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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    11:52 am
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    @@@@@That was one thing could always rile him, even when he was an itty-bitty bastard
    "Couldn't stand to have anyone beat him in anythin'
    "Never could lick himAh'd beat the piss out o' him, and he'd never make a soundJus' stand there lookin' at me as if he was fixin' to wallop me back, or maybe put a bullet in mah head

    Croft hunted earlyIn the winter, in the chill Texas desert, it used to be a cold numbing ride across twenty miles of rutted hard-baked road with the dust blowing like emery into the open battered FordThe two big men in the front would say little, and the one who was not driving would blow on his fingersWhen they reached the forest, the sun would still be straining to rise above the brown-red line of ridge
    Now, look, boy, see that trail, that's a deer runThey ain't hardly a man is smart enough to track down a deerYou set an' wait for 'em, and you set where the wind is blowin' down from the deer to youYou got to wait a long time
    The boy sits shivering in the woodAh'm fugged if Ah'll wait for any ole deerAh'm gonna track 'em
    He stalks through the forest with the wind on his faceIt's dark, and the trees are silver-brown, and the ground is a deep-olive velvetWhere is that ole deer? He kicks a twig out of his way, and stiffens as a buck goes clattering through the brushGoddam! Ole deer is fast
    Next time he is more cautiousHe finds a deer track, kneels down and traces the hoofprint tenderly, feeling a thrillAh'm gonna track this old deer
    For two hours he creeps through the forest, watching where he places his feet, putting his heel down first, then his toes before he shifts his weightWhen the dried thorny branches catch in his clothing, he pulls them free quietly, one by o
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:50 am
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    I'll write a nice fat bank draft after breakfast, she thought
    "These are the best biscuits I ever tasted," Scarlett said"Could I
    have another?" She was beginning to feel much better with a good
    sleep
    behind her, a good meal in her stomach, and the children taken care
    of
    She knew she should go back to Atlanta-she still had to do something
    about BeauAshley, too; she'd promised Melanie
    But she'd think about that laterShe'd come to Tara for country peace
    and quiet, she was gucci fashion determined to have some before she left
    After breakfast Suellen went out to the kitchenProbably to complain
    about something, Scarlett thought uncharitably
    It gave her a chance to be alone and peaceful The house is so
    quietThe children must be having their breakfast in the kitchen, and
    of course Will's long gone to the fields with Wade dogging his
    footsteps, just the way he used to when Will first came to Tara
    Wade'll be much happier here than in Atlanta, especially with mulberry bag Rhett
    gone- No, I won't think about that now, I'll go crazy if I doI'll
    just enjoy the peace and quiet, it's what I came forShe poured
    herself another cup of coffee, not caring that it was only lukewarm
    Sunlight through the window behind her illuminated the painting on
    the
    wall opposite, above the scarred sideboardWill had done a grand job
    repairing the furniture that the Yankee soldiers had broken up, but
    even he couldn't remove the deep gouges they'd made with chanel logo their
    swords
    Or the bayonet wound in Grandma Robillard's portraitWhatever
    soldier
    had stabbed her must have been drunk, Scarlett figured, because he'd
    missed both the arrogant almost-sneer on Grandma's thin-nosed face
    and
    the bosoms that rounded up over her low cut gownAll he'd done was
    jab through her left earring, and now she looked even more interesting
    wearing just oneHer mother's mother was the only ancestor who
    really
    interested Scarlett, and it frustrated her that prada bag nobody would ever tell
    her enough about her grandmotherMarried three times, she had
    learned
    that much from her mother, but no detailsAnd Mammy always cut
    off
    tales of life in Savannah just when they started getting interesting
    There had been duels fought over Grandma, and the fashions of her
    day
    had been scandalous, with ladies deliberately wetting their thin muslin
    gowns so that they'd cling to their legs
    And the rest of them, too, from the look of things in the chloe black portrait
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:58 am
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    “And you’re certain he hasn’t been in touch with the CG
    “He told me he’d let me know before he reached the pompous idiot and I believe him
    “I sincerely hope you’re right—because that pompous idiot is the Jackal’s contact in
    Montserrat
    “What? I don’t believe it!”
    “Believe
    “It’s incredible!”
