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I drove Mom to the flea market at Dinner Key Auditorium in the Grove – the place Jim Morrison got arrested for exposing himself at a Doors concert – where she’s been doing more business than most vendors. It’s surprising and gratifying to see how my mother operates in the business world.

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I have no recollection of the people I was with or how we met, but I remember that as we entered the room no one bothered to turn on the lights. We felt all the intoxicating rage and beauty of being young at that moment in time. We felt strange.

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“She was shocked to see HUNDREDS of little flies tattooed on his ass.”

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It can be extra-aggravating or confusing when you’re part of a mess of people because groups have added dynamics.

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Bill Murray stole $20 from me. Not in the sense that I saw a bad movie of his and decided he owed me for my time and money spent, but that he actually grabbed a $20 bill from my hand, put it in his pocket, said the words “no change” and went on his merry way.

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Sure, love is compromise, but love also means not being afraid to ask for what you were told was impossible. Love means being denied and saying, “More please.”

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Apple’s lengthy history of near-plagiarism (let’s include the Apple-Braun comparisons currently making their way through the tubes) would not be so bad if they were not consistently and fervently fighting the same nature of innovation Jobs helped to birth.

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Some graves and tombstones are made iconic by the said-dead-person’s devotees, while others are made memorable by the wishes of the deceased.  So, here, is a list of graves you should visit while you’re still alive (I kept it short, just in case…).