I Resemble That Remark… (6!)

Tsundoku Sensei – (Japanese) a master at collecting unread books; someone who buys books and piles them on shelves, tables, and on the floor.
[I have two rooms with a full wall (each) filled with books – maybe – 1 / 10th of them read.  In fairness, when we moved from the US to England back in the ’90’s, I got rid of more than six boxes of books I’d read and never went back to.  (That’s my story, and I’m stickin’ to it.)  If only my days were more and the hours longer…   —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2017	Try It, You’ll Like It
2016	Echo Chamber?
2015	Embrace The World Like A Lover
2014	Democratic Beliefs (for the next President)
2013	And Go Now!
2012	A World Safe For Diversity
2011	What If I Don’t Want To?
2009	Restful Sunday and a Movie About Boy’s Dolls (Action Figures)

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And Blog Posts, Too

One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper.
––  Michael Cunningham
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On This Day In:
2017	Just Doin’ It
2016	Definitely Not Bell Shaped
2015	Dreadful Pity
2014	Worse Than Useless
2013	Personal Prisons
2012	So, Not Yet Then
2011	Real Love

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Don’t Break It

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it.
–  Edward P. Morgan
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On This Day In:
2017	Representative Government For The 99%
2016	Trying To Ignite Ice
2015	Or Increasingly Unwilling To Pay For…
2014	Returning Time
2013	Gentle Invitation
2012	Pleading The Insanity Defense
2011	Graduations And Conservatives
	The Big Sin

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Booking My Trip Into The Expanding Universe

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.
—  Madeleine L’Engle
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On This Day In:
2017	Fear Instead Of Convictions
2016	Memorial Day – 2016
2015	A Handful Of Reviews
	And You Can Quote Me
2014	Get Wisdom
2013	Enjoying The View?
2012	Adam’s Rib
2011	I’m Sure I Remember That…
	Memorial Day, 2011

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I Remember Some More Than Others

I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.
―  Ralph Waldo Emerson
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On This Day In:
2017	Creating Reality
2016	Come, Read To Me Some Poem
2015	Exceeding Service
2014	Still Learning
	Hospitality
2013	Execution Not Intensity
2012	Charles Carroll Of Carrollton (The Only Catholic Founder)
2011	Life Works
	Pay Like Hell
	Prosperity Finds Its Way Up

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My Hope

I cannot live without books.
[And… ]
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led.
―  President Thomas Jefferson
[I have always hoped to live up to this “bold” standard.  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2017	We All Lose
2016	Wants
2015	Let Us Join
2014	Feeling Kept?
	Chillin’
2013	The Lucky Few
2012	A Post-Valentine’s Day Message
2011	Risk, Lyrics, Starting Over, And My Trip To The ER
	Lucky Choice

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Happy New Year — 2018!

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
―  Jorge Luis Borges
Do not be afraid to fail.  Be afraid to accept that who you are right now is all you are going to be.
―  John Bingham
From his book: “Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running“
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
―  Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
From his novel: “Mother Night“
I am nothing special, of this I am sure.  I am a common man with common thoughts and I’ve led a common life.  There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I’ve loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough…
―  Nicholas Sparks
From his novel: “The Notebook“
[Happy New Year’s Day to all!  The years are beginning to run together (pun intended).  This year, my resolutions are (in addition to yesterday’s post) to read more books and to try to be more consistent in my working out so I can (hopefully) grow my mind as I shed my waist.  —  KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2017	Happy New Year — 2017!
2016	Happy New Year — 2016!
	Remembering My Brother
2015	Happy New Year — 2015!
2014	Happy New Year – 2014!
2013	Another New Year’s Thought (In Case It Rains)
	Happy New Year – 2013!
2012	Best Wishes For 2012!
	Where Did You Spend New Year’s Eve?
2011	Happy New Year (2011)!!

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