http://dantocchini.com The More I Learn, The Less I Know Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:55:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Journalists are animal-keepers who provide something for the public to talk about. In ancient days people were cast to the wild animals. Now the public devours the people – those taste- fully prepared by the journalists." Soren Kierkegaard   All of us ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=63 Ferns won’t grow in a desert no matter how much you water them. Why? because the environmental conditions make it impossible to grow. The environment determines what can and won’t grow in it.     So, what environment is it that ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=62 "Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live." Oscar Wilde   What is a kingdom? As defined as “The rule or supreme administration of an individual over an undivided territory.” ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=61 When I first heard of Tiger’s troubles I just ignored the stories. I mean, so what? Tiger Woods got into a wreck, the rest of us are trying to prevent our houses from being foreclosed on or prevent our cars ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=60 “Creation is a better means of self-expression than possession; it is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.”                                                 Vida D. Scudder Transformation is what occurs when people alter the way the world appears to them by making specific decisions to tap into the power of interpretation. So, why is it ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=59 Yesterday's trouble on Wall Street reminded me of Shelly's famous poem Ozymandias.  I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert ... Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=58 What is all the drama about Sarah Palin? I have never seen anything quite like it.  The irony of it all. We have three candidates, Barak Obama, John McCain and Joe Biden who are all part of the 500 or so people who have collectively managed this country into the ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=57 A friend of mine googled my name and in his search he found a poem which was written by Dan Tocchini.  When I read the poem, I really connected it with times of despair in my own life. I was deeply impacted by its content, yet I didn't remember writing ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=56 Have you ever said, "I am going to be more loving," or "I am going to make sure it is different next time," or "It is getting better?" These are signs of rearranging the deck furniture on the Titanic. Culturally we view change as something that involves getting more of ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=55 An elderly man in North Carolina had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back, fixed up really nice, along with some picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some apple and peach trees. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when ... http://dantocchini.com/?p=54