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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:15 pm
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    been as tired as this sometime before in her life, but she couldn't
    rememberShe was too tired to rememberI'm tired of funerals, I'm
    tired of death, I'm tired of my life falling away, a piece at a time,
    and leaving me all aloneThe graveyard at Tara was not ladies omega constellation very large
    Mammy's grave looked big, ever so much bigger than Melly's, Scarlett
    thought disjointedly, but Mammy had shrivelled up so that she
    probably
    wasn't any bigger at allShe didn't need such a big graveThe wind
    had a bite in it, for all that the sky was so blue and the sun so
    brightYellowed Gucci Clutches leaves skittered across the burial ground, blown by
    the windAutumn's coming, if it's not here already, she thoughtI
    used to love the fall in the country, riding through the woodsThe
    ground looked like it had gold on it, and the air tasted like ciderThere hasn't been a proper riding horse at Tara gucci for women since Pa
    diedShe looked at the gravestonesGerald O'Hara, born County
    Meath, IrelandEllen Robillard O'Hara, born Savannah, Georgiathree tiny stones, all alikeThe brothers she'd
    never knownAt least Mammy was being buried here, next to "Miss
    Ellen," her first love, and not in the slaves' burial omega replica watches plotSuellen
    screamed to high heaven, but I won that fight, soon as Will came in on
    my sideWhen Will puts his foot down, it stays putToo bad he's so
    stiff-necked about letting me give him some moneyThe house looks
    terribleSo does the graveyard, for that matterWeeds all over the
    place, it's downright rolex submariner replica shabb
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:16 pm
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    “We may not be here,” said Bourne as his brother-in-law left and a strapping young black
    woman in a complete nurse’s uniform walked out of StJacques’s private bathroom into the office
    At the sight of her, old Fontaine approached
    “Very good, my child, you look splendid,” said the Frenchman“Remember now, I’ll be holding
    your arm as we walk and rolex submariner replica talk, but when I squeeze you and raise my voice, telling you to leave me
    alone, you’ll do as I say, correct?”
    “Yes, sirI am to hurry away quite angry with you for being so unniceThere’s nothing to be afraid of, it’s just a gameWe want to talk with someone who’s
    very shy
    “How’s the neck?” asked the doctor, looking at Jason, unable to see the quilted bag chanel bandage beneath the
    brown shirt
    “It’s all right,” answered Bourne
    “Let’s take a look at it,” said the Canadian, stepping forward
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    167
    “Thanks but not now, DoctorI suggest you go downstairs and rejoin your wifeI thought you’d say that, but may I say something , very quickly?”
    “Very quickly
    “I’m a doctor and I’ve vintage omega watches had to do a great many things I didn’t like doing and I’m sure this is in
    that categoryBut when, I think of that young man and what was done to him—”
    “Please,” broke in Jason
    “Yes, yes, I understandNevertheless, I’m here if you need me, I just wanted you to know thatI’m not terribly proud of my previous statementsI saw what I saw and I do have a Gucci Clutches name and I’m
    perfectly willing to testify in a court of lawIn other words, I withdraw my reluctance
    “There’ll be no courts, Doctor, no testimony
    “Really? But these are serious crimes!”
    “We know what they are,” interrupted Bourne“Your help is greatly appreciated, but nothing
    else concerns you
    “I see,” said the doctor, staring curiously at gucci bookbag Jaso
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:19 pm
    @@@@@ I'd never do it, Illy "Then why is she
    @@@@@
    I'd never do it, Illy
    "Then why is she still afraid of you?"
    "I think
    She hurled herself into my arms so hard she almost
    knocked us both onto the sofa"Oh, Daddy, I'm so
    sorryAll of this is just so sucky
    I stroked her hair a little"I know, but remember
    this - it's as bad as it's going to get That
    wasn't the truth, but if I was careful, Ilse would
    never know it had been an outright lie
    A horn honked from the driveway
    "Go on," I said, and kissed her wet cheek"Your
    sister's impatient
    25
    She wrinkled her nose"So what else is new?
    You're not overdoing the pain meds, are you?"
