Do not
tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my
poor? I tell thee thou foolish philanthropist that I grudge the dollar the dime
the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. Emerson
300 quotes from Emerson
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view more Emerson quotes or read a life background on Emerson please visit the
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What Love is…..
Love
is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't
write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that
other people love, you'll never make it. Ray Bradbury
TWENTY CORN BALL JOKES......THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO I FIGURED YOU'D LIKE EM TOO
1. Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got
married. The Ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."
3. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
3. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road."
6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"
7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'"
"That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome."
"Is it common?"
Well, "It's Not Unusual."
8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning."
"I don't believe you," says Dolly.
"It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.
9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.
12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I've cut off your arms!"
13. I went to a seafood disco last week... and pulled a mussel.
14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says "Dam!"
16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.
17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why," they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."
18. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.
19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him. (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good...) A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
20. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did!!!!!!!!
2. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything."
3. A woman has twins and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Ahmal." The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him "Juan." Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal. Her husband responds, "They're twins! If you've seen Juan, you've seen Ahmal."
3. A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
5. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road."
6. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?"
7. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'"
"That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome."
"Is it common?"
Well, "It's Not Unusual."
8. Two cows are standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning."
"I don't believe you," says Dolly.
"It's true, no bull!" exclaims Daisy.
9. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either.
10. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
11. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any.
12. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't, I've cut off your arms!"
13. I went to a seafood disco last week... and pulled a mussel.
14. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh.
15. Two fish swim into a concrete wall. The one turns to the other and says "Dam!"
16. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.
17. A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why," they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer."
18. Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.
19. Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him. (Oh, man, this is so bad, it's good...) A super calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
20. And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least ten of the puns would make them laugh. No pun in ten did!!!!!!!!
Hidden Monet Discovered Behind Another Drawing
Shaunacy Ferro
A previously unknown drawing by Claude Monet has
been uncovered, found tucked behind another pastel. The hidden artwork was
located behind the mount of an already-rare piece, and was only discovered
after London art dealer Jonathan Green brought the bargain pastel combo (along
with a third from the same period) home from a 2014 auction in Paris.
Though Monet was avid about drawing and
sketching, the Impressionist artist was best known for his paintings, and his
pastels are less common. The previously unknown pastel depicts the jetty and
lighthouse in Le Havre, the French town where Monet grew up. His famous
Impression, Sunrise—the painting that gave Impressionism its name—also depicts
a port in Le Havre.
Monet himself gave the three pastels as a wedding
present to his art dealer’s granddaughter in 1924, and the works had stayed in
the family until appearing at the Paris auction last year. The unknown pastel
was authenticated by the Wildenstein Institute, a French art research center.
All three pastels are thought to be from 1868, when Monet was just starting out
as a young artist.
Here's some paintings by Monet for you...............
The legend of the four egg omelet.
A short story
by
JOHN WILLIAM TUOHY
I watched his face drop in complete shock
and it captured me with such surprise that even the noise and bustle of Times
Square faded away momentarily as I focused on his features.
“What is it?” I asked frantically “Are you
all right?”
“It’s him” he whispered loud enough to be
heard over the city’s din. His eyes
narrowed as if he were seeing something completely unbelievable.
“Who?” I asked half turning to look into the
steamed covered window of the Athens and
Apollo Grill.
“No!” he said and grabbing my shoulders, he
turned me full about to face him. “Don’t stare at him”
“Who?” I begged and began to turn again only
to be pulled back around.
He held his hand to his mouth and clenched
his teeth into his one gloved hand and momentarily closed his eye and shaking
his head sadly he said “There were stories that he had come back the city. That
he had hit bottom. Like most people, I put it off as urban legend.
But it’s true. Rock bottom. Of all the gin joints in all the world, he
landed here. A Greek carry out in Times Square”
I noted the ending of the sentence had a
slight rhyme to it, clever, I thought. I also enjoyed homage to Casablanca although I still believe that
Rick was better off without her. Victor
Laszlo was a humorless bore and so was she. Now Rick, ah, Rick, now there was a
man of character and don’t even get me started on Renault, Major Strasser,
Signor Ferrari or Signor Ugarte and if Casablanca was French why weren’t they
called monsieur? Well anyway.
He sighed deeply and moaned, he actually
moaned the words "How the mighty have fallen"
“In the midst of the battle" I added.
He looked at me and asked “What?”
“Oh how the mighty have fallen in the midst
of battle” I answered.
He shrugged.
"How are the mighty fallen in the midst
of the battle!" I said “King James
Bible, 2nd Book of Samuel. From a report on the death of Jonathon.”
“What is that?” he asked his face twisted in
confusion.
“That’s where the quote is from” I answered
defensively “The Bible”
“You read the Bible?” he asked incredulously.
“Yeah” I answered “Why not?”
He
stared at me as if he had never seen me before and it made me uneasy. I tilted
my head the general direction of the Athens
and Apollo Grill and asked “Look, what’s this about?”
He was still looking at me as though I were
complete stranger.
“Gill” I said “What’s this about”
Climbing out of whatever though cavern he was
lost in, he looked across the width of the wide street forlornly and said “It
was a long time ago. He was the King of the gastronomic world, the grand earl
of the epicurean, the emperor of the gourmand, the…..”
“All right” I said holding up a hand to stop
him “I think I’ve got it. He was a good cook”
“Oh he was more than that” he answered with
squinted eyes “He was…he was….” He couldn’t find the words because I had
already found them “yeah” he said in defeat “he was a really good cook”
Then he rolled back his head and smiled
wistfully and added “But he was good. He was very good. He invented the three
egg omelet. It was him. That was his baby, his darling”
“He did?” I asked skeptically with a smile
that displayed by doubt “Wasn’t there always the three egg omelet”
“Oh no, my bible reading friend, oh no” he
said “Back in the old days the wisdom of was that an omelet only needed two
eggs and that rule was rigorously enforced by the rigid Old Guard of rations.”
I was deeply impressed with his instant command
over descriptive words beginning with the letter R although I had some doubts
about his usage of the word rations in context with the rest of the statement.
I also didn’t care for being called his bible reading friend, but I set that
aside for another time.
“The old guard of the gastronomic commanded
that omelets would be prepared with two eggs and only two eggs……but he….he” He
paused and clenched his gloved hand into a fist and raising his voice slightly
he said with great drama “He fought them, by God! And he gave us the three
omelet eggs”
“Well couldn’t have been much of fight” I
added but he wasn’t listening and this wasn’t the first time he hadn’t listened
to me and so once again I questioned the value of keeping him on as a friend.
