Daves Thoughts

by James Tate

A single apple grew on our tree, which was some kind of miracle because it was a pear tree. We walked around it scratching our heads. "You want to eat it?" I asked my wife. "I’d die first," she replied. We . . . → Read More: Just to Feel Human

Interesting article from The Writer’s Almanac

It was on this day in 1875 that the largest recorded swarm  of locusts in American history descended upon the Great   Plains. An estimated 3.5 trillion locusts made up the swarm.  It was about 1,800 miles long and 110 miles wide, ranging from Canada down to Texas. . . . → Read More: Swarm of locusts

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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.   – . . . → Read More: What’s New

(ser r o al’ o ka tuv) – adj. Describes the ability of a seasoned breakfast eater to establish a perfect cereal/banana ratio, assuring there will be at least one slice of banana left for the final spoonful . . . → Read More: Cereoallocative

I Lived Though
McCarthy, Reagan, G W Bush, Y2K Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease, 9/11, Swine Flu!
Bring . . . → Read More: I Lived Though

Essay by Einstein:
“How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he sometimes thinks he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people — first of all for those upon whose smiles . . . → Read More: The World As I See It

The conservatives and the liberals, they both like to spend. Conservatives spend money on different things. They like embassies, and they like occupation. They like the empire. They like to be in 135 countries and 700 bases.

Don’t you think it’s rather conservative to say, ‘Oh it’s good to follow the Constitution. Oh, except for war. Let . . . → Read More: