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FACEBOOK VIDEO EXPLAINS CONTINENTAL DRIFT

What comes to mind when you read the words ‘Facebook video?’ A ‘How To’ video? A vacation experience? A medical cure all? Or geological process?

COMEBACK STORY IS THE BEST STORY OF ALL

The comeback story usually falls into the sports file. Everyone loves a comeback, except the losing side. Muhammad Ali was a comeback fighter against Joe Frazier in 1971. The Portland Trail Blazers were a comeback NBA champion in 1977. My Dad had always said coming back was hard, that’s why so few sports greats make […]

CHRISTMAS HOF: THE COUNTDOWN

The Christmas HOF, or Hall of Fame, began when your dad gave your mom a new car wrapped in a big bow? That didn’t happen where I grew up. The new car back then was a 1968 Volkswagen camper for a family that rarely camped. But it had its usefulness. Eventually. There’s nothing like pulling […]

LEARNING HOW THINGS WORK? FIRST LEARN WORDS

Learning how to do anything takes a special effort when you already know everything. Then you find out what you’ve learned is wrong and your time and energy feels wasted? After that it’s pointing fingers, assigning blame. Or, there’s another way to justify the time and energy to learn how things work. Call it a […]

FAMILY LIFE: HOW IT STARTED, HOW IT’S GOING

Family life is a blur. That’s what I tell anyone who asks. It goes by fast from the dad lane. Pictures don’t lie. What’s it take to keep family life together over the long haul? Communication tools, that’s what, but not the kind you’d expect, not the kind my wife would include either. But, it’s […]