“After that” he continued “he set them all
on their ears by adding cheese to the omelet”
“Get out of here” I said “He invented the
cheese omelet? You’re telling me he invented the cheese omelet?”
I have wondered, now and again, if my friend
was missing a screw here and there.
“Well where do you suppose it came from?” he
snapped “A Greek grill in Times Square?”
So that’s how it was going to be. Another
one of those days where everything I said was wrong, erroneous and incorrect. See?
I could do it too. I could have instant command of related words but just not
out loud.
“Well
I just assumed the some French guy” I stopped myself. Perhaps the word Omelet
wasn’t French in origin as I assumed it was all these years. Actually, I had
never considered the word at all. In fact, in the priority or things, if I were
ever to sit down one day and considered the origin of some words, omelet would not be one of them. It
wouldn’t even be in the running. But now, tossing the word around inside my
head it sounded vaguely Russian-ie/ Arabic-ie.
He looked up to heavens with a pained
expression, sighed again and then grabbed me by my lapels and said “After the acclaim and success of adding the
cheese, it all went to his head. The publicity, the public adoration, oh the
public adoration was not to be believed” he released me and held a solitary finger in
the air “Oh but he believed it!” and then he whispered “The poor damned
fool”
He waved his arms majestically across the
square and said “It all went to his head. He thought himself infallible. He
introduced the four egg omelet” he stopped and took a deep, deep breath of
winter air “and that was his downfall”
“He flew to close to the sun” I added which
seemed to disturb him, greatly.
“Do you want to tell this story or should
I?” he said sharply.
“No” I answered “I was just….”
“May I continue?” he asked curtly
“By all means” I answered formally and
stiffly because by my observation most Royals seem very stiff.
“The kings of the connoisseur, the emperors
of the epicure had enough of him.” He continued “This time, they said one and all, this time,
this time, this time he has flown to close to the sun!”
“But I just said that” I offered.
“Yes” he answered “But it means something
different now that I’ve said it”
Plagiaristic bastard.
“That year” he continued “At the Bocuse d'Or, the world's most prestigious
cooking competition, was being held in Dubuque”
“Dubuque?” I snorted.
He turned a cold eye on me and said coldly
as to match his eye “Dubuque” and he looked sharply to his left to demonstrate
his displeasure with me.
I stand by my rebuke of Dubuque.
“Anyway, the Omelet portion of the competition
came around and” he stopped himself and raised his palms “I am not accusing
anyone. Nor will I name names. But, the
story goes that someone, a paid assassin I should think, slipped a fifth egg in
his mixture while he was looking the other way and…..”
He
hung his head “You can only imagine what happened next”
“No I can’t” I said “I’m not a cook what
happened?”
“Take a guess!” he roared.
“I don’t know, for God’s sakes” I yelled
back “That’s it? You’re going to send me out into the world with that ending? I
should sue you!”
He slapped me. I grabbed him by his throat
and threw him to the ground and we wrestled there for several minutes until he,
him, the one, stepped from the diner out on the sidewalk and bellowed “Hey you!”
I released him and stood to my feet and
faced the great man.
“Me?” I asked breathlessly because I was out
of breath.
“Yeah, you” he said “Go someplace else and
argue with yourself. You’re scaring off my customers and take that shopping
cart with you”
What Will Happen When This City Gives Residents Income With No Strings Attached?
by Bryce Covert
Posted
The city of Utrecht in the Netherlands is about
to embark on an experiment to see whether giving residents a universal,
unconditional income can work.
At the end of the summer, the city will team up
with University College Utrecht to put the roughly 300 people who will
participate into one of three groups: one getting a monthly check ranging from
€900 ($1,000) for an adult to €1,300 ($1,450) for a couple or family with no
rules or restrictions, which they will continue to receive even if they find a
new job or another source of income; another that will face a certain set of
rules and restrictions; and a control group getting benefits based on current
welfare laws. Currently, low-income residents lose their benefits if they can’t
find a job.
The experiment, which will last for a year, aims
to figure out whether giving people income without any requirements is harmful
to them or the economy, or instead allows people more choice over when and how
they work and gives them more time to spend on caring for family, say, or
studying. “People say they are not going to try as hard to find a job,” Nienke
Horst, a project manager for the Utrecht city government, told Quartz. The
experiment will answer the question, but she thinks the results will be
positive. “We think that more people will be a little bit happier and find a
job anyway,” she said.
Other municipalities could also start their own
experiments, and at least four are waiting to get permission from The Hague.
Utrecht is not the first place to try out
unconditional benefits, often known as a universal basic income or UBI. The
Ugandan government gave one group of people a year’s worth of income, or about
$380, without restrictions and denied it to another group. Those who got the money
invested most of it in skills and businesses and wound up 65 percent more
likely to practice a skilled trade. They also worked an extra 17 hours, on
average, compared to those who didn’t get the cash and saw a 41 percent
increase in their earnings four years later, indicating that the impact lasted.
Another experiment in Kenya found that after poor
families in rural areas were given an unconditional $513, their incomes were 33
percent higher than a control group a year later, their assets were 58 percent
higher, their hunger was reduced, and their psychological wellbeing increased.
Similar results have been found in Liberia, Mexico, and South Africa.
The idea has surfaced in developed countries
before as well. In the 1970s, the Canadian city of Manitoba gave about 30
percent of its population a “mincome,” or a guaranteed level of income,
although people who worked had the benefit reduced by 50 cents for every dollar
their earned to encourage work. Poverty was completely eliminated during the
period the program ran, public health improved, high school graduation rates
went up, and while working hours dropped, it was mostly among young men who
continued their education and mothers who spent time on caring for children.
The idea keeps cropping up. Cyprus’s legislature
recently passed a guaranteed minimum income. The Swiss will get a chance to
weigh in on creating a universal basic income. Greece’s finance minister has
called for one.
And it’s also an idea that’s been floated here in
the United States. In 1969, President Nixon proposed the Family Assistance
Plan, which would have eliminated many federal anti-poverty programs and
caseworkers in favor of a negative income tax that would guarantee a minimum
income to all American families. But the idea failed to gain traction. A
natural experiment happened here, however, when the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians decided to distribute the profits of a new casino to its members in
1996, giving them each $6,000 a year. Poverty was cut in half, children’s
behavioral problems declined, crime went down, and graduation rates went up.