    “No, it’s notIt’s the way of chloe dior the JackalHe finds vulnerability and he recruits it, buys itThere
    are very few in the gray areas beyond his ability to purchase themJacques wandered aimlessly to the balcony doors coming to terms with the
    unbelievable“I suppose it answers a question a lot of us have asked ourselvesThe governor’s oldline
    landed gentry with a brother high up in the Foreign bags dolce and gabbana Office who’s close to the prime minister
    Why at his age was he sent out here, or, maybe more to the point, why did he accept it? You’d
    think he’d settle for nothing less than Bermuda or the British VirginsPlymouth can be a steppingstone,
    not a final post
    “He was banished, JohnnyCarlos probably found out why a long time ago and has him on a list
    He’s been gucci ladies watch doing it for yearsMost people read newspapers and books and magazines for diversion;
    the Jackal pores over volumes of in-depth intelligence reports from every conceivable source he
    can unearth, and he’s unearthed more than the CIA, the KGB, MI-Five and Six, Interpol and a
    dozen other services even want to think aboutThose seaplanes flew in four or five chanel sale times after I
    got back here from BlackburneWho was on them?”
    “Pilots,” answered StJacques, turning around“They were taking people out, not bringing
    anyone in, I told you thatWere you watching?”
    “Watching who?”
    “Each plane when it came in
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    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:58 am
    @@@@@Once over this bridge, I observed that the
    @@@@@Once over this bridge, I observed
    that the northern tip of the island was free of
    the vegetation that tangled the restInstead
    there was actual landscaping (in Florida this
    means palms and grass undergoing nearly constant
    irrigation)I could see half a dozen houses
    strung along the narrow, patchy band of road
    leading south, the last one of them a huge and
    undeniably elegant hacienda
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    And close by, less than a football field's length
    from the Duma Key end of the drawbridge, I could
    see a pink house hanging over the Gulf
    "Is that it?" I asked, thinking Please let that be
    itThat's the one I want"It is, isn't it?"
    "I don't know, MrFreemantle," Jack said"I know
    Sarasota, but this is the first time I've ever
    been on DumaNever had any reason to come here
    He pulled up to the mailbox, which had a big red
    13 on itHe glanced at the folder lying between
    us on the seat"This is it, all rightSalmon
    Point, number thirteenI hope you're not
    superstitious
    I shook my head, not taking my eyes off itI
    didn't worry about broken mirrors or crossing
    black cats' paths, but I'm very much a believer
    inwell, maybe not love at first sight, that's
    a little too Rhett-and-Scarlett for me, but
    instant attraction? SureIt's the way I felt
    about Pam the first time I met her, on a double
    date (she was with the other guy)And it's the
    way I felt about Big Pink from the very first
    She stood on pilings with her chin jutting over
    the high-tide lineThere was a NO TRESPASSING
    70
    sign slanting askew on an old gray stick beside
    the driveway, but I guessed that didn't apply to
    me"Once you sign the lease, you have it for a
    year," Sandy told me"Even if it's sold, the
    owner can't kick you out until your time is up
    Jack drove slowly up to the back do
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:50 am
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    “I'll get her where she needs to go,” Ian said
    Jared's face was careful, the way he looked at me when he didn't want me to know what he
    was thinkingBut he was looking at Ian now
    “We were just discussing where exactly that would beMaybe the hospital… ?”
    I shook my head at the same classic chanel bag time Ian didAfter the past horrible days spent there, I didn't think
    I could bear the room I'd once misguidedly fearedEspecially Walter's empty bed…
    “I've got a better place for her,” Ian said“Those cots aren't much softer than rock, and she's
    got a lot of sore spots
    Jared still held clutch prada my handDid he realize how tightly he was gripping it? The pressure was
    starting to get uncomfortable, but he didn't seem awareAnd I certainly wasn't going to
    complain
    “Why don't you get lunch?” Jared suggested to IanI'll take her wherever
    you had planned… ?”
