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Wednesday, 27. October 2010

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Tuesday, 26. October 2010

@@@@@ ?Just this morning,? replied Jason Bourne,
By finklerballf, 10:13

@@@@@ ?Just this morning,? replied Jason Bourne, his eyes cold?When Marie and the kids were airborne, the plane disappeared into the mists over Boston harbor and suddenly I was thereIn another plane, in another time, the words crackling out of a radio through the static?Snake Lady, Snake Lady, abortSnake Lady, do you read me? Abort!? I responded by turning the damn thing off and looked around at the men in the cabin, which seemed ready to break apart in the turbulenceI studied each man, wondering, I guess, whether this one or that one would come out alive, whether I?d come out alive, and if we didn?t, how we would dieThen I saw two of the men rolling up their sleeves, comparing those small ugly tattoos on their forearms, those lousy little emblems that obsessed them?? ?Nuy Dap Ranh,? said Conklin flatly?A woman?s face with snakes for strands of hairYou refused to have one done on you?? ?I never considered it a mark of distinction,? interrupted Webb-Bourne, blinking?Somewhat the reverse, in fact ?Initially it was meant for identification, not a standard or a banner of any distinction one way or the otherAn intricate tattoo on the underside of the forearm, the design and the colors produced by only one artist in SaigonNo one else could duplicate it ?That old man made a lot of money during those years

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Sunday, 24. October 2010

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Saturday, 23. October 2010

@@@@@I'd lost count of how many days I'd spent
By finklerballf, 10:05

@@@@@I'd lost count of how many days I'd spent here?was it more than a week now? more than two??and all of them sweating into the same clothes I'd worn on my disastrous desert trekSo much salt had dried into my cotton shirt that it was creased into rigid accordion wrinklesIt used to be pale yellow

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Friday, 22. October 2010

@@@@@Melanie shied away from my feelings,
By finklerballf, 03:13

@@@@@Melanie shied away from my feelings, worried by the depth of them, worried that I might change my mindInstead she focused on her raging desire to be away from here, to be moving toward her objectiveHer anxiety leaked through to me, and I walked fasterI carried the stack to the car and set it on the ground beside the passenger door?Let me help you with that I jerked up to see the other man from the store, a plastic bag in his hand, standing beside me?Ah? thank you,? I finally managed, my pulse thudding behind my earsWe waited, Melanie tensed as if to run, while he lifted our acquisitions into the carThere's nothing to fearHe's being kind, tooShe continued to watch him distrustfully?Thank you,? I said again as he shut the door He walked off to his own vehicle without a backward glance at usI climbed into my seat and grabbed the bag of potato chipsLook at the map,she saidait till he's out of sightNo one is watching us,I promised herBut, with a sigh, I unfolded the map and ate with one handIt was probably a good idea to have some sense of where we were headedWherearewe headed? I asked here've found the starting point, so what now? Look around,she commandedf we can't see it here, we'll try the south side of the peakSee what? She placed the memorized image before me: a ragged zigzagging line, four tight switchbacks, the fifth point strangely blunt, like it was brokenNow I saw it as I should, a jagged range of four pointed mountain peaks with the broken-looking fifth? I scanned the skyline, east to west across the northern horizonIt was so easy it felt false, as though I'd made the image up onlyafter seeing the mountain silhouette that created the northeast line of the hori

