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ON VETERANS DAY 2024

November 11, 2024 by

Veterans Day is for the old folks who remember their youth and those who were young with them. They remember the young people who didn’t have the chance to get old. My Dad got a chance to get old. He out-lived his Dad, just like I’m out-living him.

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OREGON DUCKS, #1 COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BUT . . . ?

November 10, 2024 by

The Oregon Ducks show no signs of slowing down. They’re not migrating, not flying south for the winter, not going anywhere. No problems in Duck-land?

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NEW IDEA? TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT

November 9, 2024 by

A new idea is not something to fear. You might hear something different, but not too different? Then give it a try.

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CONTAGIOUS BRAVERY NEEDED

November 8, 2024 by

Contagious bravery helps new swimmers. Afraid of the water? Or afraid of granddad? Or, neither.

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GOOD TIMES GOING FORWARD

November 7, 2024 by

The good times ahead aren’t for everybody. They may not be for the people who voted for the good timing man. Getting on toward seventy this year, I expect to hear all about it. What’s it going to sound like going forward? You’ve heard it before:

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ACCEPTING FAILURE? LESSONS FROM LeBRON

November 6, 2024 by

If you’re good at accepting failure, it means one thing: You tried, given it your best, and it wasn’t enough. You’ve done it, I’ve done it. If you haven’t done it, it’s coming. Accept failure to get better, and who doesn’t want to get better?

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PRESIDENTIAL VOTE SINCE 1900, DAVID’S VERSION

November 5, 2024 by

The presidential vote is tricky to gauge. Some of the guys from 1900 on are cloaked in the fog of history. While this isn’t some kind of ‘last word’ on the subject, it is a reflection of the voting mood. Sometimes you just don’t know how things will turn out.

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KNOW BETTER? BETTER THAN WHAT? TO VOTE

November 4, 2024 by

Adults have it over kids when they say, “You ought to know better,” when something goes wrong. Older people have seen plenty go wrong, have done plenty of things wrong. Did they have someone explain what they ought to know? Or did they have the grace of being stupid by themselves without the feedback? Well, […]

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FAME AND FORTUNE, BLOG WRITING ADVICE

November 3, 2024 by

Fame and fortune and blog writing? Slow down there word-slinger. Start with writing, then a blog. What about fame and fortune? What about it?

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GIVING THANKS TO CAREFUL READERS

November 2, 2024 by

Giving thanks for anything is a good idea. It only gets funky when you try to work it into something else, like the opposite of thanks. Would that be irony? But a sweet thank-you is not the same as a hearty F-you. All cleared up?

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