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...mind candy

  • James Lee Burke
  • E. Lynn Harris
  • Tom Robbins
  • Ursula K. LeGuin
  • Sophie Kinsella
  • Armistead Maupin
  • Carl Hiaasen
  • Eric Jerome Dickey
  • Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • Douglas Adams
  • Tim Dorsey
  • Zora Neale Thurston
  • Robert Heinlein
  • R. D. Lang
  • Snoopy

..earwax and eyeballs

  • Jazz
  • Steely Dan
  • Michael McDonald
  • Earth, Wind & Fire
  • "Birdland" by Weather Report
  • Quincy Jones
  • Julia Roberts
  • Max Headroom
  • Stevie Wonder
  • Dorothy Dandridge
  • Bizét and Verdi
  • Robert Palmer
  • Carole King
  • "Rhapsody in Blue"
  • Minnie Riperton
  • Boz Scaggs
  • Tim Burton movies

...action list

  • Donate time, talent, blood and organs...money, too
  • Read and sing out loud
  • Write a letter by hand and mail it
  • Kiss a baby, the sky or a frog
  • Accept blame
  • Collect something
  • Save money and memories
  • Recycle
  • Cook, bake, share
  • Care
  • Listen
  • Make a will, write your own last words, pay in advance

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