April 2011
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“Learn your server’s name. Use it.”
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Learn your server’s name. Use it.
Same goes for bartenders. Actually, especially for bartenders.
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“Never forget what you’re working toward.”
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Never forget what you’re working toward.
I really like this soldier’s ultimate goal.
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“Bring a layer and something to read.”
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Bring a layer and something to read.
You never know how long the queue will be, or in what environment you’ll wait.
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“Let other adults come to their own conclusions.”
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Let other adults come to their own conclusions. (Even if you’re helping them toward your favored conclusion.)
“And that’s the great thing about the internet, it gives you access to the raw, real information. And I think that’s what people really crave. They want the interpretation and the analysis from people, but they also want the veracity of seeing the real thing, without having it...
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“If you don’t change where you’re going, you’re gonna end up...”
– Ha Ha Tonka
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“They said / If you don’t change where you’re going / you’re gonna end up right where you’re headed.”—Ha Ha Tonka, Made Example Of.
You’ve heard it before. Doing the same actions won’t produce new results. Old solutions don’t solve new problems. Forza! Etc.
(Ha Ha Tonka’s third studio release, Death of a Decade, was released...
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“When you’re the guest, the meal is always delicious.”
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When you’re the guest, the meal is always delicious.
Well, almost always.
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“If you wear a headband while playing a sport, you better be damned good at that...”
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If you wear a headband while playing a sport, you better be damned good at that sport.
And if you’re going to wear it upside down, you better be awfully damned good.
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“Please do not be cynical… It doesn’t lead anywhere.”
– Conan O’Brien
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“Please do not be cynical.”
A sharp-wit and the occasional snark are just fine, but cynicism, in the words of Coco, “doesn’t lead anywhere.”
“All I ask is one thing. And I’m asking this particularly of young people who watch. Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism. For the record, it’s my least favorite quality. It doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets...
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“Do not personalize license plates.”
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Do not personalize license plates.
Do you really need to pay extra registration fees to a state government, only to remove any doubt about the level of your douchiness in the minds of drivers around you?
(Chances are, your vehicle choice is already doing this for you.)
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“Fall in love with something new every day.”
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Fall in love with something new every day.
It doesn’t need to be a girl or a boy. It might be a spoonful of Fruity Pebbles. A cup of coffee or a glass of red. The sound of a motorbike in the distance. The bassline of a song. A sentence. The soft spring blooms on a tree. Or a barely visible star.
It doesn’t matter what the object is; it’s the act that matters.
Last night I fell...
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“Understand that every single person thinks that he or she is special.”
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Understand that every single person thinks that he or she is special.
Paradoxically, it’s one of the only commonalties we all share.
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“Know what you do best.”
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Know what you do best. Or at least what you’re pretty damned good at. For me, that’s:
Mixing a Bloody Mary
Peer-pressuring friends to drink said Bloody Mary (or other libation)
Procrastinating
Stringing together words
Throwing a Wiffle ball curveball
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“Life is a comedy.”
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Life is a comedy.
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.”—Oscar Wilde
“Suit up!”
– Barney Stinson
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“Suit up!”—Barney Stinson.
Not always (like Barney), but on occasion.
Other Barneyisms available here.
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“Tell of the good. Not just the bad.”
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Tell of the good. Not just the bad.
“So throw away those lamentations / We both know them all too well / If there’s a book of jubilations / We’ll have to write it for ourselves.”—Josh Ritter, from his song, Lantern (2010)
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“Act like you expect to get into the end zone.”
– Joe Paterno
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“Act like you expect to get into the end zone.”
I’m not one for the overuse of sports analogies in everyday life, but the simple, feisty wisdom of Joe Pa is too good to pass up. And spot on.
I suppose that’s why he’s coached Division 1 football for 127 years now.
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“Be willing to fail.”
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