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MODERN ELDERS SEEK AUDIENCE WITH YOUTHS

October 18, 2024 by

Modern elders want to be heard by someone. They have much to impart to the rising generations, but there’s a problem. Can the ‘Me Generation’ ever get over itself enough to make sense? Will young people ever trust those who said never trust anyone over thirty?

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LONG RELATIONSHIPS? I’M A FAN

August 27, 2024 by

Long relationships that have stood the test of time amaze me. Call me befuddled, bemused, bewildered. How can anyone do it, let alone me? The first thing is finding anyone able to put up with your crap. It’s works even better when they don’t consider your crap to be crap. Take my wife, please.

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BACKING UP AND ADDING ON

August 26, 2024 by

Backing up into a parking space is normal? It’s getting that way, but there’re still holdouts.   – People who always back into to parking spaces think they better than us. – I back into my parking space in the garage and the garage is inclined up…I also do it with a manual transmission car, […]

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LIFELONG LEARNING? WHEN DOES IT END

August 20, 2024 by

Lifelong learning is a goal, or should be a goal. Do it right and you’ll always have a motherlode of regret: “If I only knew then what I know now.” Call it what it is: continuing education. And it’s never over.

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BONA FIDE BLOGGER WITH VERIFIABLE TRUE STORY

July 29, 2024 by

The idea of a bona fide blogger doesn’t come from O Brother Where Art Thou. They say bona fide, just not blogger. Lately I’ve been working with the words verify and verifiable in terms of truth and bona fide fits right in. So does the word trust. You know the word trust? 

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CAPITAL ONE TRUST WEAKNESS NEEDS EXERCISE

July 21, 2024 by

How’s your Capital One trust? If it’s weak, you can fix it. But start small. You don’t tell new people all of your secrets at once and you don’t throw your important data at whoever asks for it. I agree with old Ernie here, you make people trust-worthy by trusting them. I’ll start with something […]

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FACEBOOK VIDEO EXPLAINS CONTINENTAL DRIFT

July 12, 2024 by

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?

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TRUST, HOPE, THEN EXPLOIT

April 23, 2024 by

If you believe in the power of trust, hope, and faith, and you should, what could go wrong? Do it right and you’ll find yourself in the company of others with the same beliefs. At first. Then time reveals other plans.

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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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AMERICAN SOUL SEARCHING CONTINUES

September 30, 2023 by

The American soul is elusive. One time it’s here, the next time it’s there. More than one searcher has found it, only to discover what others have: “They are wrong.”

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