Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell
An unbelievably grandiose and glorious tune!
Highlighted: 17/05/12
Post created: 01/08/12
Persistence is stronger than failure
Abraham Lincoln is acknowledged as one of America’s greatest presidents. Here is a brief summary of his career:
Failed in business: 1831
Defeated for legislature: 1832
Failed in business again: 1833
Elected to legislature: 1834
Sweetheart died: 1835
Had nervous breakdown: 1836
Defeated for speaker: 1836
Defeated for elector: 1840
Defeated for congressional nomination: 1843
Elected to Congress: 1846
Defeated for Congress: 1848
Defeated for Senate: 1855
Defeated for Vice President: 1856
Defeated for Senate: 1859
Elected President of the U.S.: 1860
The model Mr. Lincoln gave us with his persistence is one we can remember in the face of our own setbacks. And what is most wondrous of all is that persistence is a quality that we ourselves control. You, and only you, can decide whether you will stay the course.
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Excerpt from Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court, by John Wooden with Steve Jamison
Spotted: 23/08/12
By Tracy Emin.
Spotted: 23/05/12
This image, taken on March 6, 1969, shows the Apollo 9 Command and Service Modules docked with the Lunar Module. Apollo 9 astronaut Dave Scott stands in the open hatch of the Command Module, nicknamed “Gumdrop,” docked to the Lunar Module “Spider” in Earth orbit. His crewmate Rusty Schweickart, lunar module pilot, took this photograph from the porch of the lunar module. Inside the lunar module was Apollo 9 commander Jim McDivitt. The crew tested the orbital rendezvous and docking procedures that made the lunar landings possible.
Image and caption: NASA
Post created: 01/05/12
Gruffalo! Drawn by Axel Scheffler.
Post created: 22/05/12
Queen - One Vision, live at Wembley in 1986
Post created: 01/05/12
The space shuttle Enterprise in the Big Apple
Image credit: NASA / Bill Ingalls
Post created: 29/04/12
RIP Neil Armstrong.
Photo credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI, via Wired
Post created: 26/08/12
