Two Silly Bulls!

Prince: Two what?

Edmund: Two syllables.

Prince: Two silly bulls? I don't think so, Blackadder -- not in The Bible. I can remember a fatted calf, but, as I recall, that was quite a sensible animal. Oh, ah! It's it, um, er, Noah's Ark, with the, er, two pigs, two ants, and two silly bulls? Is that it?

Edmund: Two syll- A-bles.

Prince: What?

Edmund: Look, we're getting confused; let's start again, shall we?

Prince: No, let's not, Blackadder. I think the whole game's getting a bit sylla, to be honest.

-         Blackadder’s Christmas Carol

Two Silly Bulls indeed! Love Hugh Laurie.

Appreciate How Far You've Come

...You also need to look back, not just at the people who are running behind you but especially at those who don't run and never will...
Those who run but don't race...
Those who started training for a race but didn't carry through...
Those who got to the starting line but didn't get to the finish line...
Those who once raced better than you but no longer run at all.
You're still here.
Take pride in wherever you finish.

- Joe Henderson

Victory! You have conquered!

Prufrock

In the room the women come and go
Talking of Michelangelo.

- T. S. Eliot

Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock


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Herds of Wildebeest

Basil: May I ask what you expected to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? The Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically...?

Mrs. Richards: Don't be silly. I expect to be able to see the sea.

Basil: You can see the sea. It's over there between the land and the sky.

Mrs. Richards: I'd need a telescope to see that.

Basil: Well, then, may I suggest you move to a hotel nearer the sea? [mutters] Or preferably in it.

Fawlty Towers

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I Miss You, Uncle Jess

All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
A light from the shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
The crownless again shall be king.

-         J. R. R. Tolkien

The Fellowship of the Ring

I know you would have preferred a scantily clad cheerleader, Uncle Jess. And I'm sure
you're having a good giggle that I was momentarily uncomfortable even considering it.

Did I Ever tell You How Lucky You Are?

Be grateful you’re not in the forest in France
Where the average young person just hasn’t a chance
To escape from the perilous pants eating plants.
But your pants are safe, you’re a fortunate guy
You ought to be shouting how lucky am I!

- Dr. Seuss

Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?

Boo does a hilarious rendition of this picture.

Poetry

It is strange how a scrap of poetry works in the mind and makes the legs move in time to it along the road.

-         Virginia Woolf

A Room of One’s Own

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Good advice from a silly old bear

Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

-                     A. A. Milne

Christopher Robin to Pooh

Put this quote on a note in Boo's lunchbox today.
Here's Boo on his 5th birthday.

Good ol' Papa

There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.

- Ernest Hemingway

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Read Them Fairy Tales

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.

- Albert Einstein

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I Have a Cunning Plan!

Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words "I have a cunning plan" marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?

Bacldrick: They certainly are, sir!

Blackadder: Well, forgive me if I don't do a cartwheel of joy. Your record in this department is hardly 100%. So what is it?

Baldrick: We do nothing.

Blackadder: Yup, it's another world-beater.

Baldrick: No, wait. We do nothing ... until our heads have actually been cut off.

Blackadder: And then we ... spring into action?

-                     Blackadder

Nob and Nobility

Winning!

The best team doesn’t always win; the team that plays the best wins.

– Jim Fassell

Former NY Giants Coach

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They Grow So Fast

 You have to be happier for them than you are sad for yourself.

-Charlotte King

My Amazing Mom

I look awful but I love this picture because it captures one of the
happiest moments of my life: holding both of my boys for the first time.

First day of preschool and first day of kindergarten
at our beloved Cardinal Montessori School!

Cheers to a New Year!

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.

 -         Oprah Winfrey

Take Responsibility For Yourself

Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.

- William Shakespeare

Julius Caesar

Photo: NASA

Stand In Someone Else's Shoes

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

-         Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird

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