Cut My Hair For Donation


"There's many a man has more hair than wit."
--
William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
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Done The CrossFit Hero Workout "Murph" As Prescribed


"In his final act of bravery, he continued to engage the enemy until he was mortally wounded, gallantly giving his life for his country and for the cause of freedom. By his selfless leadership, Lieutenant Murphy reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service."
--Official Medal of Honor Citation for
Lt. Michael P. Murphy
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Gone To Playland-Not-At-The-Beach


"Goodbye to all that, to part of our youth, and like that youth, we expected Playland to last forever. It is an odd, sad feeling to have outlived it."
--
Herb Cain
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Volunteered At Glide Memorial Church


"I was homeless, but I wasn’t hopeless. I knew a better day was coming."
--
Chris Gardner
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Eaten The Fried Shrimp Po' Boy At Brenda's French Soul Food


"Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France."
--
Chef Paul Prudhomme
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Played A Jaw Harp


"[Jaw harp], n. An unmusical instrument, played by holding it fast with the teeth and trying to brush it away with the finger."
--
Ambrose Bierce
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Watched George Seaton's 1947 Christmas Classic "Miracle On 34th Street"


"Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to."
--Fred Gailey as played by
John Payne in Miracle on 34th Street
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Tasted A Holiday Stollen


"There are certain things Germans do better than everyone else. Not incurring massive amounts of public debt is one of them. Christmas baking is another."
--
L.V. Anderson, You're Doing It Wrong: Christmas Bread
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Assembled And Decorated A Gingerbread Christmas Tree


“Had I but a penny in the world, thou shouldst have it for gingerbread.”
--William Shakespeare
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Eaten A Pastrami Sandwich From Katz's Delicatessen


"I'll have what she's having."
--Katz's Deli patron played by Estelle Reiner in When Harry Met Sally...
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Watched A Broadway Musical


"This book will change your life!"
--from the song "Hello!",
The Book of Mormon
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Gone To The Empire State Building's Observation Deck


"The Empire State Building is the closest thing to heaven in this city."
--Terry McKay as played by
Deborah Kerr in An Affair to Remember
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Visited The Statue Of Liberty And Ellis Island


"Colossal statuary does not consist simply in making an enormous statue. It ought to produce an emotion in the breast of the spectator, not because of its volume, but because its size is in keeping with the idea it represents and with the place which it ought to occupy."
--
Auguste Bartholdi, sculptor of the Statue of Liberty
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Visited the 9/11 Memorial


"Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11."
--President Barack Obama
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Eaten An Authentic New York Slice

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"...But then, in New York, I discovered pizza. It blew my mind wide f---ing open. I would buy ten or twenty slices a day. And then, when I realized you could buy a great big pizza all for yourself, I started ordering them wherever we went."
--
Ozzy Osbourne talking about food in the 70's
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Gone To The Museum Of Modern Art


"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."
--
Vincent Van Gogh
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Gone To The Metropolitan Museum Of Art


"A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires."
--
Hedy Lamarr
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Gone To The International Spy Museum


"All warfare is based on deception."
--
Sun Tzu
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Taken A Tour Of The White House


"The White House is the finest prison in the world."
--
Harry S. Truman
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Visited The Monuments Of The National Mall


"I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday."
--
Abraham Lincoln
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Seen The World's Largest, Most Well-Preserved Tyrannasaurus Rex Fossil


"The dinosaur's eloquent lesson is that if some bigness is good, an overabundance of bigness is not necessarily better."
--
Eric Johnston
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Visited Frank Lloyd Wright's Home And Studio


"The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization."
--
Frank Lloyd Wright
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Been To The Skydeck Of Willis Tower (Formerly Sears Tower)


"The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, the street offers itself to man."
--
Roland Barthes
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Eaten Chicago Deep Dish Pizza


"It's one of the greatest cities on the planet. My heart beats differently when I'm in Chicago. It slows down and I feel more at ease."
--
Jeremy Piven
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Traveled Through The Colorado Rocky Mountains


"In fact, just about all the major natural attractions you find in the West- the Grand Canyon, the Badlands, the Goodlands, the Mediocrelands, the Rocky Mountains and Robert Redford- were caused by erosion."
--
Dave Barry
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Ridden An Amtrak Train


"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car, but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."
--
Theodore Roosevelt
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Watched John Huston's 1948 Film "The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre"

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"Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges! I don't have to show you any stinkin' badges!"
--Gold Hat (as played by
Alfonso Bedoya)
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Run A Marathon


"Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually, it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever."
--
Lance Armstrong
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Seen California's State Capitol


"...I hope you leave enough room for my fist because I'm going to ram it into your stomach..."
--California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger asBen Richards in Running Man
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Made Egg Nog


"Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love."
--
Hamilton Wright Mabi
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Made Slow Motion Footage With Twixtor


"For fast-acting relief, try slowing down."
--
Lily Tomlin
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