"You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the
people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people
all of the time."
- Abraham Lincoln
"Remember that you are one of those people who can be fooled
some of the time – be careful."
- Laurence Peter
Monday’s recycled Thought of the Day favorites…
"Never attribute to malice what can be adequately
explained by stupidity."
- Nick Diamos
Don’t ruin a relationship or make a life changing decision
by misinterpreting what a person does or doesn’t say or do.
Sometimes we just don’t know what to say or do.
And other times, we all say or do something stupid.
Give people the benefit of the doubt.
– Friar Telly, II
"Before I had children, I had five theories about raising children.
Now I have five children and no theories."
- George Freshting
If I had my child to raise all over again,
I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later.
I’d finger-paint more, and point the finger less.
I would do less correcting and more connecting.
I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes.
I’d take more hikes and fly more kites.
I’d stop playing serious, and seriously play.
I would run through more fields and gaze at more stars.
I’d do more hugging and less tugging.
– Diane Loomans
Happy Father’s Day!
Children Learn What They Live
– Dorothy Law Neite
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.
If a child learns to feel shame, he learns to feel guilty.
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.
If a child lives with encouragement he learns confidence.
If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.
He a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.
If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.
If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.
If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in
the world.
Make a great Father’s Day Weekend!
"Technology does not run an enterprise, relationships do."
- Patricia Fripp
"You can be totally rational with a machine. But, if you work with
people, sometimes logic has to take a back seat to understanding."
- Freshting
"Don’t you give me no dirty looks. Your father’s hip he knows what cooks.
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside. You ain’t got time to take a ride."
- Carl Gardner (1928-2011) The Coasters
"Yakity yak – Don’t talk back!"
Carl Gardner
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) – Carl Gardner, original lead singer of the R&B
group the Coasters, has died in Florida. He was 83.
Gardner’s wife Veta said her husband died Sunday at a Port St. Lucie hospice
following a long bout with congestive heart failure and vascular dementia.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, the Coasters had a
string of hits in the late 1950s, including "Searchin’," ”Poison Ivy" and
"Young Blood." Their single "Yakety Yak" reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot
100 following its 1958 release. It also spent seven weeks as the No. 1 rhythm
and blues song. "He loved his singing," Veta Gardner said of her husband of
24 years. "That was his whole life."
The Coasters have continued to perform over the decades, with multiple
changes to the lineup. Gardner has always held the rights to the group’s
name, and his son, Carl Gardner Jr., took over as lead singer when his father
retired in 2005.
Gardner was born in Tyler, Texas, and moved to Los Angeles in the early
1950s. He became a founding member of The Coasters in 1955.
The Coasters had 14 songs on the R&B charts, and eight of them crossed over
to the pop Top 40, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their hits
were written by the famed team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.
"The Coasters’ parlayed their R&B roots into rock ‘n’ roll hits by delivering
Leiber and Stoller’s serio-comic tunes in an uptempo doo-wop style. Beneath
the humor the songs often made incisive points about American culture for
those willing to dig a little deeper," the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entry
on the group says.
In the 1960s, their hits were covered by The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and
other British Invasion bands.
"He was such a humble person," his wife said. "If you met Carl, you would
never know he was famous."
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Yakity Yak
Take out those papers and the trash
Or you don’t get no spending cash
If you don’t sweep that kitchen floor
You ain’t gonna rock ‘n’ roll no more
Yakity yak
Don’t talk back
Just finish cleaning up your room
Let’s see that dustpan with that broom
Get all that garbage out of sight
Or you don’t go out Friday night
Yakity Yak
Don’t talk back
You just put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the laundromat
And when you finish doing that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
Yakity yak
Don’t talk back
Don’t you give me no dirty looks
Your father’s hip he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friends outside
You ain’t got time to take a ride
Yakity yak
Don’t talk back
"I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion,
in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."
- Thomas Jefferson
"Do not condemn another person because their opinion differs
from your own. You may both be wrong."
- Dandemis
"Not the fastest horse can catch a word spoken in anger."
- Chinese Proverb
"While the spoken word may fade away, e-mails and tweets live forever."
- Friar Telly, II
Monday’s recycled Thought of the Day favorites….
A person should be more concerned about what his conscience
whispers than about what other people shout.
"Trust your instincts and don’t be intimidated by others –
if you think you shouldn’t, don’t."
- Friar Telly, II
Take the time to offer a helping hand…and keep in mind that
you don’t need to know the person to help them.
"Your best friend was a stranger once."
- Freshting
