“Ability is what you’re capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.”

- Lou Holtz

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I have decided to watch at least one Christmas movie/show a day between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Day 2: Spirited

“Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”

- Vince Lombardi

I have decided to watch at least one Christmas movie/show a day between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Day 1: Miracle on 34th Street

“It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.”

- Brad Henry

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“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.”

- Abraham Lincoln

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Help me pick the next book I read:

  • One of many sports books (Jimmy Johnson’s memoir, Scottie Pippen’s memoir, a hockey book, etc)

  • A Star Wars book

  • Game of Thrones

  • A Stephen King book

  • A Jack Reacher book

  • Or something different (Please specify).

“Five days a week, I read my goals before I go to sleep and when I wake up. There are 10 goals around health, family and business with expiration dates, and I update them every six months.”

- Daymond John

“I’m a person who has to eat! I graze every few hours.”

- Marisa Tomei

Winning a raffle restores my faith!

So much for me wondering if the 50/50 raffles at sporting events are a scam. I’ve wondered in the past if anyone actually wins the money. I mean as many sporting events as I attend every year, I feel like the odds would be in my favor that I would at least be i the general area of someone winning the money. I feel like I would hear someone yelling with excitement when their number was called out.

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“Those who cannot understand how to put their thoughts on ice should not enter into the heat of debate.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

- George Santayana

“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”

- Ernest Hemingway

“We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail. Peace and Freedom will prevail.”

- George W. Bush

“Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.”

- Mark Twain

“I would love it if the whole ‘Godzilla’ franchise was revitalized for a new generation.”

- Dean Devlin

I forgot I ordered this book. It showed up in my Kindle library this morning. Can’t wait to get started on it.

“When you have a watch on, it just sets everything off. It’s the icing on the cake when it comes to your entire look.”

- B.o.B

I need to be more proactive about recylcing my aluminium cans. Every time I see a place to throw away trash and they have one for recycling, I think about it. Then it seems to slip my mind.

I love discovering new music!