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he gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.
Albert Camus
(Thankfully children do not see it as labor.)

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The smallest minority on the earth is the individual
Mike Quest AKA Mquest

one more

Tonight the bouncer biker guy is doing double duty.
He asks if he can remove the dead soldiers from our table. I have often referred to empty bottles as dead soldiers, but it seems odd when it comes out of the mouth of a guy that probably has a POW/MIA flag proudly hanging over his couch.

Destiny engineer-

Mquest Jr has been taking Karate classes. It is rather comical to watch the children do their own thing while the teacher attempts to keep control. The teacher does a good job of keeping calm.

The class has given me a great opportunity to take pictures.

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I write about myself with the same pencil and in the same exercise book as about him. It is no longer I, but another whose life is just beginning.
Samuel Beckett

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Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, plan carefully before making a move, and be alert in guarding against relapse following a renaissance.
Horace

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Day! Faster and more fast, O'er night's brim, day boils at last; Boils, pure gold, o'er the cloud-cup's brim.
Robert Browning Hamilton

I am back

Hello all-
Life is moving quick.

A few weeks ago I broke the camera. I was able to borrow a replacement camera to tide me over. The nice people at cannon have fixed it and they claim it is in the mail. The lesson is that I need to have a back up camera. (enter dream mode)