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SUFFERING ADDICTION NEEDS BAD NEWS FIX, STAT

December 12, 2020 by

What the heck is a suffering addiction? A quick search turned up an answer: Suffering and struggle are emotional addictions as strong as addictions to alcohol, nicotine and drugs. So if you notice a pattern in your life of struggle and suffering from one issue to another with little respite in between — I’ve got news for […]

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UNIVERSAL FEAR OF MASK WEARING IS A WEAPON. OH YEAH?

December 11, 2020 by

Universal fear is what the other guy feels when they face the same things as the rest of us. Like wearing a mask. Over here in America, see, we have rights. We have choices here in the land of the free, home of the brave. One choice is to embrace universal fear and hold it […]

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COVID19 DEATHS NOT THE NORM TO ENDURE

December 10, 2020 by

Covid19 deaths will never be normal for anyone who has been with loved ones in their final moments. My mother-in-law had a massive stroke the doctors called an unsurvivable brain bleed. It even sounds bad. For two days she responded to conversation with closed eyes and a hand squeeze for yes or no. Her last […]

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STRESSED FEELINGS OF PEOPLE, ANXIOUS PEOPLE

December 9, 2020 by

Stressed feelings are an overload signal, like a surge protector. If your life is a barrel, it carries everything important inside. We add and subtract, move things around. Now and then it overflows. It’s not a ‘disturbance in the force,’ overflow, not at first. But it is messy. Now what? You need to ask?

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JOE COOL LOOSES HIS MOJO AFTER DISAPPOINTMENTS

December 7, 2020 by

Joe Cool never says good-bye because he knows he’s not going anywhere. You may not see him in person, but he takes up head space; at least that’s his vision. He knows you want him, whether you know it or not. That’s the magic of Joe Cool. He knows. How long before he ages out?

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PROBLEM SOLVERS: WHAT HAPPENS WITHOUT PROBLEMS?

December 5, 2020 by

Problem solvers without a problem eventually become a problem. If they could keep it to themselves, they wouldn’t be a problem, but when does that happen? For example, the self-described ‘people person’ who turns into a nasty troll when people disagree with them. We’ve all got ninety-nine problems lined up in prioritized, triaged, next-one-up order, […]

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YOU MIGHT BE PANDEMIC STUPID IF . . .

December 4, 2020 by

Pandemic stupid is more than the local mask denying moron in a red hat screaming into a camera about their rights and freedom. You might be pandemic stupid for not following the most basic, the most simple, the easiest way in making a difference. But it’s only been nearly a year of hearing what those […]

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BEER HERE: CELEBRATING THE END OF LEAF SEASON

December 3, 2020 by

The beer here needs a refresher from the Olde Country. How olde? Belgium old, German old, Czech old. That old. Maybe the oldest? Since it was a celebration for the end of Leaf Season, the beer here had to be extra special.

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BOOMER VISION IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR CLEARS THE FIELD

December 2, 2020 by

Boomer vision is what we call it when things go right. “Yep, I saw that coming from the start.” But let’s call it what it is instead: experience. Even if we’re surprised by certain outcomes, we still call it boomer vision.

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CHRISTMAS SEASON: WHAT BOOMERS SHOULD KNOW

December 1, 2020 by

Christmas season for boomers comes with the sort of experience people go to therapy for. We know what to do, also what not to do. The important thing is we do both. With more readers coming in from faraway places like Shanghai China and Portland Oregon, it’s not too early to help them out. But […]

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