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Thursday, 21. October 2010

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Wednesday, 20. October 2010

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Tuesday, 19. October 2010

Most people only talk and dream of getting...
By finklerballf, 10:07

Most people only talk and dream of getting richYou've done somethingI'm very proud of the two of you Mike and I stood there in silenceThey were nice words, but we still did not know what to do"So how come you're not rich, dad?" I asked"Because I chose to be a schoolteacherSchoolteachers really don't think about being richWe just like to teachI wish I could help you, but I really don't know how to make money Mike and I turned and continued our clean up"I know," said my dad"If you boys want to learn how to be rich, don't ask meTalk to your dad, Mike "My dad?" asked Mike chanel logo earrings with a scrunched up face"Yeah, your dad," repeated my dad with a smile"Your dad and I have the same banker, and he raves about your fatherHe's told me several times that your father is brilliant when it comes to making money "My dad?" Mike asked again in disbelief"Then how come we don't have a nice car and a nice house like the rich kids at school?" "A nice car and a nice house does not necessarily mean you're rich or you know how to make money," my dad replied"Jimmy's dad works for the sugar plantationHe's not much different from meHe works for a company, and I work for the omega aqua terra watch governmentThe company buys the car for himThe sugar company is in financial trouble, and Jimmy's dad may soon have nothingYour dad is different MikeHe seems to be building an empire, and I suspect in a few years he will be a very rich man With that, Mike and I got excited againWith new vigor, we began cleaning up the mess caused by our now defunct first businessAs we were cleaning, we made plans on how and when to talk to Mike's dadThe problem was that Mike's dad worked long hours and often did not come home until lateHis father owned warehouses, a construction company, a louis vuitton backpacks chain of stores, and three restaurantsIt was the restaurants that kept him out lateMike caught the bus home after we had finished cleaning upHe was going to talk to his dad when he got home that night and ask him if he would teach us how to become richMike promised to call as soon as he had talked to his dad, even if it was lateThe phone rang at 8:30 p And put the phone downMike's dad had agreed to meet with Mike and meAt 7:30 Saturday morning, I caught the bus to the poor side of townThe Lessons Begin: "I'll pay you 10 cents an hour" Even by 1956 pay standards, 10 cents omega usa an hour was lowMichael and I met with his dad that morning at 8 o'clockHe was already busy and had been at work for more than an hourHis construction supervisor was just leaving in his pickup truck as I walked up to his simple, small and tidy homeMike met me at the door"Dad's on the phone, and he said to wait on the back porch," Mike said as he opened the doorThe old wooden floor creaked as I steppedacross the threshold of this aging houseThere was a cheap mat just inside the doorThe mat was there to hide the years of wear from countless footsteps that the floor had omega de ville men's watches support

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Monday, 18. October 2010

And as I stated earlier, the cynic is really a...
By finklerballf, 10:12

And as I stated earlier, the cynic is really a little chickenWe all get a little chicken when fear and doubt cloud our thoughtsAll of us have doubts "I'm not good enough "So '$ and so is better than me Or our doubts often paralyze us "What if the economy crashes right after I invest?" Or "What if I lose control and I can't pay the money back?" "What if things don't go as I planned?" Or we have friends or loved ones who will remind us of our shortcomings regardless of whether we askThey often say, "What makes you think you can do that?" Or "If it's such a good idea, how come someone else hasn't done it?" Or "That will never workYou don't know what you're talking about These words of doubt often get so loud chloe bags paddington that we fail to actA horrible feeling builds in our stomachSometimes we can't sleepWe fail to move forward So we stay with what is safe and opportunities pass us byWe watch life passing by as we sit immobilized with a cold knot in our bodyWe have all felt this at one time in our lives, some more than othersPeter Lynch of Fidelity Magellan mutual fund fame refers to warnings about the sky falling as "noise," and we all hear it"Noise" is either created inside our heads or comes from outsideOften from friends, family, co-workers and the media Lynch recalls the time during the 1950s when the threat of nuclear war was so prevalent in the news that people began building fallout shelters and storing food and waterIf tiffany silver they had invested that money wisely in the market, instead of building a fallout shelter, they'd probably be financially independent todayWhen the riots broke out in Los Angeles a few years ago, gun sales went up all over the countryA person dies from rare hamburger meat in Washington State and the Arizona Health Department orders restaurants to have all beef cooked well-doneA drug company runs a national TV commercial showing people catching the fluThe ad runs in FebruaryColds go up as well as sales of their cold medicineMost people are poor because when it comes to investing, the world is filled with Chicken Littles running around yelling, "The sky is falling And Chicken Littles are effective because everyone women's rolex watch of us is a little chickenIt often takes great courage to not let rumors and talk of doom and gloom affect your doubts and fearsIn 1992, a friend named Richard came from Boston to visit my wife and me in PhoenixHe was impressed with what we had done through stocks and real estateThe prices of real estate in Phoenix were depressedWe spent two days with him showing him what we thought were excellent opportunities for cash flow and capital appreciationMy wife and I are not real estate agentsWe are strictly investorsAfter identifying a unit in a resort community, we called an agent who sold it to him that afternoonThe price was a mere $42,000 for a two-bedroom townhome Similar units were going for $65,000He had tiffany and co necklace found a bargainExcited, he bought it and returned to BostonTwo weeks later, the agent called to say that our friend had backed outI called immediately to find out whyAll he said was that he talked to his neighbor, and his neighbor told him it was a bad dealHe was paying too muchI asked Richard if his neighbor was an investor When I asked why he listened to him, Richard got defensive and simply said he wanted to keep lookingThe real estate market in Phoenix turned, and by 1994, that little unit was renting for $1,000 a month-$2,500 in the peak winter monthsThe unit was worth $95,000 in 1995All Richard had to put down was $5,000 and he would have had a start at getting out of the rat raceToday, he still has done mulberry bayswater bag not

