Fun loving

"Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life." -Ian Fleming
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Early Morning

"So many want to be lifted by song and dancing, and this morning it is easy to understand. I write in the sound of chirping birds hidden in the almond trees, the almonds still green and thriving in the foliage." -Linda Gregg
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Toe Talk

"He held the object up. 'That,' he grinned, 'would be your big toenail.'
I was mortified, then amused. How could I lose a toenail without knowing? ... He laughed and asked if he could keep it. I guess that's the kind of trophy a podiatry student keeps around the dorm." -Ultramarathon Man Dean Karnazes
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Elevation

"It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is always better from the top." -Arnold Bennett
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Livin'

"Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live." -Louis Terkel
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Need to Hydrate

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So True

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And Proud of It

Wondering if this kid's parents made him/her write this, or if it was voluntary?
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Seen at the Library

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Self

"The first person you have to inspire every day is yourself." -Marc Parent
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Piles

"Words are like leaves and where they most abound / much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found." -Alexander Pope
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Short lived

"Most dreams die a slow death. They're conceived in a moment of passion, with the prospect of endless possibility, but often languish and are not pursued with the same heartfelt intensity as when first born. Slowly, subtly, a dream becomes elusive and ephemeral. People who've let their own dreams die become pessimists and cynics." -Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathon Man.
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Go Forth

"You must always make the path for yourself... decide now to choose the hard path that leads to the life and the world that you want." -Stephen Colbert.

Also, good WaPo article here.
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Happy Graduation!

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X Marks the Spot

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Hope

"I have hope because what's the alternative to hope? Despair? If you have despair, you might as well put your head in the oven." -Louis "Studs" Terkel
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A Classic

Watched this last night.
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A New

"I wish that there were some wonderful place
In the Land of Beginning Again.
Where all our mistakes and all our heartaches
And all of our poor selfish grief
Could be dropped like a shabby old coat at the door
and never put on again." -Louisa Fletcher
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Road Trip

"The dust of not sleeping drifts in my mouth, and five or six miles slur by uncounted." -William Matthews
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Literary

"I start every day by reading a little something." -Rosellen Brown
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Jealousy

"Jealousy is a terrible thing. It keeps you up at night, it demands tremendous energy in order to remain alive, and so you have to want to feed it, nurture it -- and by so wanting, you have to acknowledge that you are a bitter, petty person. It changes you. It changes the way you view the world; minor irritations become major catastrophes; celebrations become trials." -The Aviator's Wife
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ASME on Ice

"If you're not going to take a tequila shot, you might want to consider another place of employment." -a certain publisher of a certain ASME-winning magazine.
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Wild side

"I often wanted to be bolder than I was, and as I've got older it's bothered me less what people think ... I've been able to be much more outrageous, really." -author Alan Bennett
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New Balance on SNL

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Unique Nomenclature

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Old School

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The Bright Side

"Suffering, however, can be experienced as a curse or a blessing; the luckiest is the one who can experience it as a blessing." -Carolyn Forche
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Love Will Always Stay

From yesterday evening's hike to the natural arch.
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Grow a Beard

What is your biological age? Click here.
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Canyon Rim

"Running should be a lifelong activity. Approach it patiently and intelligently, and it will reward you for a long, long time." -Michael Sargent
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Stupendousness

"Yet how much we love one another.
It seems a miracle. Not mystical, nothing occult,
just the ordinary improbability that occurs 
over and over, the stupendousness
of life." -Hayden Carruth
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