The Winds of Fate
One ship drives east and another drives west With the self-same winds that blow; ’Tis the set of the sails And not the gales That tells them the way to go. Like the...
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Lyrics to the Dick Van Dyke Show Theme
One of the gems from Dick Van Dyke’s appearance on Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me was the revelation that the theme song to The Dick Van Dyke Show had lyrics. They were written by Morey Amsterdam, who played Buddy Sorrell. So you...
Read MoreA Moment of True Character
Your character is revealed in what you do when you think no one is watching. I was going through the photos I took at the Platform Conference this week, and I discovered I’d captured a beautiful moment in the background. In the...
Read MoreFather Forgets
“Father Forgets”, by W. Livingston Larned. As cited by Dale Carnegie in How to Win Friends and Influence People. Listen son; I am saying this as you lie asleep, on little paw crumpled under your cheek and the blond curls...
Read MoreFrost: The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having...
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