A. Milne

Friday, October 24, 2008

Say, Mean, Matter 6

Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)

Pick a Picture Poetry


Cone
my own
frozen friendship
drips
down
down
down
windshield wiper of
a tongue working slap, slap, slap
cannot save
my red and white polka dot dress.

What a mess

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Say, Mean, Matter 5

Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.
Dale Carnegie

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Say, Mean, Matter 4

"Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake."
- Chessmaster Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower (1887-1956)

Friday, October 3, 2008

Say, Mean, Matter 2

"The man who does not read books has no advantage over the man that can not read them."
Mark Twain

Reflection on A White Flower
Yesterday I was the center of white satin petals arranged adoringly around me on my special day. Soon the season passed and the petals faded, fell away crumbled power in a cold wind. I also hardened, fell apart in the dew of a frosty morning, but that moment was my glory. The sun kissed me.