Friday, June 7, 2013

Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul & Mary

Had a bit of a flashback to elementary school last night when this song came on the local PBS station. What a great children's song...

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Charles Schulz Quotes

All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn't hurt.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.

My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I'm happy. I can't figure it out. What am I doing right?

Life is like an ice-cream cone, you have to lick it one day at a time.

If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.

I love mankind; it's people I can't stand.

It doesn't matter what you believe just so long as you're sincere.

No problem is too big to run away from.

There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker.

Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up.

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Smiley Face Farm

The Harvey Farm in Epping, NH has a smiley face mowed into the grass. Harvey Farm sells fresh produce, as well as ice cream and a variety of other items at their farm (directly across the street from the smiley face.)

Friday, May 31, 2013

The Help of Good Samaritans Caught on Dashboard Cameras

Very sweet; people who took a minute of their time to help others out in Russia. Moments captured by people's dashboards cams...

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Funny/Great Bob Newhart Quotes

All I can say about life is, 'Oh God, enjoy it!'

I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.

I'm most proud of the longevity of my marriage, my kids, and my grandchildren. If you don't have that, you really don't have very much.

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.

I think there's a part, just a part of comedians, that is still childlike.

It was a decision to work clean. I just prefer to work that way. I have no problem with comedians who don't work that way. There was a temptation in the early '70s to reconsider. I decided against it.

This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills, and I'm not about to screw with it now.

When I started out in 1960, I thought it might possibly last a couple of years. I never expected it to last 42. I take great satisfaction in that longevity.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Johnny Carson with Charles Grodin - Do You Really Care?

Johnny Carson's and Charles Grodin's sarcastically tense exchanges provided many funny moments on the Tonight Show. In this clip Grodin asks Carson if he really cares...