The impact of universal basic incomes could be
huge. In the U.S., giving people $3,000 a year could cut the poverty rate in
half, while giving every child $400 a month would reduce child poverty from 22
percent to below 10 percent.
“People with great passions,
people who accomplish great deeds, people who possess strong feelings, even
people with great minds and a strong personality, rarely come out of good
little boys and girls.” Lev S. Vygotsky
“Quitting is not giving up,
it’s choosing to focus your attention on something more important. Quitting is
not losing confidence, it’s realizing that there are more valuable ways you can
spend your time. Quitting is not making excuses, it’s learning to be more
productive, efficient and effective instead. Quitting is letting go of things
(or people) that are sucking the life out of you so you can do more things that
will bring you strength.” Osayi
Osar-Emokpae
“It had long since come to my
attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen
to them. They went out and happened to things.”
“When our mind is calm, it reflects reality
accurately, without distortion. Breathing, sitting, and walking with
mindfulness calms disturbing mental formations such as anger, fear, and
despair, allowing us to see reality more clearly. Buddhism teaches that joy and
happiness arise from letting go. Please sit down and take an inventory of your
life. There are things you’ve been hanging on to that really are not useful and
deprive you of your freedom. Find the courage to let them go.” ThÃch Nhất Hạnh
“I’m a great believer in
gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out
of them.” Scarlett Thomas
In
1962, six year old John Tuohy, his two brothers and two sisters entered
Connecticut’s foster care system and were promptly split apart. Over the next
ten years, John would live in more than ten foster homes, group homes and state
schools, from his native Waterbury to Ansonia, New Haven, West Haven, Deep
River and Hartford. In the end, a decade later, the state returned him to the
same home and the same parents they had taken him from. As tragic as is funny compelling
story will make you cry and laugh as you journey with this child to overcome
the obstacles of the foster care system and find his dreams.
http://www.amazon.com/No-Time-Say-Goodbye-Memoir/dp/0692361294/
http://amemoirofalifeinfostercare.blogspot.com/
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
John
William Tuohy is a writer who lives in Washington DC. He holds an MFA in
writing from Lindenwood University. He is the author of numerous non-fiction on
the history of organized crime including the ground break biography of
bootlegger Roger Tuohy "When Capone's Mob Murdered Touhy" and
"Guns and Glamour: A History of Organized Crime in Chicago."
His
non-fiction crime short stories have appeared in The New Criminologist,
American Mafia and other publications. John won the City of Chicago's Celtic
Playfest for his work The Hannigan's of Beverly, and his short story fiction
work, Karma Finds Franny Glass, appeared in AdmitTwo Magazine in October of
2008.
His
play, Cyberdate.Com, was chosen for a public performance at the Actors Chapel
in Manhattan in February of 2007 as part of the groups Reading Series for New
York project. In June of 2008, the play won the Virginia Theater of The First
Amendment Award for best new play.
Contact
John:
MYWRITERSSITE.BLOGSPOT.COM
JWTUOHY95@GMAIL.COM
From
Professor William Anthony Connolly
This
incredible memoir, No Time to Say Goodbye, tells of entertaining angels,
dancing with devils, and of the abandoned children many viewed simply as
raining manna from some lesser god.
The
young and unfortunate lives of the Tuohy bruins—sometimes Irish, sometimes
Jewish, often Catholic, rambunctious, but all imbued with Lion’s hearts— is
told here with brutal honesty leavened with humor and laudable introspective
forgiveness.
The
memoir will have you falling to your knees thanking that benevolent Irish cop
in the sky, your lucky stars, or hugging the oxygen out of your own kids the
fate foisted upon Johnny and his siblings does not and did not befall your own
brood.
John William Tuohy, a nationally-recognized
authority on organized crime and Irish levity, is your trusted guide through
the weeds the decades of neglect ensnared he and his brothers and sisters, all
suffering for the impersonal and often mercenary taint of the foster care
system.
Theirs,
and Tuohy’s, story is not at all figures of speech as this review might
suggest, but all too real and all too sad, and maddening. I wanted to scream. I
wanted to get into a time machine, go back and adopt every last one of them. I
was angry. I was captivated.
The
requisite damning verities of foster care are all here, regretfully, but what
sets this story above others is its beating heart, even a bruised and broken
one, still willing to forgive and understand, and continue to aid its walking
wounded. I cannot recommend this book enough
GOOD WORDS TO HAVE..........
Precarious (prih-KAIR-ee-us)
1: dependent on uncertain premises : dubious a: dependent on chance
circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments b: dangerously
lacking in security or steadiness. From
prex came the Latin word precarius, meaning "obtained by entreaty,"
from whence came our own adjective precarious. Anglo-French priere, also
fromprecarius, gave us prayer.
Shifting
the Sun
by
Diana Der-Hovanessian
When your father
dies, say the Irish,
you lose your
umbrella against bad weather.
May his sun be
your light, say the Armenians.
When your father
dies, say the Welsh,
you sink a foot
deeper into the earth.
May you inherit
his light, say the Armenians.
When your father
dies, say the Canadians,
you run out of
excuses. May you inherit
his sun, say the
Armenians.
When your father
dies, say the French,
you become your
own father.
May you stand up
in his light, say the Armenians.
When your father
dies, say the Indians,
he comes back as
the thunder.
May you inherit
his light, say the Armenians.
When your father
dies, say the Russians,
he takes your
childhood with him.
May you inherit
his light, say the Armenians.
When your father
dies, say the English,
you join his club
you vowed you wouldn't.
May you inherit
his sun, say the Armenians.
When your father
dies, say the Armenians,
your sun shifts
forever.
And you walk in
his light.
"Shifting
the Sun" by Diana Der-Hovanessian, from Selected Poems. © Sheep Meadow
Press, 1994.
I love Black and White Photos
Don’t Make Personal Growth a Utilitarian Goal
William Davies, the author of "The Happiness
Industry: How the Government and Big Business Sold us Well-Being," teaches
at Goldsmiths University of London.
Economists have spent most of the 20th
century ignoring psychology, positive or otherwise. But today there is a great
deal of emphasis on how happiness can shape global economies, or — on a smaller
scale — successful business practice. This is driven, in part, by a trend in
"measuring" positive emotions, mostly so they can be optimized.
Neuroscientists, for example, claim to be
able to locate specific emotions, such as happiness or disappointment, in
particular areas of the brain. Wearable technologies, such as Spire, offer
data-driven advice on how to reduce stress.
Happiness indicators are increasingly used as
a basis to transform or discipline individuals.
