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CHOPPED CHAMPIONS WITH LIFE LESSONS

January 9, 2024 by

Chopped champions get crowned at the end of the Chopped show on Food Channel. It’s a cooking competition that begins with four people working with strange food selections. One contestant is chopped after the first course, then one after the main dish, the last after dessert. Everyone finishes on time and no one stabs the […]

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REAL STRUGGLES? AREN’T THEY ALL

November 28, 2023 by

Real struggles begin with similar first words. From, “It’s a boy,” to, “It’s a girl.” Momma says good, daddy says good. What’s missing?

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BIRTH WATERS: YOUR RIVER, LAKE, OR BAY. OKAY, AND OCEAN

November 6, 2023 by

Birth waters are usually called ‘breaking waters.’ I’ll get back to that. For now let’s say “Birth Waters,” and leave the amniotic fluid for later. Let’s throw in some suspension of disbelief while we’re at it, okay?

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YEARNING NOSTALGIA vs REAL LIFE

August 15, 2022 by

Yearning nostalgia poured out of the TV screen during CBS Sunday Morning. It happened when they ran a story on the town of Mayberry where Andy Griffith kept order. People in North Carolina love Mayberry, except it’s pronounced Mount Airy.

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BUILT STRONG TAKES TIME TO GET IT DONE

June 3, 2020 by

Eiffel Tower, 1888 Who doubts the Eiffel Tower wasn’t built strong? That it’s still standing is the only testament it needs. Data shows it’s the biggest pay to visit site in the world. How strong is that? Like anything else, it started with a good foundation, and isn’t that the basis for anything built strong, […]

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SHARED STANDARDS LIFT AMERICAN GREATNESS BAR

June 27, 2018 by

    In order to compete with Pew Research Center’s ‘fact tank’, nonpartisan, non-advocacy approach to public opinion, I ask strangers questions.   In a nonpartisan, non-advocacy approach I asked a fellow citizen in the sauna, an FCIS, if I could ask a few questions about shared standards. The old ‘question about asking questions’ technique. […]

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