James W (Dub) Perry and his new bride, Viola, are the couple on the right.
Scott Adams: The user interface to reality
“The so-called ‘truth’ of the universe is irrelevant because our tiny brains aren’t equipped to understand it anyway. […] Our human understanding of reality is like describing an elephant to a space alien by saying an elephant is grey. That is not nearly enough detail. And you have no way to know if the alien perceives color the same way you do. After enduring your inadequate explanation of the elephant, the alien would understand as much about elephants as humans understand about reality. […] Today when I hear people debate the existence of God, it feels exactly like debating whether the software they are using is hosted on Amazon’s servers or Rackspace.”
God Hates You, Hate Him Back
“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.” — Blaise Pascal
“When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion” — Abraham Lincoln
“Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.” — C.C. Colton
“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” — Galileo Galilei
“Some things have to be believed to be seen.” — Ralph Hodgson
“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.” — David Hume
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.” — Jonathan Swift
“No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means. “ — George Bernard Shaw
“My atheism, like that of Spinoza, is true piety towards the universe and denies only gods fashioned by men in their own image to be servants of their human interests.” — George Santayana
“Those of little faith are of little hatred.” — Eric Hoffer
“The religion that is afraid of science, dishonors God and commits suicide.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
“With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.” — Steven Weinberg
“I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Almighty Creator. By fighting the Jews, I am doing the Lord’s work.” — Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, p. 65
Excerpts from God Hates You, Hate Him Back; Making Sense of The Bible by by
Perry Family
Claude and Inus Perry
The photos above feature my maternal grandparents, Claude and Inus Perry (along with assorted family members and friends). I was very young with my grandfather died so I didn’t really know him. I was very close to my grandmother. She lived with us or near us during my early years. Here’s a few branches of our family tree, submitted for posterity.
Broadcasting Magazine (1949)
For many years this publication was the “bible” of the industry. This was how radio folks found and filled jobs for many years.
Evelyn Perry
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- I believe this was taken during Evelyn’s year of college at Cape. No info on the two young women with her (front, left).
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- Evelyn is on far right. All we know is the month/year. Again, I think this was taken in Cape Girardeau, MO.
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- Southeast Missouri State Teachers College, Cape Girardeau, MO (1943) Part of physical education class.
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- Since Evelyn is not in the photo, I’m assuming she took it. It would be another year before the end of WWII. A different world.
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- Probably 1943 or 1944. Check out the sneakers.
Some of my most treasured photos are of my parents when they were young. I’ve shared photos of my father from his Navy days I recently discovered some of my mom I don’t think I’ve posted.
She grew up on a farm near Broseley, Missouri, and attended one year at Southeast Missouri State Teachers College (as it was called in those days). Not sure why she didn’t finish but she always spoke fondly of that time in her life.
“This is NOT my resume”
Minette
Minette from Dickie Beau on Vimeo.
Stay Asleep
“Stay Asleep,” a GIF by illustrator TAO-B, based in Tel Aviv, Israel.