I am new to blogging, and one thing I am used to on the main forum I usually post at is the signature section in which I put my quotes (as many do). There is not really a place like that here to put them, so I just thougt I would post them in an article. Then I got to thinking that it is odd in a way that we choose someone else's words to describe our point of view, beliefs, values, etc. Why not just state our point of view, belief, value, etc? I suppose that using quotes makes us look more ...

My kids are going to spend their first night away from home on Friday when they stay at my parents house. So, that leaves my wife and I with a date night. I think our last one was last summer...not sure. I used to like going to the movies, so I thought maybe that is what we would do. But I am just not looking forward to it. You see, the last time we went (last summer, I think...remember our last date night?) was not a pleasant experience. Not that the movie was bad (or good, don't even rememb...