    Ian chuckled, a low, chanel clutch dark soundAnd honestly, Jared, Wanda needs a bit more help
    than a handI don't know if you're… comfortable enough with the situation to give her that
    You see –”
    Ian paused to lean down and pull me quickly up into his armsI gasped as the movement
    tugged at my sideJared didn't free my pasha cartier handMy fingertips were turning red
    “–she's actually had enough exercise for one day, I thinkYou go on ahead to the kitchen
    They stared at each other while my fingertips turned purple
    “I can carry her,” Jared finally said in a low voice
    “Can you?” Ian challengedHe held me out, away from his mulberry bayswater
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:50 am
    @@@@@"What the hell we gonna do?" he asked
    @@@@@"What the hell we gonna do?" he asked again
    "Damn liquor go too fast," Martinez saidHe was beginning to feel very gloomy at the thought of how much money he had spent
    Wilson leaned forward"Listen, men, Ah got an ideaY'know them Japs've got those rollin' whorehouses they bring right up to the lines
    "Where'd ya hear that?" Gallagher demanded
    "Ah heard it, that's for certainWell, why don' we jus' sneak over tonight an' get in their tail line, and we can knock off a piece of that yellow stuff?"
    Red spat"What's the matter, ya want to see if their slits are horizontal?"
    "That's Chinee," Wilson said
    Gallagher leaned forward truculently and said, "Wilson, you're a nigger-lover"Shi-i-i-it," he drawledHe had forgotten his scheme already
    Red was thinking once more of the bodies in the drawHe felt a curious fascination as he remembered how they had lookedA wash of fear penetrated through the whirling in his mind, and he looked over his shoulder again"Why don't we go looking for souvenirs?" he shouted furiously
    "Where?"
    "There ought to be some dead Japs around here," Red saidHe resisted the impulse to look behind him"They is, they is," he said suddenly"Down 'bout two-three hunnerd yards from that mess sergeant's still, they was a battleAh 'member we passed right by it, jus' right by it"Night we go up to the river, and the Japs comeThat night Japs come down almost to here
    "Tha's right," Wilson said
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:51 am
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    for the elaborate flower arrangements and the half-burned candles in
    the six-armed candelabra on the bare dining room table
    Scarlett lit the candles and blew out her lampWhy should she skulk
    around in near-darkness like some kind of thief? It was her house, her
    brandy, and she could do as she pleasedShe selected a tiffany replica glass, took it
    and the decanter to the table, sat in the armchair at the headIt was
    her table, tooThe brandy sent a relaxing warmth through her bodyAnother drink, and my nerves should
    stop
    jumping around like they're doingShe filled the elegant little
    cordial glass again, tossed the brandy down her throat with a deft
    twist of the wristMustn't hurry, she discount fendi thought, pouringShe sipped her third drink
    How pretty the candlelight was, lovely golden flames reflected in the
    polished tabletopThe empty glass was pretty, tooIts cut facets
    made rainbows when she turned it in her fingersIt was as quiet as
    the graveThe clink of glass against glass made her jump when she
    poured the brandyThat proved she needed the drink, didn't it? omega planet ocean She
    was still too jumpy to sleepThe candles burned low and the decanter
    slowly emptied and Scarlett's usual control over her mind and memory
    was loosenedThis was the room where it had all begunThe table
    had
    been bare like this with only candles on it and the silver tray that
    held brandy decanter and glassesShe'd never
    seen
    him really drunk like that, he fake prada could always hold hisliquorHe was
    drunk that night, though, and cruel
    He said such horrible hurting things to her, ú and he twisted her arm
    so that she cried out in painthen he carried her up
    to her room and forced himself on herExcept that he didn't have to
    force her to accept himShe came alive when he handled her, when
    he
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:59 am
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    @@@@@Come on over and make
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    The young man got up from the chair and walked over to the couch
    Marie sat in the back of the plane drinking coffee from a plastic cup, trying desperately to recall
    every place—every hiding and resting place—she and David had used thirteen years agoThere
    were the rock-bottom cafés in Montparnasse, the cheap hotels as well; and a motel—where was
    it?—ten miles outside of Paris, and an inn with a balcony in Argenteuil where David—Jason—first
    told her he loved her but could not stay with her because he loved her—the goddamned ass! And
    there was the Sacré-Coeur, far up on the steps where Jason—David—met the man in a dark alley
    who gave them the information they needed—what was it, who was he?
