I love sports. I only follow a few, actually just two, baseball and American football, because you could spend your entire life following and watching sports. I have friends that way, spend every night watching one sporting event after another. I put limits on myself. I love athletes. Professional or not. I know, drugs, huge salaries, spoiled brats, huge egos. It does do something to a young kid to be so successful and make such a huge salary. I tend to cut them a break. ...
Something I’ve been thinking of lately It is typical of oldest children to not make a lot of close friends outside of the family, and I am a very typical oldest child. I find that in a group or public place I listened more than I talk and it is very entertaining and sometimes disheartening. I remember being stricken by stupid talk when I was in school and it really isn’t much better now. At restaurants I like to listen to the conversations of the people around me. Loud talkers ...
My uncle’s wedding was a soaring affair, comparatively small (which only means that they didn’t invite every single person they know) but absolutely stunning. The basic order is fairly the same as an American wedding, but there are some traditions that really add a lot to it. I’ll talk about these in a minute. First of all, Lebanese love style and fashions. As a wedding is a big deal, not only do they do the requisite hair and nails but also they get really nice outfits. We had already bought ...
Aphorism #87 Culture and Elegance. Man is born a barbarian, and only raises himself above the beast by culture. Culture therefore makes the man; the more a man, the higher. Thanks to it, Greece could call the rest of the world barbarians. Ignorance is very raw; nothing contributes so much to culture as knowledge. But even knowledge is coarse If without elegance. Not alone must our intelligence be elegant, but our desires, and above all our conversation. Some men are naturally ...
Enter Anza's NEWEST Category... Random Pictures of Epicness!! Here is RPoE #1... It's EPIC!