“Let me at 'em!” - Anonymous

 From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual,” by Arnold Kunst 

14 April 

In 20, 30, 50 years from now the bloom of youth will have more than faded. There will be parts of my anatomy which, however firm now, will be sagging then. When I lift my arm off the table the part in the middle will leave last. My face may look like a prune, my thighs like congealed cottage cheese. 

Despite all that, I intend to emulate the playwright Samuel Beckett who said he wouldn't shed the ailments of old age for the vigor of youth even if he could - "not with the fire in me now!"

“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” - Mark Twain

From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual” by Arnold Kunst 

13 April 

“Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.” - Confucius 

“Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.” - Socrates

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst 

April 15 

“I cannot bring myself to believe that any human being lives who would do me harm.” - Abraham Lincoln

“Our country owed all her troubles to Lincoln, and God simply made me the instrument of his punishment.” - John Wilkes Booth

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst 

April 14 

On April 14, 1865 - Good Friday, as it happened - John Wilkes Booth entered the Presidential box at Ford’s Theater and from a distance of about four feet shot Abraham Lincoln once behind the left ear, the projectile lodging behind his right eye. The President died the next morning.  

“That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.” - Henry David Thoreau

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst 

April 13 

During his long years as an attorney Lincoln’s “stories and jokes and, more important, his skills as a lawyer helped him fit in. Most of all, perhaps, Lincoln met the professional standards of manliness, and this despite the fact that he did not drink, gamble, or otherwise perform according to wider cultural conventions of the day. He was direct and unpretentious in his professional demeanor; he was both aggressive and courteous in his pursuit of courtroom victory.” - Brian Dirck 

“Don’t feed your fantasy life with WWF Smack-Down re-runs.” - Arnold Kunst

from “Me Too, 365,” by Arnold Kunst 

12 April 

“A strong man can handle a strong woman. A weak man will say she has an attitude.” - Anonymous

“The critic never gets his uniform dirty out there on the field.” – Anonymous

 From “The Human Condition: A User’s Manual” by Arnold Kunst  

12 April  

“A man would do nothing if he waited until he could do it so well that no one would find fault with what he has done.” - John Henry Newman