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Schemes Gang Aft Agley

Schemes Gang Aft Agley

Schemes Gang Aft Agley In his poem “To A Mouse”, Robert Burns said, “The best laid schemes o’ mice and men, gang aft agley”. Murphy’s Law, named after Captain Edward A. Murphy in 1949, basically reiterates this: something will always go wrong. Take, for example, my last actual post. When it was posted on January 2nd, I was expecting to get back to something close to a schedule. Obviously, my schemes went awry. Between caring for the generation before me…

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Founding Father Benjamin Franklin On Writing And Life

Founding Father Benjamin Franklin On Writing And Life

Happy 4th of July from the Downjotter. Stay safe, enjoy the day, and remember these words from Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. “If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.”–Benjamin Franklin