Archive For January 31, 2025

Who You Calling Old?

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Who You Calling Old?

I’ve always said that I will never let an old person into my body. That is, I don’t believe in ‘thinking’ old. Don’t program yourself to break down as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable. – Wayne Dyer Imagine you are a little boy trapped in an old man’s body. Aged lady across…

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Dick Beardsley Needs Our Help

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Dick Beardsley Needs Our Help

I know he’s a terrific person and so is Jill, his wife. Just terrific. He’s a great fishing guide. Took me out once, I caught a great bass. Pure fun! Oh yeah, we’re going to support Dick. – Bill Rodgers This just in from Mike Dunlap. You probably know Mike best as the co-host of…

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It Was MY Idea (Hunter In Honolulu)

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It Was MY Idea (Hunter In Honolulu)

Don’t know what it sold for, don’t care. What I care about is unworthy poseurs taking credit for others’ ideas. Ken Kesey at the ’80 Olympic Trials, Edward Abbey and Indigenous marathoners and, most definitely, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson at the 1980 Honolulu Marathon – all ideas presented to Nike BEFORE they purchased the magazine….

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A Tree In The Fire

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A Tree In The Fire

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Not budging, heels dug. Tough way to go through real life.  I speak with not a little experience.   The old man had been…

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How To Preserve An Endangered Species

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How To Preserve An Endangered Species

It’s not what you once did that counts the most, but what you keep doing. – John Kelley The Elder So slow, looking like a living fossil…. Closed a note to Benji Durden – “36 degrees at dawn. No snow.” Response – “We were 7.2° overnight and we have warmed to 8.2° now. It will…

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Did Salazar Really Sign The Petition?

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Did Salazar Really Sign The Petition?

It will be interesting if a woman makes the men’s world champs qualifying standard, and an American man doesn’t? – Tom Raynor The Petition – says to me – 2:09:56 is itself prima facie evidence of fraud. ‘No effin’ way that’s legit. Hell, anybody can see that’ for you non-legal-types. Which reminded me of the…

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Who’s Clean, Who Isn’t, Will We Ever Truly Know & So, Where’s Don’s Bronze???

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Who’s Clean, Who Isn’t, Will We Ever Truly Know & So, Where’s Don’s Bronze???

“WADA is now aware of at least three cases where athletes who had committed serious anti-doping rule violations were allowed to continue to compete for years while they acted as undercover agents for USADA, without it notifying WADA and without there being any provision allowing such a practice under the (global) code or USADA’s own rules,” WADA said in a…

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Strive To Thrive In ’25

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Strive To Thrive In ’25

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. – Stephen Covey I still want to be an artist, but I simply cannot draw a line.  Or a circle.  My hand too often is my mind’s enemy.  Don’t have a straight finger and a few won’t bend. So, I was thinking about…

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