From “Bones,” Season 1, Episode 18, “The Man with the Bone”:
“Greed is the real curse.”

From “Bones,” Season 1, Episode 18, “The Man with the Bone”:


“Every man has three characters – that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 – 1890)
“The more things change, the more they are the same.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 – 1890)
“Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 – 1890)
“We can invent only with memory.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 – 1890)
“Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.” – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808 – 1890)
And, three not by Karr:
“The more things change, the more they remain… insane.” - Michael Fry and T. Lewis, Over the Hedge, 05-09-04

The author J.D. Salinger died today. These are some of my favorite quotes from his books, and by him:
“I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetary. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody.”
- J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), The Catcher in the Rye
I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
– J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), The Catcher in the Rye
I’m not going to bed after all. Somebody around here hath murdered sleep. Good for him.
– J.D.Salinger (1919 – 2010), Seymour:An Introduction
I can’t be running back and forth forever between grief and high delight.
– J. D. Salinger (1919 – 2010)
I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
– J. D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), Franny and Zooey Pg. 30
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
– J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), The Catcher in the Rye
I hope to hell that when I do die somebody has the sense to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetary. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you’re dead? Nobody.
– J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), The Catcher in the Rye
“I’m sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.
- J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), The Catcher in the Rye
I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
- J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), The Catcher in the Rye
I’m not going to bed after all. Somebody around here hath murdered sleep. Good for him.
- J.D.Salinger (1919 – 2010), Seymour:An Introduction
I can’t be running back and forth forever between grief and high delight.
- J. D. Salinger (1919 – 2010)
I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.
J. D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), Franny and Zooey Pg. 30
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
- J.D. Salinger (1919 – 2010), The Catcher in the Rye
The most singular difference between happiness and joy is that happiness is a solid and joy a liquid.”
– J.D. Salinger (Nine Stories)
Tags: j d salinger, franny and zooey, bunch of flowers, paranoiac, immature man, catcher in the ryeHis quotes are in no particular order; and all of them are worth thinking about. Enjoy!

His quotes are in no particular order; and all of them are worth thinking about. Enjoy!

My friend Craig posted a truly wonderful photo of Seattle’s New Year’s Eve 2010:

“May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light.
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.”
- Traditional Irish Blessing
“May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been
the foresight to know where you’re going
and the insight to know when you’re going too far.”
- Traditional Irish Blessing
Tags: space needle, hindsight, new year, friend craig, foresight, marker, seattle space needle, pockets, traditional irish blessingMy friend Craig posted a truly wonderful photo of Seattle’s New Year’s Eve 2010:

“May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light.
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.”
- Traditional Irish Blessing
“May you have the hindsight to know where you’ve been
the foresight to know where you’re going
and the insight to know when you’re going too far.”
- Traditional Irish Blessing
Tags: hindsight, space needle, foresight, traditional irish blessing, seattle space needle, markerFrom Norad’s Santa Command website:

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations “hotline.” The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born.
In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States created a bi-national air defense command for North America called the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD, which then took on the tradition of tracking Santa.
Since that time, NORAD men, women, family and friends have selflessly volunteered their time to personally respond to Christmas Eve phone calls and emails from children. In addition, we now track Santa using the internet. Last year, millions of people who wanted to know Santa’s whereabouts visited the NORAD Tracks Santa website.
Finally, media from all over the world rely on NORAD as a trusted source to provide Christmas Eve updates on Santa’s journey.

“I have the greatest admiration for Col. Shoup and found delight in his remarkable humor with taking the first-ever call regarding Santa’s whereabouts back in 1955. His kind and thoughtful gesture will forever be a legacy at NORAD, and with the millions of people around the world who follow the NORAD Tracks Santa program each year. Truly, forever in the minds of millions he will be fondly remembered as the “Santa Colonel” and his legend will live on forever.”
General Victor E. Renaurt, Jr., USAF
Commander, NORAD
Commander, USNORTHCOM
From Norad’s Santa Command website:

For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight.
The tradition began in 1955 after a Colorado Springs-based Sears Roebuck & Co. advertisement for children to call Santa misprinted the telephone number. Instead of reaching Santa, the phone number put kids through to the CONAD Commander-in-Chief’s operations “hotline.” The Director of Operations at the time, Colonel Harry Shoup, had his staff check the radar for indications of Santa making his way south from the North Pole. Children who called were given updates on his location, and a tradition was born.
In 1958, the governments of Canada and the United States created a bi-national air defense command for North America called the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD, which then took on the tradition of tracking Santa.
Since that time, NORAD men, women, family and friends have selflessly volunteered their time to personally respond to Christmas Eve phone calls and emails from children. In addition, we now track Santa using the internet. Last year, millions of people who wanted to know Santa’s whereabouts visited the NORAD Tracks Santa website.
Finally, media from all over the world rely on NORAD as a trusted source to provide Christmas Eve updates on Santa’s journey.

“I have the greatest admiration for Col. Shoup and found delight in his remarkable humor with taking the first-ever call regarding Santa’s whereabouts back in 1955. His kind and thoughtful gesture will forever be a legacy at NORAD, and with the millions of people around the world who follow the NORAD Tracks Santa program each year. Truly, forever in the minds of millions he will be fondly remembered as the “Santa Colonel” and his legend will live on forever.”
General Victor E. Renaurt, Jr., USAF
Commander, NORAD
Commander, USNORTHCOM
Some folks may be familiar with several charity websites, which offer netizens an opportunity to contribute to different causes by “clicking to give,” with the actual donation coming from the site owner (CharityUSA.com) donating its revenue from sponsors.
The “click to give” causes sites include The Animal Rescue Site; The Hunger Site; The Breast Cancer Site; The Child Health Site; The Literacy Site; and The Rain Forest Site.
Since donating via one of these sites really only requires a minute of or two of my time, I’ve worked hard to build a habit of visiting each once a day to ”click to give.”
By doing this, I’ve discovered netizens seem to favor feeding stray animals over feeding starving people; since more people click to donate food to animals via CharityUSA.com’s sites than click to donate food to starving people.
Wow. I believe in helping people and animals; I hope you do too. If so – be the change you wish to see in this world, and ”click to give” to one or more of these sites each day, and on a generous day, maybe buy something via one of your chose charity site’s stores, too.
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