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"To laugh, often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none." - Benjamin Franklin.

"Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything." - Norman Lear

"Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read." - Groucho Marx

100 THINGS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT ME:
(I haven't actually counted.)
I have a terrible memory.
I can't remember anything from one day to a next.
I can't talk about the old days, because I don't remember them.
I can never remember people's names, even people I've known for a long time.
I love puns and bad jokes.
I will read almost anything.
I am very lazy.
I procrastinate alot.
Especially by playing with the computer.
I like when the house is clean, but I really don't mind when it's dirty.
I don't notice when things are out of place.
I love to paint.
Pictures, not rooms.
I never put people in my paintings.
I can't live without music.
I love to sing.
I try to never sing in front of anyone but my family.
I absolutely adore Eddie Vedder.
I love Pearl Jam.
I never expected to like them.
I think this list is very egotistical but I'm doing it anyway.
I hate carrots.
Not the way they taste.
I hate their very existence.
Did I mention that I'm allergic to them?
They make my throat close up.
My whole family loves Monty Python.
We often quote from "The Holy Grail."
We also quote from the "Book of Armaments."
I am afraid of bears.
I love to camp but I worry about bears and lightning.
My grandmother was Mohawk Iroquois from Kahnawake.
She gave me an indian name, "Full Moon."
She named my sister "Half Moon."
I never thought it was a very good name until I got older.
I want to learn how to say "Full Moon" in Mohawk.
My grandmother died on my birthday a few years ago.
I am very short -- under 5 foot tall.
I am a peacemaker personality type.
I hate confict.
I am a "rules" person.
I am almost obsessive about following rules.
I prefer to believe in magic and fairies and fortune-telling and ghosts.
I hate magic tricks and magicians.
I like magic tricks if they are done by a kid.
I love Laura's card tricks.
I can juggle two balls, but not three.
I can whistle like a bird, but I can't whistle a song.
I would love to be a bird watcher, but I can't see them well enough to identify.
I love trees, especially sassafras trees.
I love tea -- hot in the winter, iced in summer.
I used to drink sassafras tea, but I can't find it too often in the store anymore.
I heard it was illegal now.
I like to cook sometimes, but I hate cooking because it is so CONSTANTLY required.
I also hate to cook because I hate to clean up afterwards.
I'm very happy now because Thor is doing the dishes.
I love to bake cookies, cake, pie, and fudge, but then I usually eat most of it, which is BAD.
I'm addicted to sugar.
I'm more Yin than Yang.
I prefer the mountains to the beach.
KMSR is my favorite place in the world.
I always wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail.

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