Fifty years ago..............................

The Byrds..................................................Chimes of Freedom

Three worthy objectives...........

Develop into a lifelong self-learner through voracious reading;  cultivate curiosity and strive to become a little wiser every day.
-Charlie Munger, as cited here, but culled from Poor Charlie's Almanack

Think I'll check at the library tomorrow.....

I think he is telling us to focus.......

The true insights a person can get in life are still very limited, so correct decision making must necessarily be confined to your "circle of competence."  A "competence" that has no defined borders cannot be called a true competence.
-Li Lu, as culled from here

Simple beauty.............................

... till sunbeams find you.............

Mamas and the Papas (Cass Elliot)..........Dream A Little Dream

This quote would have come in handy......

..........................in Miss Francis's eighth grade English class.

 "It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word."
-Andrew Jackson

The 100 greatest............................

.............................................................songwriters of all time.

(Provided you believe time started after the 1930's).   Gentlemen, start your arguments.

Thanks Craig

I won't blame you...........................

.................if you don't follow this link to the "art of being wise."

When she's right........................

.............................................................she's right (although she would have been righter if she had included gym class).

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Wait, what..........................?

History would be an excellent thing if only it were true.
-attributed to Ле́в Никола́евич Толсто́й (Leo Tolstoy)

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Fifty years ago..............................

At the movies.....................Jimmy Stewart..............Shenandoah

Where I spent the weekend...............

Lake Keowee, South Carolina

Speaking of challenges...................

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Say it's not so...........................

..............not sure I would have voted for him, but I would have liked the choice.  It seems awfully early to be dropping out.

Fifty years ago........................................

The Beach Boys...............................I Should Have Known Better

Just........................................

Fifty years ago..........................................

The Beach Boys...............................................Hully Gully

Sing.................................................

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Beauty..............................