And My Sister Is Taxing

The coffin is the brother of the cradle.
—   German Proverb
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On This Day In:
2023	Blogging, Too
2022	Under My Fingertips…
	Seeking The Divine
2021	And My Sister Is Taxing
	What Did The Wise Men Say? (Can’t Help Falling In Love)
2020	One Phrase
2019	Why #LyingDonald Can’t Trust Any Honorable Person
2018	An Old Style Conservative
2017	John Q.
2016	In Trembling Hope Repose
2015	Let There Be Light
2014	Unless
2013	Divergent Roads To Similarity?
2012	In The Process
2011	What Do You Emphasize?

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Life Measures

The secret to living well and longer is:  eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.
—    Tibetan Proverb
[Found on Facebook.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2023	Strength, Wisdom, Deserving
2022	One Link In The Chain
2021	Life Measures
	First Thing Every Morning (Man In The Mirror)
2020	Like #45 And Many Of His Supporters
(Leap Year 29th)	With Some Epic Scenery Along The Way
2019	Creative Prayer Time
	ADF: Day 9:5
2018	#DumbDonald: Start With Hearing What You Don’t Want Said
2017	The Press Is NOT The Enemy
2016	It Ain’t Easy
(Leap Year 29th)	Or Try To, Anyway…
(Leap Year 29th)	Circles Within Circles
2015	A Series Of Funerals
2014	And Your Point Is?
2013	Infinitely Care
2012	In My Room
(Leap Year 29th)	Stingray – TV Series Review  (This is my most popular post since starting my blog – hands down!  It still draws hits almost every week.  The hits seem to come mostly from Central Europe.  I guess the show must be in syndication there.  //  2020 update:  While this is still my all-time, most popular post, it is no longer being viewed every week – or even every month.  I guess the show is no longer in syndication.)
(Leap Year 29th)	A Single Thread
2011	Lyrical Mixture
	Teaching = Translating

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On Your Marks, Get Set…

Tell the truth and run.
—   Yugoslavian Proverb
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On This Day In:
2023	Your Children Are Watching You
2022	Like Smiles, Flowers And Rainbows
2021	On Your Marks, Get Set…
	Absolutely Nothing (War)
	Roses And Chores
2020	Which Is Which
2019	Were You Saying Something?
2018	Ethics Lesson
2017	May I Have Some More, Please?
2016	A Little Lost
2015	This High Place
2014	Elected Madness
2013	Well Written
2012	Related Parts
2011	The King Is Oscar
	Better Reputation?

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One Month In: Learning To Play Guitar

He who learns to play music in his eightieth year will play at the resurrection.
—    Turkish Proverb
[About a month ago I convinced my wife to let me buy a guitar (Orangewood acoustic dreadnought:  Austen (model) for $195).  I’m playing it almost every day for 10 minutes to an hour.  Most days about 40 minutes.  It’s coming along slowly, slowly, but I’m enjoying it.  I’m just watching videos on YouTube and then going off to practice…    —   kmab]
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On This Day In:
2023	Standing Strength
2022	Overbooked
2021	One Month In: Learning To Play Guitar
	Cause The Melody Keeps Haunting Me (It’s The Same Old Song)
2020	Working On My 2019 Tax Returns
2019	Three Beliefs
2018	He Found Them On-Line
2017	Maybe In A Future World
2016	Largely A Mystery
2015	Tools And Weapons
2014	Likes And Dislikes
2013	Pillars Of Learning
2012	Another JCoM Review
	Move It
2011	Expected Value

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In Passing

The net of Heaven is large and wide, but it lets nothing through.
—    Chinese Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Even If Only A Flicker
2021	Chocolate
	Never Knowing (Candle In The Wind)
2020	In Passing
	Look A Little Bit Closer (The Tracks Of My Tears)
2019	Especially Mine
	90 Day Health / Weight Update (Dec 2019)
2018	And Some Never Do
2017	When We Know We Are Loved
2016	Good Acts
2015	Will You Be Leaving Soon?
2014	Just Long Enough
2013	R.I.P. – Tom Laughlin
	Seeking Success?
2012	All Aboard
2011	Sail On, Sailor

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Wonder And Dreams

We are all wanderers on this earth.  Our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams.
—     Gypsy Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Seek And You Shall Find (Or At Least Get Closer)
2021	Candlelight Serenade
	Golden (Thank You For Being A Friend)
	A Roots Man, Myself
2020	Wonder And Dreams
	Gatherin’ Up The Tears (Reelin’ In The Years)
2019	I Resemble That Remark… (7!)
2018	Mueller Investigation Comparison To #LyingDonald
2017	#DonTheCon And Russian Collusion
2016	Balance The Truth
2015	Still Itchin’
2014	One Life
2013	Reason Is Your Light
2012	Bordering Manhood
2011	Even Christ Couldn’t

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Maybe After A Couple Of Hundred Years I Think About It

The Irish forgive their great men when they are safely buried.
—    Irish Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Why I Always Favor A Free Marketplace Of Ideas
2021	Unnoticed Perfection
	You Just Don’t Realize (Wonderful Tonight)
2020	Maybe After A Couple Of Hundred Years I Think About It
	Worth The Time I’ve Waited (I’ve Been Lonely Too Long)
2019	Courage Facing Temptation
2018	I Can’t Laugh At #45
2017	Release, Harmonize, Illuminate
2016	One Trouble With Television
2015	I Am Lucky And I Am Grateful
2014	Future Envy
2013	We Do Not Want To Learn That
2012	Social Inhibition
2011	Studying Chinese Food
	Are You Bored, Too?
2010	Rant, Pant, Deep Breath – Reality

