We needed tough lessons as children. An occasional playground fight was expected as the norm, and if we complained to our mother that we were being teased, we were treated to this glorious aphorism: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” My mom used to say that all the time, one of the seemingly endless adages she had at her disposal to deal with any of life’s problems. To this day I think long and hard about the practical application that dogma had on my life.
The idea that you could actually choose whether or not to be hurt by words: that was huge for me. Even though it has been repeated ad nauseam for generations, “sticks and stones” really is a powerful bit of philosophy to a kid. That’s one of the great things about being a parent: you can spout nothing but clichés, and yet, to your child, you come off as one of the great thinkers in Western culture.
–from MEAN DADS FOR A BETTER AMERICA, by Tom Shillue
After I finished talking I continued filming as I enjoyed the Westchester County sunset with Martha. If you like, you can enjoy it along with me.
I think ot was a good show. With doing panel yesterday and The Five today its all washing together in my mind
Thank you for reminding me. I wanted to talk about our post-show hangout in Memphis and here it is:
Reminder: Tom Shillue should be on "Gutfeld!" tonight. Looks like Kat is filling in on "The Five" even though Greg skated on the jury duty.
“Hot one”
Got all the way up to 82 degrees!
🤣😂🤣😂😂
Picture; our little patch of Montana, under the ponderosa pines
“I’m Walkin’”
yes indeed
and I'm talkin'
About you and me
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
yeah
I'm lonely as I can be
I'm waitin'
For your company
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
What you gonna do when the well runs dry?
You gonna run away and hide
I'm gonna run right by your side
For you pretty baby
I'll even die
I'm walkin'
yes indeed
and I'm talkin'
About you and me
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
I'm walkin'
yes indeed
and I'm talkin'
About you and me
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
I'm lonely as I can be
I'm waitin'
For your company
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
What you gonna do when the well runs dry?
You're gonna sit right down and cry
What you gonna do when I say bye-bye?
All you gonna do is dry your eye
I'm walkin'
yes indeed
and I'm talkin'
About you and me
I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me