    “Mesdames et messieurs,” came the voice over the flight deck’s loudspeaker“Jesuis votre
    capitaine“The pilot continued first in French, then he and his crew repeated the in
    formation in English, German, Italian and, finally with a female interpreter, in Japanese“We
    anticipate a very smooth flight to MarseillesOur estimated flight time is seven hours and fourteen
    minutes, landing on or before schedule at six o’clock in the morning, Paris time
    The moonlight outside bathed the ocean below as Marie StJacques Webb looked out the
    windowShe had flown to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and taken the night flight to Marseilles, where
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    208
    French immigration was at best a mass of confusion and at worst intentionally laxAt least that was
    the way it was thirteen years ago, a time she was reenteringShe would then take a domestic flight
    to Paris and she would find himAs she had done thirteen years ago, she would find himShe had
    to! As it had been thirteen years ago, if she did not, the man she loved was a dead man
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
    209
    21
    Morris Panov sat listlessly in a chair by a window looking out over the pasture of a farm
    somewhere, he assumed, in MarylandHe was in a small second-floor bedroom dressed in a
    hospital nightshirt, his bare right arm confirming the story he knew only too wellHe had been
    drugged repeatedly, taken up to the moon, in the parlance of those who usually administered such
    narcoticsHe had been mentally raped, his mind penetrated, violated, his innermost thoughts and
    secrets brought chemically to the surface and exposed
    The damage he had done was incalculable, he understood that; what he did not understand was
    why he was still aliveEven more perplexing was why he was being treated so deferentiallyWhy
    was his guard with the foolish black mask so courteous, the food plentiful and decent? It was as if
    the present imperative of his captivity was to restore his strength—profoundly sapped by the
    drugs—and make him as comfortable as possible under the extraordinarily difficult circumstances
    Why?
    The door opened and his masked guard walked in, a short heavyset man with a rasping voice
    Panov placed somewhere in the northeastern United States or possibly ChicagoIn another situation
    he might have appeared comic, his large head too massive for the asinine Lone Ranger eyecovering,
    which would certainly not impede instant identificationHowever, in the current state of
    affairs, he was not comic at all; his obsequiousness was in itself menac
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:59 am
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    The following night I lined the sunset with
    bundles of witchgrass, and the brilliant orange
    shining through the green turned the horizon into
    a forest fireThe night after that I tried palm
    trees, but that was no good, that one was another
    cliché, I could almost see hula-hula girls and
    hear ukes strummingNext I put a big old conch
    shell on the horizon with the sunset firing off
    around it like a corona, and the result was - to
    me, at least - almost unbearably creepyThat replica omega one
    I turned to the wall, thinking when I looked at it
    the next day it would have lost its magic, but it
    hadn't
    I snapped a picture of it with my digital camera,
    and attached it to an e-mailIt prompted the
    following exchange, which I printed out and stowed
    in a folder:
    EFree19 to KamenDoc
    10:14 AM
    December 9
    113
    Kamen: I told you I was drawing pictures again
    This is your fault, so the least you can do is
    look at the attached and tell me what you think
    The view is from my place down dolce sale hereDo not spare
    my feelings
    Edgar
    KamenDoc to EFree19
    12:09 PM
    December 9
    Edgar: I think you are getting betterIn truth the picture is amazingLike an
    undiscovered DalíYou have clearly found
    somethingHow big is it?
    EFree19 to KamenDoc
    1:13 PM
    December 9
    114
    Don't know
    EF
    KamenDoc to EFree19
    1:22 P
    M December 9
    Then MINE IT!
    Kamen
    Two days later, when Jack came by to ask if I
    wanted to run errands, I said I wanted to go to a
    bookstore and buy a book of Salman Dalí's gucci horsebit hobo art"I think you mean Salvador Dalí," he
    said"Unless you're thinking about the guy who
    wrote the book that got him in so much hot water
    I can't remember the name of it
    "The Satanic Verses," I said at onceThe mind's a
    funny monkey, isn't it?
