Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
- William Blake
My Zany Valentine
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] On the night of the festival of Lupercalia, in the second year of the reign of Claudius Gothicus, in the 1022nd year since the founding of the city, at the order of Quintus Mimmius, procurator of games, Valentine...
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The Super Bowl Indicator and Other Nonsense
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information.] The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable. John Kenneth Galbraith Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future. Niels Bohr Caveat emptor : Let the...
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Guest Post: Groucho and Harpo Save Planet Earth – Mitchell Zucker
Our friend Mitchell Zucker is filling in while our Blogger in Chief is on a temporary sabbatical. This piece was created 9 years ago, It was read in a dramatic reading in 2010 at Saranam, Jeannie Doe's wonderful dance studio in Mendoicno. It is a short black...
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A Bit Of An Itch
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] And he struck Job with a grievous burning rash from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. Job: 2-7 [The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary, Robert Alter] In the...
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My Problem With Republicans
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] While TITM is on leave, we are posting this guest post from our friend in Puerto Vallarta, Gil Gevins. Gil is a co-owner with his wife Lucy of Lucy's Cu Cu Cabana in Puerto Vallarta, a must visit if you travel...
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Roy Hoggard
We at Think in the Morning mourn our good friend and brilliant artist, Roy Hoggard. May he rest in peace. His unequaled napkin art lives on in our Napkin Art...
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While We Are Out
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] While we are on an indefinite hiatus (due to MINOR but ANNOYING medical issues), TITM thought it might be a good idea to provide a list of some of our favorite online sites. Don't get too attached. We intend to...
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Under the Weather
Think in the Morning staff is currently under the weather. We are taking a few days, weeks, months off until we can think clearly again. Don't go away. We will be back. A productive use of this time for our readers would be to read some of our older posts that...
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Global Warming: Deniers, Doomers, Dreamers, Doers
[Click on BLUE links for sources and information] Deniers don’t believe it’s happening, Doomers think it’s too late to do anything about it, Dreamers think a miraculous fix will come along automatically, Doers roll up their sleeves and get to work. Donald Trump is...
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A Simpleton’s Guide to Stock Prices
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] Cassandra: Beware of Hootie Pie. Sonia: Who? Cassandra: I don’t know. Just beware. Vanya: Hootie Pie. We need to keep a small notebook nearby and write all these things down, for your sanity hearing later....
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Sea Gull Recipe Series – Oysters, Bouillabaise
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] I love oysters. I like them raw, also fried and in soups or stuffing, but I’ll eat them most any way they are served. At the Sea Gull we served them more or less the same way we served the Sweetbreads. They...
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Poems – 15
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] This is our 15th page of poems and napkin art. The other page links are listed below. At TITM we believe that poetry is more important than ever given The Way We Live Now. Poetry and art go together well....
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