Tom Carpenter

4 days ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

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1 week ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

Have you ever seen Dallas from a DC-9 at night?—The Flatlanders Our entire history is merely the history of the waking life of man; nobody has yet considered the history of his sleeping life.—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I’ll bet they’d live a lot differently.—Bill Watterson By staying up all night, I become a thief of time, sequestering a space from the rest of the day.—Laura Cereta The day I had made that statement, about inventing...

2 weeks ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

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3 weeks ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

Welcome to the Department of Defense, Mr. Secretary, and congratulations on your appointment. On behalf of the 3.4 million service members and civilians in the department, we here in Human Resources want to assist you in achieving your full potential for however long you remain a member of the president's cabinet. Your initials below indicate that you waive the requirement that all new employees (i.e., you) must attend the following onboarding presentations:kAm, .

1 month ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

It’s not enough to have every intelligent person in the country vote for me. I need a majority.—Adlai StevensonI was a ballerina, but I had to quit because I injured a groin muscle — it wasn’t mine.—Rita RudnerI was out last week collecting for a sponsored walk.