    "No
    "Call if you need me, DaddyI'll catch the very
    next planeWhich was why I wouldn't I put a kiss on her other cheek"Give
    that to your sister
    She nodded and went outI sat down on the couch
    and closed my eyesBehind them, the clocks were
    striking and striking and striking
    v
    My next visitor was DrKamen, the psychologist
    who gave me RebaI had Kathi,
    my rehabilitation dominatrix, to thank for that
    Although surely no more than forty, Kamen walked
    like a much older man and wheezed even when he sat,
    peering at the world through enormous horn-rimmed
    spectacles and over an enormous pear of a b
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:19 pm
    @@@@@Unconscious or crippled, I hadn't been free
    @@@@@Unconscious or crippled, I hadn't been free to seek him out
    “Hey, Wanda! Hey, Ian!” Jamie was all grins, his messy hair bouncing when he movedHe
    headed for my reaching hand, but Ian was in his waySo he settled for sitting on the edge of my
    mattress and resting his hand on my foot“How are you feeling?”
    “Better
    “Hungry yet? There's beef jerky and corn on the cob! I could get you someHow are you? I haven't seen you much lately“Sharon gave me detention“What did you do?”
    “Nothing His innocent expression was a bit overdone, and he quickly
    changed the subject“Guess what? Jared was saying at lunch that he didn't think it was fair for
    you to have to move out of the room you were used toHe said we weren't being good hosts
    He said you should move back in with me! Isn't that great? I asked him if I could tell you right
    away, and he said that was a good ideaHe said you would be in here
    “I'll bet he did,” Ian murmured
    “So what do you think, Wanda? We get to be roomies again!”
    “But Jamie, where will Jared stay?”
    “Wait–let me guess,” Ian interrupted“I bet he said the room was big enough for threeHow did you know?”
    “Lucky guess
    “So that's good, isn't it, Wanda? It will be just like before we came here!”
    It felt sort of like a razor sliding between my ribs when he said that–too clean and precise a pain
    to be compared to a blow or a break
    Jamie analyzed my tortured expression with alarmNo, I mean but with you, tooThe four of us, right?”
    I tried to laugh through the pain; it didn't hurt any worse than not laughing
    Ian squeezed my hand
    “The four of us,” I mumbled
    Jamie crawled up the mattress, worming his way around Ian, to put his arms around my neck
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:11 pm
    @@@@@"It was a goddam false alarm "Who fired?"
    @@@@@"It was a goddam false alarm
    "Who fired?" someone whispered
    "Go on back!" Croft commanded
    He turned to Wilson again"Of all the tricks you've ever pulledMan, you're on my shit-list from now on He stepped out of the hole, and walked back to his blanketsHe could feel his hands still trembling
    Wilson was bewilderedHe kept thinking of how merry Croft had been that afternoon, and he couldn't understand his sudden rageWhat's there to get a man so fussed about? he wonderedHe chuckled to himself, and then remembered how Croft had shaken himAh don' care how long Ah know him, Wilson told himself, they ain't no call for him to handle me any ol' wayNext time he do somethin' like that, Ah'll give him a belt or twoHe broke off moodily, and looked out across the barbed wireThe bush had been sheared away at its roots, and he had a fine field of viewShoulda done that long ago, he told himselfHe was feeling very hurt by Croft's angerJus' a little ol' burst o' machine-gun fireAbruptly, he realized that the entire bivouac probably was awake now, and men everywhere were listening tenselyGoddam, Wilson sighed, Ah get in more trouble when Ah get drunkHe began to giggle to himself
    Next morning the squad returned to the bivouac of headquarters and headquarters companyThey had been away for seven days and eight nights


    The Time Machine:
    RED VALSEN
    THE WANDERING MINSTREL

    Everything about him was bony and knobb
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:11 pm
    @@@@@Thank heaven Pansy was back from TaraShe
    @@@@@Thank heaven Pansy was
    back
    from TaraShe was very good at making the other servants do their
    jobs, much better than the new butler hired to replace PorkScarlett
    took a glass of champagne from the tray the new man held out to her
    At least he was good at serving, quite stylish in fact, and Scarlett
    did so like for things to be stylish
    Just then the doorbell soundedShe startled the manservant by
    smiling
    happily, then she moved towards the entrance hall to greet her
    friends
    They arrived in a steady stream for almost an hour and the house
    filled
    with the sound of loud voices, the overpowering smell of perfume and
    powder, the brilliant colors of silks and satins, rubies and
