Sponge Homer

Homer H. Hillis, Jr. sponges all kinds of information, business, political and trends. I've been seen on the Sally Jesse Rafeal show with noted trend spotter Faith Popcorn. My Blog will give you an over view of what I'm seeing and reflections on the same.

Thursday, March 31, 2005

So vital has the money become that in Rhode Island, gambling revenue has surpassed the corporate income tax to become the state's third largest source of income, after the personal income and sales tax. It has enabled the state to avoid raising its income tax for 10 years.

Link to this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/national/31gamble.html?ex=1112936400&en=72c634ee4bc427ee&ei=5070

"One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. In the long run, we shape our lives and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And, the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility."

Eleanor Roosevelt
1884-1962, American First Lady, Columnist and Lecturer

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them."

W. Clement Stone
1902-2002, Author and Businessman

Sunday, March 27, 2005

I'm trying to help a friend last night with a problem at his bank: how do I get more deposits? Try this I said, Neon sign:

Jesus Saves
HERE!


Monday, March 21, 2005

"Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future."

Paul Boese

Monday, March 14, 2005

"Laugh at yourself, but don't ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don't leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory."

Alan Alda
Actor and Director

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

"The greater danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it."

Michelangelo Buonarroti
1474-1564, Italian Renaissance Painter and Sculptor



Tuesday, March 01, 2005

"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time."

Thomas Edison
1847-1931, Inventor and Entrepreneur