Tom Carpenter

2 weeks ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

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1 month ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

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1 month ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

If you are not killing plants, you are not really stretching yourself as a gardener.—J.C. RaulstonMy green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant’s point of view.—H. Fred DalekAmx 92G6 D66? H@>6? =@@<:?8 2E ;6H6=CJ 25D H:E9 2 >:DEJ 6J6 2?5 @?6 92?5 C6DE:?8 @? E96 962CE[ 2?5 x @?=J <?@H H92E E96J 2C6 766=:?8 3642FD6 E92E’D 9@H x C625 D665 42E2=@8D :?

1 month ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

Some people drink from the fountain of knowledge, others just gargle. — Robert Anthony“Why not” is a slogan for an interesting life. — Mason CooleyLuck is being ready for the chance. — James Frank DobieA man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. — Theodore RooseveltPeople who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.

1 month ago | azdailysun.com | Tom Carpenter

“The object of farce is to provoke mirth of the simplest and most basic kind: roars of laughter rather than smiles.”—A Dictionary of Literary Terms, by J.A. CuddenEnglish lit majors look to Aristophanes as the original comedic playwright. Maybe so, but I suspect he is merely the beneficiary of an astute librarian who saved some of his plays from destruction. Personally, I suspect there was an earlier comedy innovator, a Sheckystophanes, whose works were lost but Aristophanes probably ripped off.