    sapphires
    Scarlett moved through the melee smiling and laughing, flirting idly
    with the men, accepting the fulsome compliments of the womenThey
    were so happy to see her again, they'd missed her so much, no one's
    parties were as exciting as hers, no one's home as beautiful, no one's
    gown as fashionable, no one's hair as glossy, no one's figure as
    youthful, no one's complexion so perfect and creamyI'm having a
    good
    timeIt's a wonderful partyShe glanced over the silver dishes and
    trays on the long polished table to see that the servants were keeping
    them all replenishedQuantities of food-excesses of food-were
    important to her, for she would never forget completely what it had
    been like to come so near to starvation at the end of the WarHer
    friend Mamie Bart caught her eye and smiledA streak of buttery
    sauce
    from the half-eaten oyster patty in Mamie's hand had dribbled from
    the
    corner of ú her mouth down onto the diamond necklace around her fat
    neckScarlett turned away in disgustMamie was going to be big as
    an ú elephant one of these daysThank goodness, I can eat all I want
    and never gain a poundShe smiled entrancingly at Harry
    Connington,
    her friend Sylvia's husband"You must have found some elixir, Harry,
    you look ten years younger than you did last time I saw you She
    watched with malicious amusement as Harry sucked in hisstomach
    His
    face turned red, then faintly purple before he abandoned the effort to
    hold it inScarlett laughed aloud, then moved awayA burst of
    laughter caught her attention, and she drifted towards the trio of men
    who were its sourceShe'd like very much to hear something funny,
    even if it was one of those jokes that ladies had to pretend not to
    understan
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:16 pm
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    “Turn that goddamned thing off!” shouted Marie, lurching out of the chair and heading for the
    telephone as her brother switched off the set“Where’s Conklin’s number? I wrote it down here on
    your desk somewhereHere it is, on the blotterSaint Alex has a hell of a lot to explain, that son
    of a bitch!” She dialed angrily but accurately, sitting in StJacques’s chair, tapping her clenched
    fist as Chanel Necklaces the tears continued to roll down her cheeksTears of sorrow and fury“It’s me, you bastard!
    You’ve killed him! You let him go—helped him to go—and you’ve killed him!”
    “I can’t talk to you now, Marie,” said a cold, controlled Alexander Conklin“I’ve got Paris on
    the other line
    “Screw Paris! Where is he? Get him out!”
    “Believe me, we’re trying to find himAll fucking hell has broken out hereThe British want
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    something they can’t figure out but suspect, like special Deuxième cargo on a plane from
    Martinique, which was originally rejectedI’ll call you back, I swear it!”
    The line was disconnected, and Marie slammed down the phone“I’m flying to Paris, Johnny,”
    she said, breathing deeply and wiping the tears from her face
    “You’re what?”
    “You heard meJamie loves santos cartier watch her and she’s better with Alison than
    I could ever be—and why not? She’s had seven children, all grown up who still come back to her
    every Sunday
    “You’re crazy! I won’t let you!”
    “Somehow,” said Marie, giving her brother a withering look, “I have an idea you probably said
    something like that to David when he told you he was going to Paris
    “Yes, I did!”
    “And you couldn’t stop him any more than you can stop me
    “But why?”
    “Because I know every tiffany heart tag place he knows in Paris, every street, every café, every alley, from
    Sacré-Coeur to MontmartreHe has to use them, and I’ll find him long before the Deuxième or the
    S?reté The telephone rang; Marie picked it up
    “I told you I’d call you right back,” said the voice of Alex Conklin“Bernardine has an idea that
    might work
    “Who’s Bernardine?”
    “An old Deuxième colleague and a good friend who’s helping David
    “What’s his idea?”
    “He got Jason—David—a rental silver chanel car
    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:19 pm
    @@@@@ She picked up my mailbox drawingit's
    @@@@@ She picked up my mailbox drawingit's nothing special, except it isWhy'd you put a rocking horse in the
    picture, Dad?"
    "I don't know," I said"It just wanted to be
    there
    "Did you draw it from memory?"
    "NoI can't seem to do thatEither because of
    the accident or because I never had that
    particular skill in the first place Except for
    sometimes when I didWhen it came to young men in
    Twins tee-shirts, for instance"I found one on
    the Internet, then printed-"
    "Oh shit, I smudged it!" she cried"Oh, shit!"
