But who can say what’s best? That’s why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much.
~ Haruki Murakami
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Monthly Archives: August 2025
Doug Collins was born
on this day in 1966
Doug Collins — the American politician, lawyer, and minister who has served as the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs since February 2025 — was born on this day — August 16, 1966 — in Gainesville, Georgia.
He is a graduate of the University of North Georgia, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Criminal Justice; the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, where he earned a Master of Divinity; and John Marshall Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctor.
Prior to his appointment to the Cabinet, Collins represented Georgia’s 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021, serving as the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee. A Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve, he has served as a military chaplain for over two decades, including a deployment to Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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Campus Life at the
University of Lethbridge
Learning Object
via David Allen
[Twitter] @gtdguy
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Quote, Unquote
Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Comedy Break
via Breanna Banaciski
h/t @tampa_bre
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Midday Music Fix
Outkast – Hey Ya!
J.P. Tedrow here. Like Outkast? I very much enjoyed reading Dirty South: Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern Rappers Who Reinvented Hip-Hop by Ben Westhoff. The book was published by Chicago Review Press back in May 2011. It’s a good read. I recommend this book.
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Campus Life at
Case Western Reserve
Campus Life at
Durham University
Quote, Unquote
The awareness of their individual blemishes and shortcomings inclines the frustrated to detect ill will and meanness in their fellow men. Self-contempt, however vague, sharpens our eyes for the imperfections of others.
~ Eric Hoffer
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