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WHAT IT WAS, WHAT IT WILL BE, WHAT TO DO IN THE MEANTIME

April 7, 2026 by Leave a Comment

I like harkening back to the old days, of what it was, as much as anyone, if that anyone is old enough to know the difference between now and then. How old do you need to be to know the difference between then and now? Not that old? Fine, then how far back are those […]

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ADULTHOOD MISUNDERSTOOD, AND THEN … ?

December 17, 2025 by

You’d think adulthood misunderstood would come from some kid with ideas on who they’d want to be. But, noooooo. It’s the adults. If it were a kid, they’d have time to figure things out after a misunderstanding. What if it’s a baby boomer? What’s their excuse?

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YOUNG MEN LEARNING TO VOTE

September 22, 2024 by

Young men can do their own math on voting, but I’ll help: One man, one vote; one woman, one vote. You have one vote, bro, and it may not seem like much, but that’s what it is. One. Vote. Does it even matter enough to bother with? One vote may not seem like much, but […]

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ADULT FRIENDSHIP FAILS TO AVOID

April 21, 2023 by

Adult friendship is a balancing act. They are either too friendly, or distant. Too enthusiastic, or remote. And it’s always ‘them?’ Ok, boomer.

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GIFT GIVING? HOLD MY BEER SIGN

January 4, 2022 by

Gift giving is such a mixed bag of emotions. From the funny: “Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, this is just what I wanted.” To the sad: “I didn’t know what to give you, so…” For reference, no one wants a beer sign after college, at least that’s the common adult thing. Beer sign […]

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ADULT COSTUMES OR THE REAL DEAL

October 31, 2021 by

Adult costumes on Halloween are not the problem. The problem is the costume adults wear the rest of the time. You know the ones I’m talking about, where everyone looks normal? Or at least normal for them and their friends.

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GREAT MEMORIES ADVICE: FROM ONE LIFE STAGE TO THE NEXT

March 8, 2021 by

Great memories ought to inform current decisions. After all, if you have great memories you cherish, why not add to them? Moving along life’s stages, from one to the next, from being a kid, to teenager, to young adult, to middle age, to senior, fills up a big wagon of memories to pull along. Did […]

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CHOICES MADE, ROADS TAKEN

May 24, 2020 by

We live with choices made, some we make, some made for us. Who among us wants a voice? Who here asks a question and accepts the answer offered? Most important, what is the question that needs an answer today, right now? I’ll go first, since I’m the blogger authority here, and start with wrong questions.

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HOW TO ‘GROW UP AND GET OVER IT’

August 7, 2019 by

There are people and places that will hurt your feelings. Since my feelings have been hurt and I learned to grow up and get over it, I will share how that works. Learning to grow up isn’t something that comes and goes, not when new challenges require new ways to grow. I thought people a […]

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FEELINGS, WHOA, OH, OH, FEELINGS

May 31, 2019 by

Feelings are learned early in life, in the middle, and late in life. Each stage can be as difficult as the last. Who we become depends on how we’ve learned go express our feelings. Especially feelings of love. You never forget feelings of love, right?

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