We are no longer just dealing with
"happiness" in a philosophical or romantic sense — it has become
something that can be monitored and measured, including by our behavior, use of
social media and bodily indicators such as pulse rate and facial expressions.
There is nothing automatically sinister about
this trend. But it is disquieting that the businesses and experts driving the
quantification of happiness claim to have our best interests at heart, often
concealing their own agendas in the process.
In the workplace, happy workers are viewed as
a "win-win." Work becomes more pleasant, and employees, more
productive. But this is now being pursued through the use of
performance-evaluating wearable technology, such as Humanyze or Virgin Pulse,
both of which monitor physical signs of stress and activity toward the goal of
increasing productivity.
Cities such as Dubai, which has pledged to
become the "happiest city in the world," dream up ever-more elaborate
and intrusive ways of collecting data on well-being — to the point where there
is now talk of using CCTV cameras to monitor facial expressions in public
spaces. New ways of detecting emotions are hitting the market all the time: One
company, Beyond Verbal, aims to calculate moods conveyed in a phone
conversation, potentially without the knowledge of at least one of the
participants. And Facebook demonstrated last summer that it could influence our
emotions through tweaking our news feeds — opening the door to ever-more
targeted manipulation in advertising and influence.
As the science grows more sophisticated and
technologies become more intimate with our thoughts and bodies, a clear trend
is emerging. Where happiness indicators were once used as a basis to reform
society, challenging the obsession with money that G.D.P. measurement
entrenches, they are increasingly used as a basis to transform or discipline
individuals.
Happiness becomes a personal project, that
each of us must now work on, like going to the gym. Since the 1970s, depression
has come to be viewed as a cognitive or neurological defect in the individual,
and never a consequence of circumstances. All of this simply escalates the
sense of responsibility each of us feels for our own feelings, and with it, the
sense of failure when things go badly.
A society that deliberately removed certain
sources of misery, such as precarious and exploitative employment, may well be
a happier one. But we won't get there by making this single, often fleeting
emotion, the over-arching goal.
BART UPDATE....HE'S STILL DEAF, HE'S STILL GOING BLIND AND HE STILL SNORES LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW AND HE'S STILL MY BEST FRIEND
Valentine’s Day was first
introduced to Japan in 1936 and has become widely popular. However, because of
a translation error made by a chocolate company, only women buy Valentine
chocolates for their spouses, boyfriends, or friends. In fact, it is the only
day of the year many single women will reveal their crush on a man by giving
him chocolate. The men don’t return the favor until White Day, a type of
“answer day” to Valentine’s Day, which is on March 14.
“To
Be or Not To Be”
Hamlet,
Act 3, scene 1
Spoken
by Hamlet
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To
be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether
’tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The
slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or
to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And
by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No
more; and by a sleep to say we end
The
heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That
flesh is heir to, ’tis a consummation
Devoutly
to be wish’d. To die, to sleep;
To
sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub;
For
in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When
we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must
give us pause: there’s the respect
That
makes calamity of so long life;
For
who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The
oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely,
The
pangs of despised love, the law’s delay,
The
insolence of office and the spurns
That
patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When
he himself might his quietus make
With
a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To
grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But
that the dread of something after death,
The
undiscover’d country from whose bourn
No
traveller returns, puzzles the will
And
makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than
fly to others that we know not of?
Thus
conscience does make cowards of us all;
And
thus the native hue of resolution
Is
sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought,
And
enterprises of great pith and moment
With
this regard their currents turn awry,
And
lose the name of action.–Soft you now!
The
fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be
all my sins remember’d.
"Half
the lies they tell about me aren't true.”
THE BOOK OF FUNNY, ODD AND INTERESTING THINGS THAT PEOPLE
SAY
Compiled by
John William Tuohy
Interview Notes
"...
said he was so well-qualified that if he didn't get the job, it would prove
that the company's management was incompetent."
"...
stretched out on the floor to fill out the job application."
.
"... brought her large dog to the interview."
"...
chewed bubble gum and constantly blew bubbles."
"Candidate
kept giggling through serious interview."
"She
wore a Walkman and said she could listen to me and the music at the same
time."
"Balding
candidate abruptly excused himself. Returned to office a few minutes later,
wearing a hairpiece."
"Applicant
challenged interviewer to arm wrestle."
"...
asked to see interviewer's resume to see if the personnel executive was
qualified to judge the candidate."
"...
announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french
fries in the interviewer's office."
"Without
saying a word, candidate stood up and walked out during the middle of the
interview."
"Man
wore jogging suit to interview for position as financial vice president."
"Stated
that, if he were hired, he would demonstrate his loyalty by having the
corporate logo tattooed on his forearm."
"Interrupted
to phone his therapist for advice on answering specific interview
questions."
"...
wouldn't get out of the chair until I would hire him. I had to call the
police."
"When
I asked him about his hobbies, he stood up and started tap dancing around my
office."
"...
had a little pinball game and challenged me to play with him."
"...
bounced up and down on my carpet and told me I must be highly thought of by the
company because I was given such a thick carpet."
"At
the end of the interview, while I stood there dumbstruck, went through my
purse, took out a brush, brushed his hair, and left."
"...
pulled out a Polaroid camera and snapped a flash picture of me. Said he collected
photos of everyone who interviewed him."
"Candidate
asked me if I would put on a suit jacket to insure that the offer I had made
was formal."
"Said
he wasn't interested because the position paid too much."
"While
I was on a long-distance phone call, the applicant took out a copy of
Penthouse, and looked through the photos only, stopping longest at the
centerfold."
"During
the interview, an alarm clock went off from the candidate's brief case. He took
it out, shut it off, apologized and said he had to leave for another
interview."
"A
telephone call came in for the job applicant. It was from his wife. His side of
the conversation went like this: "Which company? When do I start? What's
the salary?" I said, "I assume you're not interested in conducting
the interview any further." He promptly responded, "I am as long as
you'll pay me more." "I didn't hire him, but later found out there
was no other job offer. It was a scam to get a higher offer."
"An
applicant came in wearing only one shoe. She explained that the other shoe was
stolen off her foot in the bus."
"His
attache [case] opened when he picked it up and the contents spilled, revealing
ladies' undergarments and assorted makeup and perfume."
"He
came to the interview with a moped and left it in the reception area. He didn't
want it to get stolen, and stated that he would require indoor parking for the
moped."
