[Vol. 1 Issue #359]
Another happy hour on Friday and all the fun that goes with it. As fall makes its presence known with cooler temperatures and live music at the ready, let's finish the work week and go have some fun.
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Notable Quotables
Nik Goke, who writes Four Minute Books, put together a list of 365 of the best quotes, and in that list, he breaks down several categories to help a reader go to specific quotes or groups of quotes. The category that spiked my interest today was the reader votes category. Goke took quotes from Goodreads, and each quote received at least 100,000 likes.
Anonymous
Of the ten most popular quotes, four are from anonymous sources, which you could assume say they've been around for a while and may have been combined with others and refined over the years. Quotes from anonymous sources are the history of our storytelling. Snippets of genius from oracles and others that tell the story of us.
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Anonymous
“I’m selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can’t handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don’t deserve me at my best.” — Anonymous
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” — Albert Einstein
“So many books, so little time.” — J. J. Wright
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” — Anonymous
“You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, Love like you’ll never be hurt, Sing like there’s nobody listening, And live like it’s heaven on earth.” — Susanna Clark & Richard Leigh
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” — Anonymous
“You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.” — Joe E. Lewis
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Arleen Lorrance & Mahatma Gandhi
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Spotlight
Dirty Drinks
In fashion with our Happy Hour Friday theme, here is a story about our favorite way to make a martini – DIRTY! Turns out you can dirty more than just a martini. An article in PUNCH has several "dirty ideas," one we are familiar with; they called it a Dirty Tequila Marini; we call it a Mexican Martini and discovered this wonderful drink a few years ago in Austin, TX.
Dirty Dog
A new one we’ve added to our list is the Dirty Dog. Once reviewed, the combination makes perfect sense – the sweet and sour of the grapefruit with the additional salty of the dirt (brine). A grapefruit dirty martini with an ever better name!
Big Noise
Sound Checks
Live Live Music
The Midwest has recently seen a big reprieve in the oppressive summer heat, making Friday night in early September a perfect night for live music. We will be at the Shadow Ridge Music Festival tonight in Omaha, NE, celebrating with several bands from our past and with friends to wind down another summer.
Today’s Tune
Love Live Music!
Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.
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Words from Gen X
Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!
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