To begin with...

Several people have told me I should do this, and if I don't do it now the next item on my list is to go out and saw up wood from Gustav. So I'll give it a whirl if you will. I'm exhausted from all the decisions about how this page should look, whether you can delete expletives in your view of the posts, etc. So I'll just kick this off with a list of pithy sayings (no, I do not write with a lisp) that have intrigued me at times. Maybe you'll find one that intrigues you.

The greatest obstacle to communication is the illusion that it has been achieved.
-- Paul Eldredge
Ignorance is bliss for the ignorant. For the rest of us it’s a pain in the neck.
-- Thomas Eldredge
The only acceptable reason for raising your voice is distance.
-- Paul Eldredge
We cannot ensure success, but we can deserve it.
-- Cato
The only thing you get is the present. If you want to pollute it with unpleasantness
from the past or future, you may do so.
-- Chuck Wood
We are all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house, from birth until death, we travel between the eternities.
-- Robert Duvall, as
Prentiss Ritter in
Broken Trail
Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans.
-- John Lennon
The question is, what have you traded a day of your life for.
-- Clyde Sandifer
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit.
-- Harry Truman