"He
took off his right shoe and sock, removed a medicated foot powder and dusted it
on the foot and in the shoe. While he was putting back the shoe and sock, he
mentioned that he had to use the powder four times a day, and this was the
time."
"Candidate said he really didn't want to
get a job, but the unemployment office needed proof that he was looking for
one."
"He
whistled when the interviewer was talking."
"...
asked who the lovely babe was, pointing to the picture on my desk. When I said
it was my wife, he asked if she was home now and wanted my phone number. I
called security."
"...
she threw-up on my desk, and immediately started asking questions about the
job, like nothing had happened."
"Pointing
to a black case he carried into my office, he said that if he was not hired,
the bomb would go off. Disbelieving, I began to state why he would never be hired
and that I was going to call the police. He then reached down to the case,
flipped a switch and ran. No one was injured, but I did need to get a new
desk."
"...
asked if I wanted some cocaine before starting the interview."
When
asked if there was anything else he wanted to tell the interviewer, the
applicant said, "Well, ma'am, I ain't never killed nobody before."
One
candidate, when asked if he was ever convicted of a felony, responded,
"No, I was not convicted, I pled guilty."
A
job applicant challenged the interviewer to an arm wrestle.
Interviewee
wore a Walkman, explaining that she could listen to the interviewer and the
music at the same time.
Candidate
fell and broke arm during interview.
Candidate
announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french
fries in the interviewer's office.
Candidate
explained that her long-term goals was to replace the interviewer.
Candidate
said he never finished high school because he was kidnapped and kept in a closet
in Mexico.
Balding
candidate excused himself and returned to the office a few minutes later
wearing a hairpiece.
Applicant
said if he was hired he would demonstrate his loyalty by having the corporate
logo tattooed on his forearm.
Applicant
interrupted interview to phone her therapist for advice on how to answer
specific interview questions.
Candidate
brought large dog to interview.
Applicant
refused to sit down and insisted on being interviewed standing up.
Candidate
dozed off during interview.
When asked if there was anything else he
wanted to tell the interviewer, the applicant said, "Well, ma'am, I ain't
never killed nobody before."
One
candidate, when asked if he was ever convicted of a felony, responded,
"No, I was not convicted, I pled guilty."
A
job applicant challenged the interviewer to an arm wrestle.
Interviewee
wore a Walkman, explaining that she could listen to the interviewer and the
music at the same time.
Candidate
fell and broke arm during interview.
Candidate
announced she hadn't had lunch and proceeded to eat a hamburger and french
fries in the interviewer's office.
Candidate
explained that her long-term goals was to replace the interviewer.
Candidate
said he never finished high school because he was kidnapped and kept in a
closet in Mexico.
Balding
candidate excused himself and returned to the office a few minutes later
wearing a hairpiece.
Applicant
said if he was hired he would demonstrate his loyalty by having the corporate
logo tattooed on his forearm.
Applicant
interrupted interview to phone her therapist for advice on how to answer
specific interview questions.
Candidate
brought large dog to interview.
Applicant
refused to sit down and insisted on being interviewed standing up.
Candidate
dozed off during interview.
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BLOGS
ARCHITECTURE
Architecture
for the blog of it
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THE ARTS
Art
for the Blog of It
http://artfortheblogofit.blogspot.com/
Art
for the Pop of it
http://artforthepopofit.blogspot.com/
Photography
for the blog of it
http://photographyfortheblogofit.blogspot.com/
Music
for the Blog of it
http://musicfortheblogofit.blogspot.com/
Sculpture
this and Sculpture that
http://sculpturethisandsculpturethat.blogspot.com/
The
art of War (Propaganda art through the ages)
http://theartofwarcleverhuh.blogspot.com/
Album
Art (Photographic arts)
http://albumartsocheesyitsgood.blogspot.com/
Pulp
Fiction Trash (The art of Pulp Fiction covers)
http://pulpfictiontrash.blogspot.com/
Admit
it, you want to Read this Book (The art of Pulp Fiction covers)
http://goaheadadmitityouwanttoread.blogspot.com/
FILM
The
Godfather Trilogy BlogSpot
http://thegodfathertrilogyblogspot.blogspot.com/
On
the Waterfront: The Making of a great American Film
http://onthewaterfrontthefilm.blogspot.com/
FOOD
Absolutely
blogalicious
http://absolutelyblogalicious.blogspot.com/
The
Wee Book of Irish Recipes (Book support site)
http://theweeblogofirishrecipes.blogspot.com/
Good
chowda (New England foods)
http://goodchowda.blogspot.com/
Old
New England Recipes (Book support site)
http://oldnewenglandrecipes.blogspot.com/
And
I Love Clams (New England foods)
http://andiloveclams.blogspot.com/
In
Praise of the Rhode Island Wiener (New England foods)
http://inpraiseoftherhodeislandwiener.blogspot.com/
Wicked
Cool New England Recipes (New England foods)
http://whickedcoolnewenglandrecipes.blogspot.com
Old
New England Recipes (New England foods)
http://oldnewenglandrecipes.blogspot.com
FOSTER CARE
Foster Care new and Updates
Aging out of the system
Murder, Death and Abuse in the
Foster Care system
Angel and Saints in the Foster
Care System
The Foster Children’s Blogs
Foster Care Legislation
The Foster Children’s Bill of
Right
Foster Kids own Story
The Adventures of Foster Kid.