    "Ilse, it's all right
    "It's not all right and it does matter! You need
    to get some fucking paints!" She replayed what
    she'd just said and clapped a hand over her mouth
    "You probably won't believe this," I said, "but
    I've heard that word a time or twoAlthough I
    143
    have an idea that maybe your boyfriend
    "You got that right," she said"But he can let out a pretty good
    gosh-darn when somebody cuts him off in traffic
    Dad, about your pictures-"
    "I'm just happy you like them
    "It's more than liking
    "I'm also dead on my feet
    "I think maybe you need a cup of hot cocoa and
    then bed
    "That sounds wonderful
    "Which?"
    She laughedIt was wonderful to hear her laugh
    It filled the place up
    xi
    We stood on the beach the next morning with coffee
    cups in hand and our ankles in the
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:19 pm
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    santos cartier watch,replica omega,rolex submariner replica,tiffany diamond,chloe white@@@@@Then, as he realized that it wasn't a loss of appetite that left my tray full, he stopped
    eating, too
    I used his brief absences to deal with the physical needs that I could not ignore, thankful for the
    proximity of the odorous streamAs my fast lengthened, those needs vanished
    I couldn't keep from sleeping, but I did not make myself comfortableThe first day, I woke to
    find santos cartier watch my head and shoulders cradled on his lapI recoiled from him, shuddering so violently that
    he did not repeat the gestureAfter that, I slumped against the stones where I was, and when I
    woke, I would curl back up into my silent ball at once
    “Please,” Ian whispered on the third day–at least I thought it was the third day; there was no
    way to be sure of the passing time in replica omega this dark, silent placeIt was the first time he'd spoken
    I knew a tray of food was in front of meHe pushed it closer, till it touched my leg
    He put his hand on my arm but moved away quickly when I flinched out from under it
    “Please don't hate meIf I'd known… I would have stopped themI won't let it
    happen again
    He would never stop themHe was just one among manyAnd, as Jared rolex submariner replica had said, he'd had no
    objections beforeEven in the most compassionate, humankind's limited scope
    of mercy was reserved for their own
    I knew Doc could never intentionally inflict pain on another personI doubted he would even
    be capable of watching such a thing, tender as his feelings wereBut a worm, a centipede? Why
    would he care about the agony of a strange alien creature? tiffany diamond Why would it bother him to murder a
    baby–slowly, slicing it apart piece by piece–if it had no human mouth to scream with?
    “I should have told you,” Ian whispered
    Would it have mattered if I'd simply been told rather than having seen the tortured remains for
    myself? Would the pain be less strong?
    “Please eat
    The silence returnedWe sat in it for a while, maybe another chloe white hour
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:11 pm
    @@@@@Conn wasn't even a first sergeant in
    @@@@@Conn wasn't even a first sergeant in 'thirty-sevenYou didn't quit the Army to organize companies when you were a staff sergeantAbruptly Hearn realized that Conn had not whored with Generals Caldwell and Simmons in Washington, oh, possibly once he'd had a drink with them, or more likely he'd served under them as a noncom before the war but the whole thing was pathetic, and a little disgustingConn, the big operatorEven now the watery sagging eyes, the paunch, the mottled bulbous nose, were staring at him with sinceritySure he knew Bill HearnIf they put Conn on the rack, he'd die swearing he knew him, believing he knew him
    "I'll tell you what, when you see Bill Hearn again, you tell him you saw me, or write to him, tell him that
    What had gone on in Conn's head for twenty years in the Army? Or particularly the last five when he had discovered he could swim as an officer?
