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		<title>Omit needless words</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know that I love Strunk and White and their seventeenth principle of composition: Omit needless words. Never was that principle better presented than by railroad crossing signs. Stop. Look. Listen. Always, for all things. Filed under: Family, Fell out of my head, World as we know it Tagged: Children, Grandmother, Inspiration, Love, Teens, Writing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=8118&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have lots of firsts. Memories of many bury themselves deeply within our minds because they seem inconsequential to our daily lives, but there they stay. There must be some reason that the vestiges of those firsts remain in our memories&#8212;perhaps to aid us when we experience similar things in our lives, or maybe they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=8012&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>She looked like a prizefighter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Jenny was born she had a blocked tear duct that caused the tissue around her eye to be sightly swollen. Once the delivery room nurse added silver nitrate drops to her eyes as was customary to prevent eye infection in newborns, the swelling turned a shade of purple-blue that left Jenny looking as if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=7965&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finally</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 22:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s finally here and I am unsure how to feel. For 30 years I have thought that I would rejoice when justice was about to be served. One would think that we would all be happy when justice is about to be served, but I am still unsure. One day you will see the advent [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=7933&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I understand</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 02:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I understand that folks are busy with life. It&#8217;s how things are. I wonder, however, what it would be like if people paid attention to those who will soon be leaving before they left, instead of telling their tale of woe at a funeral service. I have been fortunate. I have had interactions with loved [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=7869&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Getting hitched</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most girls have dreams about how their wedding will unfold. I wonder how many realize their dreams, and how many laugh at reality. I hope that the majority have a hearty laugh at the things that go wrong that can make weddings, and sometimes marriages, go absolutely right. It&#8217;s a good time to talk about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=7820&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A glass of whine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost two years since I decided to begin leaving a series of stories and life posts for you. The two-to-five year prognosis has come and gone; this is now almost year seven. It feels like year seven. Though I warned you I might whine a bit on this site, I have done [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=7731&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Newman and the chicken defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always wanted to be on a jury. Court proceedings fascinate me. Though I was called to report for selection a few times I was never chosen, but in the mid 1980s, Grandma Beanie was. We were all excited for her and awaiting news from her jury adventure. We wondered if it would be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=7673&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bizzy, bizzy, bizzy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 02:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The furnace is fixed. A very devout Christian guy with whom I have many conversations told me today that, a few nights ago, he prayed to God so that he would not need to attend a meeting the following day. The next morning we were having a snow storm that caused many public transportation hubs [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=7642&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:45:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aunt Jenny just reminded me of a story to tell about the typical heroics of your father. He loved to help and wanted to make things better for everyone, especially Jenny. He was a big brother and took that role seriously. So the stage was set one warm summer day when Joe-your-dad and Jenny were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=optymyst.wordpress.com&#038;blog=276296&#038;post=7768&#038;subd=optymyst&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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