tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53459587627469727322024-03-21T21:26:15.443-06:00Learn Something New Every DayMarvelous Mertylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346593881321682576noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345958762746972732.post-35268144991282239652015-03-16T14:12:00.000-06:002015-03-21T19:02:47.217-06:00Day 1414: Monday, March 16th<div class="MsoNormal">
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<a href="http://www.aggienetwork.com/news/135956/billy-pickard-an-aggie-football-legend-who-never-played-a-down/">Texas A&M football legendBilly Pickard</a>, Class of ’56, passed away at 12:05 a.m. on Monday March 9, at
the age of 81. I had the privilege and
pleasure to work forand know Mr. Pickard, an amazing man. <o:p></o:p><br />
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makes it easier to stoop the next time.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">”</span></b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;">I decided to post on Mondays instead of Thursdays. I believe that will help me be more consistent. We shall see. Also I'm not numbering this week.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14.5pt;">“</span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;">If you
don't think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical
health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your
body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to
cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;">”~ Kris Carr</span></b><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVZ2Bkmre2n1-72YEZYcdC0DcPErNt4_PxwVC84-y5hqEOtDG9gn23kTxEao-zwjxJLBAArQNvN6nUnHHxh4d9x5u4uqG6Pf3faLShusTUU21o0w5PfB_eoNvzE10aUt-qo_OaV4XrJdF/s1600/Reach+High.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQVZ2Bkmre2n1-72YEZYcdC0DcPErNt4_PxwVC84-y5hqEOtDG9gn23kTxEao-zwjxJLBAArQNvN6nUnHHxh4d9x5u4uqG6Pf3faLShusTUU21o0w5PfB_eoNvzE10aUt-qo_OaV4XrJdF/s1600/Reach+High.jpg" height="279" width="320" /></a><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt;">“It isn’t enough to love, we must prove it.” ~ St. Therese of
Lisieux, </span></b><a href="http://happiness-project.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b4bb6f56200fe4fe93f580bf3&id=a6f2e1a5a4&e=fdb5dfb20c" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Story
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like magic, when cast over someone, they have the extraordinary power </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 18pt;">of
influence. They can</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 18pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 18pt;">speak life or death;
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Week 2 of the journey! My goal is 52 posts this calendar
year. Will be figuring out titles and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) Got my free <a href="http://www.pageaday.com/">Page-a-day
calendar</a> online. This is the one I
really wanted to have in print but couldn’t find once they went on sale. Glad to have it this way. </span></div>
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Currently reading her book: <a href="http://amysaysyesplease.com/">Yes,
Please!</a> She makes me think and laugh out loud often at the same time.</span></span></div>
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really pissing me off. Someone in my
second period could die prematurely of unnatural causes. Just saying…</span></div>
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students are using to emulate the projector remote, this allows them to turn
the projector on and off. If this is happening that is the cause unless you are
getting a “lamp time error” msg on the screen. ~ Esmond<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really enjoy Austin Kleon. I will
probably highlight his stuff often. You
can find him <a href="http://austinkleon.com/">here</a>. Love his books <i>Show Your Work</i> and <i>Steal like
an Artist</i> and I highly recommend them.
He has a weekly newsletter you can subscribe to <a href="http://austinkleon.com/newsletter/">here</a>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5<i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">) “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by
the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a
thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of
punishment. ” </span></i>― Mahatma Gandhi</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6) <a href="http://ryanholiday.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dcd3642d86121fbcaa9914228&id=ee86fe6c96&e=738eeff975" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">The Essential Wooden: A Life Times of Lessons on Leaders and
Leadership</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;">by John Wooden</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">While this isn't the
most narratively structured book, it is full of amazing quotes and anecdotes. I
particularly liked Kareem Abdul Jabbar's description of Wooden as being <i>against</i> passion.
It's in line with what I have been thinking about a lot recently. Good for a
quick read, and like I said, lots of great lines in here from Wooden, from his
father, and from players like Kareem, Bill Walton and others. If you
liked </span><a href="http://ryanholiday.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=dcd3642d86121fbcaa9914228&id=48a34c96f5&e=738eeff975" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue; font-size: 10pt;">The Education of a Coach</span></i></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, this would be a good one to follow it up
with. </span><a href="http://ryanholiday.net/"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">~Ryan Holiday</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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7) Check out <a href="http://allthingscomedy.com/contents/7262/38-swb-ep-75%3A-red-red-wine-with-jenn-sterger-podcast">Sport Without Balls</a>. This week was fabulous. Also love this drawing of Erin all done up in her Giants gear. I'm slightly obsessed with this podcast at the moment. Check it out at All Things Comedy.<br />
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I ignored my personal email over the Christmas break. Now I’m dealing with that. I have over 3500 emails in AOL. Probably be sharing a lot of that this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) I got bored being a pirate last week. I know inconceivable! I begin playing Assassin’s Creed III again
from the beginning. I really hate the
opening stuff until you get to be Connor.
