http://douggeivett.wordpress.com Are you good at believing the things you believe? Does it show in the way you live? Fri, 10 May 2013 07:21:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://douggeivett.wordpress.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/Yi6XQvzsdJ4/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/not-many-people/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:52:36 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/not-many-people/ English: W. Somerset Maugham British writer (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Not many people know how much bitterness, how much bargaining, how much intrigue goes into the awarding of a prize or the election of a candidate. From the Preface of W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer&#8217;s Notebook This is true regardless of profession, and it shows up [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5119&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/Yi6XQvzsdJ4" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/not-many-people/feed/ 0 Doug English: W. Somerset Maugham British writer http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/not-many-people/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/BFnKmKXqkvw/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/it-is-well-that/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:47:39 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5115 English: W. Somerset Maugham early in his career. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) It is well that a writer should think not only that the book he himself is writing is important, but that the books other people are writing are important too. From the Preface to W. Somerset Maugham, A Writer&#8217;s Notebook Filed under: Quotations, Quotations [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5115&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/BFnKmKXqkvw" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/it-is-well-that/feed/ 0 Doug English: W. Somerset Maugham early in his career. http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/it-is-well-that/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/Clig7UBZGxM/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/it-works-for-me-cleaning-drill-bits/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:32:48 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5106 If you&#8217;re looking for a way to clean those caked or otherwise dirty drill bits, here&#8217;s what I suggest: Squirt a small amount of Goof Off The Miracle Remover (available pretty much wherever hardware is sold, Home Depot included) on a small piece of cotton cloth or the corner of a cloth. Seize the drill [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5106&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/Clig7UBZGxM" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/it-works-for-me-cleaning-drill-bits/feed/ 0 Doug Image.Goof Off the Miracle Remover http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/it-works-for-me-cleaning-drill-bits/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/-ZMtfbyP4xE/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/doug-on-day-of-discovery-broadcastfebruary-march-2013/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:21:20 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5100 Day of Discovery is re-airing a couple of programs that included Doug&#8217;s participation. The programs are &#8220;What Jesus Said About God: Is There a Higher Power?&#8221; and &#8220;What Jesus Said About Life After Death.&#8221; Following is the upcoming broadcast schedule:   Sunday, February 24, 2013         &#8220;What Jesus Said About God&#8221; Sunday, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5100&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/-ZMtfbyP4xE" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/doug-on-day-of-discovery-broadcastfebruary-march-2013/feed/ 0 Doug http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/21/doug-on-day-of-discovery-broadcastfebruary-march-2013/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/LsQu2z3jADg/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/dougs-publications-list-updated/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:35:49 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5096 Doug&#8217;s Publications list has been updated to reflect more recent publications. Click here. Filed under: Other<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5096&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/LsQu2z3jADg" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/dougs-publications-list-updated/feed/ 0 Doug http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/dougs-publications-list-updated/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/Hphph5jpQZU/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/dougs-speaking-calendar-is-public-again/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:32:18 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5091 Doug&#8217;s Speaking Calendar can once again be viewed from inside his website. Click here for information about scheduling a speaking event with Doug. Filed under: Other<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5091&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/Hphph5jpQZU" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/dougs-speaking-calendar-is-public-again/feed/ 0 Doug http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/dougs-speaking-calendar-is-public-again/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/Ng7Hpxc-aug/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/a-valentine-lament/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:22:47 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5084 I didn&#8217;t plan for Valentine&#8217;s Day. But it happened anyway. Filed under: Quotations, Thought for the Day Tagged: Valentine's Day<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5084&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/Ng7Hpxc-aug" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/a-valentine-lament/feed/ 0 Doug http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/a-valentine-lament/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/CBfXz8qbtGk/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/my-friend-frank-pastore/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:54:44 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5071 My good friend Frank Pastore passed into glory today—after four weeks of silence in a hospital bed. This was following a serious motorcycle accident. Four weeks ago he was on his way home after a broadcast on the Frank Pastore Show when a vehicle crossed into the diamond lane and struck his motorcycle. From that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5071&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/CBfXz8qbtGk" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/my-friend-frank-pastore/feed/ 4 Doug frank-pastore http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/my-friend-frank-pastore/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/Pz2l7gehKr8/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/general-sentiment-and-the-general-election-some-wisdom-for-today-after-yesterday/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 03:28:06 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5065 I&#8217;m not ready to comment on the results of the 2012 General Election, other than to quote these words from Isaac Watts (1674-1748): If we had nothing but the reason of men to deal with, and that reason were pure and uncorrupted, it would then be a matter of no great skill or labour to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=douggeivett.wordpress.com&#038;blog=3195186&#038;post=5065&#038;subd=douggeivett&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~4/Pz2l7gehKr8" height="1" width="1"/> http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/general-sentiment-and-the-general-election-some-wisdom-for-today-after-yesterday/feed/ 2 Doug Isaac Watts_i http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/general-sentiment-and-the-general-election-some-wisdom-for-today-after-yesterday/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/wordpress/cSxc/~3/RbtB8Aj5k_E/ http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/one-last-chance-to-blame-george-bush/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:42:10 +0000 Doug Geivett http://douggeivett.wordpress.com/?p=5056 If President Obama loses to Mitt Romney next week, wouldn&#8217;t it be ironic if he blamed George Bush? 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