Thursday, August 01, 2019

August Happiness Challenge -- Day 1

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Today's happiness -- A long walk on a perfect summer night. Got out of work early today. Everyone else went to the company picnic,...
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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

I don't hate Hillary Clinton

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She doesn't look scary. I don't like her. Never have. But I don't hate her. If I drove and she was in front of my car, I w...
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The perfect message for pay day

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Sometimes I hate my job. My boss has been an absentee landlord for the last few weeks. He bought a new house and the move didn't go...
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Tuesday, July 30, 2019

WWW.WEDNESDAY

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WWW. WEDNESDAY asks three questions to prompt you to speak bookishly. To participate, and to see how other book lovers responded, ...
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Sunday, July 28, 2019

Happy birthday to my all-time idol

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Today, JBKO would turn 90. No public woman ever made steel look more feminine. No other First Lady faced as much and handled it with as mu...
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Saturday, July 27, 2019

Sunday Stealing

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Durward Discussion 1.  What is the nearest book to you?  Your Kindle does not count. The Cubs Way , about the 2016 World Champions. I fo...
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Friday, July 26, 2019

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Come and Knock on Our Door (1976) Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here .   1) This week's song was the ...
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Four stars for these two stars

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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is my favorite Tarentino since Pulp Fiction . It's really well done, highly original, and filled with ve...
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Monday, July 22, 2019

Happy Reminder

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Every year I take the August Happiness Challenge. Here's a brief explanation of the Challenge: "Each day in August you are to ...
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Sunday, July 21, 2019

Doing the best they can

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I have been surrounded by people with challenges this weekend. It's been exhausting, but it's also reminded me of my own humanity an...
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Sunday Stealing

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THE BOOK OF QUESTIONS 1. Do you think the world will be a better or worse place 100 years from now? Different. I'm not the one ...
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Friday, July 19, 2019

Saturday 9

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Secret Agent Man (1966) Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here . 1) This is the theme of a TV show that ran on C...
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I find this touching

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  This is the table that was at the foot of President Kennedy's bed in The White House, September 1963. The man was a voracious reade...
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Listen to that clunk

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When Anthony Rizzo really connects, it's the most beautiful sound. Today, he got a GRAND SLAM home run in 107ยบ heat. Yesterday -- ...

Now I'm happy

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The library book sale needs sorters! I am an experienced sorter and this is a cause I wholeheartedly support. In fact, this sale is right...

It's ugly and it hurts.

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I have a big zit on the right side of my chin.* It's red. It's disgusting. It's painful. Is the extra moisturizer I've b...
Sunday, July 14, 2019

Sunday Stealing

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SAD SLEEPY SURVEY Have you ever been teased because of the things you like? Oh, of course. Hasn't everyone? Do you hold grudges? Y...
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A good day from morning till night

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I was a little melancholy Saturday because it was the day I was supposed to celebrate my friend John's birthday at Wrigley Field. But...
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Saturday, July 13, 2019

Saturday 9

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Saturday 9: Bonanza (1959) 1) Bonanza ran on NBC for 14 seasons. Today it's rerun on Hello, Cowboy Me-TV and TVLand. Were/are...
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Friday, July 12, 2019

Three hours is our limit

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I had a nice, three-hour visit with my Cousin Rose today. She was visiting her dad's side of the family in Michigan and brought her s...