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9 a.m. Authenticity
The harsh light of the practical morning makes sharing yourself markedly more difficult. For everything, there is a time. It’s easy to say the words when we’re prone to vulnerability. And strength to say them when there is no apparent reason.
A Few Quotes
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Because I don’t want to be known as the serious guy, here is an astute comment on both biology and second-hand store fashion….
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Time Change
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Jerks
This is a motivational quote from a future State Senator, one designed to remind us that we need to forge ahead even when people aren’t kind or easy to deal with. Step over them and keep going.
Life Is Not A Pencil – It’s A Chalkboard
Life is not a pencil. The eraser is an illusion. Life is a chalkboard. You can erase it and start over. But as you do, you’ll note that the residue of what preceded your newly scribbled life and words leaves a residue. That’s all it is, a reminder. It’s okay to reinvent yourself and abandon all your old routines if they no longer work for you. To put it more accurately, for you to recognize that they don’t. We find comfort in the familiar, even if the familiarity contains pain. We forget that we are not our routines and habits. Erase the board if you can. And use colored chalk this time around while you’re at it.
Love,X
Silence Is A Lie
Someone sent this quote to me today, to remind me that one of the best qualities in a person is their willingness to speak their truth and have faith that it will land authentically. Not because it is a universal truth, but because it is your truth. Concealing your innermost self is the surest road to unhappiness. All of us have experienced the growing burden of needing to say what’s on our minds but feel as if we can’t or shouldn’t. If you’re surrounded by loving people, it is very hard to say the wrong thing. Pay attention to your urge to silence what is growing in your mind or things you need to say.
The person read my post about anxiety on my blog and wrote me to say that it wasn’t until that moment that they realized they were fooling themselves into believing they were self-sufficient.
Love, X
The Eternal Fight
All y’all normal people can tell me this isn’t true. I know it’s my own quote but it sings to me as a reminder.
Love, X.
The Vice Rule
The Vice Rule: invest in vice and frivolous hobbies and you’ll always have money in the bank.
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Catch Up!
I’ve been working on my new album. I have to finish it before Adele drops hers. Live focus groups, however, have been giving me mixed critiques!
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My latest painted rock. Would it be funny to conspicuously place this at the local convenience store gas pumps?
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“Trivial Pursuit” would be an ideal and sarcastic name for my autobiography. And each chapter should start with a question; by the end of the book, you could calculate your correct guesses. .
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Fayetteville is getting a little out of hand with these personalized signs. 
I noticed this one on my early morning walk today.
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My counselor said, “If you don’t like having a mortgage, then you have an Apartment Complex.”
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In this modern world, the best enemies are the Amish, because they’ll never see you talking smack about them on the internet.
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My application for entry into the Seminary was rejected. One of the questions asked was, “Give an example of how the Church might save a lot of money.” I answered, “If you’d bless the water filter, you could make a lot more holy water with each blessing.”
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My neighbor told me he couldn’t figure out why people stopped honking at him while he drove. I didn’t have the heart to tell him I’d placed a “Student Driver” sticker on his bumper.
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Note: the spelling error is intentional on the above picture!
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Microsoft now offers bedding. I went online to the Microsoft Store and bought myself a set of nice Excel spreadsheets for $20.
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Therapy With Humor
When I arrived at the counselor’s office, I texted her in Spanish: “I’ve arrived. I hope the clown suit doesn’t bother you.” (She’s learned a decent amount of Spanish) I don’t think she would have been surprised if I had a clown suit on.
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I drew a picture of my money.
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I won’t inundate your feed with too many pictures of my cat Güino. However, people ask, “What’s with his name?” When he came home from the Springdale Animal Shelter in 2008, he was VERY young. When I visited him at the shelter, all he did was make this strange cry. It sounded like a penguin! Since I love Spanish, I shortened the word “pingüino” to “Güino.” It’s also fun to use a name with an umlaut in it. It’s pronounced “Gwee-no.” .
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My counselor said, “If you don’t like having a mortgage, then you have an Apartment Complex.”
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An edit I did for a meme I see all over the internet.
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An edit for a friend’s beautiful view…
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(Another edit for a friend…)
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P.S. Parenthetically Speaking 