Tag: dailyprompt
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No Kidding
“Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher It was the 3rd day of February, 2021, and I had an appointment with a surgeon 90 miles away from my home. The plan was to be dropped off at 5:00 PM, be in the OR by 6:00 PM, and…
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Finding Your Voice
“I am in full support with him saying anything he wants to, but then he has to own the consequences of saying them. He’s not being canceled. He’s experiencing the consequences of expressing his views” ~ Bill Holbrook When I read Ron Chernow’s book on Alexander Hamilton it was easy to visualize Hamilton’s journey up…
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Get Out of Jail Free Card
“We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a position where much of what ‘he’ thinks and says are the things that everybody else thinks and says; that he has not acquired the ability to think originally — that is, for himself…
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Welcome to the Show
“Music can change the world, because it can change people.” ~ Bono What’s the last performance I’ve seen? Ouch! This prompt hurts. Checking ticket prices for the Knicks upcoming playoff game in Madison Square Garden gave me a pretty good case of sticker shock yesterday. $900 per ticket AND these aren’t even court side, but…
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Rotting Pythons
γνῶθι σεαυτόν, Gnōthi seautón “Know Thyself” Sometimes these daily prompts make me think they were written by the Oracle of Delphi. Only yesterday I was in the office of the managing director to break the news with him that I am about to embark on a new path. So, considering my career path, after meandering…
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15-LOVE
“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Community service has become such a buzz word and resume filler. I think the movement, if we can call it that, may have started gaining traction back in 1993 at the conjunction of Uranus and Neptune. But what I’ve observed is that the…
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Skyscrapers and Everything…
I clean the windows on a 740-foot skyscraper. The first time, I felt like I was going to die, but now it’s freeing. ~ Lucas Da Silva Can you imagine cleaning windows for a living? There is a saying that goes, “It’s a job, and somebody’s got to do it!” But I’m not talking about…
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Happy Trailers
“Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” ~ Will Rogers Yesterday I drove 45 miles in the rain to look at a utility trailer. I have been eyeing one of these trailers for sometime but haven’t decided on one until yesterday. We struck a deal, exchanged cash and a promise to stick the…
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Where You Bean
“I was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.” ~ Howard Schultz It is rumored that Blue Bottle, Intelligensia, Peet’s, and Lavazza all produce a more refined and complex cup of coffee than Starbucks. These competitors are frequently cited for their higher-quality beans,…
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The Last Game
“The problem is politics is made a sport, almost as much a sport as football or baseball. When it comes to politics, adults and politicians do more finger-pointing and play more games than children ever do. Too often are we rooting for the pride of a team rather than the good of the nation” ~…
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