booboobabies




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  1. 1. visit the Azores, where my daughter was born
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  2. 2. write a book
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  3. 3. perform
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  4. 4. stay on my diet and exercise program
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  5. 5. Never grow up.
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  6. 6. spend Christmas in Australia
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  7. 7. earn lots of money
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  8. 8. learn to sing better
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  9. 9. become famous
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  10. 10. see the Democratic Party reinvent itself and take back America!
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  11. 11. impeach the president
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  12. 12. create more art
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  13. 13. practice pronoia
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  14. 14. do stand up comedy
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  15. 15. live passionately
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  16. 16. sing in public
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  17. 17. be pretty
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  18. 18. work because I like to, not because I have to
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  19. 19. Discover more Pronoia related goals
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  20. 20. Start my own business
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  21. 21. Make new friends
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  22. 22. reconstruct some of my existing clothing
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  23. 23. help advance progressive causes
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  24. 24. raise my self-esteem
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  25. 25. grow old disgracefully
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  26. 26. age gracefully
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  27. 27. have cosmetic surgery
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  28. 28. meet a Democratic Senator.
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  29. 29. embrace wabi sabi
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  30. 30. See Cirque du Soleil
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  31. 31. doodle
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  32. 32. Stop caring what other people think of me
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  33. 33. blog
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  34. 34. be a performance artist
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be a performance artist
Sounds like fun! 3 months ago

Performance art may be pretty wild sometimes, but I can see myself getting into it. It’s worth a try -


blog (read all 2 entries…)
Question about blogging 4 months ago

How does one blog with an alias? If possible, I would prefer not to blog under my real name. I work for a government agency, and we are encouraged not to be overly political. So if I speak my mind about anything of that nature, I’d prefer to cover myself so my boss would not find out about it. And even if I never chose to talk politics, I’d just prefer to keep my identity to myself. Better safe than sorry -


work because I like to, not because I have to (read all 2 entries…)
Learned a little about this earlier this summer 9 months ago

In June, I spent a week at my Dad’s place in Illinois. I was there to help take care of him after surgery. Unfortunately, he had a tough time afterwards. The poor man was in the hospital the day I returned home, and ended up being there for 5 days.

Before he went “under the knife”, Dad took me on a tour of his workplace. (He is a retired police officer, and still works there part time, handling registered sex offenders.) He told me something very important while we saw the place. It was “When I’m here, I feel great because I’m doing something useful. I dread it when my shift ends, because I know that I’ll feel like crap again as soon as I get home.”

Coming from a 73-year-old man, this is pretty powerful! In our society, we believe that old people should retire and get the hell out of the workplace for their own good as well as that of the employer. I’m sure that my father is not the only older man who benefits from meaningful work. As us “baby boomers” move towards retirement age, we need to challenge society’s attitudes and demand more employment options for those over 60. And better ones as well. I’m sorry, but being a greeter at Wal-Mart isn’t going to cut it for every older person, nor should it be expected to.


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