Category Archives: Words to Live By

Quotable

Posted on November 8, 2009 by mego

“No one succeeds at failure better than FOX.” – Seth MacFarlane, in Family Guy Presents: Seth & Alex’s Almost Live Comedy Show

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To Powell’s with Love

Posted on November 2, 2009 by mego

“The idea… The fact that there is a place like this that people are keeping alive… is a sign that there is good in the world.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafón, author of The Shadow of the Wind, talking about Powell’s … Continue reading →

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Proof that people are funnier than I give them credit for

Posted on September 15, 2009 by mego

Highest-Rated Ruminations Some of these are really just… Too good.

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Quotable

Posted on June 11, 2009 by mego

“Maybe one day my dad will ask me a question about my 401(k) or Roth IRA and I’ll say something other than, “Yes, eleventeen. Negative three. Colorado.” – Sarah Brown, The Best Man

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Deep Breaths.

Posted on April 22, 2009 by mego

One of my coworkers and I always joke that these days all sentences seem to begin with “In these troubled times…” So we’ve started saying ridiculous things like, “In these troubled times, I find our dress code policy to be … Continue reading →

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Quotable

Posted on March 5, 2009 by mego

“You know what? I don’t Twitter. When you Twitter, the subject line automatically is ‘What are you doing right now?’ And the answer I have to that question at any moment of the day isn’t interesting enough. It’s not interesting … Continue reading →

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Twenty-Six

Posted on March 2, 2009 by mego

Today I am older. Just a little bit more, And on this date In 1904, Another man was born. We saw eye-to-eye; Both kids at heart. He was my kind of guy. Age doesn’t matter. At least, not to me. … Continue reading →

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Quotable

Posted on January 11, 2009 by mego

“When I die, I want someone to play my ipod.” – Sandy (a woman I work with), on funerals.

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Quotable

Posted on January 4, 2009 by mego

“This year will take me to England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Spain, plus forty American and Canadian cities, but I always come home to Portland. If this is love or inertia, I don’t know, but my friends are here. All … Continue reading →

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Year in Review

Posted on January 2, 2009 by mego

I’m copying Blythe, who’s copying Linda‘s reflective questionnaire. I’m thinking I’ll do this every year like she does. Any suggestions for questions I should add? 1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? Wow, pretty much … Continue reading →

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