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"This Just In..."
Each month we
strive
to bring you some surprises, some smiles, some opportunities for insight and delight. This month we are all about romance and culture. Just happened that way. We'll get back to our basic silliness when March rolls around. Until then, thank you - very much - for reading and
playing along with us.
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February Means Romance.
Sorry, but we love us some romance. That special person who makes your pulse race, heart skip a beat and don't get us started about those sweaty palms. Throughout this month's epistle we will share a few images that might just get you in the mood.
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When we have found all the meaning and lost all the mystery we will be alone on an empty shore.
Tom Stoppard
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The world is moving from the traditional networks - CBS, NBC, ABC and Fox. They're on to Netflix and Amazon and Hulu and Apple and on and on... Here's a peak at how TV viewing has changed over the last 25 years with a look at the top shows of the year. A loss of more than 12 million views for the top show.
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The secret of happiness is freedom and the secret of freedom is courage.
Thucidides
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Quiz #1
Well, she's got some big hair. And terrified clients. So, who, exactly, is this? Think you know -
tell us here
and you may win one of our lovely new $25 Visa cards!
You ALL got last month's quiz wrong - we featured a young
ALEX TREBECK
- and you thought it was a young Bobby Darin! (I win!!!) All but a few of you including....
Mike H
who got it right. 85 of you and
Ed P
identified
Dubai
as our mystery location. Keep playing. I'm making it as hard as possible.
Good luck this month
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If smoking is not allowed in heaven, I shall not go.
Mark Twain
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Going...Solar? No Better Time Than Now!
Daniels Energy Partners With Trinity Solar To
Bring Big Savings To Our Customers
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.
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There are lots of reasons to consider adding solar - and lots of questions to be answered.
Take the next step:
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860.342.3778 x138
She will arrange for our Trinity representative
Richard Delorenze to contact you
at
your convenience.
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Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.
John Le Carre
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Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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February Art
Francois-Auguste Biard's
"Greelander Chasing Walrusses in the Arctic Sea" - 1841
Born in June 1799, in Lyon,France,
Auguste-Biard was known for his adventurous travels and the works depicting his experiences.
Really you have to read about his life - and loves!
Here are a few other examples of his work.
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Why not go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.
Will Rogers
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Be Cool!
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! More than 300 homeowners took advantage of this program in the last two years. So call - now!
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Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
Werner Von Braun
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An Illustrated History
Medieval animals made out of words
This remarkable object brings together nearly 2000 years of cultural history. Making use of two Roman texts on astronomy written in the 1st century BC, this manuscript was created in Northern France in about 8
20.
It then found its way into the library of the Harley family in England, before being sold to the nation in 1752 under the same Act of Parliament which created the British Museum.
This is a special book from the early Middle Ages. Not only does it contain a high volume of very attractive images, but these images
are drawn, as it were, with words.
They illustrate
Cicero's
Aratea
,
a work of astronomy. Each animal represents a constellation and the written words in them are taken from an explanatory text by Hyginus (his
Astronomica
).
Each page of the
Aratea
has a poem on the bottom half - written by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Aratus and translated into Latin by a young Cicero - describing an astronomical constellation.
This constellation is then beautifully drawn above the poetry; the drawings however are themselves made up of words taken from Hyginus' Astronomica. The red dots on each picture show where the stars appear in the sky.
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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
Fran Lebowitz
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February Travel Suggestion
Williams, Arizona has a great cocktail bar. (fyi)
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A child educated only at school is an uneducated child.
George Santayana
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The meek shall inherit the earth but not the mineral rights.
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A Good Deed Done
He's carrying a 50-pound hose to your house.
It's raining.
Sleeting.
Snowing.
Bad snow.
And occasionally, a dog is going to bite him.
He's going to eat quick. In his truck.
And then he's going grab that hose...30 more times.
Today.
So you're warm tonight.
Our drivers.
We think the world of them.
Daniels Energy.
Thank you for the opportunity.
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Smell is the sense of memory and desire.
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A Good February Read
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Cimeti re du Montparnasse Paris
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Forget the Stupor Bowl. Pick up this fabulous book on the life of America's premier park designer - Connecticut's Fredrick Law Olmsted. What a life. What a book!
Genius of Place: The Life of Fredrick Law Olmsted.
By
Justin Martin.
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For ye shall know the truth and the truth will set you free.
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Melody
Take a walk on a cold day and listen. And look. You may actually see the melody of the birds.
Kathrin Swoboda captured the "smoke rings" created as the birds sing out their songs in the cold morning air.
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There is no cure for curiosity.
Dorothy Parker
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Wisdom? You Decide
Proverbs of the 11th century,
from
Egbert of Liège's
The Well-Laden Ship
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Not every cloud you see threatens rain.
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A boy is consumed by envy, an old man by anger.
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A reasonable sufficiency is more righteous than dishonorable riches.
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One does well to distrust a stream, even one that is calm.
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Sometimes an old dog growls the truth.
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It is a hard cheese that the greedy man does not give to his dogs.
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Whose bread I eat, his songs I sing.
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All the gold that a king has does not equal this rain.
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No thief will be hanged, if he himself is the judge.
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What earned this one praise gets that one a beating.
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Smoky things appear by day, and fiery things by night.
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The living husband is incensed by praise of the dead one. (my fav)
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A stupid person who is corrected, immediately hates his admonisher.
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A frog on a throne quickly gives up the honor.
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When you trade one fish for another, one of them stinks.
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Whoever hates his work, surely hated himself first.
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To a man hanging, any delay seems too long.
And "One way or another, brothers, we will all pass from here."
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I have played the music of that scoundrel Brahms.
What a giftless bastard.
Pyotr Tchiakovsky
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Down Load Our App? What???
Daniels has a mobile app. True!
It will take you directly to your personalized MyDaniels account page on the Daniels server. It allows you to order oil or propane, pay your bill, check on appointments, sign up for budget plans and so much more.
Who knew? Click on either of the logos to download yours today.
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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
Erma Bombeck
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Quiz #2
Where - EXACTLY - Are We?
Tell us here and you may win a $25 Visa Gift Card. Hints - It's uninhabited except for sheep. No roads leading to it. Takes 20 minutes to walk in to see these amazing shapes. It's south of here.
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The most delightful advantage of being bald - one can hear snowflakes land.
RG Daniels
(No relation)
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Surprise Link of the Month
So Veddy,Veddy English
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Daniels Energy, 8 High Street, Portland CT 06480
Daniels Energy: CT License S1-385517 HOD#19 /
Daniels Propane. LLC: #846 CT License S1-302857
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