But that's just me
Can there be joy and laughter
The Dhammapada
When always the world is ablaze?
Enshrouded in darkness
Should you not seek a light?
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Here’s a sobering thought.
Remember 9/11? Most Military Recruits Don’t.
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Dallas man arrested following fatal shooting and standoff
2 dead, 1 hurt in ‘critical incident’ on Youngstown’s South Side
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Starfield was released today. I’ve played it a bit and it’s fun. It’s not the greatest thing ever made or even the greatest video game ever made, but it’s fun. Fun is good.
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NYPD: 4 people shot in Bed-Stuy, 2 people in critical condition
One dead, 3 injured in Jackson shooting
4 men injured in shooting at Socorro Park in far East El Paso County
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I can tell already that it’s going to be a long week.
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4 shot during argument in Austin
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Rest in peace.
Gary Wright dead: ‘Dream Weaver,’ ‘Love is Alive’ singer dies at 80
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Dublin man killed, three injured in Labor Day shooting
‘This is unheard of’: Birmingham Police react to fatal double shooting
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Throughout history, the old and the wise tell the young and the foolish not to bother with wanting big diamond rings. They say: Want what you have. That may reject too much of what is amusing about being an American at the rise of the twenty-first century. Perhaps for us it is more reasonable to say: Want what you can get.
From The Happiness Myth by Jennifer Hecht
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Police: Multiple people, including children, shot at home in northwest Atlanta
Police name man shot in Freeport
Police identify 25-year-old man killed in High Point shooting
Second victim identified in deadly Galveston party shooting
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Burning Man is a nightmare this year. Literally a sh-tshow. Lots of jokes about it on social media, but I’m not sharing any. My brother-in-law is there. Hopefully he’s managing.
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1 dead, 6 injured, in shooting at Lynn party
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Like many, I first encountered Buffett’s music in the mid 1970s. I bought his records and attended his concerts through much of the 1980s and 1990s. I started to lose interest in the mid to late 1990s, though. His newer music made me feel like he was just phoning it in, and his concerts seemed to be attended more and more by people that wanted to get drunk and be obnoxious than have fun and listen to music. I listened to him less and less, and I hardly ever go back to his songs these days. Ironically, the first time I used one of his songs as a Song of the Day was in the Wednesday 30 August post, which I wrote on the day he died.
He was a big part of the soundtrack of my life for many years, though, and I have fond memories of experiences and relationships where I can hear his music playing in the background. Godspeed.
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Have some fireable offense puns as we roll into the Labor Day weekend.
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2 men killed in Gwinnett County quadruple shooting identified, investigation continues
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There’s a blue supermoon tonight. Am I going to be viewing? Here’s Hurricane Idalia to answer that.
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Search continues for gunman who shot 4 people at food truck park in Galleria area
UPDATED: Five shot, two critical after shooting in South Peoria
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