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Sunday, 17. October 2010

So one Bhikshu had violated the precept against...
By finklerballf, 10:08

So one Bhikshu had violated the precept against sexual activity and the other had broken the precept against killingAlthough the [second] Bhikshu hadn't actually pushed her down the mountain, she wouldn't have fallen if he hadn't been pursuing her' concluded the two BhikshusMessy as it was, they had to go before the Buddha and describe their offensesThe Buddha referred them to the Venerable UpaliBut when Venerable Upali heard the details, his verdict was that, indeed, one had violated the precept against sexual activity and the other against killing, offenses which cannot be absolved'You're both going to have to endure the hells in the future,' he concludedHearing this, the two monks wept, and they went about everywhere trying to find someone who could help themEventually, they found the Great Upasaka Vimalakirti, who asked why they were cryingWhen they had related their tale, he pronounced his judgment that they had not violated the precepts'If you can be repentant,' he said, 'then I can certify that you didn't break the precepts' 'How can that be?' they asked'The nature of offenses is prada black bags basically empty,' replied the Upasaka'You did not violate the precepts intentionally, and so it doesn't count' Hearing this explanation by the Great Teacher Vimalakirti, the two Bhikshus were enlightened on the spot and were certified as attaining the fruitionSo there are many exceptions within the prohibitive preceptsBut if people always look to the exceptions, they will simply not hold the preceptsThey will beg the questionSo the Buddha did not speak much about this aspect Master Hui Seng PARABLE 0117: RAFT OF DHARMA Parable of the Raft: "0 monks, a man is on a journeyHe comes to a vast stretch of waterOn this side, the shore is dangerous, but on the other it is safe and without dangerNo boat goes to the other shore which is safe and without danger, nor is there any bridge for crossing overHe says to himself, 'This sea of water is vast, and the shore on this side is full of danger

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Saturday, 16. October 2010

A high, thin chirruping sound came from...
By finklerballf, 10:14

A high, thin chirruping sound came from somewhere nearbyIt 253 was repeated over and over, like a question"What could it be?" "Something alive, I thinkMaybe some kind of bug "A bug that singsHer face was shadowy in the silver light"It's so strange here, Doon, and so hugeIt feels like a dreamMaybe that's why it feels familiarI might have dreamed about this place They walked until they came to where the dark shapes billowed up from the groundThese were plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses, and leaves that spread out over their headsOn the slope beside these plants, they sat down "Do you think there fendi spy bags is a city here somewhere?" Lina asked"Or any people at all?" "I don't see any lights," Doon said, "even far off "But with this silver lamp in the sky, maybe they don't need lights Doon shook his head doubtfully"People would need more light than this," he said"How could you see well enough to work? How could you grow your food? It's a beautiful light, but not bright enough to live by "Then what shall we do, if there's no city, and no people?" "I don't know Doon didn't feel like 254 thinkingHe was tired of figuring things outHe wanted to look at this new world, and take in the scent of it and the feel of it, and figure things out later Lina felt the same chanel jumbo bag wayShe stopped asking questions, drew Poppy onto her lap, and gazed in silence at the glimmering landscapeAfter a while, she became aware that something strange was happeningSurely, when she had first sat down, the silver circle was just above the highest branch of the tall plantNow the branch cut across itAs she watched, the circle sank very slowly down, until it was hidden, except for a gleam of brightness, behind the leaves "It's moving," she said to Doon A little later, it seemed to her that her eyes were blurringThere was a fuzziness in the sky, especially around the edgesIt took a while for her to realize what was making the fuzziness "I see it," said Doon"It's getting chanel jumbo brighter The edge of the sky turned gray, and then pale orange, and then deep fiery crimsonThe land stood out against it, a long black rolling lineOne spot along this line grew so bright they could hardly look at it, so bright it seemed to take a bite out of the landIt rose higher and higher until they could see that it was a fiery circle, first deep orange and then yellow, and too bright to look at any longerThe color seeped out of 255 the sky and washed over the landLight sparkled on the soft hair of the hills and shone through the lacy leaves as every shade of green sprang to life around them They lifted their faces to the astonishing warmthThe sky arched over louis vuitton purses them, higher than they could have imagined, a pale, clear blueLina felt as though a lid that had been on her all her life had been lifted offLight and air rushed through her, making a song, like the songs of Ember, only it was a song of joyShe looked at Doon and saw that he was smiling and crying at the same time, and she realized that she was, too Everything around them was springing to lifeA glorious racket came from the branches--tweedling notes, peeps, burbles, high sharp callsBugs? wondered Doon, imagining with awe the bugs that could make such soundsBut then he saw something fly from a cluster of leaves and swoop down low across the ground, making a clear, sweet call as it prada fairy flew

