Exactly

What’s Exactly The Matter With Me?
Favorite Line(s):
Why do I deny
All that’s accepted true?
Why can’t I live my life
Like I’m expected to?
Get a college degree,
Buy a color TV?
Oh what’s exactly the mater
With me?
I believe no one’s conclusions,
I think for myself.
I take nothing for granted,
My brain ain’t on the shelf.
I’ve got my views
Though I many sound confused.
Oh what’s exactly the matter
With me?
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On This Day In:
2022	…The More Things Stay The Same
2021	To Trust Providence
	Exactly (What’s Exactly The Matter With Me?)
2020	I Am Learning
	Plus Plus (Counting Your Blessings)
2019	Day 2: All Things Considered
	The Path To Reward
2018	Ryan, McConnell & The Republican Controlled Congress
	The Proud Dad
	Day 35: Five(5) Weeks Completed!
2017	Serving Is Proving Harder Than Winning For #DumbDonald
2016	Come Again…
2015	At Five
2014	Touching The Past
	The Supreme Question
2013	Children Will Judge
2012	Liar, n.
2011	Freedom To Doubt

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To Trust Providence

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.
—     Blaise Pascal
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On This Day In:
2022	…The More Things Stay The Same
2021	To Trust Providence
	Exactly (What’s Exactly The Matter With Me?)
2020	I Am Learning
	Plus Plus (Counting Your Blessings)
2019	Day 2: All Things Considered
	The Path To Reward
2018	Ryan, McConnell & The Republican Controlled Congress
	The Proud Dad
	Day 35: Five(5) Weeks Completed!
2017	Serving Is Proving Harder Than Winning For #DumbDonald
2016	Come Again…
2015	At Five
2014	Touching The Past
	The Supreme Question
2013	Children Will Judge
2012	Liar, n.
2011	Freedom To Doubt

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I Guess It’s True

I’m Stone In Love With You
Favorite Line(s):
I’m just a man,
An average man
Doing everything
The best I can
But if I could,
I’d give the world to you
I’d like to someday be the owner of
The first house on the moon
There would be no neighbors
And no population boom
You might say that all I do
Is dream my life away
I guess it’s true
‘Cause I’m stone in love with you
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On This Day In:
2022	Be Careful What You Wish For
	Salaam Alaikum, Pakistan
2021	Why Republicans Are Unhappy
	I Guess It’s True (I’m Stone In Love With You)
2020	A Tiny And Fragile World
	Your Lyin’ Eyes (Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2)
2019	Day 1: Done
	#IncompetentDonald Fails On All Three
2018	I Put It Down To Bad Teachers
	Day 34: In And Out
2017	And The Future Is Now
2016	I Am
2015	Positively Aiming Higher
2014	Suspicious Minds
2013	We Are Not Alone
2012	Lawyer, n.
2011	Each Day Remember…
2010	Impossible Dreams of Camelot

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Why Republicans Are Unhappy

It is necessary to the happiness of a man that he be mentally faithful to himself.  Infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what one does not believe.
—     Thomas Paine
[If Republicans believe in Democracy and the right of the people to choose their government’s leaders, why have they spent almost ten months denying the results of (and trying to overturn) an election they lost so decisively?  And why have they spent the same amount of time trying to limit the ability of voters to vote in future elections?  Maybe T. Paine has explained the unhappiness (and rage) of current Republicans.  When will the true political conservatives stand up and challenge the crazies who have taken over their party?  Lord knows, they’ve been wandering in the dessert for over forty years now…    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022	Be Careful What You Wish For
	Salaam Alaikum, Pakistan
2021	Why Republicans Are Unhappy
	I Guess It’s True (I’m Stone In Love With You)
2020	A Tiny And Fragile World
	Your Lyin’ Eyes (Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, Pt. 2)
2019	Day 1: Done
	#IncompetentDonald Fails On All Three
2018	I Put It Down To Bad Teachers
	Day 34: In And Out
2017	And The Future Is Now
2016	I Am
2015	Positively Aiming Higher
2014	Suspicious Minds
2013	We Are Not Alone
2012	Lawyer, n.
2011	Each Day Remember…
2010	Impossible Dreams of Camelot

