Monday, April 15, 2013

Quotes from Edgar Allan Poe

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.

I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

I am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Stupidity is a talent for misconception.

It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream.

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.

There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm.

Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Nature Photographer Wyman Meinzer - Insight Into Photographing the Land and Sky

From Texas Parks and Recreation, Wyman Meinzer gives intesting take on nature photography.


Saturday, April 13, 2013

Photographs of Bennington Vermont

Cloudy day photographs of Bennington Vermont...

Bennington Monument


Apple Orchard


Robert Frost's Grave


John Stark

Friday, April 12, 2013

Please Move those Pesky Deer Crossing Signs

Woman calls into radio station requesting that deer crossing signs be moved somewhere safer, like small towns. So silly...

Monday, April 8, 2013

Ninja Stalking Cat

This video has been around the Internet for a while, and could be considered a web classic. Cat stalks camera, but does it in an undetectable ninja style...

Margaret Thatcher Quotes - In Memoriam 1925 - 2013

If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.

Pennies do not come from heaven. They have to be earned here on earth.

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

I love argument, I love debate. I don't expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that's not their job.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.