Archive For January 11, 2019

After A Long Hard Run

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After A Long Hard Run

No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned – Jean Paul After a long hard run, an hour in the sun,  never catching a single bird,  caught a leaf! never catching a squirrel, still strong enough to beat the old man back to his chair.

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The Mind Reader

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The Mind Reader

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul. – Gaston Bachelard No secret is safe.  The race doesn’t always go to the fastest, but to the first survivor. Your value is internal, you think.   So I put a finger in the wound. He…

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Suppose Trump Did Drink

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Suppose Trump Did Drink

After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world. ― Oscar Wilde Suppose Trump did drink. In vino, veritas.  In wine, truth. Just a thought.  A…

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You Have Been Warned

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You Have Been Warned

Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America By Lynn Parramore Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual linchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean Ask people to name the key minds that have shaped America’s burst of radical right-wing attacks on working conditions, consumer rights and…

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When Runners Get Old

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When Runners Get Old

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something.  Of course, there is another advantage, because of your long experience, you can use it. – Haile Gebrselassie Running is an art, a craft, a method of expression. Running is science, an experiment. A race is a performance. Becoming a runner is an invention…

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Horror Story

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Horror Story

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones. – Stephen King Found the gate open. No time to apologize. Your dog gone missing.

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A Dog Has Died

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A Dog Has Died

My dog has died.I buried him in the gardennext to a rusted old machine. Some day I’ll join him right there, but now he’s gone with his shaggy coat,his bad manners and his cold nose,and I, the materialist, who never believedin any promised heaven in the skyfor any human being,I believe in a heaven I’ll…

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My Chin Is Cold

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My Chin Is Cold

My chin is cold. I shaved  my beard my wife asks,  who are you? Fifty years ago I shaved  my beard my buddy laughed, never thought you had fat cheeks. Same thing my wife said once she recognized me.

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The Consistent OGOR (Mark Covert)

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The Consistent OGOR (Mark Covert)

Success isn’t always about ‘greatness.’ It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come. – Dwayne Johnson Last year I took the day off. I purposely skipped a workout last January 2nd. Purposely missed a day right off the starting line, so I don’t spend the rest of the year maintaining a streak…

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On The Way Back Home

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On The Way Back Home

On the way back home, an elderly couple approaches the entrance to a store. The doors slide open automatically. The old man says nostalgically, “I remember the days when you had to open the doors by yourself.” Florida was a paradise once. That’s why people started moving here. Like to see the beauty before all…

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