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Stay Young At Heart

That’s The Way Of The World
Favorite Line(s):
You will find
Peace of mind
If you look way down
In your heart and soul
Don’t hesitate
‘Cause the world seems cold
Stay young at heart,
‘Cause you’re never, never old
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On This Day In:
2022	Unlimited Curiosity In Finite Time
	The Penalty For Sedition / Insurrection / Civil War
2021	How Learning Infections Begin
	Stay Young At Heart (That’s The Way Of The World)
2020	Policies Not People
	Just Thinking To Myself (What A Wonderful World)
2019	Should I Start With My Religion?
2018	Fear And Hope
	Day 33: Good News & Prep
2017	Directions
2016	Handle With Care
2015	Nothing But Pride
2014	Go
2013	Well, Does It?
2012	Near Misses Aren’t Successes
2011	Uncomfortable Feelings
2010	San Francisco (favorites)…
	Bullets or Butter?

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How Learning Infections Begin

We destroy our children’s songs of existence by giving them inhibitions, teaching them to be cynical, manipulative, and all the rest of it…  You become hardened, but you can find that playfulness again.  We’ve got to find a way to get music and kids together, as well as to teach teachers how to discover their own love of learning.  Then the infectious process begins.
—     Leonard Bernstein
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On This Day In:
2022	Unlimited Curiosity In Finite Time
	The Penalty For Sedition / Insurrection / Civil War
2021	How Learning Infections Begin
	Stay Young At Heart (That’s The Way Of The World)
2020	Policies Not People
	Just Thinking To Myself (What A Wonderful World)
2019	Should I Start With My Religion?
2018	Fear And Hope
	Day 33: Good News & Prep
2017	Directions
2016	Handle With Care
2015	Nothing But Pride
2014	Go
2013	Well, Does It?
2012	Near Misses Aren’t Successes
2011	Uncomfortable Feelings
2010	San Francisco (favorites)…
	Bullets or Butter?

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Still Beating For You

Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat
Comment(s):
Thirty-seven years since my Hil came back to me (from Liverpool) and I still feel the same every time I see her looking my way.  🙂
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On This Day In:
2022	And Counting…
2021	Or The Person You Love
	Still Beating For You (Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat)
2020	The Chain Must Be Broken
	Back To Me… (Truly Madly Deeply)
2019	Love Like This… (Something Just Like This)
2018	Open Hearts Find Strength
	Day 32: Planning The Future
2017	Thinking Out Loud (Thinking Out Loud)
2016	Fighting Change
2015	Get Change
2014	Trapped (Again)
2013	Someone Else Believes
2012	The Practical Value of Science
2011	Seize Gladly The Difficult Task
	A Constitutional Conversation
2010	The Fierce Urgency Of Now…

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Or The Person You Love

Happiness is to hold flowers in both hands.
—    Japanese Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	And Counting…
2021	Or The Person You Love
	Still Beating For You (Can’t You Hear My Heartbeat)
2020	The Chain Must Be Broken
	Back To Me… (Truly Madly Deeply)
2019	Love Like This… (Something Just Like This)
2018	Open Hearts Find Strength
	Day 32: Planning The Future
2017	Thinking Out Loud (Thinking Out Loud)
2016	Fighting Change
2015	Get Change
2014	Trapped (Again)
2013	Someone Else Believes
2012	The Practical Value of Science
2011	Seize Gladly The Difficult Task
	A Constitutional Conversation
2010	The Fierce Urgency Of Now…

