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Cheap shot

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Stoned again - pero no dar una pitada

Just a kite

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...and plenty of beach wind

Some live large

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If your young at heart...

feathers find friends - two views

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Birds on a bush or A bush with some birds
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Conscience Education defined, maligned... 

Fade to black

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 ...the absence of light 

George Carlin's Funny Interview about His Wacky Health Problems: Johnny Carson

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In memory: 1937-2008 Interview/routine

Jack Nickolson in youth

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Image from Downton Abbey

The Whitehouse

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Live

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From an early Bryce render - new software can bring out the beast in you

Sanctuary for great Apes and Orangutangs

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center for great apes Center photo

excuse my arrogance

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Hey guy, don't you have anything better to do? Removing headset from package

Shoes of the fisherman

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Be a fisher of men

A jig to be sure

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Medieval Fair 

Living choral

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When choral were alive and close by

Microsoft's terms of agreement are changing

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Microsoft Service Agreement A computer, not unlike a person, is the value of its content and intent.   Cover from  Heifervescent  @magnatune.com

Children, a respit from plunder

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Children, many - childhood, one  

White parot

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Wonder

See me: a face in the clouds

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impressions

I've had enough

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Backyard pumpkin factory

Witch smile

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Renaissance festival

What it is

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Wisdom comes with age, which means a person commits a sufficient number of errors and knows better. Of course the choice remains to live life foolishly and enjoy, or recede into ones own earned wisdom to become the quintessential bore. Thus blog was born and I like so many others share wisdom and folly for all the world to see and hopefully enjoy. Posted  25th June 2005  by  Chuck Mistretta

Now and Then

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  Heart's Wilson Sisters Cover Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven'

Neurons and memory

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Everyone would like to take a magic pill that makes memory work better. But what about pills that can make memory worse? "Many common medications have side effects that include possible memory impairments. The list of drugs known to cause such side effects is long, and includes both over-the-counter and prescription drugs. Examples include many widely used sleep aids, cardiac drugs, and anti-anxiety medications . Additionally, for people taking two or more drugs, there can be interactions: Sometimes, neither drug alone disrupts memory, but the combination might."     From an article - Medicate Your Memory The above rendering is my interpretation of neuron physiology.  Though we are reported to have billions of these brain  cells   there seems to be a class designation that allows some neurons to only effectively communicate with those of a similar class.  Memory and other synaptic functions are thus drastically reduced or enhanced by cellular compatibili

Mans best friend

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The neighborhood dog walker

Silver Subaru

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department store promotion The driver