Miscalleneous
Name
Having difficulty pronouncing my name?
Try this: Alexander Milenkovich. Still too long? Then, just Alex will do.
Haiku
Through gold leaves we climb
Treetops murmur in the wind
Air smells of cooked shrip
10/31/2026
Story:
On October 31, 2026, I hiked with my wife near Amicalola Falls in North Georgia, along the Appalachian Approach Trail and the Len Foote Hike Inn Trail. It was a sunny day, with fall colors in full display and wind rustling through the upper crowns of the forest.
Along the way, I kept noticing the unmistakable smell of cooked shrimp. It seemed so out of place that I hesitated to acknowledge it until my wife confirmed that she smelled it too. We later learned about the shrimp mushroom, Russula xerampelina, whose distinctive odor offered a possible explanation about the scent accompanying our hike.
Wintry morning sun
Caresses holly berries
feasting birds sing out
01/26/2024
Noon Sun bathes a road
Hugged by snow and bitter cold
In silence we walk
01/16/2024
The ice-glazed branches
Sway in the wintry wind and
Sing a crackling song
02/15/2021
A cyclist pedals
With the Sun in his eyes and
The wind in his hair.
Quotes
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.
Atributed to Eleanor Roosevelt
Seven Deadly Sins:
> Wealth Without Work
> Pleasure Without Conscience
> Knowledge Without Character
> Commerce (Business) Without Morality (Ethics)
> Science Without Humanity
> Religion Without Sacrifice
> Politics Without Principle
Mahatma Gandhi published the list in Young India on October 22, 1925.
It is used in a sermon at Westminster Abbey by Frederick Lewis Donaldson, 6 months earlier
Not all that is thought need be said,
Not all that is said need be written,
Not all that is written need be published, and
Not all that is published need be read.
Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (Hasidic rabbi and leader)
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Hector Berlioz
If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact -
not to be solved, but to be coped with over time.
Shimon Peres
A problem clearly stated, is a problem half solved.
Dorothea Brande