Walking on water can really interfere with taking a bath.

Did you wake up this morning I mean really wake up, not just open your eyes but get your mind working. How can you tell?

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Factoid to upset statisticians: Toss penny 10,000 times, it will be heads about 4,950. Heads side weighs more so it ends up on the bottom.

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Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.

If you think nobody cares, try missing a couple of payments.

Support bacteria. They're the only culture most people have.

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

On the other hand, you have different fingers.

A day without sunshine is like night.

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Ever notice how often those who promise to protect actually mean to take advantage?

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The distance between you and love is only as far as your dreams.

Tomorrow book signing noon, 8910 Troy Street Spring Valley, CA. Stop by an say hello, get your signed copy of Memoirs From the Asylum

Grasshopper can leap 500 times its own height. In relation to size has greatest jumping ability of all creatures. But forgets to plan ahead.

A good cup of coffee and a good loaf of bread at basic ingredients in a great day.

7/23/1904: Ice cream cone introduced in St Louis, MO. What was his name?

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If at first you don't succeed, try try again. If you still don't succeed, give up. Don't make a damn fool of yourself. (W.C. Fields)

Watching the cement dry. I have no idea why they dug up the old and poured the new. But I love the surface of newness.

7/21/1925: ''monkey trial'' ended in Dayton, TN, John T. Scopes convicted of violating state law for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

Another author has asked me to write a cover blurb for her book. What an honor. I guess people are beginning to see me as a literary force.

Consider the options, weigh the alternatives, but do not become frozen by indecision.

Much to their amazement, early astronauts in orbit were able to see the wakes of ships. The words is a thing of beauty. Let us not despoil it.

Factoid: You definitely have water on the brain. The human brain is 74 percent water. And my little gray cells can't swim.

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7/20/1969: Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin land safely on the moon in the Eagle lunar module. Hooray.

Ordinarily wouldn't tweet about haircut, but after five months, it was getting a bit much. After it, I knew in my next life I'll be a sheep.

7/19/1692 Five women hanged for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Seems like only yesterday.

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Remember, when life gives you lemons, take a hot bath and watch a movie.

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They say: A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people
remembering the same thing!

They say: Woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
Man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

They say: A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

They say: A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

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Factoid: Armadillos are the only animal besides humans that can get leprosy (Hanson's Disease)

British law passed 1845, attempting commit suicide was capital offense. Offenders could be hanged for trying. Guaranteeing success.

The economy has gotten so bad that when Bill and Hillary travel together, they now have to share a room.

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Vatican decides that priests raping and molesting is in same category as ordaining women as priests. God have mercy. http://ping.fm/oOAIa

Factoid: The caffeine in tea is called theine (tay-eene) and metabolizes differently in the body than the caffeine in coffee.

Soem thoughts on the interface of colonialism and tribal societies. http://ping.fm/FYXHS

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Factoid: A Saudi Arabian woman can get a divorce if her husband doesn't give her coffee. Who says Arab culture is misogynistic?

Majestic vista abound in the world of imaginations.

Factoid: Average cat consumes about 127,750 calories a year nearly 28 times its own weight in food.Cats cannot survive on a vegetarian diet.

Book signing coming up in San Diego July 25 Noon at California Comfort 8910 Troy Street Spring Valley California Please join us.

In San Diego July 25? Join me at Calli Comfort in Spring Valley at noon. Signing copies of Memoirs From the Asylum.

July 25 - book signing - California Comfort 8910 Troy Street Spring Valley California Hope you'll join us.

If the music you seek is not already playing in your head, you probably need to change the channels of your mind.

Show me a person who knows what's what, and I will show you a person who knows very little.

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Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead. How many resurrected?

Kids Make Nutritious Snacks.
Do they taste like chicken?

Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft.
Heinz Baked Beans?

Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges.
Stronger than duct tape?

Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant.
After that??

Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers.
Taking things a bit far?

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Today is independence day in Mongolia. I've always wanted to visit Mongolia and love throat singing and most of the Mongolian movies.

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Breaking up is hard to do - really. Here's scientific evidence. It may help you to know why. http://ping.fm/tvlb9

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Slime molds live on rain forest floor slither like animals for food. Like plants, scatter spores to become more slime molds or politicians.

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Friend and her husband purchased two parrots to replace their kids, who are off to college. Birds live how long? Must love parenting.

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Elvis Presley wore a cross, star of David, & Hebrew letter chi. Explained, "I don’t want to miss out on heaven due to a technicality."

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Consider the alternatives before you jump. Life is a series of leaps, many of which are based on faith. But sometimes ...

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The Society of Christian Socialists, asserted that "the teachings of Jesus Christ lead directly to some form or forms of socialism.

American Pledge of Allegiance written by Francis Bellamy, founding member, of Society of Christian Socialists.

Factoid: World's oldest known animal? Born in 1830, Harriet is a Galapagos land tortoise. "Nobody knows the troubles she's seen."

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7/5/1946 Bikini is introduced in Paris, France. What a wonderful day it was.

Glory in the day that you are given; for if you miss today's joy, surely you cannot expect to celebrate tomorrow.

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Give a people bread and circuses and you may think you have their loyalty. But loyalty requires heart and mind not just belly and humor.

The ant has the largest brain in the animal kingdom, in proportion to its size. Unfortunately they can't order Memoirs From the Asylum. http://ping.fm/yMbEu

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Sirus the dog star is now visible in the heavens. The dog days are here.

In honor of Kafka's birthday I shall become what I have always been and cease being what I have always been. Total metamorphoses.

Question: What book should you read?
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GED question: What does the word 'benign' mean?
A. Benign is what you will be after you be eight (brilliant)

GED question: What is artificial insemination?
A. When the farmer does it to the bull instead of the cow.

GED ?: What happens to your body as you age?
A. When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental. (I know this too well)

GED question: In a democratic society, how important are elections?
A. Very important. Sex can only happen when a male gets an election.

Q on a GED exam: What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A: If you are buying a house they will insist that you are well endowed.

Question from a GED exam: How is dew formed?
One answer: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire

Just had another poem accepted for Sept publication in Vox Poetica.
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I welcome hope and joy, but I also welcome pain and sorrow for they are also part of life.

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According to American Solar Energy Society enough sunlight falls on earth's surface each minute to meet world energy demand for a year.

7/2/1947: UFO crashes near Roswell, NM. Time to tell the truth, it was my parents' spaceship. That's why I was in the asylum. http://ping.fm/fyPtR

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We spoke as old men do, of this and that - of memories. We sipped decaf, bemoaned gas and urinary pain. And promised we would meet again.

Four fores worth noting: -boding, -shadowing, -bearance, -play

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7/1/1863: The Battle of Gettysburg begins. (That was 7 score and seven years ago and we still remember what they did and what Lincoln said.)