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CLASSIC REACTION TO FEAR OF NEW READERS

July 28, 2025 by David Gillaspie

My classic reaction to any fear? RUN AWAY. It’s how I react to new readers, new writers, new people. Every new thing needs attention, needs a response, needs validation, needs time. A serious blogger can’t run away from everything. But, there are reasons . . .

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DEAR DOCTOR, IT HURTS WHEN I DO THIS

July 15, 2025 by David Gillaspie

Who dreams of telling their dear doctor what hurts and they make it all better? Me, I do, and so does everyone who ever had a ‘hitch in their get-along.’ That’s what my Dad called the way our old babysitter Violet’s way of walking. She had a rolling gait on one side, what I now […]

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THE RIGHT SHIRT PULLS EVERYTHING TOGETHER

June 15, 2025 by David Gillaspie

What is the right shirt for the occasion? As all fashionistas know, it depends on the occasion. You don’t want to go too over the top as much as you don’t want to look like you could care less. Try not to channel your inner-Lady Gaga. This was the right shirt for the No Kings […]

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LIFE ENHANCING FOR CHANGE?

May 27, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Life enhancing, like everything else, is different for everyone. For some it’s being an online social influencer, and it’s hard work for those guys. They get up at four in the morning, take a cold shower, and hang upside down on their custom inversion table. Why? More blood to the brain. But you knew that.

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EVERYDAY EVERYMAN FOR THE WIN ON VETERANS DAY

November 11, 2023 by David Gillaspie

An everyday everyman is the goal to strive for. Not average, not ordinary, not basic. Everyman isn’t richer, stronger, or taller, either. Even if they were, you’d never know. Why?

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MASCULINITY DISPLAYED: WHO IS OLD ENOUGH FOR OLD SCHOOL SPORTS

May 21, 2020 by David Gillaspie

I heard masculinity displayed on sports talk radio. It wasn’t the same version shared by Kareem and Coach Wooden. (Do you know their story?) Jason Whitlock recently explained how the Michael Jordan documentary The Last Dance appealed to him: Jordan was just an old school, manly, sort of guy doing old school and manly things. […]

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FATHER’S DAY REMINDER: WHO’S YOUR DADDY?

June 16, 2018 by David Gillaspie

When my kids were young we played a game of ‘Who’s Your Daddy’ one Father’s Day. It started and ended with one question: “Who would you rather have as a dad than me?” I had their answers all planned out. Of course they’d favor me? Instead of a simple “You” as […]

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LAURA INGRAHAM COACHES LeBRON JAMES WIN

February 20, 2018 by David Gillaspie

By now the news on Laura Ingraham telling LeBron James to ‘shut up and dribble’ ought to be cooked to perfection. The Fox News superstar, by including The King in her act, broadened the platform… For LeBron. Laura Ingraham fouled LeBron, a hard foul, and he responded with, “Laura who?” She […]

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HURT FEELINGS HANDBOOK FOR SENSITIVE PEOPLE

June 15, 2016 by David Gillaspie

How to get over hurt feelings. When bloggers go off message during inflammatory times, call it conscience. Like having a conscience. When we go off message, we lose subscribers, readers. We lose income. Moola. Over hurt feelings? I’m no Muhammad Ali, but if speaking up makes a difference, do it. If you can’t say, “Take […]

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WRITER’S EYE TREATMENT FOR LEBRON JAMES

June 8, 2016 by David Gillaspie

It’s not pink eye, it’s writer’s eye, and LeBron James lives it everyday. There’s a story about Mark Twain cussing so much that his wife finally took it up. She cussed and cussed to show him what it sounded like, trying to shame him into cleaning up his mouth. Apparently it didn’t work, and he […]

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