HEALTH
Me
vs. Diabetes (Diabetes education site)
http://mevsdiabetes-bloglapedia.blogspot.com/
HISTORY
The
Quotable Helen Keller
http://thequotablehelenkeller.blogspot.com/
Teddy
Roosevelt's Letters to his children (Book support site)
http://teddyrooseveltsletterstohischildren.blogspot.com/
The
Quotable Machiavelli (Book support site)
http://thequotablemachiavelli.blogspot.com/
HUMOR
Whatever
you do, don't laugh
http://whateveryoudodontlaugh.blogspot.com/
The
Quotable Grouch Marx
http://thequotablegrouchmarx.blogspot.com/
IRISH-AMERICANA
A
Big Blog of Irish Literature
http://abigblogofirishliterature.blogspot.com/
The
Wee Blog of Irish Jokes (Book support blog)
http://theweeblogofirishjokes.blogspot.com/
The
Wee Blog of Irish Recipes
http://theweeblogofirishrecipes.blogspot.com/
The
Irish American Gangster
http://irishamericangangsters.blogspot.com
The
Irish in their Own Words
http://theirishintheirownwords.blogspot.com/
When
Washington Was Irish
http://whenwashingtonwasirish.blogspot.com/
The
Wee Book of Irish Recipes (Book support site)
http://theweeblogofirishrecipes.blogspot.com/
LITERATURE
Following
Fitzgerald
http://followingfitzgerald.blogspot.com/
Shakespeare
http://shakespeareinamericanenglish.blogspot.com/
The
Blogable Robert Frost
http://theblogablerobertfrost.blogspot.com/
Charles
Dickens
http://charlesdickensfan.blogspot.com/
The
Beat Poets of the Forever Generation
http://thebeatspoetsoftheforevergenera.blogspot.com/
Holden
Caulfield Blog Spot
http://holdencaulfieldblogspot.blogspot.com/
The
Quotable Oscar Wilde
http://thequotableoscarwilde.blogspot.com/
NEW ENGLAND BLOGS
The
Quotable Thoreau
http://thequotablethenrydavidthoreau.blogspot.com/
Old
New England Recipes
http://oldnewenglandrecipes.blogspot.com
Wicked
Cool New England Recipes
http://whickedcoolnewenglandrecipes.blogspot.com
Emerson
http://emersonsaidit.blogspot.com/
The
New England Mafia
http://thenewenglandmafia.blogspot.com/
And
I Love Clams
http://andiloveclams.blogspot.com/
In
Praise of the Rhode Island Wiener
http://inpraiseoftherhodeislandwiener.blogspot.com/
Watch
Hill
http://watchhillwesterly.blogspot.com/
York
Beach
http://yorkbeachfortheblogofit.blogspot.com/
The
Connecticut History Blog
http://connecticuthistory.blogspot.com/
The
Connecticut Irish
http://theconnecticutirish.blogspot.com/
Good
chowda
http://goodchowda.blogspot.com/
NOSTALGIA
God,
How I hated the 70s
http://godhowihatedthe70s.blogspot.com/
Child
of the Sixties Forever
http://childofthesixtiesforeverandever.blogspot.com/
The
Kennedy’s in the 60’s
http://thekennedysinthe60s.blogspot.com/
Music
of the Sixties Forever
http://musicofthesixtiesforever.blogspot.com/
Elvis
and Nixon at the White House (Book support site)
http://elvisandnixonatthewhitehouse.blogspot.com/
Beatles
Fan Forever
http://beatlesfanforever.blogspot.com/
Year
One, 1955
http://yearone1955.blogspot.com/
Robert
Kennedy in His Own Words
The
1980s were fun
http://the1980swereokayactually.blogspot.com/
The
1990s. The last decade.
http://1990sthelastdecade.blogspot.com/
ORGANIZED CRIME
The
Russian Mafia
http://russianmafiagangster.blogspot.com/
The
American Jewish Gangster
http://theamericanjewishgangster.blogspot.com/
The
Mob in Hollywood
http://themobinhollywood.blogspot.com/
We
Only Kill Each Other
http://weonlykilleachother.blogspot.com/
Early
Gangsters of New York City
http://earlygangstersofnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/
Al
Capone: Biography of a self-made Man
http://alcaponethebiographyofaselfmademan.blogspot.com/
The
Life and World of Al Capone
http://thelifeandworldofalcapone.blogspot.com/
The
Salerno Report
http://salernoreportmafiaandurderjohnkennedy.blogspot.com/
Guns
and Glamour
http://gunsandglamourthechicagomobahistory.blogspot.com/
The
St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
http://thesaintvalentinesdaymassacre.blogspot.com/
Mob
Testimony
http://mobtestimony.blogspot.com/
Recipes
we would Die For
http://recipeswewoulddiefor.blogspot.com/
The
Prohibition in Pictures
http://theprohibitioninpictures.blogspot.com/
The
Mob in Pictures
http://themobinpictures.blogspot.com/
The
Mob in Vegas
http://themobinvegasinpictures.blogspot.com/
The
Irish American Gangster
http://irishamericangangsters.blogspot.com
Roger
Touhy Gangster
http://rogertouhygangsters.blogspot.com/
Chicago’s
Mob Bosses
http://chicagosmobbossesfromaccardoto.blogspot.com/
Chicago
Gang Land: It Happened Here
http://chicagoganglandithappenedhere.blogspot.com/
Whacked:
One Hundred years of Murder in Gangland
http://whackedonehundredyearsmurderand.blogspot.com/
The
Mob Across America
http://themobacrossamerica.blogspot.com/
Mob
Cops, Lawyers and Front Men
http://mobcopslawyersandinformantsand.blogspot.com/
Shooting
the Mob: Dutch Schultz
http://shootingthemobdutchschultz.blogspot.com/
Bugsy&
His Flamingo: The Testimony of Virginia Hill
http://bugsyandvirginiahill.blogspot.com/
After
Valachi. Hearings before the US Senate on Organized Crime
http://aftervalachi.blogspot.com/
Mob
Buster: Report of Special Agent Virgil Peterson to the Kefauver Committee (Book
support site)
http://virgilpetersonmobbuster.blogspot.com/
The
US Government’s Timeline of Organized Crime (Book support site)
http://timelineoforganizedcrime.blogspot.com/
The
Kefauver Organized Crime Hearings (Book support site)
http://thekefauverorganizedcrimehearings.blogspot.com/
Joe
Valachi's testimony on the Mafia (Book support site)
http://joevalachistestimonyonthemafia.blogspot.com/
Mobsters
in the News
http://mobstersinthenews.blogspot.com/
Shooting
the Mob: Dead Mobsters (Book support site)
http://deadmobsters.blogspot.com/
The
Stolen Years Full Text (Roger Touhy)
http://thestolenyearsfulltext.blogspot.com/
Mobsters
in Black and White
http://mobstersinblackandwhite.blogspot.com/
Mafia
Gangsters, Wiseguys and Goodfellas
http://mafiagangsterswiseguysandgoodfellas.blogspot.com/
Whacked:
One Hundred Years of Murder and Mayhem in the Chicago Mob (Book support site)
http://whackedonehundredyearsmurderand.blogspot.com/
Gangland
