@micsolana My husband always says the biggest problem with the internet is all the village idiots found each other. There’s a reason there was only one village idiot. And now we have mobs of them.
MULGREW MILLER: I’m thinking of the great Mulgrew Miller today, on what would have been his birthday. I first had the honor of playing with him in 2008, and later went on tour with him and Maestro @RonCarterBass in 2011. Happy Birthday, Mulgrew.
📸: Jos L Knaepen
Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter combined.
Think about that.
Government has become so big and bloated that taxes cost more than life's basic necessities. Every American taxpayer should be outraged.
"It doesn't make sense to continue wanting something if you're not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don't want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment.
— James Clear, 3-2-1 Newsletter (February 9, 2023
“Practice any art… no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.”
- McKellen reciting Vonnegut
I appreciate every musician, I don't care what kind of music they play. I appreciate anything that any musician does on a planet like this one.
(Sun Ra)
Two thoughts from Hunter S. Thompson
“A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”
“Freedom is something that dies unless it's used.”
Fun fact.
The Monarch butterfly migration is one of the longest-known, multi-generational insect migrations on our planet. Every fourth generation lives 8 times longer than the previous generations and travels 10 times farther.