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#45: A Word Of Advice

Better one word less than one word too many.
—    Maltese Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Probably Not Me
2021	Even If I Have An Opinion
	We’ve Just Gotten Confirmation (Everybody Hurts)
2020	#45: A Word Of Advice
	But I’m In No Hurry To Get There (When I Get Where I’m Going)
	Decision Made: #46 — Go Joe (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher)
2019	Like Many Forms Of Art
	Two Towers
2018	Land Of My Birth – Executive Order Notwithstanding (This Is My Country)
	Keeping It Real…
2017	Use A Bigger Can
2016	Vote Tomorrow – 8 November 2016
2015	Old Bond
2014	Preferences
2013	Prudence
2012	Reason Against Reasons
2011	The 1% Rule Of Large Groups
2010	Going, Going, On…
	Expect Mike
	Wasted Again?
	You Did?
	Reflecting Plenty
	Old Math
	Mental Images
	Here’s Lookin’ At You, Kid
	Learn
	Nothing Feared Today
	I Had Other Plans
	Ratings…
	Really?
	Encourage Greatness

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Just In Case

May the Lord grant me a sword and no need to use it.
—    Czech Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Nourish Others
2021	Too Heavy A Burden
	I Don’t Mind At All (Your Song)
2020	Compare, Contrast And Learn
	Some Dreams Do Come True (Just My Imagination)
	Just In Case
2019	Can I Get A Witness?
2018	I’d Still Like To Try It Out
2017	In Every Thing
2016	Future Halo
2015	The Hard Way Every Time (The Hard Way Every Time)
2014	Indispensable Wits
2013	I’d Like To
2012	2012 National League Champions – San Francisco Giants!!
	2nd Viewing – No Change
	Light Shining Out of Darkness
2011	Just Kickin It
	Are These The “Real” Protectors Of America’s Constitution?
2010	Giants Advance To 2010 World Series!!!

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The Spirit Is Willing

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.
—   Arab Proverb
[But the flesh is getting older, if not weaker…    —   kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022	5 In 6
2021	The Principal Difference
	Picture Perfect
2020	So Sad, Faux Crowd
	The Spirit Is Willing
2019	And The Same For Blogs And Posts
2018	The End Of Asgard (For Now)
	I Learn The Hard Way Every Time
2017	For Some
2016	Fragile And Explosive, Provocation And Privacy
2015	Bound Up
2014	Economic Engines
2013	Weren’t You Supposed To Be Reading?
	Absent Friends
	Where I Stand
2012	Hangin’ With His P’s
	Help Save
2011	Six Facets Of Good Leadership

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Love And Leave

Only love can be divided endlessly and still not diminish.
—    Anne Morrow Lindbergh
They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind.
—    Native American Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Seeking The Same Thing
2021	Climate Change Deniers
	We Don’t Listen Anyway (Time Has Come Today)
2020	Nothing New Here
	Talk To Me (What’s Going On?)
	Register And Vote
2019	Love And Leave
2018	Smiling If Not Laughing
2017	Chilled And Smooth
2016	But Sometimes You Have To Stand In Front
2015	The Key Shift
2014	Remember ISIS / ISIL?
2013	What Have You Done Lately?
2012	B8
2011	I’m Definitely Not In Control

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Deciding, Doing, Done

If you take too long in deciding what to do with your life, you’ll find you’ve done it.
—    Pam Shaw
The shortest answer is doing.
—    Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	True For All Arts
2021	Driving To Your Destiny
	Angels (Angel Of The Morning)
2020	It Almost Certainly Will If #45 Is Re-elected
	Sssshhhh (The Sound Of Silence)
2019	Deciding, Doing, Done
	Day 5: Getting Easier
2018	Thought Experiments
	Day 38: Going Crazy
2017	Which Did You Learn?
2016	Shape And Limit
2015	Me Either
2014	Just Business
2013	Beautiful Adventure
2012	Precedence
2011	Ya Think?

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All Good

Good thoughts, good words, good deeds.
—    Zoroastrianism precept / saying
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On This Day In:
2022	Immerse Yourself Fully
2021	And Then You Begin
	A Familiar Song (More Than A Feeling)
2020	A Prayer For China
	He Says The Last Five Questions Are Really Hard
	Fear And Cleverness
2019	Historic Contact
	All Good
2018	History Judges Incompetent Presidencies, Too
2017	Our Confident New President
2016	Ways (True Love Ways)
2015	Be Happy, Too
2014	At Least Smile
2013	Comfortably Bound
2012	Certainty
	Thinking About Fathers
2011	And In Every Level Of Media

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Slow Wisdom

Not until just before dawn do people sleep best;  not until people get old do they become wise.
—    Chinese Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	My Interesting Life
2021	Saving Democracy And A Voting Rights Act
	Just Chillin’ (Breezin’)
2020	Two Hours From Now
	Criminal Incompetence, Criminal Indifference Or Both
2019	Slow Wisdom
	It Is A Start…
2018	Young, Fun And Playing Well
2017	Earning Your Blessings
2016	A Suggestion… (All We Need Is Love)
	Capable Of Being
2015	Looking For The Needles In The Haystacks
2014	The Definition Of A Gentleman
2013	Thar She Blows (Not)!
2012	Naturally
2011	Been Here, Done That
	Remember
2010	Timeless Classics

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Boxes

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.
—     Italian Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Silent Preferences
2021	In Between
	Summertime Memories (Feels So Good)
2020	A Poverty Of Attention In An Attention Economy
	Don’t Forget
2019	Boxes
2018	Hoping For Better Come November
	An Honest Binge
2017	Give And Keep
2016	No Change Here
2015	Campbell’s Law
2014	Dignified Values
2013	Unappreciated Skill
2012	Living Courage
2011	What’s Happening To Us?
2010	Toothbrush, Carbon and Monoxide
	Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

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