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Smooth Brass

Rise
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On This Day In:
2022	And Blogger’s Dreams
2021	Your First Important Clue
	Smooth Brass (Rise)
2020	Stand First
	RNC: Day 1 Thought (You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught)
2019	Tough Values
2018	I’m Still Here
	Day 31: A Calendar Month
2017	Start Typing
2016	Just Saying (Nothing)
	Thought Of You (Thought Of You)
	Saldaga (“As I’ve Lived”) (“As I’ve Lived”)
2015	A Terrifying Cycle
2014	Rights
2013	Do Bold Things
2012	Seven Causes
2011	I Feel A Tingle Coming On

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Your First Important Clue

That is the first important clue to your life design — the discovery of what you’ll be happiest doing.
—     Barbara Sher
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On This Day In:
2022	And Blogger’s Dreams
2021	Your First Important Clue
	Smooth Brass (Rise)
2020	Stand First
	RNC: Day 1 Thought (You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught)
2019	Tough Values
2018	I’m Still Here
	Day 31: A Calendar Month
2017	Start Typing
2016	Just Saying (Nothing)
	Thought Of You (Thought Of You)
	Saldaga (“As I’ve Lived”) (“As I’ve Lived”)
2015	A Terrifying Cycle
2014	Rights
2013	Do Bold Things
2012	Seven Causes
2011	I Feel A Tingle Coming On

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Hold Your Head Up

Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
Favorite Line(s):
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree?
I’ve traveled the world and the seven seas
Everybody’s lookin’ for something
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On This Day In:
2022	I’m Not So Sure
2021	The Margin Of Safety
	Hold Your Head Up (Sweet Dreams)
2020	In The Path
	Hangin’ Out
	But I Won’t Do That (I Would Do Anything For Love)
	Unless You Are #45
2019	Seeking Nobility
2018	My Family Calls It Hoarding
	Day 30: Done & Dusted
2017	Rogers’ Rules (Hexadecimal)
2016	But, It’s Such A Simple Mistake
2015	Crawl Towards The Light
2014	Sweet Songs
2013	The Wife Of An Ordinary Man
2012	Three Words
2011	Know Anyone Like This?
2010	Apoplexy??
	When Breaking Up Is Hard To Do…
	Sibling Awareness

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The Margin Of Safety

Leaving the question of price aside, the best business to own is one that over an extended period can employ large amounts of incremental capital at very high rates of return.  The worst business to own is one that must, or will, do the opposite – that is, consistently employ ever-greater amounts of capital at very low rates of return.  Unfortunately, the first type of business is very hard to find:  Most high-return businesses need relatively little capital.  Shareholders of such a business usually will benefit if it pays out most of its earnings in dividends or makes significant stock repurchases.
Though the mathematical calculations required to evaluate equities are not difficult, an analyst – even one who is experienced and intelligent – can easily go wrong in estimating future “coupons.”  At Berkshire, we attempt to deal with this problem in two ways.  First, we try to stick to businesses we believe we understand.  That means they must be relatively simple and stable in character.  If a business is complex or subject to constant change, we’re not smart enough to predict future cash flows.  Incidentally, that shortcoming doesn’t bother us.  What counts for most people in investing is not how much they know, but rather how realistically they define what they don’t know.  An investor needs to do very few things right as long as he or she avoids big mistakes.
Second, and equally important, we insist on a margin of safety in our purchase price.  If we calculate the value of a common stock to be only slightly higher than its price, we’re not interested in buying.  We believe this margin-of-safety principle, so strongly emphasized by Ben Graham, to be the cornerstone of investment success.
—     Warren Buffett
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On This Day In:
2022	I’m Not So Sure
2021	The Margin Of Safety
	Hold Your Head Up (Sweet Dreams)
2020	In The Path
	Hangin’ Out
	But I Won’t Do That (I Would Do Anything For Love)
	Unless You Are #45
2019	Seeking Nobility
2018	My Family Calls It Hoarding
	Day 30: Done & Dusted
2017	Rogers’ Rules (Hexadecimal)
2016	But, It’s Such A Simple Mistake
2015	Crawl Towards The Light
2014	Sweet Songs
2013	The Wife Of An Ordinary Man
2012	Three Words
2011	Know Anyone Like This?
2010	Apoplexy??
	When Breaking Up Is Hard To Do…
	Sibling Awareness

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2016 A.D.

