“So many books, so little time.”

- Frank Zappa

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Sucky Little Sunday Night

We were supposed to put the tree up. It was in the works. I went and got it from the place it was being stored. I brought it home. I brought it in the house. We did the outside decorations and lights on Friday. Saturday we decorated the yard at my in-laws house. So, today was all about the tree. After unloading it we noticed a kitten outside that wasn’t doing too well.

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“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

- Charles Dickens

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“He who thanks but with the lips Thanks but in part; The full, the true Thanksgiving comes from the heart.”

- J.A. Shedd

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“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.”

- Oprah Winfrey

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Thanksgiving Day 2020: the day of epiphanies!

“On Thanksgiving Day, we acknowledge our dependence.”

- WIlliam Jennings Bryan

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Due to my recent proclamation about markdown, I’ve been using TickTick. It has support for markdown and I love it.

“When asked if my cup is half-full or half-empty my only response is that I am thankful I have a cup.”

- Sam Lefkowitz

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77 Mind-Blowing Facts

Some of these are absolutely crazy. Here are my favorites: Pluto never made a full orbit around the sun from the time it was discovered to when it was declassified as a planet. A thousand seconds is about 16 minutes. A million seconds is about 11 days. A billion seconds is about 32 years. The probability of you drinking a glass of water that contains a molecule of water that also passed through a dinosaur — you know, dinosaur pee — is almost 100%.

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“Let us remember that, as much as been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.”

- Theodore Roosevelt

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I get up at 3:30 every morning to go workout. My wife does not. She usually wakes up around 6:30. So, when the neighbor has a visitor at 5:30 in the morning with their music blaring really loud, I get angry texts from said wife who has been woken up an hour before the alarm’s set

“We must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.”

- John F. Kennedy

There should be a class that teaches people not to stop as soon as you walk through a door going into a retail store.

Markdown is where it’s at. Just saying.

“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

- Nelson Mandela

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Can we all agree if masks are required, then stores should not have the heat on when it’s 70+ degrees outside?

Good. Can someone tell the stores please?

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by the dogma - which is living with the result of other people’s thinking.”

- Steve Jobs

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“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

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Pet peeve: Getting a text message from some random number trying to sell me something and then putting “reply ‘unfollow’ to unsubscribe.”

First off, I shouldn’t have to reply anything to unsubscribe. I didn’t subscribe to receive this message in the first place.