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Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
Good evening -
Fun stuff tonight!
At Arthur Murray, Donna and I have started their Bronze 2 lessons. There's a lot more styling that goes into Bronze 2 versus Bronze 1. For example, you have to hold the slow position and then sharply move your foot to start the quick 2-step.
We ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Professor Randy Pauch died yesterday. He gave a lecture called Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.
I remember watching this lecture several months ago. He inspired me back then. With his death, he has inspired me again.
This site is ExtraordinaryInOneWay.com. Sometimes people are extraordinary in more than one way. ...
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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
‡‡‡‡ A few weeks ago, Donna and I went to our first formal ballroom dance - Arthur Murray's Medal Ball in at the Hyatt Hotel in Bellevue, WA. I promised pictures. Here they are. The happy couple kicking up their heels; having a delightful time.
Pictures From Arthur Murray's Medal Ball
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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Good afternoon,
There is a meme I'd like us to consider: Kindred spirit.
A kindred spirit (I'm just going to use kindred as a noun this point forward) refers to a person with whom you have an easy time relating; with whom you can talk easily; with whom you can walk a ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
Good evening,
A few weekends ago, Donna and I went to a Medal Ball put on by the Seattle chapters of Arthur Murray Dance Studios. What a blast.
Come back soon because I'm going to be posting photos from the dance, where you'll see me and my beloved.
And I'm going to ...
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
One of the principles I lay out in my book is that it is very important to do things together. (I explain why in my book.)
One of the key ways to do this is to find new things to do. And it is not important that you begin only if ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Good evening,
One of the things I do that helps with the heart-fires is recalling things I recently did with Donna. I don't do this in order to obtain a specific "heart-fires" result. That would just get in the way. I'm just noticing that it's something I do, which does produce ...
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