Years ago, I would look at people and ask myself whether they liked me.
I eventually learned to instead ask myself whether I like them.
I like you.
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What I want for Christmas.
What I really want, from all of my loved ones, is: I want you to raid my refrigerator. I want you to keep coming around; at least message me, preferably with photos, when you can’t visit or meet me. I want you to ask me questions; ask my opinion; ask my advice. I want you to tell me your problems and your thoughts about them. I want you to bounce your ideas about how to handle them off me. And I want you ...Read More Read more »
I put extra time and effort into the big meal this Thanksgiving Day.
First, I brined the turkey. I’ve never done that before. I’ll never fail to again. It certainly made the turkey moister. (I like that word.) Irrefutably.
I didn’t let it soak overnight, though. It soaked in the brine about five hours before I rinsed it and then I let it sit on a cooling rack over a cookie sheet in the fridge, uncovered, ...Read More Read more »
A zen master once told me, “Do the opposite of what I tell you.”
So I don’t.
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Chocolate
Hon, I m gonna have one more beer with the guys. If I m not home in 30 mins, read this text again. Luv u.
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” ~Benjamin Franklin, the only person to have signed all four of the documents that helped to create our United States: the Declaration of Independence (1776); the Treaty of Alliance with France (1778); the Treaty of Peace between England, France, and the United States (1782); and our Constitution (1787). He helped write parts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. He was the founder of the University of Pennsylvania, the American Philosophical Society, the Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Franklin and Marshall College.
Thanks to public education, most people today believe that America is a “democracy.” But we’re not a democracy. We’re not “mob-ruled” as much as the puppet masters would like us to be. Our country was founded to be ruled by law, through representatives, which makes us a Constitutional Republic. This form of representation is not only manifested in the way our government is structured, but also in the way that we elect our presidents. The delegate process and the Electoral College ...Read More Read more »
Steak and eggs, medium and sunny, with espresso, straight and perfectly-drawn, by the fire, crackling and aromatic in my own hearth, beautiful and warm, while overlooking my lake, sparkling and embracing, which is reflecting what is right now MY blue sky on MY crisp, autumn day, while shining upon my ceiling its dancing lighting, prompting my reflecting upon the comfort and health of my loved ones and myself, is one of the best delectations in life.
Probably the single most important paradigm shift of our lifetime.
Extremely well-communicated–aesthetically! Enjoy! Read more »