“Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.”
Anton Chekhov (Click image to enlarge.)
Short-story writer and dramatist, 1860-1904.
Today’s Quote
February 3, 2016
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Today’s Comic Strip
July 17, 2015
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Today’s Comic Strip
July 7, 2015
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Father’s Day
August 21, 2014
At first, of course, I wanted to love him.
But I quickly learned to hate him.
That continued well into my young-adult years.
By then, though, I had finally begun to pity him.
Then he went and died on me at age 63.
Way, way too early.
And too late.
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