Gaslight: The Killing of Rosy Rosenthal (Book support site)
http://ganglandgaslightrosyrosenthal.blogspot.com/
The
Best of the Mob Files Series (Book support site)
http://thebestofthemobfilesseries.blogspot.com/
PHILOSOPHY
It’s
All Greek Mythology to me
http://itsallgreekmythologytome.blogspot.com/
PSYCHOLOGY
Psychologically
Relevant
http://psychologicallyrelevant.blogspot.com/
SNOBBERY
The
Rarifieid Tribe
http://therarifiedtribe.blogspot.com/
Perfect
Behavior
http://perfectbehavior.blogspot.com/
TRAVEL
The
Upscale Traveler
http://theupscaletraveler.blogspot.com/
TRIVIA
The
Mish Mosh Blog
http://theupscaletraveler.blogspot.com/
WASHINGTON DC
DC
Behind the Monuments
http://dcbehindthemonuments.blogspot.com/
Washington
Oddities
http://washingtonoddities.blogspot.com/
When
Washington Was Irish
http://whenwashingtonwasirish.blogspot.com/
BOOKS
FROM
LLR BOOKS.COM
The New
York Mafia: The Origins of the New York Mob
http://www.amazon.com/The-New-York-Mafia-Origins/dp/1466311045/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334692328&sr=1-1
The
Quotable John F. Kennedy
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quotable-John-F-Kennedy/dp/1467904481/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334679137&sr=1-1
THE
U.S. GOVERNMENT'S TIME LINE OF ORGANIZED CRIME 1920-1987
http://www.amazon.com/GOVERNMENTS-ORGANIZED-1920-1987-Illustrated-ebook/dp/B00638M6K0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333676264&sr=1-1
The New
York Mob: The Bosses
http://www.amazon.com/The-New-York-Mob-Bosses/dp/1466349816/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333676338&sr=1-1
Best of
Mob Stories1
http://www.amazon.com/Files-Series-Illustrated-Articles-Organized-Crime/dp/1463648189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342894134&sr=8-1&keywords=best+of+the+mob+files
Best of
Mob Stories 2
http://www.amazon.com/Series-Illustrated-Articles-Organized-ebook/dp/B00580V1R8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1342894134&sr=8-3&keywords=best+of+the+mob+files
Four
Short Plays
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Short-Plays-William-Tuohy/dp/1460999606/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344897710&sr=1-1&keywords=four+short+plays+by+john+william+tuohy
FOUR
MORE SHORT PLAYS
http://www.amazon.com/Four-Short-Plays-William-Tuohy/dp/1461000890/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344897710&sr=1-2&keywords=four+short+plays+by+john+william+tuohy
High
and Goodbye: Everybody gets the Timothy Leary they deserve. A full length play
http://www.amazon.com/High-Goodbye-Everybody-Timothy-deserve/dp/1461001277/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344898467&sr=1-1&keywords=Everybody+gets+the+timothy
Cyberdate.
An Everyday Love Story About Everyday People
http://www.amazon.com/Cyberdate-Everyday-Story-People-ebook/dp/B004FPYXCW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344898564&sr=1-1&keywords=cyberdate
The
Connecticut Irish
http://www.amazon.com/The-Connecticut-Irish-Catherine-Connolly/dp/1468089188/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334684201&sr=1-1
The Wee Book of Irish Jokes
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Series-Irish-Jokes-ebook/dp/B004D4Y80M/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334677115&sr=1-1
The Wee
Book of Irish Recipes
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wee-Book-Irish-Recipes/dp/1456486748/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334677162&sr=1-1
The Wee Book of the American-Irish Gangsters
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wee-Book-Irish-American-Gangsters/dp/1456486586/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334678009&sr=1-1
http://badguysandbulletspress.blogspot.com/
http://thoughtfulgiftbooks.blogspot.com/
The
Dutchman's Soliloquy: A one Act Play based on the factual last words of
Gangster Dutch Schultz.
http://www.amazon.com/Dutchmans-Soliloquy-factual-Gangster-Schultz/dp/1477493166/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344898407&sr=1-1&keywords=the+dutchman%27s+soliloquy
The Wee book of Irish Blessings...
http://www.amazon.com/Series-Blessing-Proverbs-Toasts-ebook/dp/B004D4Y7X0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334677083&sr=1-1
The Wee
Book of the American Irish in Their Own Words
http://www.amazon.com/Book-American-Irish-Their-Words/dp/1456486691/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334678009&sr=1-2
The
Book of Things Irish
http://www.amazon.com/Book-Things-Irish-William-Tuohy/dp/1456484753/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334692454&sr=1-3
The Wee Book of the American-Irish Gangsters
http://www.amazon.com/The-Wee-Book-Irish-American-Gangsters/dp/1456486586/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334678009&sr=1-1
An Illustrated
Chronological History of the Chicago Mob. Time Line 1837-2000
http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Chronological-History-Chicago-1837-2000/dp/1466334800/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334693074&sr=1-1
Testimony
by Mobsters Lewis McWillie, Joseph Campisi and Irwin Weiner (The Mob Files)
http://www.amazon.com/The-Kennedy-Assassination-Ruby-Testimony-ebook/dp/B005I63YPO/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333676198&sr=1-1-spell
Perfect
Behavior.: A guide for Ladies and Gentlemen in all Social Crises
http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Behavior-Ladies-Gentlemen-Social/dp/1468041649/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334684579&sr=1-1
The New
York Mafia: The Origins of the New York Mob
http://www.amazon.com/The-New-York-Mafia-Origins/dp/1466311045/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333676429&sr=1-1
Shooting
the mob. Organized crime in photos. Dead Mobsters, Gangsters and Hoods.
http://www.amazon.com/Shooting-mob-Organized-photos-Mobsters-Gangsters/dp/1466299673/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333636627&sr=1-1
JACK
O'LANTERN, THE ALMOST PORCHLESS PUMPKIN.A Halloween play for Children.
