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Happy New Year is in order

I spent New Years in Chicago, though that is not what I had planned when I left Houston.

I left Houston to see the U of Houston Cougars play in the Liberty Bowl - and after getting really hammered during the game, was despondent at their loss and called my buddy in Chicago and told him I was coming...
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A theme that has come up for me recently is 'standing on the shoulders of giants'

both from a personal perspective, thinking about my family and appreciating the things my mom and dad did to get me where i am, and from a religious perspective, thinking about the fact that most western christians would trace their roots back to the church in rome, and my...
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Something missing from democracy is a mission, like a litmus test

'In the best interest of the greatest number of people and our planet, without infringing on the rights of the individual'

now as americans, we would probably put americans first, or limit it to the greatest good for americans, but that would be missing the point. Rights are something that could be debated, but...
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remember those big pencils you would use in kindergarden, and then years later you wish you had because you are playing pencil break and you are sure such a pencil would be undefeatable? do people still play 'pencil break' and did later players come up with a better name for it?

and what do you add when you sing rudolph the red nose reindeer? 'you...
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Have you ever listened to the lyrics of that sheryl crow song 'the first cut is the deepest?' Well, that was kind of how I felt on the plane ride home from Chicago. I was thinking how this first love must have hurt at its end. How the mere mention of that love can bring tears to the one I love. How can I convey...
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What if a superbrain race emerged and started reproduction control on the Under-brained? Toodles for you, thats what.

You either make money being somberfaced or a living with a smile