Monday, January 11, 2010

91. In Granada, there is a tea and spice shop just outside the Cathedral and they sell a medieval tea blend -- it's the best.

92. I have finally managed to stay awake through a Pink Panther movie.

93. "Darling, you want to know what I want of you. Many things, of course but chiefly these. I want you to keep this thing we have inviolate and waiting -- the person who is neither I nor you but us." -- John Steinbeck to his wife, Gwendolyn, July 1943

94. Lime juice makes black beans taste terrific.

95. Cinnamon toast makes excellent comfort food.

96. I can do a turning-back-turning kick in tae kwon do.

97. My son told me that for a 43-year-old, I'm a pretty good athlete!

98. My car is home from the mechanic, the oil leak is fixed, and I didn't have to sell any vital organs to pay for it!

99. "O my beautiful, my cherished, my adored, my darling Eva. I am as impatient as a goat tied to a stake, although you do not care for that phrase." Honore de Balzac to Madame Evelina Hanska, Nov. 23rd, 1833

100. "Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder." Abraham Lincoln, describing his marriage to Mary Todd, to Samuel D. Marshall, November 11, 1842, a week after his marriage.

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