You want some resolutions? I’ve got some resolutions for you: 1. Don’t feel sorry for yourself. It’ll be tempting at some point in 2014 because, let’s be honest, stuff is going to happen to you next year that isn’t fair. Unfortunately, feeling sorry for yourself won’t make anything better. Instead of focusing on your feelings, […]
The Washington Redskins stink–again–and it occurs to me–again–that their failures bring me more frustration than their successes bring me joy. It seems like there is a higher truth in there somewhere. Maybe the truth is that we (and by “we” I mean “I”) shouldn’t invest so much mental energy into following sports teams. If you
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Well, it’s that time of year again. You know what I am talking about. It’s that time when some businesses start talking about the holidays–and, really, some of them do seem to go out of their way to avoid mentioning Christmas–and some Christians respond by becoming unglued. I think there’s room for growth on both
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Here are some unimportant things I am thankful for: 1. I am thankful for presidential trivia: Calvin Coolidge was the only Prez to be born on July 4. Three Presidents came out of Tennessee to win the presidency, but they were all originally from North Carolina. Three Presidents have nicknames that contain the word “Hickory.” I
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1. Do you, dear reader, remember a few weeks ago when I complained that there was a time and temperature sign near where I work that fell back early–a few days before Daylights Savings Time–and it is also always a few minutes off? Their clock was something like an hour and 2 minutes slow. Well,
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