there’s a slideshow in today’s NYT about Michelle Obama’s family roots. I think this person is especially relevant to mention here!
>>Mary Moten, a paternal great-great-grandmother of Michelle Obama, was one of the first members of Mrs. Obama’s family to move to Illinois. She arrived there sometime in the 1860s. Her descendants believe she was part Cherokee.<<
Dude -
Happy Fathers Day. I hope you enjoyed it. And please tell AJ ambition is not one of the seven deadly sins. In fact, it is a virtue, and we need more of it.
All the best.
Your Pal,
Walt
Ambition was the original sin of the ancient Mithraic sect (from which the Deadly Sins are alledgedly ripped off), but “when it changed sides and became a virtue, Gluttony was summoned to take its place.”
– The Travelers’ Guide to Hell
Sorry Walt, I thought I’d read that somewhere in God knows what I’ve read over the last thousand years, but sometimes I get things wrong when I go from my nowhere-good-as-it-used-to-be memory, which is now almost as bad as my spelling, and don’t check my facts before speaking. Apparently ambition is not one of the “Seven Deadly Sins” but the “Mother of Them All”.
See, there you go, scammed again by those who hand out knowledge — the little devil switched sides.
wouldn’t it be Who’s got, not Whose got?
Only if you’re (yore) literate.
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Hey! Now I can really see those high cheekbones. Thanks, Anonymous!
there’s a slideshow in today’s NYT about Michelle Obama’s family roots. I think this person is especially relevant to mention here!
>>Mary Moten, a paternal great-great-grandmother of Michelle Obama, was one of the first members of Mrs. Obama’s family to move to Illinois. She arrived there sometime in the 1860s. Her descendants believe she was part Cherokee.<<
So Michelle and Betsy Warren are cousins (identical cousins la la la …)!
‘swunnerful.
Dude -
Happy Fathers Day. I hope you enjoyed it. And please tell AJ ambition is not one of the seven deadly sins. In fact, it is a virtue, and we need more of it.
All the best.
Your Pal,
Walt
Did anyone else see Ruth Madoff at Tods Point today?
Ambition was the original sin of the ancient Mithraic sect (from which the Deadly Sins are alledgedly ripped off), but “when it changed sides and became a virtue, Gluttony was summoned to take its place.”
– The Travelers’ Guide to Hell
Sorry Walt, I thought I’d read that somewhere in God knows what I’ve read over the last thousand years, but sometimes I get things wrong when I go from my nowhere-good-as-it-used-to-be memory, which is now almost as bad as my spelling, and don’t check my facts before speaking. Apparently ambition is not one of the “Seven Deadly Sins” but the “Mother of Them All”.
See, there you go, scammed again by those who hand out knowledge — the little devil switched sides.
Ambition was Bernie Madoff’s deadly sin. His ambition, among other things, was to be revered.