Month: January 2014
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One year
After my weigh-in on Thursday, where I was up .2 pounds, my total weight loss for the year staring 2013-01-29 is 65.6 pounds. This stubborn fat seems the hardest to lose, the cooperative fat just seemed to melt off. Only 12.2 pounds to go to get to my goal weight of 174 pounds.Gonna be hard…
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Stuck in my head
So I have this song lyric that is stuck in my head, “Today is Monday (or any other day of the week), what’s on the menu?” I wonder if it was from Romper Room, or Captain Kangaroo in the 1960’s. I’d like to get the whole thing so I could rinse it out of my…
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Prejudice
A duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich.The barman looks at him and says, “Hang on! You’re a duck.”“I see your eyes are working,” replies the duck.“And you can talk!” exclaims the barman.“I see your ears are working, too,” says the duck. “Now if you don’t…
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Worse
And today, the magic number in Grand Rapids, MN at 08:00 AM was -27F. The Black Beauty was a little fussier this morning, and took a few minutes to decide to get going, but I did like Louie Anderson suggested, and talked to her very nicely, and she eventually started. I guess that half a…
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Cold
Amazingly, my car started this morning in Park Rapids, even though the temperature was -21 F. I spent the day with the foresters, cruised timber with the timber program lead, assisting with a couple of plots; and saw how they work with the data for the timber sales. Very interesting.Also had some discussions with them…
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Goodbye Winston
Faith is walking to the edge of the light you have… and taking one more step.Banner hanging in Ossipee Community Church, Merrifield, Minnesota; seen at Win Borden’s funeral
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Winston W. Borden
My friend Winston died on Monday after complications from bladder cancer. I last saw him in August on my way back to the cities. He told me that the cancer patients were all the ones who seemed happy when he was waiting for treatment. I shall miss him, treasure his friendship, and reread his book…