And then it came back to me. Tennessee Williams. A Streetcar Named Desire. Blanche being taken to an asylum after the very good looking Marlon Brando/Stanley helps prompt her final breakdown. I guess it is not a fitting quote at all (unless I were to explain how Twitter is driving me insane).
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| Good work, Vivien Leigh. |
So let's start over, shall we?
Trivia was fantastic! We had 72 players, 6 volunteers, and a whole bunch of prizes, tacos, cake, and cookies. We raised $1,902 in just a couple of hours, and it seemed like all of the people playing had lots of fun. It was easier to plan for this year, since we had a better idea of what we were doing.
If you, kind reader, live near me, please visit the businesses that donated the prizes: Angry Catfish, A Cupcake Social, Michael's Cycles, Salut, Cafe Latte, Mama's Pizza, Toasted, St. Paul Bagelry, Operation Om yoga, Snuffy's Malt Shop, and Cole's Salon Spa. Please also visit Ol' Mexico. Although we had to buy food, obviously, there was no fee to use the event space, they provided great service, and the staff working our event donated to the MS Society because they liked what we were doing. Fantastic.
This trivia cash has managed to get our team to 25% of its $30,000 fundraising goal, and me to 55% of my $4,000 goal, with 82 days remaining. It's looking good again this year!
When verifying my memory that the quote above was uttered by Blanche, I found some other quotes that perhaps are more fitting:
"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give”--Winston Churchill
“My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”--Dalai Lama
“Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together”--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
If life was about winning love, then this would be a good one, too (although I appreciate the point he was trying to make): “Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.”--Washington Irving
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