I sit here in tears knowing someone I have secretly admired for years is dying. I patterned my own little (itsy-bitsy, teensy-weensy by comparison) Xmas tradition after his. Here is the story. Be sure to look at the slide show.

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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A good man.

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I read this story the other day. It's very inspiring.

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"I walk with my head held high and naked in the sun, claiming these streets for myself."--Jonatha Brooke

I just saw his pic flashed via CNN as I was passing a store & thought it might be on Pixies. I thought it'd be a good story & it is. Unbelievable. He kinda reminded me of WI, too.

It's sad that he needed protection. (In 1989 some people chased his car after seeing the cash he carried.)

I was walking up Bay St. the other night & saw an older man lying on a sidewalk grate rolling what looked like no tobacco into a rolling paper. I passed him five or six cigarettes & the look on his face & the way he raised his arm in a goodbye still brings tears to my eyes.

Secret Santa

An angel in disguise.

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I like the bed I'm sleeping in, just like me it's broken in; it's not old -- just older.
Like a favorite pair of torn blue jeans, this skin I'm in it's alright with me; it's not old -- just older.....Bon Jovi

I've spent so much time recently being horrified by the greed of our society...yet now I am humbled.

Sometimes I just wish the good stuff was a little closer to the surface.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

Unbelievable.

I live in the KC area and have wondered for years who the Secret Santa is. He was going to be interviewed on NPR the other day and I missed it somehow.

This sucks.

I gave a guy on the street corner $20 today...I was thinking about this story, about how lucky I am, and about how little I give back.

When the guy looked up at me in surprise, I just blew him a kiss.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney

Good Job!

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The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.~ Betty Grable

If I wanted your opinion, I'd remove the duct tape and ask you for it.~ Me
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One man's dream is another man's nightmare~~~~> §¤ Lilith ¤§
~>My Scribbles<~
==>Gone Shopping<== ~Just a Quickie~ *~A Celebration Vacation~* ~Surprises~ Sleeping With the Window Open
What Did You Do Today? Self Defense Class ~Short Sweet Snippets~ § Summer Spin § Story Challenge Submission Pajamas

What a truly remarkable story. One man, making a difference, one person at a time.

Here's another really good concept put into action.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

His day has come ... his good deeds here are done.

Secret Santa passes

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When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and swing.

The saddest part is that the virtue he displayed should be all around us. He more illustrates it's general loss, not a random resurgence.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

Spot on ^^^ ............................. again.

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