    When I got back with my book of prints - it cost a
    staggering one hundred and nineteen dollars, even
    with my Barnes & Noble discount card, good thing
    I'd saved a few million out of the divorce for
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    myself - the MESSAGE WAITING lamp of my quilted chanel bag answering
    machine was flashingIt was Ilse, and the message
    was cryptic only at first listen
    "Mom's going to phone you," she said"I did my
    best talking, Dad - called in every favor she owed
    me, added my very best pretty-please and just
    about begged Lin, so say yes, okay? Say yes
    I sat down, ate a Table Talk pie I'd been looking
    forward to but no longer wanted, and leafed
    through my expensive picture-book, thinking - and
    I'm sure this wasn't original - Well hello, Dalí
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:50 am
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    surprised by how fast I was–launch the ball to Ian and move up the fieldLily was playing too
    far forwardI raced her to the lantern goalpost and wonIan aimed the pass perfectly, and I
    scored the first goal
    It felt good: the stretch and pull of muscle, oyster rolex the sweat of exertion rather than plain heat, the
    teamwork with IanI was quick, and his aim was deadlyWes's goading
    dried up before Ian scored the third goal
    Lily called the game when we hit twenty-oneShe was breathing hardNot me; I felt good,
    muscles warm and limber
    Wes Gucci Indy Bag wanted another round, but Lily was done
    “Face it, they're better
    “No one ever said she couldn't play
    “No one ever said she was a pro, either
    I liked that–it made me smile
    “Don't be a sore loser,” Lily said, reaching out to tickle Wes's stomach playfullyHe caught her
    fingers and tank louis pulled her closer to himShe laughed, tugging away, but Wes reeled her in and
    planted a solid kiss on her laughing mouth
    Ian and I exchanged a quick, startled glance
    “For you, I will lose with grace,” Wes told her, and then set her free
    Lily's smooth caramel skin had taken on a bit quilted bag chanel of pink on her cheeks and neckShe peeked at Ian
    and me to see our reaction
    “And now,” Wes continued, “I'm off to get reinforcementsWe'll see how your little ringer does
    against Kyle, Ian He lobbed the ball into the far dark corner of the cave, where I heard it
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:51 am
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    Hearn shoved him playfully"Do you want a word with the General?"
    "Sure, get me in USO They walked in together to chow
    After breakfast Hearn reported to the General's tentCummings was sitting at his desk studying an Air Corps engineer report"They won't have the airfield ready for two monthsThey switched a priority on me
    "That's too bad, sir
    "Naturally I'm expected to win the damn campaign without it The General griped abstractedly as if unaware of the identity of the man before him"This is the only division in action at the moment which doesn't have any dependable air support The General wiped his mouth carefully, looked at Hearn"I thought the tent was pretty good this morning Hearn was annoyed with the pleasure this gave him
    Cummings extracted a pair of eyeglasses from a drawer in the desk, wiped them slowly, and put them onThis was one of the few times Hearn had seen him wearing eyeglasses, and they made him look older somehowAfter a moment Cummings took them off and held them in his hand
    "You junior officers getting all your liquor supplies?"
    "Why, yes, I believe we are Cummings clasped his hands
    Now, what was this all about? Hearn wondered"Why do you ask?" he said at last
    But the General didn't answer"I'm taking a trip up to Second Battalion this morningWill you tell Richman to have the jeep ready for me in about ten minutes?"
    "Am I coming along, sir?"
    "Eh,
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    11:01 am
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    "Hmm?"
    He was pouring the coffeeScarlett wanted to ask him if the comfort
    and laughter could last, but she was afraid it would ruin everything
    "Is there any cream?" she asked insteadKeep your feet warm by the stove He chanel wholesale was gone only a few
    secondsWhile she stirred sugar and cream into her coflee, she
    stirred up her nerve"Rhett?"
    "Yes?" Scarlett's words tumbled out in a burst, quickly so that he
    couldn't stop her
    "Rhett, can't we have good times like this forever? This is a good
    time, you vuitton purses know it isWhy do you have to keep acting as though you
    hate me?" Rhett sighed"Scarlett," he said wearily, "any animal will
    attack if it's corneredInstinct is stronger than reason, stronger
    than willWhen you came to Charleston, you were backing me into a
    cornerYou can't leave birkin bag hermes well
    enough aloneBut you won't let me
    "I will, I will let youI want you to be"
    "You don't want kindness,
    Scarlett, you want loveUnquestioning, undemanding, unequivocal
    love
    I gave you that once, when you didn't want itI used it all up,
    Scarlett Rhett's tone was growing tiffany diamond colder, edged with harsh
    impatienceScarlett shrank away from it, unconsciously touching the
    bench at her side, trying to find the warmth of the discarded
    coverlet
    "Let me put it in your terms, ScarlettI had in my heart a thousand
    dollars' worth of loveIt was in gold, not prada milano greenback
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    10:56 am
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    My name was now Wanderer, yet her memories fit it just as well as my ownExcept that my
    wandering was by choiceThese flashes of memory were always tinged with the fear of the
    huntedNot wandering, but running
    I tried not to feel pityInstead, I worked to focus the memoriesI didn't need to see where she'd
    been, only where she was goingI sorted through the pictures that tied to the wordChicago, but
    none seemed to be anything more than random imagesWhat was outside
    Chicago? Cold, I thoughtIt was cold, and there was some worry about that
    Where? I pushed, and the wall came back“Outside the city–in the wilderness… a state park, away from any
    habitationsIt's not somewhere she'd been before, but she knew how to get there
    “How soon?” the Seeker asked The answer came automatically“How long have I been here?”
