Built between 70 – 72 AD, the Roman Colosseum is one of the worlds best examples of Roman design. It was started under emperor Vespasian and finished in 80 AD under Titus. It has a history of holding games and events for over 500 years. It’s use went on even after the Roman empire fell in 476. [...]
Archive for August, 2007
The Colosseum
Posted in General on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What will your verse be?
Posted in Favorite Quotes on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive [...]
Time travel anyone??
Posted in Timeless Questions on August 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Will it ever be possible to travel through the folds of time? In my humble view, it has to be possible. With all of the unexplainable things in this world, I can see it being possible in my imagination. When I think of time, I think about the fabric of our universe – space time. [...]
Your estimate …
Posted in Favorite Quotes on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.”
-Marcus Aurelius
Nerves of steel …. maybe not?
Posted in General on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Does anyone ever get knots in their stomich when they are between a rock and a hard place … or just really nervous? Some mornings I will wake up, and feel like crap just based on what I think about. My goal this year has been to simplify my life … from bills to my [...]
Imagination encircles the world …
Posted in Favorite Quotes on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
-Albert Einstein
We are all inventors …
Posted in Favorite Quotes on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
“We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate. The world is all gates, all opportunities.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
U2 – Beautiful Day
Posted in Favorite Music on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I hope you enjoy this – it is my favorite: U2 - Beautiful Day
The Road Not Taken – By: Robert Frost
Posted in Favorite Poetry on August 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the [...]
