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	<title>cheerfulmonk.com</title>
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	<description>Happiness As a Spiritual Practice</description>
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		<title>Three Epitaphs</title>
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The children of Israel wanted bread
    And the Lord sent them manna,
    Old clerk Wallace wanted a wife,
    And the Devil sent him Anna.
    &#8212;In a Ribbesford, England, cemetery

One of the assignments in my daughter&#8217;s latest MBA class will be to write her [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2010/03/08/three-epitaphs-2/</link>
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		<title>Passing Away</title>
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As I mentioned in Their New Car last September, this is a picture of Banshee (on the left) and Sammy in the Honda Element that was bought for them.  Kaitlin and Torben often make the long drive to Torben&#8217;s family in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Banshee had just had major surgery.  The back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would You Trust It With Your Life?</title>
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cheerfulmonk.  Creative Commons license.
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I love my computer dearly, but I wouldn&#8217;t trust it with my  life unless I had no choice.  Unfortunately that&#8217;s not an option in modern cars.  The manufacturers are replacing the old-fashioned brakes and accelerators with electronically controlled versions, which made us very nervous when we first heard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Need To Talk.  Really?</title>
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cheerfulmonk.  Creative Commons license.  
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The above cartoon was inspired by a cartoon in Science Magazine a few years ago.  I was tickled that the magazine actually included a cartoon and that the above idea was used in an article on the origins of speech.  I don&#8217;t remember what the article said, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time to Move On</title>
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It&#8217;s a Magical World by Bill Watterson, fair use

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People always ask how cartoonists come up with ideas&#8230;  When something interests us, we play around with it.
My goal is to feel enthusiastic about some aspect of the work.  I think one can always tell when an artist is engaged and having a good time: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking a Cure for Optimism</title>
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This past week Rummuser suggested I comment on a New York Times article with the catchy title Seeking a Cure for Optimism.  The article argues against extreme positive thinking, the idea that if we just work hard and look on the bright side everything will go the way we want.    That [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2010/02/01/seeking-a-cure-for-optimism-2/</link>
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		<title>Moving Forward</title>
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orkydorky.  Creative Commons license.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever received was from one of my favorite teachers in high school.  I still remember where we were standing when he said kids often rebel against their parents and authority figures, but if we simply criticize and attack we&#8217;re just as trapped [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2010/01/25/moving-forward/</link>
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		<title>Living Fully</title>
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limerick6..  Creative Commons license.  
One of  my favorite stories is the Zen one of a man being chased by a  tiger. 
He came to a cliff and thought he would be killed until he saw a vine.  He grabbed hold of  it and swung himself over the edge of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2010/01/18/living-fully/</link>
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		<title>Connecting, Building Memories</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have long telephone chats with my daughter every Sunday evening, and last Sunday my daughter was telling me about the winter displays at the Chicago Botanic Garden.  We both wished my husband and I had a magic carpet to come and see it with her and Torben.  
They get a season pass [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheerfulmonk.com/2010/01/11/connecting-building-memories/</link>
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		<title>What Makes You Laugh?</title>
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a4gpa.  Creative Commons  license.

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There&#8217;s an old saying,
Laugh and the world laughs with you.  Cry and you
cry alone.
I don&#8217;t believe it.  I know plenty of caring people  who are quick to help people who are feeling down.  I also know people who dismiss people who laugh a lot as being [...]]]></description>
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