    “We let the host heal for nine days, just to be absolutely sure she was recovered,” the Healer
    told me“Insertion was today, the tenth dayMy body felt a staggering wave of relief“For the rendezvous point… or even the note I could feel the host's
    reaction to this–could feel it much too stronglyThe host was almost…smugI allowed the
    words she thought to be spoken, so that I could learn from them
    “He?” The Seeker pounced on the pronoun“Who?”
    The black wall slammed down with more force than she'd used beforeShe was the tiniest
    fraction of a second too l
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:54 am
    @@@@@They stood up and came to meet me, neither
    @@@@@They stood up and came to meet me,
    neither of them smiling
    "Everyone gone, amigo?" Wireman asked
    "Everyone but my Aunt Jean and Uncle Ben," I said
    "They're veteran freeloaders, dedicated to
    squeezing a good thing to the very last drop
    Jack smiled without much humor"Every family's
    got a few," he said
    "How are you?" I asked Wireman
    "About Elizabeth I'm okayHadlock said it was
    probably for the best this way, and I suppose he's
    rightHer leaving me what may amount to a hundred
    786
    and sixty million dollars in cash, securities, and
    propertiesMaybe someday I'll have the luxury of
    trying to get my head around it, but right now
    "Right now something's going on
    "How much have you told Jack?"
    Wireman looked a bit uncomfortable"Well, I tell
    you what, amigoOnce I started, it was damn hard
    to find a reasonable stopping place
    "He told me all of it," Jack saidIncluding what he thinks you did about
    restoring his eyesight, and what you think you did
    to Candy Brown"And the two little
    girls you saw
    "Are you okay with the Candy Brown thing?" I asked
    "If it was up to me, I'd give you a medalAnd the
    people of Sarasota would probably give you your
    own float in the Memorial Day parade Jack
    stuffed his hands in his pockets"But if you told
    me last fall that stuff like this could happen
    outside of MNight Shyamalan movies, I would have
    laughed
    "What about last week?" I a
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    10:53 am
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    "OK, why?"
    "Motivation," said rich dad "Who do you think will complain louder if I don't pay them-me or my creditors?"
    "Your creditors will definitely scream louder than you," I said, responding to the obvious"You wouldn't say anything if you didn't pay yourself
    "So you see, after paying myself, the pressure to pay my taxes and the other creditors is so great that it forces me to seek other forms of incomeThe pressure to pay becomes my motivationI've worked extra jobs, started other companies, traded in the stock market, anything just to make sure those guys don't start yelling at meThat pressure made me work harder, forced me to think, and all in all made me smarter and more active when it comes to moneyIf I had paid myself last, I would have felt no pressure, but I'd be broke
    "So it is the fear of the government or other people you owe money I to that motivates you?"
    "That's right," said rich dad"You see, government bill collectors are big bulliesSo are bill collectors in generalMost people give into these bulliesThey pay them and never pay themselvesYou know the story of the 96-pound weakling who gets sand kicked in his face?"
    I nodded "I see that ad for weightlifting and bodybuilding lessons in the comic books all the time
    "Well, most people let the bullies kick sand in their facesI decided to use the fear of the bully to make me strongerForcing myself to think about how to make extra money is like going to the gym and working out with weightsThe more I work my mental money muscles out, the stronger I getNow, I'm not afraid of those bullies
    I liked what rich dad was saying "So if I pay myself first, I get financially stronger, mentally and fiscally
    "And if I pay myself last, or not at all, I get weakerSo people like bosses, managers, tax collectors, bill collectors and landlords push me around all my lifeJust because I don't have good money habits "Just like the 96-pound weak
    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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    Roth forgot quickly about the Lieutenant, as did the othersThe shock of the second ambush was blunted in the rigors of their retreatThey thought of nothing but the breathless clamor in their chests, the trembling of their overworked legsWhen Croft finally called a halt they flopped on the ground numbly, not even caring if the Japs were pursuing themAt that moment if they had been attacked they would probably have lain there dumb
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    Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
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