http://www.amazon.com/OLANTERN-PORCHLESS-PUMPKIN-Halloween-Children/dp/1477476318/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1345152566&sr=1-7&keywords=jack+olantern
Early
Street Gangs and Gangsters of New York City: 1800-1919. Illustrated
http://www.amazon.com/Gangsters-1800-1919-Illustrated-Street-ebook/dp/B005QTX0YS/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333636496&sr=1-1
The
Quotable Oscar Wilde
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quotable-Oscar-Wilde-lessons/dp/1466267259/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334677890&sr=1-2
The Mob
Files: Mob Cops, Lawyers and Informants and Fronts
http://www.amazon.com/The-Mob-Files-Informants-ebook/dp/B004CYF8KM/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334692767&sr=1-1
Organized
Crime 25 Years after Valachi. Hearings before the US Senate
http://www.amazon.com/Organized-Crime-Valachi-Hearings-ebook/dp/B00580V0TC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334692542&sr=1-1
The
Quotable Machiavelli
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quotable-Machiavelli-Richard-Thayer/dp/1466309008/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334679085&sr=1-1
Shooting
the mob Dutch Schultz
http://www.amazon.com/Shooting-Mob-Organized-Photographs-Schultz/dp/1477407650/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343171773&sr=1-5&keywords=shooting+the+mob.+Organized
The
Quotable Confucius: Life Lesson from the Chinese Master
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quotable-Confucius-Lesson-Chinese/dp/1466339500/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334684477&sr=1-1
The
Quotable Emerson: Life lessons from the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Over 300
quotes
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quotable-Emerson-lessons-quotes/dp/1466262699/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334681007&sr=1-1
The
Quotable Henry David Thoreau
http://www.amazon.com/Quotable-Henry-Thoreau-Quotables-ebook/dp/B005L4OA88/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334680957&sr=1-2
The Mob
Files: Mob Wars. "We only kill each other"
http://www.amazon.com/The-Mob-Files-Wars-other/dp/1461006880/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334691702&sr=1-1
The
Quotable Writer: Writers on the Writers Life
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quotable-Writer-Quotables-ebook/dp/B005JK6LH2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334797334&sr=1-1
Whacked.
One Hundred Years Murder and Mayhem in the Chicago Outfit
http://www.amazon.com/Whacked-Hundred-Murder-Mayhem-Chicago/dp/1461003237/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334688165&sr=1-1
Baby
Boomers Guide to the Beatles Songs of the Sixties
http://www.amazon.com/Boomers-Guide-Beatles-Songs-Sixties/dp/1461120330/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335203710&sr=1-1
Baby
Boomers Guide to Songs of the 1960s
http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Boomers-Guide-Songs-1960s/dp/1461110629/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1335203897&sr=1-1
The
Quotable Robert F. Kennedy
http://www.amazon.com/Quotable-Robert-F-Kennedy-Illustrated/dp/147749264X/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344192853&sr=1-3&keywords=the+quotable+robert+f.+kennedy
Wicked
Good New England Recipes
http://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Good-New-England-Recipes/dp/1468076744/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334678273&sr=1-1
Joe Pistone’s
war on the mafia
http://www.amazon.com/Joe-Petrosinos-War-Mafia-Files/dp/1463709285/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343847152&sr=1-1&keywords=joe+war+on+the+mafia
Mob
Recipes to Die For. Meals and Mobsters in Photos
http://www.amazon.com/Recipes-For-Meals-Mobsters-Photos/dp/1468115200/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333636768&sr=1-2
More
Mob Recipes to Die For. Meals and Mobs
http://www.amazon.com/More-Recipes-Meals-Mobsters-Photos/dp/1468146521/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333636690&sr=1-1ters
in Photos.
Mob in Hollywood
http://www.amazon.com/Mob-Files-Hollywood-ebook/dp/B004CYF8JS/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343762639&sr=1-8&keywords=the+mob+in+hollywood
Voices
from the valley
http://www.amazon.com/Voices-Valley-Denny-ODay/dp/1478139706/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343154628&sr=1-1&keywords=voices+from+the+valley
Gangland
Gaslight: The Killing of Rosy Rosenthal. (Illustrated)
http://www.amazon.com/Gangland-Gaslight-Killing-Rosenthal-Illustrated/dp/1463681887/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334690168&sr=1-1
When Capone’s
mob
http://www.amazon.com/When-Capones-Murdered-Roger-Touhy/dp/1569801746/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342906340&sr=1-1&keywords=when+capone%27s+mob+murdered
Chicago-Mob-Bosses-
http://www.amazon.com/Chicagos-Mob-Bosses-Accardo-ebook/dp/B005HPYHLQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342885530&sr=1-1&keywords=chicago+mob+bosses
Illustrated-Book-Prohibition-Gangsters
http://www.amazon.com/Illustrated-Book-Prohibition-Gangsters-ebook/dp/B004XMOQK6/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342884965&sr=1-1&keywords=the+illustrated+book+of+prohibition+gangsters
It's
Not All Right to be a Foster Kid....no matter what they tell you: Tweet the
books contents
http://www.amazon.com/Right-Foster-Kid-no-matter-what/dp/1477422048/ref=sr_1_14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342883506&sr=1-14&keywords=john+william+tuohy
The
Russian Mafia in America
http://www.amazon.com/The-Russian-Mafia-America-ebook/dp/B005YV7FEY/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333676475&sr=1-2
The Mob
Files: It Happened Here: Places of Note in Chicago gangland 1900-2000
http://www.amazon.com/The-Mob-Files-1900-2000-ebook/dp/B004CYF8IE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334681624&sr=1-1
The
Book of funny odd and interesting things people say
http://www.amazon.com/book-funny-interesting-things-people/dp/1460981383/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1342724559&sr=8-2&keywords=the+book+of+funny+odd+and+interesting
The
Porchless Pumpkin
http://www.amazon.com/OLANTERN-PORCHLESS-PUMPKIN-Halloween-Children/dp/1477476318/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1343749690&sr=1-1&keywords=almost+porchless
Shooting
the Mob: Organized crime in photos. Crime Boss Tony Accardo
The New
York Mafia: The Origins of the New York Mob
http://www.amazon.com/The-New-York-Mafia-Origins/dp/1466311045/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334692328&sr=1-1
The
Quotable John F. Kennedy
http://www.amazon.com/The-Quotable-John-F-Kennedy/dp/1467904481/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1334679137&sr=1-1
She
Stoops to Conquer
http://www.amazon.com/She-Stoops-Conquer-Oliver-Goldsmith/dp/1468034529/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1353328795&sr=1-5&keywords=she+stoops+to+conquer
The New
York Mob: The Bosses
http://www.amazon.com/The-New-York-Mob-Bosses/dp/1466349816/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1333676338&sr=1-1
Best of
Mob 1
http://www.amazon.com/Files-Series-Illustrated-Articles-Organized-Crime/dp/1463648189/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342894134&sr=8-1&keywords=best+of+the+mob+files
Best of
Mob 2
http://www.amazon.com/Series-Illustrated-Articles-Organized-ebook/dp/B00580V1R8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1342894134&sr=8-3&keywords=best+of+the+mob+files
American
Shakespeare: August Wilson in his own words. A One Act Play
http://www.amazon.com/American-Shakespeare-August-Wilson-ebook/dp/B004FPZ5H4/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344898090&sr=1-1&keywords=american+shakespeare+August+wilson