Unit Of Measure

The value of a life is always measured by how much of it is given away.
—     Andy Stanley
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On This Day In:
2023	And I Always Will
2022	What You Know
2021	Some Doctors Are Better Than Others
	Lessons (Love Don’t Love Nobody)
2020	A Liar As President Corrupts Us
2019	Is It Dark And Quiet For You?
2018	Undeniable Requirement
2017	Orange Corrosion
2016	Both Particle And Wave
2015	Deep In Debt
2014	The Difference
2013	My Heart Is Described
2012	Keen To Be Alone
2011	The Ideal Business…
2010	55

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Squeeze Your Opportunity

We cannot predict the value our work will provide to the world.  That’s fine.  It is not our job to judge our own work.  It is our job to create it, to pour ourselves into it, and to master our craft as best we can.
We all have the opportunity to squeeze every ounce of greatness out of ourselves that we can.  We all have the chance to do our share.
—     Albert Einstein
[This quote was found on one of the blogs I follow:  ram H singhal
The specific post is:   I have done my share | ram H singhal (wordpress.com)
Please visit the original site if you have a few spare minutes.    —    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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Of Course The Term “Value” Is Undefined

The value of a telecommunication network is proportional to the square of the number of connected users of the system.
—    Robert Metcalfe
(aka:  “Metcalfe’s Law“)
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On This Day In:
2022	Only More Democracy & Honest Elections Can Keep America “Great”
2021	Of Course The Term “Value” Is Undefined
	Waiting (Sweet Love Of Mine)
2020	I Hadn’t Thought Of That
	Keep Looking! (Look On The Bright Side)
2019	Knocking On Impeachment’s Door
2018	Do You Remember?
2017	Choose Life
	My Response To President Trump’s Threat To NBC
2016	We, Us, All
2015	No Less
2014	Life Advice (50)
	Orange October (IV) – Giants Win Game 1 Of NLCS!
2013	Running To
2012	Suddenly
2011	Liberal Washington
2010	Giants Advance To NLCS!!

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Full Value Division

Grief can take care if itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
—     Mark Twain
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On This Day In:
2022	Back To First Principles
2021	Full Value Division
	EWF On Ice (I Like The Way You Move)
	Strung Along
2020	The Responsibility Side Is On The Right
	Where Clear Winds Blow (Up Where We Belong)
2019	Define Your Life…
2018	It Is No Secret
	Day 25: When 4 or 5 equals 2
2017	Cowardly Defamation
2016	With No Allowance For Chance?
2015	Details
2014	Here’s One…
2013	Non-Fungible Commodities
2012	Hope And Tears
2011	Just Long Enough
	Meaningful Thoughts

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Bringing It

There is no value in life except what you choose to place upon it, and no happiness in any place except what you bring to yourself.
—    Henry David Thoreau
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On This Day In:
2022	Under Its Roof
2021	Bringing It
	All Your Sighs
2020	Me Neither
2019	Have Forever
2018	Fear, Racism And Greed
	Reaching Out To The Missing
	Very Nearly
2017	We Can Figure This Out
2016	Just Enough
2015	Bourne Bond
	Springs Eternal
2014	Brains First
2013	Not Listening Anymore
2012	At Your Marks!
2011	We Are Not Alone
	Underlying Rationality
2010	Is the Obama Administration Failing?
	In Other Words…
	Quite Please!
	In A Hostage Situation…
	Are We Done Yet?
	In Order…
	Flip-flopping…
	Proof of Choice…
	On “Leading” A Democracy To War…
	Actually, It’s All About Me…

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Each Over All

Man is more interesting than men.  God made him and not them in his image.  Each one is more precious than all.
—    Andre Gide
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On This Day In:
2022	Streaming Life
2021	If You Do Nothing About Climate Change
	Standing By (Baby, Baby Don’t Cry)
2020	Each Over All
	Rollin’ Along (Ol’ Man River)
2019	And Integrity For Today’s Elected Republicans
2018	A Faulty Start, Too
	Honorable Resignation And Syria
2017	Beneath The Tree Of Wisdom
	The Republican Rape Of The American Middle Class
2016	Something Authentic Happened
2015	Back On The Bricks
	On, Rocinante!!
2014	Changing Frequently
2013	Trifles
2012	Simple, Ordinary And Wonderous
2011	Humane Writers

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I Wish Republicans Valued Democracy As Much As They Say They Value Freedom

