hirudo




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  1. 1. Lose 100 Pounds
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  2. 2. Learn German
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  3. 3. Learn Spanish
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  4. 4. Learn Latin
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  5. 5. Do the "Couch to 5K" running program
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Read 5 more books in 2008 (read all 5 entries…)
5. The Collected Poems of C.P. Cavafy 10 months ago

a new translation by Aliki Barnstone. This is the first time I’ve read Cavafy and I must say the poems are hauntingly beautiful. Cavafy has the amazing facility to evoke a historical moment, distilling it down to a dreamy essence and leave you the reader standing in its presence to make of it what you will.



Assist people in need meaningfully this Holiday season (read all 3 entries…)
An elderly couple across the 11 months ago

alley from me is working through the husband’s rehabilitation following a stroke. Yesterday I went over and volunteered to clear their sidewalks and driveway for as long as they wanted me to. Its an odd feature of my state that some folks positively love showblowing or shoveling snow. The husband is one of those happy people so in my offer I was careful to say, “until Norbert can get back at it.” Norbert’s wife got all choked up and agreed.



lose 100 pounds (read all 22 entries…)
Over lunch I bumped into a club member I haven't seen 11 months ago

in six months. “My God! How much weight have you lost?” This was the most gratifying thing I have heard in years.



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