MAN IS FREEST WHEN HE IS CLOSEST TO NATURE AND NATURES FREEST ELEMENT IS THE WIND.....MARIAH.

"When I think of Da Great City, I think of all the girls, the Jewish girls, the Italian girls, the Irish, Polish, Chinese, German, Black, Spanish, Russian girls, all on parade in the city. I don't know whether it's something special with me or whether every man in the city walks around with the same feeling inside him, but I feel as though I'm at a picnic in this city. I like to sit near the women in the theaters, the famous beauties who've taken six hours to get ready and look it. And the young girls at the football games, with the red cheeks, and when the warm weather comes, the girls in their summer dresses . . ." He finished his drink. "That's the story. You asked for it, remember. I can't help but look at them. I can't help but want them."
Irwin Shaw

This is one of my fave poems since a kid. When my Grandma died when I was 21 we found a neat very old framed copy of it in her drawer. It now hangs in my dining room - just below a giant maple tree.

Joyce Kilmer. 1886–1918

Trees

I THINK that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the sweet earth's flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain;
Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

(Yes,sadly the author was killed in WW1.)

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in case this does not open - it's "Don't Worry Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin

Beer Theories
Sometimes when I reflect on all the beer I drink, I feel ashamed. Then I look into the glass and think about the workers in the brewery and all of their hopes and dreams. If I didn't drink this beer, they might be out of work and their dreams would be shattered. I think, "It is better to drink this beer and let their dreams come true than to be selfish and worry about my liver."

Babe Ruth
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"I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day."
Lyndon B. Johnson
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"When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading."
Paul Horning
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"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not."
H. L. Mencken
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"When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!"
George Bernard Shaw
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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
Benjamin Franklin
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"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza."
Dave Barry
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BEER: HELPING UGLY PEOPLE HAVE SEX SINCE 3000 B.C.!
W. C. Fields
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Remember "I" before "E," except in Budweiser.
Professor Irwin Corey
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To some it's a six-pack, to me it's Support Group Salvation in a can!
Leo Durocher
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One night at Cheers, Cliff Clavin explained the" Buffalo Theory" to his buddy Norm :
"Well, ya see, Norm , it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members! ; In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells.Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine! That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers."

One day an Irishman who had been stranded on a deserted island for over
10 years, saw a speck on the horizon. He thought to himself, "It's
certainly not a ship." And, as the speck got closer and closer, he began
to rule out the possibilities of a small boat and even a raft.

Suddenly there emerged from the surf a wet-suited black-clad figure.
Putting aside the scuba gear and the top of the wet suit, there stood a
drop-dead gorgeous blonde! The glamorous blonde strode up to the stunned Irishman and said to him, "Tell me, how long has it been since you've had a cigarette?"

"Ten years," replied the amazed Irishman.

With that, she reached over and unzipped a waterproofed pocket on
the left sleeve of her wetsuit, and pulled out a fresh pack of cigarettes.
He takes one, lights it, and takes a long drag.

"Faith and begorrah," said the man, "that is so good I'd almost forgotten how great a smoke can be!"

"And how long has it been since you've had a drop of good Irish
whiskey?" asked the blonde.

Trembling, the castaway replied, "Ten years."

Hearing that, the blonde reaches over to her right sleeve, unzips a pocket
and removes a flask and hands it to him. He opened it and took a long drink.

"'Tis nectar of the Gods!" stated the Irishman. "'Tis truly fantastic!!!"

At this point the gorgeous blonde started to slowly unzip the long front of
her wet suit, right down the middle. She looked at the trembling man and
asked, "And how long has it been since you played around?"

With tears in his eyes, the Irishman fell to his knees and sobbed, "Sweet Jesus! Don't tell me that you've got golf clubs in there too!!!!"

Last nite I saw Andy Powell and his current mates who make up Wishbone Ash in a small club in suburban Chicago. I last saw them back in '73 in a high school gym.When the show ended you exited thru a narrow corridor. The crush of people was so bad my feet were not even on the ground. I thought if someone falls, this is gonna be bad. We were pushed thru like toothpaste into the hallway.As far as I know no one got hurt.
I went with one of the guys who was there that nite so long ago. We have known each other since kindergarten and it was good to be together with me old chum.The room was full of about a couple hundred "old guys" like us rocking out and being transported back to our yout - that's right I said yout! They put on a good show.And when they finally played Blowin' Free during the three song encore, I got a tear in my eye when I thought of all the girls "whose hair was golden brown and blowin' free like the cornfields" I had known over the years.
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