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Friday, 15. October 2010

The man kept this distance in front of the woman...
By finklerballf, 10:13

The man kept this distance in front of the woman purposely, though perhaps unconsciously, for he wished to go on with his thoughts "Fifteen years ago I came here with Lily," he thought"We sat somewhere over there by a lake and I begged her to marry me all through the hot afternoonHow the dragonfly kept circling round us: how clearly I see the dragonfly and her shoe with the square silver buckle at the toeAll the time I spoke I saw her shoe and when it moved impatiently I knew without looking up what she was going to say: the whole of her seemed to be in her shoeAnd my love, my desire, were in the dragonfly

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Thursday, 14. October 2010

Then he smiled, showing a neat row of...
By finklerballf, 10:18

Then he smiled, showing a neat row of gray teeth"Miss Thorn," he said"Who might this young man be?" "I am Doon Harrow," said Doon "I will remember you," said the mayorHe gave Doon a long look, then turned to the class and smiled his smile again "Congratulations to all," he said"Welcome to Ember's work force The mayor shook hands with Miss Thorn and departedThe students gathered their coats and caps and filed out of the classroomLina walked down the Wide Hallway with Lizzie, who said, "Poor you! I thought I picked a bad one, but you got the worstI feel lucky compared to you Once they were out the vintage chanel jewelry door, Lizzie said goodbye and scurried away, as if Lina's bad luck were a disease she might catch Lina stood on the steps for a moment and gazed across Harken Square, where people walked briskly, bundled up cozily in their coats and scarves, or talked to one another in the pools of light beneath the great streetlampsA boy in a red messenger's jacket ran toward the Gathering HallOn Otterwill Street, a man pulled a cart filled with sacks of potatoesAnd in the 14 buildings all around the square, rows of lighted windows shone bright yellow and deep goldThis was where she wanted to be, up here where cheap chanel purses everything happened, not down undergroundSomeone tapped her on the shoulderStartled, she turned and saw Doon behind herHis thin face looked pale"Will you trade with me?" he asked "Trade?" "Trade jobsI don't want to waste my time being a messengerI want to help save the city, not run around carrying gossip Lina gaped at him"You'd rather be in the Pipeworks?" "Electrician's helper is what I wanted," Doon said"But Chet won't trade, of coursePipeworks is second best "But why?" "Because the generator is in the Pipeworks," said Doon Lina knew about the generator, of courseIn some mysterious way, omega de ville men's watches it turned the running of the river into power for the cityYou could feel its deep rumble when you stood in Plummer Square "I need to see the generator," Doon saidI have ideas about it He thrust his hands into his pockets"So," he said, "will you trade?" "Yes!" cried Lina"Messenger is the job I want 15 most!" And not a useless job at all, in her opinionPeople couldn't be expected to trudge halfway across the city every time they wanted to communicate with someoneMessengers connected everyone to everyone elseAnyway, whether it was important or not, the job of messenger just happened to be perfect omega usa for LinaShe could run foreverAnd she loved exploring every nook and cranny of the city, which was what a messenger got to do "All right then," said DoonHe handed her his crumpled piece of paper, which he must have retrieved from the floorLina reached into her pocket, pulled out her slip of paper, and handed it to him "Thank you," he said "You're welcome," said LinaHappiness sprang up in her, and happiness always made her want to runShe took the steps three at a time and sped down Broad Street toward home 16 CHAPTER 2 A Message to the Mayor Lina often took different routes between school louis vuitton backpacks and

