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Three more cricket-themed mousetivational maxims
There are many ways to end your innings. But stumped on the front foot is always more glorious than hit wicket in retreat. Â Your...

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Jul 19


Three more mousetivational maxims
When you’re in a jam, why not share it with a homeless wasp? Things are sometimes as bad as they look but never as bad as you look at...

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Jul 5


My Holiday Mousetivational Maxim
You are serving a life sentence on the sands of time. Are you just going to lie there or make a castle?

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Jun 29


Three mousetivational maxims from the world of golf
When you’re in a hole, think of all those behind you who have not even made it to the green. However bad your lie on the course, it will...

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Jun 15


Three maturer mousetivational maxims
A full house of memories will always beat a flush of success – except for those who played it straight. Your life will sometimes be...

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Apr 14


Spring greetings for my friends in the northern hemisphere
Spring is here: take a gamble on a gambol. Â Spring is here: every worm has its turn. Â Spring is here: it lasts longer when you share it.

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Mar 21


My newest mousetivational maxim
Your dreams are an architect’s drawing. You have to lay the foundations and put up the scaffolding.

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Feb 25


A milestone mousetivational maxim
So it's your fiftieth birthday? Raise some L!

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Feb 19


A new mousetivational maxim
You are your own work of art. You don't have to join the dots or paint by the numbers of anyone else.

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Feb 19


My birthday greeting
Your birthday may be over but you still have 364 re-birthdays left if you want them. And you need not wait four years to leap.

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Feb 1


Another mousetivational maxim
You are an egg. You may be a good one or a bad one, but even in a bad one parts of you are excellent. No one will know that you are a...

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Feb 1


Another mousetivational maxim
Your mind is a hotel. You are the owner and manager. It’s your right and duty to keep out obnoxious and threatening visitors.

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Feb 1


My annual Christmouse message
My story, composed with the help of my poetic friend, kafkaa roach, in the year when four reindeer left Santa for better-paid jobs in...

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Dec 23, 2024


My newest Mousetivational Maxim
When rage and misery become your 'new normals' start an exercise programme and work on your abs.

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Dec 8, 2024


And three more Mousetivational Maxims
The milk of human kindness curdles only when you chill it. Â You are the captain of your soul. Your first mate may know better, but you...

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Nov 27, 2024


A Mousetivational Maxim For Trumpophobes
Donald Trump may have carried 31 states. You are not one of them. You are the President and Commander-in-chief of your Republic. Keep it...

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Nov 7, 2024


Three new Mousetivation Maxims
When life gives you nothing but hard cheese, be proud that you never whined over the rind.  If you get the blues, make them...

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Oct 23, 2024
A Superlative Maxim for the half century!
Calm. Calmer. Karma.

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Aug 18, 2024


Mousetivational maxim number 49
Everything in a mirror is past. Only a window can show the future.

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Aug 18, 2024


Mousetivational maxim number 48
Kindness is a tip we leave for destiny. Oops! I like this one so much that I've done it before. You were all very kind not to point this...

richardkheller
Aug 18, 2024
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