    Pop! went Dalleson's carbineWhy don't you look him up? He'll be glad to see youI'd kinda like to see him againThey don't make them more sociable than your father With a delicious effort Hearn restrained himself from saying, Maybe he can give you a job at the gate, keeping people out
    Instead he stood up"I'm going in for a dip," he announcedHe sprinted down the beach, hit the water flatly, and coasted under, feeling his mirth, his disgust, his weariness wash away in the delight of cold water against his heated fleshWhen he came up he spouted some water gleefully, and began to swimOn the beach the officers were still sunning themselves, playing bridge or talkingTwo of them were throwing a ball back and forthThe jungle looked almost pretty from the water
    Some artillery boomed very faintly over the horizonHearn ducked under again, came up slowlyThe General had said once, savoring the epigram, "Corruption is the cement that keeps the Army from breaking apart Conn? Cummings hadn't applied it that way, but Conn was still a product
    All right and so was he
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:11 pm
    @@@@@I can make Mother proud of meWhen
    @@@@@I can make Mother proud of meWhen she
    was
    a child, Mammy had described heaven to her as a land of clouds like
    big
    feather mattresses where angels rested, amusing themselves by
    looking
    down at the goings-on below through cracks in the skyEver since her
    mother died, Scarlett had had an uncomfortable childish conviction
    that
    Ellen was watching her with unhappy concernI'll make it all better
    now, she promised her motherEleanor's affectionate welcome had,
    for
    the moment, erased all the fears and memories that filled her heart
    and
    mind when she saw the Yankee soldiersIt had even wiped out
    Scarlett's unacknowledged anxiety about her decision to follow Rhett
    to
    CharlestonShe felt safe and loved and invincibleShe could do
    anything, everythingShe would win Rhett's love
    again
    She would be the lady Ellen always meant for her to beShe would be
    admired and respected and adored by everyoneAnd she would
    never,
    ever, be lonely againWhen Pauline closed the last tiny, ivory-inlaid
    drawer of the rosewood desk and Eulalie hurriedly swallowed the last
    slice of cake, Eleanor Butler stood, pulling Scarlett up with her"I
    have to pick up my boots from the cobbler this morning," she said, "so
    I'll take Scarlett along and introduce her to King StreetNo woman
    can possibly feel at home until she knows where the shops areWill
    youall join us?" To Scarlett's immense relief, her aunts declinedButler all to herselfThe walk to Charleston's shops
    was pure pleasure in the warm bright winter sunlightKing Street was
    a revelation and a delightStores lined it for block after block; dry
    goods, hardware, boots, tobacco and cigars, hats, jewelry, china,
    seeds, medicines, wines, books, gloves, candies-it seemed that
    everything and anything could be bought on King StreetThere were
    crowds of shoppers, too, and dozens of smart buggies and open
    carriages, with liveried drivers and fashionably dressed occupants
    Charleston was nowhere near as dreary as she had remembered it and
    feared it to beIt was much bigger and busier than AtlantaAnd no
    sign of the Panic at allUnfortunately, Rhett's mother behaved as if
    none of the color and excitement and busyness exi
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:24 pm
    @@@@@“I don’t believe in that crap and this
    @@@@@“I don’t believe in that crap and this office is
    swept every morningWho’s the candidate?”
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “A man at the Soviet embassy in Paris,” replied Casset calmly
    “A mole?”
    “Not for a minuteA KGB officer whose first priority never changes? The Americanized village or town where the Jackal was initially trained in
    Russia?”
    “Half trained and escaped from before he could be shot as a maniacOnly, it’s not just an
    American compound—that’s a mistake we make so oftenThere are British and French
    compounds, too, also Israeli, Dutch, Spanish, West German and God knows how many others
    Dozens of square miles cut out of the forests along the Volkhov River, dotted with settlements so
    that you’d swear you were in a different country with each one you entered—if you could get
    inside, which you couldn’tLike the Aryan breeding farms, the Lebensborn of Nazi Germany,
    Novgorod is one of Moscow’s most closely guarded secretsThey want the Jackal as badly as Jason
    Bourne does
    “And you think this KGB fellow will cooperate, keep us informed about Conklin if they make
    contact?”
    “I can tryAfter all, we have a common objective, and I know Alex would accept him because
    he knows how much the Soviets want Carlos on the dead list
    Holland leaned forward in his chair“I told Conklin I’d help him any way I could as long as it
    didn’t compromise our going after MedusaHe’ll be landing in Paris within the hourShall I
    leave instructions at the diplomatic counter for him to reach you?”
