Did He Even Have The Courage To Ask?

Talking about bulls is not the same as facing them in the ring.
—    Mexican Proverb
[As long as #45 is a liar and moral coward, no one should ever believe he even asked Mexico to pay for the wall, particularly since they already announced (before he was elected) that they would not.  If he publicly asked (or demanded) and they refused, #45 would have been publicly outed as the incompetent “deal-maker” he really is.   —   kmab]
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On This Day In:
2023	Squeeze Your Opportunity
2022	Completely Reasonable To Worry
2021	Seeking Happiness
	Check Your Watch (Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is)
2020	Expectation For The Near Future
2019	Indian Myth
	Did He Even Have The Courage To Ask?
2018	Nothing
2017	Approval First
2016	In Search Of Words
	Day 2 – Blending
2015	At What Price?
2014	Intricate And Subtle Order
2013	Attention To Detail
2012	Aequanimitas!
2011	Consider This

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Lost Again Or Still?

Better ask twice than lose your way once.
—    Danish Proverb
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On This Day In:
2023	Simpler Is Better
2022	Modern Republicans Have Long Since Concluded…
2021	Do Senate Republicans Believe In The Constitution And The Rule Of Law (Or Not)?
	With Your Red Dress On (Sherry)
2020	Morally Treasonable
2019	Lost Again Or Still?
2018	Why #LazyDonald Starts Work At 11AM
2017	At Least Most Of The Time
2016	But Doctor, I Never Learned How To Read
2015	Punch The Keys, For God’s Sake!
2014	Ouch!
2013	Revelations
2012	Movies And Juicing
	Brady Gets #4 (Prediction)
	Happy To Get Up
2011	What About Good Blogs?
2010	Slowly, Slowly…

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Are Your Dogs Barking?

Between saying and doing many pairs of shoes are worn out.
—    Italian Proverb
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On This Day In:
2023	Courage To Love
2022	Pass A Voting Rights Act For Democracy’s Sake
2021	Tomorrow President Biden Starts Wrestling
	Good-Bye #45 (The Tears Of A Clown)
2020	The Burden Of Faith
	On To Superbowl LIV (54)!!
2019	Are Your Dogs Barking?
	Dangerous Waistcoats
2018	And 40+ Years Later?
2017	He Is Alone
2016	Compensation
2015	Charlie Redux
2014	The Crux
2013	Erosion And Rechannelling
	Alliance, n.
2012	How Many Thought… (One I Know Of)
	Choices And Decisions
2011	Speed Spoils
	Simply Intended
2010	A Second 4 Hour Jog

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#45: Whitewalkers Tremble, Treason Is Forever

Life is for one generation; a good name is forever.
—    Japanese Proverb
America will never be destroyed from the outside.  If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
—    Abraham Lincoln
[A message to Donald Trump – who conspired with the Russians to defraud the American public and win the Presidency in the 2016 election:  A life of wealth and privilege which was granted to you by your father will soon be sacrificed on the altar of your ego, incompetence and criminal hubris.  You will be driven from office either by election or by impeachment.  And you will have to live with THAT and the judgement of history.
Mueller is coming…   He is carrying Valyrian steel (truth) and bringing Dragonglass (justice).   …And winter (your Administration) is almost over!    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2023	Just Keep Hitting The Damned Keys
2022	Living In The Big Lie With A Loser
2021	An Obligation To Condemn Is Not An Obligation To Ban
	Caught In The Rain (Escape – The Piña Colada Song)
2020	Me Too
2019	#45: Whitewalkers Tremble, Treason Is Forever
2018	Light Or Darkness
2017	Doubtful Education
2016	Absolute
2015	Still The Best Teacher
2014	Inside The Soul
2013	A Toe In The River
2012	Believe It Or Not
2011	The Road To Recovery (And More Myths)