Just saying… I have achieved 25%
synconization as Connor at this point this week.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">been out to their new place. Turns out
my tablet makes a great babysitter. Just
have to deal with the tiny guy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<a href="http://allthingscomedy.com/channels/38/sports-without-balls">Sports without balls</a> is an awesome podcast done by Erin
Foley. I’ve been listening to the older
ones I missed the first time around. I
have been thoroughly entertained. “We
said Goodbye and I ran him over in my car.”
~ EF<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sweeties Reunion in Cozumel in September.
I like it. Going to look into
this see if it is still an option.
Shannon sent the email in Nov. I
just got it. If it’s meant to be, it
will happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Page-A-Day Calendars are fun. I like
never really looked at the 1000 places to see before you die one I got last
year but I have a new free one coming.
TBA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I’m so over deflate-gate. “<i>I’m going
to be point blank, I feel like it’s cheating. Because you have an edge up
on your opponent and its unfortunate that it happened</i>.” ~ Jerry Rice<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Rice still would have been the greatest receiver of all time. But, as he
said regarding the Patriots, he still had an edge.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Love me some FlyLady! Need to get back
to basics with her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9)
I don't like making plans for the day: because then the word
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<a href="http://austinkleon.com/2015/02/03/borrow-a-kid/">Borrow a kid</a>. Spend some time trying to see through
their eyes. You will discover new things.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11)
Peyton Manning resumes workouts!
Yea! Please come back
Peyton. YOU can do it. One More!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">12)
<a href="http://chrisguillebeau.com/schedule-real-life/">IT’S OKAY TO SCHEDULE “REAL LIFE” INTO YOUR
CALENDAR</a> <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The time is now to change your life. No need to wait. For what it is that you're looking for is what's looking. You are the source and the destination, the river and the ocean, the seed and the fruit! Since every moment is a choice, choose the rosy colored glasses that paint the world brightly. Perhaps someday, your choosing so will carry you on a magical dream adventure called success, happiness and real joy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~ Aaron Ableman</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,lucida grande,lucida sans unicode,lucida sans,tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The funny thing is, we equate making money with the daily grind, yet the people who make the most money rarely treat it that way. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,lucida grande,lucida sans unicode,lucida sans,tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The most successful people I know feel relatively inspired on a daily basis. And they were like that before they made their money. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,lucida grande,lucida sans unicode,lucida sans,tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">It’s so easy to forget that money isn’t the thing that motivates our highest selves, even if it’s the thing we spend most of our day pursuing. I believe we're made for higher things.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms,lucida grande,lucida sans unicode,lucida sans,tahoma,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #8e7cc3;">The question is, whether or not we actually believe it</span></span></div>
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Valerie Harper is facing a devastating diagnosis: terminal brain cancer. Resolved to face her last days with courage and humor, "I don't think of dying," says the actress, 73, who previously battled lung cancer in 2009. "I think of being here <em>now</em>."</div>
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Marvelous Mertylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12346593881321682576noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5345958762746972732.post-33937379210476270382013-03-05T14:12:00.000-06:002015-03-21T18:01:15.820-06:00Day 673: March 5thTuesday<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. ~ John Wooden</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Follow your passion, Stay true to yourself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;">Never follow anyone else's path, </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: large;">see a path, and by all means you should follow that.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdC5p473L2PojPdjA2JTFhdrnpyEUE7gO34qP50bw_7QAG9pLhxPdbB7xtRq02jkzsFGSyRRFPbFjQ9KSnmWV5s9vA9sTR4-b0e_moPbuUvxM4-5cfXWO4QBnjd_CVUGyxchh_mNjOMxl/s1600/smiley+coolio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTdC5p473L2PojPdjA2JTFhdrnpyEUE7gO34qP50bw_7QAG9pLhxPdbB7xtRq02jkzsFGSyRRFPbFjQ9KSnmWV5s9vA9sTR4-b0e_moPbuUvxM4-5cfXWO4QBnjd_CVUGyxchh_mNjOMxl/s320/smiley+coolio.jpg" gsa="true" height="217" width="320" /></a><span class="userContent"><span style="color: #93c47d; font-size: x-large;">do something each day to remind yourself of who you really are and why you are really here.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">"Moderation.</span></div>
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