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Give me more loving than I’ve ever had Make it all better when I’m feeling sad Tell me I’m special even when I know I’m not ~”1234” Plain White T’s Some of us are blessed with a good mother. Others … Continue reading →

I primarily hang out (professionally and personally) with people who are younger than I am. When I am with them I take our age difference (which can often be quite large) for granted. I honestly believe that we are all … Continue reading →

“Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.” ~ Dean Vernon Wormer (Animal House, 1978) I graduated from Clarion University of Pennsylvania in 1986 (or roughly a million years ago.) I graduated with a $10,000 student … Continue reading →

  When I was much younger and I would complain about a perceived physical inadequacy, my father would “threaten” to take me down to the hospital and show me children with real problems. Logically/rationally I understand the like most of … Continue reading →

Destiny is a predetermined course of events.  It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. It is a concept based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the cosmos. … Continue reading →

I keep multiple to do lists (on tablets of paper, on slips of paper, on fast food napkins, on my laptop computer, and anywhere else handy at any given time.) When I am super duper motivated, the lists actually get … Continue reading →

  I love little baby ducks Old pick-up trucks Slow-moving trains and rain I love, little country streams Sleep without dreams Sunday school in may and hay And I love you too I love, leaves in the wind Pictures of … Continue reading →

The Trayvon Martin case (if you’re not familiar with it, do yourself a favor and look it up online and/or read the article below) has forced many of us to examine our fears of those “who don’t look or act … Continue reading →

In the sport of football there is something called the prevent defense… (For those of you who know nothing about football, take my word for it.   For those of you intrigued enough to want to learn more.  Do some research … Continue reading →

The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt Last week I did something that scared me. It was probably something that I will not remember that I did years from now. It was something that … Continue reading →