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My Irish Diet

It’s easy to halve the potato where there’s love.
—    Irish Proverb
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On This Day In:
2023	When It’s Not Your Rubicon
2022	Just That Strange Peace
2021	Have Republicans Figured Out Biden Won Yet?
	Sleepin’ On Your Doorstep (Ain’t To Proud To Beg)
2020	Careful About Myth Telling
2019	My Irish Diet
	Fighting With Oneself
2018	Feeling Both
2017	Just Start
2016	Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall
2015	Restraint At The Inn
2014	To Not Discovering
2013	I Have Less To Say
2012	Not The Best Prediction I’ve Ever Read

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Fill It Up

Life itself can’t give you joy,
Unless you really will it.
Life just gives you time and space
It’s up to you to fill it.
—    Chinese proverb (I’ve also seen it attributed as “Anonymous”)
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On This Day In:
2023	You Get What You Pay For
2022	Historians, Not Librarians
2021	Inshallah
	Leave No Doubt (God Only Knows)
2020	A Choice
2019	Fill It Up
2018	Can We Talk About Me? (I Wanna Talk About Me)
2017	About Change
	Gordian
2016	Are Your Prayers Functioning?
2015	Expressing Love
2014	Cyclical Attitudes
2013	Footprints
2012	Broken Resolutions
	Bin It

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Watering The Trees And Seeds

Gratefulness waters old friendships and makes new ones sprout.
—    Russian Proverb
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On This Day In:
2023	Getting Called (On The Dark Side)
2022	More New Year’s Exercises
	7 Done, 12 Down
2021	Another Public Service Message
	Greetin’ The Sun (A Little Bit More)
2020	From The Mountains To The Shores
2019	Watering The Trees And Seeds
	1221
2018	Take Care Of Me…
2017	Make Some Difference
2016	Still 99%
2015	Adolescent Opinion
2014	In A Big World
2013	Vacancy For God
2012	Sweat Equity
	Try It… You’ll Like It
2011	Still Incomplete
2010	Happy New Year – 2010

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Cursive In The News

God writes straight with crooked lines.
—    Portuguese Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Neat, Please
2021	Someone Should Tell Senator Joe Manchin
	One Of The Things We Need (Listen To The Music)
2020	Boxing Day 2020
	Fractal Branches (Bloody Well Right)
	Advice For Sons, Too
2019	Almost Soulful Pleasure
2018	Cursive In The News
2017	Coffee Crunch
2016	Preparation
2015	Scarcely Asked
2014	They Resemble Us
2013	Both
2012	That’s Success!
2011	Losing At Dominoes
2010	1,001

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And / Or A Genuine Smile

One kind word can warm three winter months.
—    Japanese proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Says The Rich
2021	Most Likely Beast
	Memories To Last A Lifetime (The Best Of Times)
2020	Meet Unexpected Success
	Sweet Love (The Love I Lost)
2019	Curing With Salt
2018	A Politician With Skills
	And / Or A Genuine Smile
2017	A Lone, Brave Voice…
2016	Job Security
2015	For I Have Always Lived Violently
2014	We Stand !! (I Stand With George)
	Additional Requirements
2013	In The Present Day
2012	Feeling It
2011	Stretching Science

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The Price Of Justice Is (Sometimes) Security

For the benefit of the flowers, we water the thorns, too.
—    Jewish Proverb
For the law holds, that it is better that ten guilty persons escape, than that one innocent suffer.
—    Sir William Blackstone
From his book:  “Commentaries on the Laws of England“
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On This Day In:
2022	The Path Not Taken
2021	Just Catching My Breath
	I Still Believe (Yesterday)
2020	Sometimes It Does
	Sweet As Rain Upon My Tongue (Yesterday When I Was Young)
2019	Pushing The Envelope
2018	The Price Of Justice Is (Sometimes) Security
2017	Time Too
2016	The Cornerstone Pays
2015	Would That This Be True
2014	More Likely
2013	Enjoyed The Desolation
	Watching Faux News
2012	Speaking Of Products
2011	Ready To Be Immortal?

