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There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
    —    Samuel Johnson
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On This Day In:
2022 My Conservative View
2021 Are We Getting Close To Uncertainty?
How It Could Be
2020 Two Loves
A Short Count
2019 Don’t Forget: Fire Burns
2018 Especially In The Middle East
2017 A Good Local
2016 Life Unlimited
2015 Still Trying
2014 Destiny, n.
2013 No Apologies
2012 Utterly Convinced
2011 A Key To Effectiveness

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We are inclined to believe those we do not know, because they have never deceived us.
    —    Dr. Samuel Johnson
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On This Day In:
2014 Tough Journalism
2013 Things I’ve Learned
2012 Abstainer, n.
2011 Rain, Rain, Rain
Test Your Strength
2009 End the mistakes…

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When it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed.
    —    Samuel Johnson
From the Preface to his:  “English Dictionary
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On This Day In:
2022 Slow Down And Don’t Break Things
2021 How Many Democracy Loving Conservatives Are In The Senate?
The Fighter Still Remains
2020 Love And Charity
2019 Tomorrow Is Valentine’s Day
Inverted U Curve
2018 Still More Prejudice
A Well Trod Path Of Hopes, Expectations And Surprise
2017 …And With It Civilization
2016 Just Like My Mother
2015 All Omissions Are Mine
2014 Precise Order
2013 Uh, No. Not Really…
Deep Regions
2012 A Pre-Valentine’s Day Message
2011 Easy Like Sunday Morning
May I Have A Little More, Please…
2010 Valleys and Peaks

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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
    —    Samuel Johnson
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On This Day In:
2022 Let Me Tell You An Amusing Story…
2021 Together Forever
Think It Over
Small But Fun
2020 Still Learning
2019 Almost Hallmark
Beyond All Reason
2018 Daydreams And Wanna-Be’s
Or Work For #45
2017 Summer Pale
2016 Ain’t It Funny
2015 At Both Ends
2014 Whiner(s)
2013 Just Passing Through
2012 Dog-gone Heaven
2011 Occasional, Sad Results

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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
    —    Dr. Samuel Johnson
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On This Day In:
2022 A Murmuring Note
2021 Satisfied If Not Fulfilled
You Don’t Know
Urban Ballroom
2020 R.I.P. Kobe
2019 Looks A Lot Like #45
2018 Trying To Stay Young
2017 Seems Reasonable To Me
2016 We Can Get Through This Together (In Time)
2015 How Long Is A Piece Of String?
2014 Heathen, n.
2013 Wisdom’s Folly
2012 When The Student Is Ready
Disconnected Leadership
2011 The Complex Richness Of Life

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Being in a ship is being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.
    —    Samuel Johnson
[And of course way back then, there were NO females on board…    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2022 And Do The Right Thing…
2021 Rational Response
This Can’t Go On
2020 A Different Premise
2019 Can Too
2018 To Get Strength
Drip, Drip, Drip
2017 Bricolage Art
2016 Just A Shame
2015 Treasures Of The Mind
2014 Not Quite Exceeded Reach
2013 Who’s Side?
2012 Why I Joined The Army And Not The Navy…
2011 Is It Your Turn Yet?
Just Trippin’

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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
    —    Samuel Johnson
From:  “The Rambler
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On This Day In:
2022 Be Someone For Somebody
2021 Genius (And Other Details)
I Don’t Know Why
Going Into The Deep End
2020 Repercussions For Health
2019 Chained To #45
2018 Some Men Make Their Office As Small As Themselves
2017 Too Many
2016 Not Yet, Anyway
2015 On Pornography
2014 Nudge, Nudge
2013 The Journey Will Be Joy
2012 Hopeful Flights
2011 Irrationally Predictable
Lawful Restraint

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What is written without effort is, in general, read without pleasure.
   —   Dr. Samuel Johnson
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