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Two short ones today…
“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Whatever you think you can or dream you can; begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” Goethe

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Hello to all of you, I’m back from a long week or two, and it looks like all of you are back also from break!
Like my sister said, this webpage has hit 1000 hits! They are all honest too, no bumping the counter.. hehe
As you can see, I am not a fan of spring. [...]

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Hello to all of you. It has been very busy the past four or five days. Forgive me for not posting anything while I was out.
The wedding was great, and it was good to see all our family in town.
Tomorrow morning I am heading out for the mountain for some backpacking. [...]

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“Do not wish for death just because your life is hard. All the burdens on your shoulders will help you fulfill your destiny. The only way to get rid of your burdens is to live your life in such a way that you fulfill your destiny.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“You should think in such a way that everybody could look into your soul and see what is transpiring there.” Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Live in the open.” Augste Comte

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My final in Public Speaking today was to give a Ceremonial Speech. In typical Josh fashion I didn’t write the speech until 20 minutes before I left the house this morning. Just for fun, here’s the text of the speech. Sorry about the poor punctation, wrote it for speaking purposes =)
We are [...]

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Well for those of you I haven’t told yet, I got a job finally ! I am now the Head Coach of Track and Field at Whitford Middle School. I will have two assistant coaches and 75 to 100 runners to take care of! Should be a fun time!
Anyway’s, here’s a thought [...]

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I just realized it is 3:33 in the afternoon and I haven’t posted today’s thoughts… Sorry Guys!
Here you go…
“We often make judgments about other people. We call one person kind, the other stupid, the third evil, the fourth clever. But we should not do so. A man changes constantly; he flows like a [...]

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Good morning all. I hope all of you are doing well. Happy birthday to my older sis today!
First of all, I am sorry about the lack of updates this weekend. It has been incredibly busy the past few days, and its only going to get worse through this week. I’ll get some [...]

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Got my camera back today.. so I finally have some pictures to show you from Bellingham now. Just two tonight, the rest I will upload next week when I am at school… Tomorrow or Sunday I should also have some pictures of another new project that landed on my doorstep recently =)

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“Look around. What do the world’s people think about it? They think about everything except what is most important. They think about dancing, music, and singing; they think about houses, wealth, and power; they are jealous about the wealth of rich people and kings; but they do not think at all about what it [...]

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Sorry haven’t been posting quotes recently guys, trying to get back into the swing of things… This next week and a half is going to be extremely busy!
“Never postpone a good deed which you can do now, because death does not choose whether you have or haven’t done the things you should have done. [...]

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Alright… I wrote an email tonight for a listserv my US Government Class has. For the fun of it I post it here also. It is in response to an Op.Ed. piece in the Oregonian and also in response to classmates emails… enjoy
March 11th, 2003
Wow… well I have a lot of [...]

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Sometimes pictures speak better than words… picture rights belong to www.aroundalone.com

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Hello to all of you! So sorry I have been gone the past few days. Thanks to Matt for the great thoughts while I was gone. If any of you want a chance to post some thoughts let me know…
Sailing was fun. Saturday we sailed the whole day in a snow [...]

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