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BAD PERSONALITY, OR JUST A BAD DAY

February 12, 2026 by David Gillaspie

The last time you had an exchange with someone that didn’t go well and left you wondering, ‘do they have a bad personality, or was it a bad moment in a bad day?’ It’s a fair question, but only if you never see them again. If you see them regularly, you know. So do they. […]

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PLAY ACTING STOPPAGE

February 10, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Acting? Play acting? Playing? What’s the difference when an actor is playing a part? I’ve seen the difference from my third row center season tickets at The Armory. For years my wife and mother in-law were theater buddies, two outgoing ladies of a certain age parking underground, riding up in elevators, and walking the cement sidewalks […]

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NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN, UNTIL NOW

February 9, 2026 by David Gillaspie

I’m not a complainer, I never complain, and it’s a problem. If you don’t complain, then people think you’re perfect and living a perfect life. I don’t know a perfect anyone, let alone them living a perfect life. It’s sure not my life, probably not yours either? But you don’t complain? Thank you. Now it’s […]

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RISK AVOIDANCE FOR WASHINGTON POST IN BEZOS’ WORLD? WRITER PLEASE

February 8, 2026 by David Gillaspie

The only risk avoidance for the Washington Post firings, layoffs, retirements? Avoid holding their place at the top of the print media pyramid. No matter the metric, The Washington Post was among the top five, if not top three with The NY Times and Wall Street Journal. Maybe it will stay up there, but not […]

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HONOR CODE FOR WHEN YOU ‘KNOW BETTER’

February 2, 2026 by David Gillaspie

An ‘honor code’ has always sounded like a ‘pinky promise.’ That’s when someone tells a secret and you hook pinkies to never tell. Ever. Is a pinky promise bigger and more important than an honor code? Hmmmmm?

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THE MOVIE DANCE NO ONE ASKS FOR

January 27, 2026 by David Gillaspie

This is a movie dance we all ask for. HOOWA. The one’s we don’t ask for? Sonny Corleone at the tollbooth, Bonnie and Clyde in the car, all getting hosed.

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CAREFUL PLANNING TAKES TIME

January 26, 2026 by David Gillaspie

Planning, careful planning, is an essential element to all caring relationships. Especially the relationship you have with yourself, your inner-world with your inner-voice on a continuous narrative. ‘Let’s do this, then that, but this before that. And only on the weekend.’ What kind of a plan is that, a beer drinker’s weight loss plan? Nooooooo, […]

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DOG WALKING FOR BEGINNERS

January 22, 2026 by David Gillaspie

This is the dog for dog walking, also known as ‘my dog.’ She gets excited for a walk, but only if you go as far as she wants to go. Go too far, make the wrong turn, and she sits down until you make the right turn. Quite a dog, the best dog I’ve ever […]

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TO MY 715 ‘READERS’ IN CHINA, WITH LOVE

January 21, 2026 by David Gillaspie

A recent tally indicates 715 readers in China. Nothing about the sort of readers, whether bots, or AI, if those are separate elements. Bots means robots, if I’m not mistaken. Taking out the ‘r’ and the ‘o’ , of ro-bot is so much more convenient. Who do I thank? Let’s start with 715 thank-yous to […]

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WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND WHAT THEY GET

January 16, 2026 by David Gillaspie

What people want is ‘better.’ ‘Better what’ is the big question, and while we ponder that, we get what we can tolerate. After time passes, we grow intolerant, and want something better. In America, that can be a problem. Here’s why:

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