Sunday, August 17, 2014

Sunday Stealing

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Sunday Stealing Would you ever consider becoming a teacher? Yes. When I was a kid I wanted to be a teacher.  Would you ever give a hitc...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 16

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Today's happiness -- A day at the zoo.  My cousin Rose and I went to Brookfield Zoo , walking distance from where I grew up, and a sta...
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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Mine Would Be You 1) The lyrics mention his respect for "90 proof and Marlboro Red." What was your most recent ...
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Friday, August 15, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 15

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Today's happiness -- Eating like a child.  For lunch I had fish sticks with a side of buttered peas. I chose this because I found myse...
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Frank conversation

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Robin Williams on his last birthday 7/14 In the wake of Robin Williams' death I've had two very honest and revealing conversatio...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 14

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Today's happiness -- Water.  Thursday found me staring out onto water a lot. The fountains in front of the building where I work...
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 13

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Today's happiness -- Bringing the outdoors inside.  I always have flowers on my desk (this week it's orange and yellow carnations)...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 12

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Today's happiness -- Like minded people.  Tonight my classic film group met and more than 20 of us watched Alfred Hitchcock's Susp...
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Someone I didn't know at all died yesterday

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I wasn't a Robin Williams fan, especially. I liked him as Mork and loved Moscow on the Hudson and Good Will Hunting . But he worked a...
Monday, August 11, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 11

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  Today's happiness -- Back in the saddle.  I returned to the health club for the first time all month and did 30 mins. of cardio. ...
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Sunday, August 10, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 10

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Today's happiness -- Spiritual reassurance.  Went to church this morning. Wasn't sure what I was going to get, since our reverend ...
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Imaginative and provocative

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Boyhood is a very ambitious and original movie. I've never seen anything quite like it. It was filmed over 12 years with the same cas...
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Sunday Stealing

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THIRTEEN THINGS 1. Outside my window… is a big, leafy tree  2. I am thankful… for my independence  3. In the kitchen… is a counterfu...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 9

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Today's happiness -- Sleep. Since I came down with my cold last week, I've been feeling run down. Yesterday, I surrendered to the ...
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Saturday, August 09, 2014

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Super Duper Love If you're not familiar with today's song, you can hear it here .   1) The lyrics say, ...
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Friday, August 08, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 8

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Today's happiness -- Javier Baez. Our brand-new second baseman made his debut at Wrigley Field today and got a noisy, bat-breaking sin...

Me and Morales

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My older sister had heart surgery yesterday. According to my kid sister, the surgeon found blockages but she's going to recover and is l...
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August Happiness Challenge -- Day 7

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Today's happiness -- Beautiful summer weather. Upper 70's with a slight breeze. The sky filled with big, puffy white clouds. The s...
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Thursday, August 07, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 6

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Today's Happiness (1) -- Walgreens. The drugstore chain is keeping their headquarters here in the United States, here in Illinois. Thi...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2014

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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To play along, just answer the following three questions ... • What are you currently reading? At Risk by Patricia Cornwell. It...
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Feelin' Weirdly

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Back in 1967, Simon & Garfunkle recorded "The 59th Street Bridge Song," better known as "Feelin' Groovy." It...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 5

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Today's happiness --Trader Joe's Mini Mouthfuls. Imagine an Oreo filled with mint chocolate chip ice cream. I love these little gu...
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Monday, August 04, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 4

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  Today's happiness -- TCM Summer Under the Stars . I was going to go to work today. I got up with the alarm, took my shower … and ...
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Sunday, August 03, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 3

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Today's happiness -- $8. I purchased two ( two! ) tickets for the Illinois State Lottery last month and just discovered today that the...
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People can surprise you

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I had lunch today with Joanna, one of the women I met through my classic film Meetup . She's so bright and accomplished that I'm sur...

Sunday Stealing

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Fun Fifteen     1. You have been awarded the time off from work and an all-expenses paid week anywhere in the United States. The catch...
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Saturday, August 02, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 2

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Today's happiness: Gray and white cats. I feel crappy. My chest feels tight when I cough, my nose is stuffed up and my head hurts....
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Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: My Life 1) This song begins with the story of a man who moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a comic. What comedian ...
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Friday, August 01, 2014

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 1

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Today's happiness: The Village Book Fair. I'm so glad that I live in a village of book lovers, where the library has three branch...
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I guess in New York they're kept in pens

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My day got off to a bad start. I don't think my cold is a cold, I think it's something worse. I was so weak I actually fell asleep i...
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Meet Twirl Girl

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I love her freedom and independence, how everyone else is focused on something in the other direction but here she is, moving to her own ...
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Thursday, July 31, 2014

NOT happy!

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Looks like I'm entering August and the Happiness Challenge with a cold. I'm sneezing and my throat is scratchy. DAMMIT! ...
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