On the way home from running a few errands the other day, I stopped and bought a new computer. It was only a few hours later that it suddenly dawned upon me what a truly remarkable thing I had just done.
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Summertime Should Be for Stretching Not Sitting
Back when I was a boy, summer days meant rambling though fields and woods, riding bikes over to friends’ houses or down to the city park. Things sure are different now…
Not Normal – Not Then, Not Now
You’ve probably heard the phrase tossed casually about by political commentators or business news reporters – “we need a new normal,” “families began experiencing a new normal in housing over the last year,” “this could turn a bad recession into the new normal” – but when, if ever, have you heard the phrase actually explained; […]
A Great Way to Say Thanks
Following the recent unfortunate incident where a Portland Police officer was asked to leave a café because he was in uniform, two entirely different reactions occurred – both of which said something definitive about our society today.