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De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum
[Click on Blue links for sources and further information] De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum (Of the Dead say nothing but good) We all know a few jerks. Emilee Hines, Speaking Ill of the Dead: Jerks in Washington, D.C., History The evil that men do...
A Puerto Vallarta Story
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] Two of our good friends in Puerto Vallarta are Kevin and Beatriz Simpson who own the folk art gallery Peyote People and the upscale ancestral contemporary art gallery Collectiva. Over the past years...
The Attack of the Fifty Foot Baby
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. For when they shall say,...
Poems – 12
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] This is the twelfth post of poems and napkin art at Think in the Morning. I hope you readers enjoy these as much as we do. The butterscotch pie at Tre Piatti restaurant in Puerto Vallarta is pure...
The Rich Get Richer
[Click on BLUE links for sources and further information] Billionaire Michael Bloomberg, erstwhile Republican now Independent, has an article out today This Tax Bill Is A Trillion-Dollar Blunder. It’s a “must-read” for anyone who cares about our...
Tis The Season
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] It’s a great time for drunks and gluttons. Just a few weeks after gorging on roast turkey, oyster stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole (with cream of mushroom soup and crispy...
Udder Nonsense
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] If you have read any of the posts on this site, you must be aware that Napkin Art adds an interesting historical and artistic dimension and adds immensely to the delight factor, if any is to be...
The Daily Special
[Click on BLUE links for sources or more information) By age 35 I expected to be President, very famous or at least very, very rich. Instead, by 35 I had three sons, a beautiful wife, and a restaurant business where I made great friends. I had...
Poems – 11
This is the eleventh poetry page posted on Think in the Morning. We choose poems we like based only on our own tastes. Each poem is paired with an original piece of napkin art produced at the Sea Gull Cellar Bar in Mendocino, CA from 1977 - 1985. We identify...
Guest Post: The Diamond’s Sutra by Mitchell Zucker
Go to sleep. First tell me the story about how the world ended. All right; get under the covers. One day, the Launch Control Officer at an intercontinental ballistic missile base had a dinner date and had just finished polishing his boots and was about to...
Welcome to the American Kleptocracy
[Click on BLUE links for sources and more information] Kleptocracy: a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. David Glasgow Farragut...
Short Fiction: Horace Cucumber: A Cautionary Story For Parents With Unruly Children
Though you hurry away, it’s a brief delay: three scattered handfuls of earth will free you. Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) * Horace Cucumber rolled down the steep garden path of John Winthrop’s hillside garden ripping off pieces of his green...