This is a Daily collections of Ritzism's by Howard Ritz in an Anual Calendar Format with a space each day to respond or record your own thoughts as well. These are a collection of philisophical / personal advice put in the form of Mixed Metaphors and Aphorisms. After retiring from teaching High School Speech and Debate his students encouraged him to record his quippable quotes he had shared in the classroom. Its a small and great book that you can put on the corner of your desk or night stand to ponder each daily thought presented in the book with a place on each page to record your own comments or thoughts to rehearse later for yourself or pass the book down to others to read. This book would make a great gift to encourage one struggling for success, trying to find their way in the world, encouragement when they are down, or daily reminders of basic philosophical ethics everyone should employ in their relation to others. Some may even make you smile and nod your head in agreement.