Here's a nice little quote from Lynn Vincent, features editor for WORLD Magazine, with his permission:

"This process of writing 90 minutes a day, no matter what needs writing, also helps break the cycle of being a 'deadline-driven' writer. I used to be able to write only on deadline. That not only accelerated aging, it also ensured my writing was almost never as good as it could have been."

This verse appeared today in the right column: PROV 15:33 "The fear of the LORD teaches a man wisdom, and humility comes before honor." In my experience, sometimes it's not only humility, but humiliation.

truth, so they say. Must be because journalistic writing was compromissed long ago. This from the LA Times, can you believe it?

"Stores were shuttered, and the town's central market was empty, but as the fighting waned, civilians mingled through the column, and one man herded bulls down a side alley as the fight began to wane."

When the detergent smell got too strong, I hied to the Burle Marx (no kin to Karl) City Park with my notebook and Bible and jotted down some ideas, plans, course corrections. The park had been the residence of a turn-of-the-century factory owner. Burle Marx was the grounds designer. Tells you who gets remembered with the honor. Marx was a great paisagista. (How do you say that in English? Landscapist?) So I enjoyed the grounds, the lake, the quiet in the middle of the city, and even the shenanigans of three adolescents on benches down below me.

Here's a page about the park (you can look at the pictures). And check the two images panoramic images. Quite nice.

http://www.sjc.com.br/laz_parque_cidade.cfm?pan=0

Somebody pasted this in a discussion forum with no link. If anybody can verify it with a webpage address, please add it to comments.

When in England at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of empire building by George Bush.

He answered by saying that, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."

It became very quiet in the room.