A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
—    Oscar Wilde
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On This Day In:
2022	Caution Before Starting…
2021	Are You A Loner?
	I Got Work (Work To Do)
2020	I Wish Republicans Valued Democracy As Much As They Say They Value Freedom
	It Sure Does (Love Hurts)
2019	Something Very Different
2018	For Most Of Us
2017	Stories We Need On Life’s Edge
2016	Heart Trouble
2015	From The Inside Out
2014	Alone And Free
2013	Superstition Is Your Way
2012	Escape Hatches
2011	Sing Like No One Is Listening

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A Good Reason To Blog

We regret losing a purse or wallet full of money, but a good thought which has come to us, which we have either heard or read, a thought which we should have remembered and applied to our life, which could have improved the world — we lose this thought and promptly forget about it, and we do not regret it, though it is more precious than millions.
—     Leo Tolstoy
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On This Day In:
2022	Tiny Matters
	A Life Well Lived, A Story Well Told
2021	MAGA Choice: Reality Or Lies
	You Seem To Be (The Great Pretender)
2020	A Good Reason To Blog
	Finally Enjoying The View (I Can See Clearly Now)
2019	Living Free
2018	Relative Imagination
2017	Thank You, Senator McCain (So Far Anyway)
2016	What About Friends?
2015	It Tastes Good To Me
2014	Others’ Footsteps
	The Not-So-Modern Samurai
2013	Doin’
2012	A Lover
2011	What Have We Found Here
	Words

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An Act Of Faith

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.  Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.
—    J. William Fulbright
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On This Day In:
2022	Dream, Dare, Live
2021	It Doesn’t Rain Forever
	Thoughtful Stroll (Walkin’ In The Rain)
2020	An Act Of Faith
	Born And Sold Fairy Tales (Ghetto Child)
2019	Fostering Debate
2018	The Births Of Spring
2017	Drug Epidemic In America
2016	Word Up, Chuck!
2015	Sometimes I Wonder About Things
2014	Still Racing
2013	Anew
2012	Make Both
2011	Are You Happy Yet?

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Four Buffett’s

Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.
—    Warren Buffett
Price is what you pay.  Value is what you get.
—    Warren Buffett
Rule No.1:  Never lose money.  Rule No.2:  Never forget rule No.1.
—    Warren Buffett
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
—    Warren Buffett
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On This Day In:
2022	The Arc Of Justice Sometimes Bends Too Slowly
2021	Still Stumbling
	Make It Your Own… (Make Your Own Kind Of Music)
2020	#45: Diarrhea Of The Mouth, Constipation Of The Brain
	Not As Often As I Used To (I Gotta Get Drunk)
2019	Four Buffett’s
2018	Change Happens
	Day 13: Ginger / Mint Relief
2017	Still Removing Bricks
2016	Namaste
2015	Still Learning
2014	Dark Processes
2013	To The Last Link
2012	Slept In Again
2011	Home Again, Naturally
2009	Thoughts after a long day of OT…

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Life’s Last Question

I have just one chance of escaping a verdict of complete triviality, that I may be judged to have created something worth creating.  And that I have created something is undeniable: the question is about its value.
—    G. H. Hardy
From his book:  “A Mathematician’s Apology“
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On This Day In:
2023	I Hope Blogging Counts Too
2022	Republican Ambling
2021	I’d Argue Wealth, Then Income
	Knock Him Off His Feet (Mighty Love)
2020	Steppin’…
2019	Every Vote Counts
2018	Or A President
2017	Pleasures
2016	Why Not?
2015	Je Suis Charlie
2014	To The Nines
2013	Higher And Truer
2012	Life’s Last Question
2011	A Single Heartbeat
	A Little Male Humor – WHY MEN SHOULDN’T RETIRE

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Expected Value

The value of our expectation always signifies something in the middle between the best we can hope for and the worst we can fear.
—    Jacob Bernoulli
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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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Why Not?

I believe there is a great value to prayer, but I don’t know why.
—    Donald E. Knuth
From his book:  “Things A Computer Scientist Rarely Talks About“
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On This Day In:
2023	Just Agree To Disagree
2022	There Is No Fate But What You Make
2021	The Silent Word
	Touched My Hand (I Will Follow Him)
2020	Releasing Their Fears
2019	17 Days Until The Next Government Shutdown
2018	Disciplined Models
2017	We Cannot Afford Enemies
2016	Love Is Just A State Of Mind (The World I Use To Know)
2015	Waiting?
2014	Big C, Little B (II)
	Where God Has Not
2013	Chasing His Dragon
	Shaped And Molded
2012	Believe In Yourself
2011	Cultural Equivalence
	Why Not?
	Books About Books
	The Basis For Adult Continuing Education

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