    “Tell him to call Charlie Bravo Plus One,” said Casset, getting up and dropping the computer
    printout on the desk“I don’t know how much I can give him in an hour, but I’ll go to workI’ve
    got a secure channel to our Russian, thanks to an outstanding ‘consultant’ of ours in Paris
    “She’s already asked for one—harassed me is more appropriateShe runs the cleanest escort
    service in the city; the girls are checked weekly
    “Why not hire them all?” asked the director, smiling
    “I believe seven are already on the payroll, sir,” answered the deputy director, his demeanor
    serious, in contrast to his arched eyebrowsMorris Panov, his legs unsteady, was helped down the metal steps of the diplomatically
    cleared jet by a strapping marine corporal in starched summer khakis carrying his suitcase“How
    do you people manage to look so presentable after such a perfectly horrendous trip?” asked the
    psychiatrist
    “None of us will look this presentable after a couple of hours of liberty in Paris, sir
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    10:21 pm
    @@@@@ "So all that leaves is the story of how I
    @@@@@
    "So all that leaves is the story of how I got here
    - the bridge I walked over to get from my other
    life to the one I'm living these days
    Kamen was patting his meaty hands together
    soundlesslyThat made me feel goodHaving him
    there made me feel goodI don't know exactly what
    would have happened if he hadn't've been, but I
    think it would have been what Wireman calls mucho
    feo - very ugly
    "But I have to keep it simple, because my friend
    Wireman says that when it comes to the past, we
    all stack the deck, and I believe that's true
    Tell too much and you find yourselftelling the past you wished for?"
    I looked down and saw Wireman was nodding
    "Yeah, I think so, the one you wished forSo
    simply put, what happened is this: I had an
    accident at a job siteThere was
    this crane, you see, and it crushed the pickup
    truck I was in, and it crushed me, as wellI lost
    my right arm and I almost lost my lifeI was
    married, but my marriage broke upI was at my
    590
    wits' endThis is a thing I see more clearly now;
    I only knew then that I felt very, very bad
    Another friend, a man named Xander Kamen, asked me
    one day if anything made me happyKamen looked up intently from the first
    row with the long gift-box balanced on his non-lap
    I remembered him that day at Lake Phalen - the
    tatty briefcase, the cold autumn sunshine coming
    and going in diagonal stripes across the living
    room floorI remembered thinking about suicide,
    and the myriad roads leading into the dark:
    turnpikes and secondary highways and shaggy little
    forgotten lanes
    The silence was spinning out, but I no longer
    dreaded itAnd my audience seemed not to mindIt
    was natural for my mind to wander
    "The idea of happiness - at least as it applied to
    me - was something I hadn't thought of in a long
    time," I said"I thought of supporting my family,
    and after I started my own company, I thought of
    not letting down the people who worked for meI
    also thought of becoming a success, and worked for
    it, mostly because so many people expected me to
    591
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:18 pm
    @@@@@Statistics I had never seen before, even
    @@@@@Statistics I had never seen before, even though I already owned a substantial share block of an existing oil companyWith that information, I immediately began looking for and found a new undervalued oil company that was about to find some oil depositsMy broker was excited about this new company, and I bought 15,000 shares for 65 cents per share
    In February 1997, this same friend and I drove by the same gas station, and sure enough, the price per gallon had gone up nearly 15 percentAgain, the "Chicken Little" worried and complained I smiled because in January 1997, that little oil company hit oil and those 15,000 shares went up to more than $3 per share since he had first given me the tipAnd the price of gas will continue to go up if what my friend says is true
    Instead of analyzing, their little chicken closes their mindIf most people understood how a "stop" worked in stock-market investing, there would be more people -investing to win instead of investing not to loseA "stop" is simply a computer command that sells your stock automatically if the price begins to drop, helping to minimize your losses and maximize some gainsIt's a great tool for those who are terrified of losing
    So whenever I hear people focusing on their "I don't wants," rather than what they do want, I know the "noise" in their head must be loudChicken Little has taken over their brain and is yelling, "The sky is falling and toilets are breaking So they avoid their "don't wants," but they pay a huge priceThey may never get what they want in life
    Rich dad gave me a way of looking at Chicken Little "Just do what Colonel Sanders did At the age of 66, he lost his business and began to live on his Social Security checkHe went around, the country selling his recipe for fried chickenHe was turned down 1,009 times before someone said "yes And he went on to become a
    multimillionaire at an age when most people are quitting "He was a brave and tenacious man," rich dad said of Harlan Sanders
    So when you're in doubt and feeling a little afraid, just do what ColSanders did to his little chickenBusy people are often the most l
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    10:19 pm
    @@@@@"Who put that bag on my head? Red, that's a
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    CHAPTER XXXI
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