“If you think the world is selfish and rotten, go to the cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer overlooking Omaha Beach. See what one group of men did for another on D-Day, June 6th, 1944.” — Andy Rooney
“Sometimes when I'm in a bookstore or library, I am overwhelmed by all the things that I do not know. Then I am seized by a powerful desire to read all the books, one by one.”
-Arthur C Clarke
“It was a different world then. It was a world that required young men like myself to be prepared to die for a civilization that was worth living in.”
–Harry Read, British Soldier in the 6th Airborne Division who jumped into Normandy in the early hours of 6 June 1944
Happy 96th birthday to Clint Eastwood.
A living reminder that strength, resilience, self-reliance, and dignity never go out of style.
His advice to men: “Don't let the old man in."
What’s your favorite Clint Eastwood film?
The rain in Spain may stay mainly in the plain.
But the rain in Braamfontein ends up in different oceans thousands of kilometers apart.
I got to tell this story on @Hot1027FM today.
https://t.co/0v7WYVTLMg
In youth “the soul is most pliant, and the passion of love makes almost every man a rhymer, though not a poet.”
—John Dryden, “A Discourse on the Original and Progress of Satire”
O Kamov Ka-26 é o único helicóptero do mundo que parece ter sido montado com peças de trator e motor de tanque. O HA-HSF ficou tanto tempo parado na Hungria que a partida a frio pareceu mais um incêndio controlado do que um voo.
Pura engenharia soviética raiz.
Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers out there.
Thank you for all you have done, all you are doing, and all you will do for the children in your life.
Enjoy your special day!
“Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker.”
-C.S. Lewis
Daily reminder that you need to be stacking *physical* books. Why?
-they can’t be changed
-you can pass them on to your children
-they’re a break from a screen
-you don’t lose entertainment when your battery goes out
-they make great decorations
-they smell amazing