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CONSISTENCY OVER TIME FOR THE WIN

December 29, 2025 by

Consistency over time is not over-rated. Not under-rated either; some people call it a life-style. Others call it a habit of boring people. Well, if the name fits . . .

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MAKING CHANGE, EXACT CHANGE

December 12, 2025 by

With regular money transactions heading toward ‘tap and go’, the people making change, giving exact change, are growing more rare. You’ll find them at the drive through window, picking through coins for just the right combination. “Here’s four quarters instead of a dollar,” they say. Or, “$6.50 for my grande latte half-caff with oat milk? […]

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GREAT WRITING: WHEN WORDS MATTER MORE

December 6, 2025 by

From Google AI on current sentence construction:   Basic Structure: Subject-Verb-Object (SVO) Subject: Who/what the sentence is about (e.g., Matt). Verb: The action or state of being (e.g., eats). Object: Receives the action (e.g., pizza). Example: “Matt eats pizza.”

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ONE PROGRESSIVE STEP, THE NEXT, AND REPEAT

September 21, 2025 by

One progressive step is all it takes. Give it a try as long as you’re not near a cliff edge with your toes over the side. If that’s where you are, turn around, then take that step. We all hear the same thing when we fall? Get Up. It’s good advice, but then what?

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BRAND LOYALTY? STAY TRUE

April 28, 2025 by

The best thing about brand loyalty is consistency. You know what to expect, you like what you get, and ask for more. But I have a hard time being loyal. You, too?

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WARNING SIGNS TO WOMEN LOOKING FOR RED FLAGS

April 24, 2025 by

Warning signs for women come in all shapes and sizes from stop signs to rip tide signs to the groovy ‘What’s your sign’ guy. Some of the signs are lifestyle related, like the above picture. Would you guess this is how women interpret how guys would live without them, or some guy’s dream house. Either […]

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MUSIC MUSCLES vs OTHER MUSCLES

January 24, 2025 by

Music muscles don’t show until you play that guitar. The only thing that shows until then are the fingertip callouses on your fret hand and maybe a callous on your thumb if you don’t use a pick. Your head doesn’t get lumpy with muscle, but the muscle memory is in there if you practice. But […]

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WHY GUITAR? WHY NOT

January 7, 2025 by

It’s never ‘why guitar’ when you talk about guitars. More like, “Why guitar? Why bother?” Why, why, why. It’s one question with endless answers.

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NEXT YEAR, MAYBE THE YEAR AFTER

October 12, 2024 by

Next year shows up fast, so fast that you haven’t gotten over anything from the last year. Suddenly you’re stacking the new ‘get over it’ on top of the old ‘get over it.’ You used to care about getting over things. What happened? This happened:

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KRIS KRISTOFFERSON MAKES IT THROUGH THE NIGHT

September 30, 2024 by

Kris Kristofferson died yesterday. I found out in a text from one of my guitar guys. “RIP Bobby McGee.” We mourned Tom Petty’s passing, now Kris. In baby boomer world, it’s reminder of our tenuous grip on life.

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