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February 12, 2015

Plum Pudding Day  (otherwise known as Christmas Pudding) Does Plum Pudding have plums?! Superb English Plum Pudding Recipe Abraham Lincoln's Birthday History: Abraham Lincoln Darwin Day Charles Darwin Lost Penny Day A Brief History of the U.S. Cent 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Penny All those pennies might seem silly but put pennies together and they can make a difference.  Make a difference today with some pennies.

Don't be a copycat!

Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.   Abraham Lincoln I know.  I know you think - you really really think and believe - that you are original in your...dress, thoughts, work ethic, beliefs, writing style, musical tastes, etc etc.  I'm so sorry to break it to you but you are not.  Neither am I.  We want to be originals, to be the unique individuals we were created to be but we are not.  We are not for so many reasons.  Peer pressure, society rules, fear, lack of creativity, lack of effort, wounds, etc. But is it possible to reclaim at least a smidgen of our originality?  Is it possible that we could actually fight against being copycats?  How would we do that?  What would it look like?  Sound like?  Feel like? Personally I've been going through some changes the past couple of years.  And oh my has it caused some "problems".  Part of the reason it has is because I no lo...