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Wednesday, 13. October 2010

"Solutions are being found, he said "What...
By finklerballf, 10:10

"Solutions are being found, he said "What solutions?" called a woman standing near LinaPeople elsewhere in the crowd echoed what the woman had said"What solutions? What solutions?" Their cry became a chorus, louder and louder Again Lina felt the pressure from behind as people moved forward toward the Gathering HallJostling arms poked her, bulky bodies bumped her and crushed herHer heart began to poundI have to get out of here! she thought She started ducking beneath arms and darting into whatever space she could find, making her way toward the rear of the crowdNoise was rising balenciaga bag black everywhereThe mayor's voice kept coming in blasts of incomprehensible sound, and the people in the crowd were either shouting angrily or yelping in fear of being squashedSomeone stepped on Lina's foot, and her scarf was half yanked offFor a few seconds she was 87 afraid she was going to be trampledBut at last she struggled free and ran up onto the steps of the schoolFrom there she saw that the two guards were hustling the mayor back through the door of the Gathering HallThe crowd roared, and a few people started hurling whatever they could find--pebbles, garbage, crumpled paper, mens gucci watches even their own hats At the other side of the square, Doon and his father battled their way down Gilly Street"Move fast," his father said"We don't want to be caught up in this crowd They crossed Broad Street and took the long way home, through the narrow lanes behind the school "Father," said Doon as they hurried along, "the mayor is a fool, don't you think?" For a moment his father didn't answerThen he said, "He's in a tough spot, sonWhat would you have him do?" "Not lie, at least," Doon said"If he really has a solution, he should have told usHe shouldn't pretend he has solutions ceramic chanel when he doesn't Doon's father smiled"That would be a good start," he agreed "It makes me so angry, the way he talks to us," said Doon Doon's father put a hand on Doon's back and steered him toward the corner"A great many things make you angry lately," he said 88 "For good reason," said DoonThe trouble with anger is, it gets hold of youAnd then you aren't the master of yourself anymore Doon walked on silentlyHe knew what his father was going to say, and he didn't feel like hearing it"And when anger is the boss, you get--" "I know," said Doon"Unintended consequencesLike borse replica hitting your father in the ear with a shoe heel "That's exactly my point They walked on down Pibb StreetDoon shoved his hands into the pockets of his jacket and scowled at the sidewalkFather doesn't even have a temper, he thoughtHe's as mild as a glass of waterHe can't possibly understandShe'd already dismissed the mayor's speech from her mindShe sped by people on Otterwill Street going back to open their stores and overheard snatches of conversation as she passed"Expects us to believe "He's just trying to keep us quiet," said another"Heading for disaster All the voices shook with anger and chanel cambon handbag fe

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I had five months of vacationIf I had wanted to,...
By finklerballf, 01:17

I had five months of vacationIf I had wanted to, I could have taken the run to Vietnam with a subsidiary shipping company, and easily doubled my pay instead of taking the five J months' vacationI had a great career ahead of me, yet I resigned after six months with the company and joined the Marine Corps to learn how to flyMy educated dad was devastatedRich dad congratulated meIn school and in the workplace, the popular opinion is the idea of "specialization That is, in order to make more money or get promoted, you need to "specialize That is why medical doctors immediately begin to seek a specialty such as orthopedics or pediatricsThe same is true for accountants, architects, lawyers, pilots and othersMy educated dad believed in the same dogmaThat is rolex watches ladies why he was thrilled when he eventually achieved his doctorateHe often admitted ??that schools reward people who study more and more about less and lessRich dad encouraged me to do exactly the opposite "You want to ' know a little about a lot" was his suggestionThat is why for years I worked in different areas of his companiesFor awhile, I worked in his accounting departmentAlthough I would probably never have been an accountant, he wanted me to learn via "osmosis Rich dad knew I would pick up "jargon" and a sense of what is important and what is notI also worked as a bus boy and construction worker, as well as in sales, reservations and marketing He was "grooming" Mike and meThat is why he insisted we sit in on the meetings with his bankers, lawyers, cartier watches women accountants and brokersHe wanted us to know a little about every aspect of his empireWhen I quit my high-paying job with Standard Oil, my educated dad had a heart-to-heart with meHe could not understand my decision to resign from a career that offered high pay, great benefits, lots of time off, and opportunity for promotionWhen he asked me one evening, "Why did you quit?" I could not explain it to him, as much as I triedMy logic did not fit his logicThe big problem wasthat my logic was my rich dad's logicJob security meant everything to my educated dadLearning meant everything to my rich dadEducated dad thought I went to school to learn to be a ship's officerRich dad knew that I went to school to study international tradeSo as a student, I made cargo gucci ladies watch runs, navigating large freighters, oil tankers and passenger ships to the Far East and the South PacificRich dad emphasized that I stay in the Pacific instead of taking ships to Europe because he knew that the "emerging nations" were in Asia, not EuropeWhile most of my classmates, including Mike, were partying at their fraternity houses, I was studying trade, people, business styles and cultures in Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Korea, Tahiti, Samoa and the PhilippinesI also was partying, but it was not in any frat houseEducated dad just could not understand why I decided to quit and join the Marine CorpsI told him I wanted to learn to fly, but really I wanted to learn to lead troopsRich dad explained to me that the hardest part fake cartier watches of running a company is managing peopleHe had spent three years in the Army

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