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Where I Write

Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.
—    French Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	If Only I Could…
2021	Become Daily
	Just Pickin’ (Doc’s Guitar)
2020	So, You Think You Know The Answer?
	The One You Come Running To (Let’s Stay Together)
2019	His Promises, OUR Hopes
2018	Where I Write
2017	At Last, An Honest Philosopher…
2016	Fake It ‘Til You Make It
2015	Hell Toupée
2014	Corrected And Amended
2013	Too Few
2012	Three Characters
2011	Universal Payment
2010	Privatizing the TSA?  (An old – and long – post, but still relevant!!)

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Second Chances – Rice, Now Trees

If you’re planning for one year, grow rice.  If you’re planning for 20 years, grow trees.  If you’re planning for centuries, grow leaders.  If you’re planning for eternity, go to confession.
—    Australian proverb
[One year ago, I had my heart stopped and re-started.  The procedure is called: “electrical cardioversion”.  Basically, the doctors zap you with electricity to “re-set” your heart rhythm from AFib to normal.  I’m still here a year later and Thanksgiving is coming up.  …One more year to be thankful for.  So far, good to go!  I’m hoping to plant a few trees this year.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022	MAGA’s And The Big Lie About The 2020 Election
2021	These Days Rather Loosely Held
	Harvest Time (Harvest For The World)
2020	Why I’m Happy
	The Wind In My Face (Against The Wind)
2019	I Think Impeachment Is Another Test #45 Has Already Failed
2018	Second Chances – Rice, Now Trees
	And Then You Have To Start Training Again
2017	Small Hands, Small Grasp
2016	Two Murrow’s
	Election + 1 Week
2015	Not Mine, Anyway
2015	South By South East
2013	Don’tcha
2012	I Hear A Distant Thunder
2011	A Poison Tree

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Listen And See

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
—    Native American proverb
I shut my eyes in order to see.
—    Paul Gauguin
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On This Day In:
2022	At Least Pay A Fair Share
2021	Still Dangerous
	My Destiny (Could It Be I’m Falling In Love)
2020	Explaining And Gilding
	That Way (I Want It That Way)
2019	Lead To Action
2018	Listen And See
2017	The Big Illusion
2016	What Are You Thinking About?
2015	What The Framers Chose
2014	Lost Anything Lately?
	A Life Of Science
2013	Serve The World
2012	Acquaintance, n.
2011	On Why His Father Was A Great Teacher
	A Baker’s Dozen

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I’ll Trade You…

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
—    Chinese Proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Teaching
2021	First Ask For Courage
	Shadows And Darkness (At The Dark End Of The Street)
2020	My 2 Cents
	You Do It (The Way You Do The Things You Do)
	Must Be Why I Like Dreamin’
2019	The Opening Step
	Day 17/18: That Didn’t Take Long
2018	I’ll Trade You…
2017	Luv Me Some Meat Loaf (I Couldn’t Have Said It Better Myself)
2016	Unless Your Name Is #AmnestyDon
2015	A Tentative First Step
2014	Making People
2013	On Reading Books
2012	On America
2011	Shiver, Me Timbers!
2010	Fiduciary Breakdown

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Hey, #45: Are We Sick Of Winning, Yet?

Those that lose wealth, lose much;  those that lose friends, lose more;  but those that lose spirit, lose all.
—    Spanish proverb
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On This Day In:
2022	Exceed YOUR Own Expectations
2021	Losing One’s Edge
	Can I Get An Up Front Seat? (Rock And Roll Heaven)
2020	Are You Sure?
	Who Could It Be? (Believe It Or Not)
2019	Living Art
	Day 7: Week 1 – Mathematics
2018	Hey, #45: Are We Sick Of Winning, Yet?
	Day 40: Wrists
2017	Heart Vision
2016	A Labor Day / Pre-Election Hope
	Trust Me, Too
2015	Without Hope
	Things Known And Unknown
2014	A Wall Too High, A Bridge Too Far
2013	Glory = Danger
	Chicago Magic
	Feelin’ It
2012	How Did We Get Here?
2011	Labor Day Weekend Mishmash
	More, More, More

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