Archive for March, 2012
Dogs Training Humans?
… The jig is up! I was reminded of Pavlov’s experiments with conditioning using dogs. I had no idea that our dogs were conditioning us! As in a recent blog, I indicated how Klondyke and Tamborine (the beagle sisters) were using the drinking trough in turn to take a cool bath. This is not good, […]
Ideas are Common and Fleeting ~ Make It Real
… “The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.” – Henry Ward Beecher
I Own the Goofiest Beagles That Ever Walked the Earth
… The culprits: Two sisters – American Beagles “Tamborine the Wonder Dog” and “Klondyke the 3rd” I swear – these beagles are the goofiest dogs on earth. Maybe even the universe. Today as I returned to the rear yard after (*ahem*) mowing the front – they gave me the “we just have to have it […]
What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander
History has proven that the United States is the greatest system for freedom, prosperity and encouraging the human spirit to achieve it’s greatest potential. A free market and a freedom from manipulative intervention has proven to be best. It is the free market that rewards responsibility and diligence, thwarts the efforts of criminality and shines […]
From the Author of “Gulliver’s Travels”
— “No wise man ever wished to be younger.” – Jonathan Swift —
You Must Love What You Do
— “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” – Dale Carnegie
Spring Has Sprung … Time to Get In Gear !
— “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers Spring – a wonderful time of year for those who enjoy the constant sound of lawn mowers. Not that I’m complaining … except about those with nothing better to do but mow their grass […]
Skinning My Knee While Tripping Over the Past
… It is apparent that when one reaches half a century on this Earth, it can give a feeling of having done it and seen it all … Not true! While digging through some early 1920’s periodicals as I am researching some other subject, I ran across something so surprising that i felt like I […]
Movie Reviews For My Latest Feature Release by American Submariner Magazine
… The new American Submariner Magazine is out and the magazine includes two reviews in this latest issue concerning my newest movie “Submariners: The Men of the Silent Service” I cannot express how thankful I am. ________________________________ From NSVC (National Senior Vice Commander) Jon Jaques As published in American Submariner Magazine: Every once in a […]
I never said I could spell …
… I have a strange quirk concerning spelling … When I do misspell something, i am very consistant … um … consistent … I also can’t stand using a spell checker … If anything – i have a Webster’s paperback dictionary that’s quite thick but the standard paperback novel size that I’ve had since the […]
Submarine Movie sought by the National Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut
… The feedback we are receiving over the Submarine Documentary Feature DVD set is taking our breath away. We planned to begin contacting museums in April or May concerning the Submarine Movie “Submariners: The Men of the Silent Service” … Taking one step at a time because the movie has two glowing reviews in American […]