Category Archives: Gaylon’s Greatest Hits
The Daily Dose – August 22, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… CAPSULE ECLIPSE REVIEW: Total Solar Eclipse, August 21, 2017, Intersection of Wyoming State Highway 220 and Natrona County Road 321, Natrona County, Wyoming: We’re not the most exciting people on the planet here at … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – August 15, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… NO, I GUESS WE CAN’T ALL JUST GET ALONG: Few, if any, throughout human history have lived in racial harmony. As a species, we have always distrusted those different from us and history is … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Master Li
The wise man has no ambitions. Therefore, he has no failures. He who never fails always succeeds. And he who always succeeds is all-powerful. – Master Li, Creation by Gore Vidal Regular readers of The Thought for the Day know … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Marvin Hamlisch
The main journey is to find happiness, not to find success. – Marvin Hamlisch Marvin Hamlisch was an American composer and conductor. He is one of only two people – fellow composer Richard Rogers is the other – to win … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Andrew Chaikin
Any society, if it is to flourish instead of merely survive, must strive to transcend its own limits. – Andrew Chaikin, A Man on the Moon Today is the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. On July 20, … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Rick Wallenda
Life is being on the wire. Everything else is just waiting. – Rick Wallenda We’ve been keeping our quotebook since 1988 and it is up to 94 pages and over 30,000 words and while we don’t rank them, if we … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Minnesota Fats
Every living creature on this earth can do something great. – Minnesota Fats Minnesota Fats, born Rudolph Wanderone (1913-96), was an American pool hustler, and today’s Thought comes from an appearance he made on the 25th anniversary special of ABC’s … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – July 4, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US: 88,026 days after America declared its independence from Britain, let’s take a look at how our Founding Fathers might regard the country the America they founded has turned into. Leading … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Martin Kaymer
You have to believe. You have to play brave. – Martin Kaymer Martin Kaymer is a German professional golfer. Currently plying his trade on the European Tour, he has won two major championships, the PGA Championship in 2010 and the 2014 … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Charles Bukowski
Skid row was disgusting. The life of the sane, average man was dull, worse than death. – Charles Bukowski, Ham on Rye Charles Bukowski was an American poet and writer. We were introduced to Bukowski in 2011 at the Huntington … Continue reading