http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog A blog by James Geary Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:26:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/on-roads-2/#comment-12123 Candadai Tirumalai Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:13:41 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=190#comment-12123 Gridlock is a constipated Beltway. Gridlock is a constipated Beltway.

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/on-roads-2/#comment-12114 Candadai Tirumalai Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:42:49 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=190#comment-12114 First you are led to a road; later you discover one already there; then you make a new one. First you are led to a road; later you discover one already there; then you make a new one.

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/on-doors/#comment-12105 Leonid S. Sukhorukov Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:30:00 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=186#comment-12105 When one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door, we do not see the ones which open for us. Alexander Graham Bell When one door closes, another opens, but we often look so long and regretfully upon the closed door, we do not see the ones which open for us. Alexander Graham Bell

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/on-doors/#comment-12104 Leonid S. Sukhorukov Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:07:55 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=186#comment-12104 On the threshold of eternity only life can slam the door. Leonid S. Sukhorukov On the threshold of eternity only life can slam the door. Leonid S. Sukhorukov

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/on-doors/#comment-12099 Candadai Tirumalai Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:13:30 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=186#comment-12099 The separate doors of the Temple of Janus, the two-faced god of boundaries and gates, faced opposite directions, and were kept open when Rome was at war. Augustus kept them closed for some thirty years (the Pax Augusta or Romana). The separate doors of the Temple of Janus, the two-faced god of boundaries and gates, faced opposite directions, and were kept open when Rome was at war. Augustus kept them closed for some thirty years (the Pax Augusta or Romana).

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/gods-aphorisms/#comment-12098 Leonid S. Sukhorukov Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:27:52 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=133#comment-12098 Thinking is the hardest thing to do while marching. Leonid S. Sukhorukov Thinking is the hardest thing to do while marching. Leonid S. Sukhorukov

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/gods-aphorisms/#comment-12097 Leonid S. Sukhorukov Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:26:51 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=133#comment-12097 Those who lean on bayonets are the first to get the point. Leonid S. Sukhorukov Those who lean on bayonets are the first to get the point. Leonid S. Sukhorukov

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/gods-aphorisms/#comment-12096 Leonid S. Sukhorukov Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:25:30 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=133#comment-12096 Hell always begins with arguments about paradise. Leonid S. Sukhorukov Hell always begins with arguments about paradise. Leonid S. Sukhorukov

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/gods-aphorisms/#comment-12095 Leonid S. Sukhorukov Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:23:25 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=133#comment-12095 All roads lead to Rome, but some roads to peace lead straight to Pompeii. Leonid S. Sukhorukov All roads lead to Rome, but some roads to peace lead straight to Pompeii. Leonid S. Sukhorukov

]]> http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/aphorisms-via-mark-vernon/#comment-12089 Candadai Tirumalai Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:08:18 +0000 http://www.jamesgeary.com/blog/?p=188#comment-12089 It was a zoologist's paradise and everyone else's nightmare. It was a zoologist’s paradise and everyone else’s nightmare.

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