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THE NEW THING vs OLD THING

August 13, 2024 by David Gillaspie

My new thing is blogging like I’ve never blogged before and calling myself a writer. “So what do you do?” “I’m a blogger.” “No, I mean what do you really do?”

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DOING MORE? MORE WHAT?

August 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie

‘Doing more’ is the vibe hanging over me, maybe you too. ‘Make your time count.’ ‘Give your all.’ ‘Don’t waste your energy.’

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: advocate, blogger, boomers, do more, doing great, history, husband, MARRIAGE, more, more what, normal day, old men, old timers, travel, wife, writer

EXTRA EFFORT WHEN IT MATTERS

August 5, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Extra effort often gives a big win in sports, at work, in life. Or you get lucky. After a big win you don’t need to do anything extra. So why do people ask, “What’s next?” after a big victory?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: athletes, authority figure, basketball, big win, blog, blogger, extra effort, let it fly, olympians, Olympics, paris, permission, reporter, reporters, sports, sports reporters, story, table tennis, USA, victory, what's next, winners, writer, writing

BROKEN WILL? HOW TO BREAK IT

August 4, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Kristen Faulkner left a broken will on her way to Olympic gold. More than one. It was a race that seemed settled with two leaders breaking away from the first chase group. All Vos and Vas had to do was pour it on to the finish line. Faulkner was out of the picture. Then she […]

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PERSONAL ATTACHMENTS KEEP GROWING

July 31, 2024 by David Gillaspie

I’ll define ‘personal attachments’ first: it’s your leg, your arm, your head. It’s anything you’ve grown fond of. Baby boomers are officially old enough to have grown fond of most everything. And that’s a normal life.

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READ INSTRUCTIONS, VERIFIABLE INSTRUCTIONS

July 28, 2024 by David Gillaspie

We all read instructions before starting things. Or should. But . . . ? You already know what to do? They don’t make sense? No one is telling you what to do?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: better tomorrow, bible, blog, blogger, blogger opinion, common sense, divisive, education, hateful, holy bible, ignorant, instructions, learn, learning, life experience, read, read instructions, reader, reading, regular people, Roman Empire, verifiable, verifiable instructions, verifiable truth, write, writer

VERIFIABLE TRUTH MATTERS BECAUSE . . . ?

July 27, 2024 by David Gillaspie

Verifiable truth came up the other day when I showed this picture. “It’s a halo.” “Yes it is.” “A miracle.” “Uh huh.” Or the reflection in a car window as I passed by. You need to keep a sharp eye out for those halos when they pop up.

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EMPATHY FEELINGS? LET ‘EM OUT

July 25, 2024 by David Gillaspie

The first time I wrote out ’empathy feelings’, spell check went to ’empty feelings.’ Empty feelings might be a better key word, just not the one I’m looking for. But I got an empty feeling scrolling through twitter, through yahoo news, and every other post was red hat related. Honest blogger that I am, it […]

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SCREEN SPACE vs AIR TIME: BEING HELPFUL

July 24, 2024 by David Gillaspie

What are the goals of screen space and air time? Fill them up. That’s the primary goal. Secondary goals are making sense, being interesting, and ultimately trying to be helpful. I’m helpful. Which isn’t a way of asking, ‘Are you helpful?’

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NEEDED CHANGE BEGINS WITH . . . ? VOTING

July 22, 2024 by David Gillaspie

‘Needed change?’ Just repeating the words lends a sense of urgency. Something goes wrong? Something’s not right? Someone’s got a better idea? What about that ‘better idea?’

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: ambition, blog, blog master, blogger, change, change needed, civilization, economically, education, educationally, enthusiasm, injustice, learning, life long learners, life long learning, needed change, vote, voter, voting, writer, writers, writing, WWII