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posted by Cliffhanger Jones at 6:07 AM
I'm adventurous,moody,and crazy. I've lived fifty-five years but feel I've just begun. I've lived in many places and enjoyed all of them.I've been in Central Oregon since 2004 and enjoy the scenery and my position as a member of the management team of a five-star resort in the high desert of the Cascade mountain range. I'm a widower and a cancer survivor (so far). I have two grown children, and one fantastic grandson (mini-me),and one beautiful granddaughter.
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| Definition: | (noun) A blemish on the skin that is formed before birth. |
| Synonyms: | nevus |
| Usage: | They named their newborn daughter Daisy because she had a delicate little birthmark on her shoulder that resembled a flower. |
  Chess BoxingChess boxing combines the two titular activities, speed chess and boxing, in a competition that tests participants' mental agility and physical prowess. Matches consist of as many as 11 alternating four-minute chess sessions and two-minute boxing rounds. A competitor can win by knockout, checkmate, judge's decision, or if his opponent's 12 minutes of chess time elapses. The sport, now governed by the World Chess Boxing Organisation, was first envisioned in 1992 by Enki Bilal in what art form? More... Discuss |
 Ivan the Terrible (1530)Ivan IV was the first ruler of Russia to formally assume the title "czar." His early reign saw modernization, expansion, and reform. However, after a near-fatal illness, a failed war against Sweden and Poland, and the death of a wife, Ivan's mental state deteriorated. He withdrew to his personal territory, and his later reign was marked by extreme violence, repression, and tyranny. He rid himself of unwanted wives by forcing them into convents. Why did Ivan murder his son—and only heir—in 1581? More... Discuss |
 When he stepped off the straight and narrow path of his peculiar honesty, it was with an inward assertion of unflinching resolve to fall back again into the monotonous but safe stride of virtue as soon as his little excursion into the wayside quagmires had produced the desired effect.Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) Discuss |
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