I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life. — Rita Rudner When I read a few months ago that Glee actress Lea Michele had joined PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) in a campaign to end horse-drawn carriage […]
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Posted: 06/9/11 10:16 AM
This is a guest post by Jami Kelly. She is happily single, lives in New York City and is continuously getting “unstuck” doing amazing, interesting things. If some of her great adventures motivate even one person to do something new or different — even something small — the52weeks is doing what it was intended to […]
Posted: 04/15/11 10:05 AM
Life is like a game of poker: if you don’t put any in the pot, there won’t be any to take out. – Jackie ”Moms” Mabley, comedian A dark smoky room filled with men, the muffled sound of chips hitting the felt table, and silent tension hanging in the air is what one usually imagines. […]
Posted: 03/22/11 9:58 AM
“Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music.” — Isaac Stern I don’t know why it took me so long. About twenty years and ten minutes to be exact. Twenty years to make plans to go and then a 10-minute cab ride and there I was, standing […]
Posted: 03/17/11 11:34 PM
This is a guest post by Laurey Bennett-Levy, a dear old friend who lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two beautiful daughters. An early supporter of the52weeks, she was inspired to go drumming recently — although if you ask anyone that knows Laurey she has always been one to try new things! This […]
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Posted: 02/25/11 12:57 PM
I like to go to art museums and name the untitled paintings… Boy With Pail… Kitten On Fire…Steven Wright, comedian. “I don’t get it.” Remember the great scene from the classic movie Big, when Tom Hank’s character (a boy that literally becomes an adult overnight after making a wish at a carnival) raises his hand […]
Posted: 02/15/11 1:02 AM
Seventy percent of success in life is showing up. — Woody Allen Mark Wahlberg (Micky Ward) in the Oscar-nominated film, The Fighter: Aging quickly. Lives in Lowell, Massachusetts — tough neighborhood. Endless monotony, potheads, crackheads, gloomy. Supportive girlfriend. Trying to get “out” of his neighborhood, win the title and rise above his situation. Me: Aging […]
Posted: 02/3/11 11:33 AM
“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.” -Winnie-the-Pooh (and A.A. Milne) I looked up the word commitment the other day. It is defined as the act of committing, the state of begin committed; a pledge or undertaking; applying or engaging oneself. There are many kinds of commitments – for work, family, relationships […]
Posted: 01/26/11 6:28 PM
Aim at a high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, nor the second and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally, you’ll hit the Bull’s-Eye of Success. -Annie Oakley I expected a big adrenaline rush from the […]
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Posted: 12/10/10 3:28 AM
You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you’re in. — Dr. Seuss Lately I’ve been looking for a different sport or type of exercise to explore (the running didn’t last–see post). I really want to check this off of my “52“. It’s just that trying something new can sometimes be a little daunting. So […]
Posted: 11/27/10 4:43 AM
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