Human Touch
Favorite Line(s):
You know, I got my walls,
Sally calls them prison cells
Sometimes I need protection,
I’ve got the chains
I got the warning bells
I sit so snug and isolated,
Alone in the modern world
Uh huh
But Sally has a hard time holding back
The alley to her heart is a beaten track
She’s never out of love,
Yeah she’s got the knack
Comment(s):
Don’t miss this screen in the video…
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On This Day In:
2022	#45: Guilty As Sin And Still The Biggest Loser
2021	Helping Refugees
	2016 A.D. (Human Touch)
2020	Imagine That!
	Call Me Sometime (You Can Call Me Al)
	Before It’s Gone
2019	Imagine If…
2018	How Many Now?
	Day 29: Tied (By The Time You Read This)
2017	Earn The Gift
2016	Still Loud
2015	Surprise! No Evidence
2014	Real Ideals
2013	A Happiness Weapon
2012	An Eagle Has Departed
	Ummm
	And In My Prayers
2011	Welcome Doubt
2010	Talk, Talk, Talk…
	Every Day At Least
	Democratic Suicide
	Pleasurable Reading
	Loose Joy
	Do, Er, Write – Whatever
	This Glorious Company
	Relax With A Good Book
	Neither Vice Nor Weakness
	That’s Rich!
	Man Will Prevail!!!
	Frankly Speaking to Arizona
	Brother By Another Mother

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Helping Refugees

What do people like to call stupid the most?  Something sensitive that they can’t understand.
—     Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
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On This Day In:
2022	#45: Guilty As Sin And Still The Biggest Loser
2021	Helping Refugees
	2016 A.D. (Human Touch)
2020	Imagine That!
	Call Me Sometime (You Can Call Me Al)
	Before It’s Gone
2019	Imagine If…
2018	How Many Now?
	Day 29: Tied (By The Time You Read This)
2017	Earn The Gift
2016	Still Loud
2015	Surprise! No Evidence
2014	Real Ideals
2013	A Happiness Weapon
2012	An Eagle Has Departed
	Ummm
	And In My Prayers
2011	Welcome Doubt
2010	Talk, Talk, Talk…
	Every Day At Least
	Democratic Suicide
	Pleasurable Reading
	Loose Joy
	Do, Er, Write – Whatever
	This Glorious Company
	Relax With A Good Book
	Neither Vice Nor Weakness
	That’s Rich!
	Man Will Prevail!!!
	Frankly Speaking to Arizona
	Brother By Another Mother

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I Feel Like Slow Dancing

When I Need You
Favorite Line(s):
When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day
Miles and miles of empty space in between us
The telephone can’t take the place of your smile
But you know I won’t be travelin’ forever
It’s cold out, but hold out, and do like I do
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On This Day In:
2022	What If I Don’t Want To Know Myself?
2021	But Verify
	I Feel Like Slow Dancing (When I Need You)
2020	In 50 States And Voting Against Trump
	A Two Steps Comparison (Come A Little Bit Closer / Gimme Three Steps)
2019	My Last Must Be My Best
2018	Making Friends
	Day 28: A Normal Loss And A Headache
2017	Sea Worthy
2016	Rising Integration
2015	No Worries
2014	Devouring The Present
2013	But So Far…
	Twice Moved
2012	Just Like Bubbles
2011	Caring and Driving
	Achieve Greatly
2010	Unwise To Trust
	Attitude
	If The Mind Is Not Tired
	Irrationally Crazy
	2nd Pair – Shoe Review
	Ahnu – Gesundheit!
2009	As for me…
	Health Care Reform Now!!

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