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Rick L.

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Retired TV engineer, avid Sci fi reader, Mutiple Sclerosis Owned by cats

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"Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know." Tolstoy

05.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kate Hudson:

"You have a choice: Support the woman standing next to you, or compete with her. But if you compete, you're going to be miserable,"

04.03.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Confucius:

"To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness,"

03.03.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to the workd of sanity

02.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So he cant get Ukraine and Russia to end that war, he abducts the leader of Venezuela, then starts a war with arguably the most fortified Muslim country in the Middle East.

Do you think he still believes he should get that prize?

01.03.2026 01:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So let me get this straight. The guy who has consistently thrown a fit because no one would give him a Nobel Peace prize, has now started a war in the Middle East? /1

01.03.2026 01:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world."

28.02.2026 22:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Socrates
β€œStrong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”

28.02.2026 05:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Pythagoras, philosopher and mathematician: β€œIf you want to live a long life, keep a little old wine and an old friend”

25.02.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thought of the day by Robert Frost: 'The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office.'

23.02.2026 17:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ringo Starr
β€œI feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.”

21.02.2026 19:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Alan Turing: β€˜Be kind, have a sense of humour, fall in love, enjoy strawberries’

19.02.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sir Isaac Newton: β€œGravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.”

17.02.2026 21:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nelson Mandela
β€œDo not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.”

15.02.2026 05:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Holy shit. After 7 years of making my MS claim through the VA I just discovered it has been approved for 100% coverage. Talk about a huge weight off of my shoulder.
Cold me doing a peanuts happy dance in my chair.

13.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Roman Stoic thinker Seneca, who once wrote, β€œLife is like a play: it's not the length, but the excellence of the acting that matters.”
Maybe that is the origin of Shakespeare's line?

13.02.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Dalai Lama: 'If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.'

13.02.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Marie Curie: β€œLife is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.”

12.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maya Angelou is, β€œThere is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

11.02.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

William Shakespeare: 'The fool does think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool'

11.02.2026 01:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Not sure why a bikini clad manatee was in a public park, but you have to wonder why they ended up wrestling with this woman.
Only in Florida

10.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Socrates: 'By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.'

09.02.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am now rely glad I resisted the Tik Tok craze. Never had and now I never will

09.02.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I agree though Primce playing in actual Purple rain still reigns supreme.

09.02.2026 04:32 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Picture of tentacles with the words "Monsters of Ohio" and "November 2026."

Picture of tentacles with the words "Monsters of Ohio" and "November 2026."

Someone just finished writing a novel.

Spoiler: It was me.

It's called "Monsters of Ohio," it's my 20th novel, and it'll be out in November.

I hope you'll like it.

I'm very tired.

09.02.2026 01:23 πŸ‘ 2970 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 150 πŸ“Œ 22

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge," is widely attributed to Stephen Hawking.

08.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Day. May it bring you joy and fun

08.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œThe Past is gone and the future might not even be, the only thing we ever experience is the now, I try to enjoy the minute.” β€” George Harrison

07.02.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œLife is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.” β€” Marie Curie

06.02.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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05.02.2026 21:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0