Welcome to my mind.  I am Thomas J. Aron, author of Sour Rain and many other titles.  This blog is my place to share ideas and articles that influence me and my writing.  Please check in often as I will probably be posting daily!

Monday, September 28, 2009

        I have met my enemy
                    and
                  it is me

                                          My Version Of Pogo Pogh's Wisdom

           
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Sunday, September 27, 2009

   The President has supporters that he probably wishes would just go away.
   Such was the case of a lady in a recent Town Hall meeting. She chose to defend Mr. Obama on the question whether he was constitutionally qualified to be the President.
   "Natural born citizen?" she asked. "That's not right. Why should someone who was born by c-section be disqualified from being the President?"
   GOTTA LOVE 'EM, MR. PRESIDENT

                         

Friday, September 25, 2009

         FAILURE never stopped me.
            FEAR OF FAILURE did.



Monday, September 21, 2009

   "Let there be peace on Earth, 
                       and 
            let it begin with me."
 


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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
                                                                             – Lao-Tzu

About Lao-Tzu

The ancient Chinese philosopher Lao-Tzu is believed to have lived in the 4th century B.C. Little is known about him, but it is likely that he wrote the Tao te Ching, the foundation of Taoist philosophy, and engaged Confucius in debate, honing both men's belief systems. His name means either "old master" or the "old child," and one legend says he was born with white hair after spending 80 years in his mother's womb.

   Eighty years? Oh those Chinese are such kidders, right? I haven't met a mother yet who wanted her pregnancy to last more than nine months. Have you?
   Well, I have no standing to criticize any religious belief. Many of my spiritual beliefs are "unrealistic" and supernatural.


             
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Sunday, September 13, 2009

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
                                                            – Thomas A. Edison



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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

"Laughter is the closest distance between two people."
                                                                            – Victor Borge

About Victor Borge

Danish pianist Victor Borge was affectionately known as the Clown Prince of Denmark. Born as Børge Rosenbaum in 1909 to musician parents, he began playing piano at age three. After a stint as a classical pianist, he began combining music and jokes. His anti-Nazi jokes landed him on Hitler's enemies list. In 1942, he was named Best New Radio Performer by the American press. His Comedy in Music show on Broadway was the longest running one-man show in the 1950's. He died in 2000.

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              Let's Have A Happy Day!
"The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come."--
                                    
Song of Solomon 2:12


                       
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Sunday, September 6, 2009

"Just don't give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong."
                                                          Ella Fitzgerald




               
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Friday, September 4, 2009

   If you think you are beaten, you are.
   If you think you dare not, you don't.
   If you like to win, but think you can't,
   It is almost certain you won't.

   If you think you'll lose, you're lost.
   For out of the world we find,
   Success begins with a person's will --
   It's all in the state of mind.

   If you think you are outclassed, you are.
   You've got to think high to rise.
   You've got to be sure of yourself before
   You can ever win a prize.

   Life's battles don't always go
   To the strongest or fastest man.
   But soon or late the one who wins
   Is the one WHO THINKS HE CAN.
                                Napoleon Hill
                                             Think and Grow Rich

   

        
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

"A bad habit never disappears miraculously;

     it's an undo-it-yourself project."
                                                                      – Abigail Van Buren


      
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

"All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail."
                                                                             – Dorothea Brande

About Dorothea Brande

Dorothea Brande wrote the quintessential how-to-write book, Becoming a Writer, which was among the first to address every writer's core problem: How to sit down and let the words flow. Her book, published in 1934, remains in print today. She was born in 1893 in Chicago. She worked as an editor on the Chicago Tribune and The American Review and married the latter journal's owner. She also wrote Wake Up and Live, which was adapted into a movie in 1937. She died in 1948.



      
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

  The Mystery Of Sailing Ships      

      One ship goes east
      One ship goes west
By the self same wind that blows,
       But it's the set of the sail
       And not the gale
 That determines where it goes.

             It's My Job To Set The Sail. 
           God Takes Care Of The Wind.

         
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