I’m Up For Trying

You do not know what you can miss before you try.
—    Franklin Pierce Adams
[Let’s impeach, try, convict and remove Donald Trump from office.  I’d love to know if I’ll miss him…    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2018	#PresidentBoneSpur
2017	My Staggering Confusion
	Zapped!!!
2016	And Bloggers?
2015	Ethical Energy
2014	Are You Likely To Defend It?
2013	Might As Well
2012	The Long And Short Of It
2011	Bravery

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Looking Into Golf

Years ago we discovered the exact point, the dead center of middle age.  It occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.
—    Franklin Pierce Adams
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On This Day In:
2017	Improvise
2016	Got Leisure?
2015	It’s Been Hurtin’ For Quite A While Now
2014	Curious Talent
2013	Eureka
2012	Slow Me
2011	He Said What?!?
2010	Gritty
	3 and 3
	Just A Hunch
	Wall Street – Movie Review
	2nd Pair – Shoe Review (Aborted and Final)

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Something Else

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
—     Franklin Pierce Adams
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On This Day In:
2017	Courage
2016	Don’t H8! — I’m With Her!!
2015	$20 Anyone?
2014	And Yet I Still Study
2013	Use Your Own
2012	Strengthen Freedom
2011	Attrition = A Lack Of Imagination
2010	Mind The Fire, Love
	Just Beyond My Reach…
	Even A Life Of Quiet Desperation!
	Acts Of Courage

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A Sure Sign Of Age

There are plenty of good five cent cigars in the country.  The trouble is they cost a quarter.
—    Franklin Pierce Adams
[You’ll know when you’re getting old the first time you say, “I remember when I could buy a … for …”.    —    kmab]
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On This Day In:
2017	Distant Goal
2016	More Lives
2015	Go Shopping More
2014	Say What?
2013	Accepting Beauty
2012	Transitional Choice To Ride The Wave
2011	Freedom Isn’t Always Perfect
	Just That Simple

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Tic-Toc

Having imagination it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that if you were unimaginative would take you only a minute.
—    Franklin Pierce Adams
[Maybe procrastination has a little bit to do with it, too.    —    KMAB]
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On This Day In:
2017	Explaining Working Class Support For Donald
2016	Not In My Experience
2015	Effort
2014	Honest Wants
2013	Faith, n.
2012	Surprise Me
2011	Confused With Truth

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Just Tell (And Re-tell) The Big Lie Often Enough On Fox News

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.
—    Franklin Pierce Adams
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On This Day In:
2017	To Laws, Not Office Or Individuals
	Beast / General / Civil
2016	Patronage
2015	For Blogs, Too!
2014	Righteous Anger
2013	An Irish Blessing
2012	But Is It Worth It?
2011	Let Us Start

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Nothing More, Nothing Less

The true republic:  men, their rights and nothing more;  women, their rights and nothing less.
—   Franklin Pierce Adams
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On This Day In:
2017	Memorial Day – 2017
	No Wonder I’m Smiling
2016	Thinking Science Fictional
2015	Dawn Is Coming
2014	Back When I Was A Firebrand
2013	Pen In Hand
	Word Up!
2012	Disturbing
	Trying To Keep Up
2011	Unreliable And Selective
2010	Adult-Onset Athlete

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As I Recall

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory.
—   Franklin Pierce Adams
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On This Day In:
2017	Truly Generous
2016	Choose Your Destiny
2015	Fast And Firm
2014	Neither Head Nor Heart
2013	Lonely, Foolish, Love Songs
	Batting 1.000
	Coward, n.
2012	At Least A Little More Difficult
2011	Speaking Of Fear

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