elevator speech

poor georgie’s almanack:
Something to tell your fellow elevator rider just before you step out. 
“Dark clouds weigh more than light.”

Rx

poor georgie’s almanack:

The chaplains of the House and Senate must be on high dosages of Zoloft.

Caught in the middle

poor georgie’s almanack:

As always, from Troy to the GW Bridge,
from Aleppo to Chechnya and Sochi,
it is the innocents caught in the crossfire who suffer the most.

Information is power

poor georgie’s almanack: 

About 1850 a thin telegraph wire and cheap paper fueled the greatest changes in the history of humans. 

Information is power.

HELP!!

poor georgie’s almanack:
It snowed in the Washington area today. 
The government was closed. 
Is that good or bad?
So far 50% of my friends think it is good, 50% bad. 
As usual in this world of social media, I depend on my friends to determine what I think.
I clearly need help.

It is all about U

poor georgie’s almanack:

I just realized the meaning of life clearly is within my reach.

It is between the Y and the I on my computer keyboard.

Hindsight

poor georgie’s almanack:

Ben Franklin said. “Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.”

We spot galaxies as far away as they are old, but still can’t get no satisfaction.

Bridge work

poor georgie's almanack:
The jury is still out on whether The George Washington will be Gov. Christie's Bridge To Nowhere.

bad ideas

poor georgie’s almanack
Why do bad ideas take so long to die? 

Kim Chum

poor georgie’s almanack:

Are the North Koreans paying Dennis Rodman and friends … and should he register as a lobbyist?

Oh yeah!

poor georgie’s almanack:

We complain about our government, but forget that our ancestors could have settled in Zimbabwe.

Freedoms

poor georgie’s almanack:

All freedoms were not created equal.

a driving shame

poor georgie’s almanack:
Latest definition of textual deviates. 
People who do it while driving.