Language arts is the difference between the possible and the impossible. Can we return to childhood? Would you want to? Or . . .
FIGHT OR FLIGHT: CLASSICAL DAVID’S PISELLO
David was getting ready to fight Goliath. It was fight or flight time. Look at that face. The face of fear. The face of, “Oh no, now what? I’ve got a sling and a rock.” It’s like the old adage: Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight. He knows he’s up against it. Life […]
MALL HUSBAND AND THE JEWELRY STORE
Mall Husband happens when his wife says she’s going to the mall to finish Christmas shopping. Finish what? Husband thinking, ‘The Cowboys and Panthers coming up after a Duck game stomping at Arizona State yesterday is good karma. My kid has my Cowboy gear.’ Wife: Then I’m stopping by New Seasons to finish Thanksgiving shopping. […]
FAIR FIGHT FOR DIFFICULT BABY BOOMER TIMES
A fair fight isn’t a real fight. If you’re in a fight you don’t want, what has fighting fair got to do with it? The goal of a fight you don’t want is to end it as fast as you can. This goal applies to marriage, jobs, kids, and home repair. Make it personal.
THE GOOD FIGHT FOR A SHARED FUTURE
I like a good fight as much as I don’t like a bad fight. As for a shared future? If it’s not shared it can’t happen. While I’m not a political writer or activist I am a fan of both and I have experiences for the buy-in. They come from two things: age and paying […]
FIGHT TOGETHER, OR AGAINST EACH OTHER
Fight together if you have goals and aspirations. Face it, going it alone is too hard. A solitary life won’t understand how this works. Neither will a shallow life that bows to every new fad and flavor. The problem for too many is what to do if they bow down so far they fall on […]
FRIGHTENED MAN: WHAT SCARES THEM THE MOST
One thing about frightened man is they make lots of noise. They’re loud, yet never ask, “Can you hear me?” Instead, they keep the volume turned to eleven. How can you tell, besides the noise, if a frightened man is also nutty as hell?