The question of the day is: Can you envision a future world without the McDonald's restaurant chain? Yes, I know "restaurant" may not be the best way to describe McDonald's franchises. It is their label not mine. The point is, whatever you label them - what would happen should they disappear from the landscape? Would [...]
Tag: connectivity
Frolicking in the ocean…
I am not a swimmer. As such, if I ever disappear after an alleged late night swim - demand an investigation. A frightening childhood experience with a near-drowning in a swimming pool was enough to provide me with a healthy respect for the water. I don't go to the beach to swim, and as a fair-skinned person [...]
Touched.
I have never been a big Kiefer Sutherland fan. Not that he isn't good to look at and all, but on the whole I have not been drawn to his movies or television shows. So when I saw the advertisements for his new show - Touch - I initially dismissed it as another new show [...]
All things being relative…
I had an epiphany this morning. It all started during my regular Wednesday morning radio conversation with Bruce Kelly and his producer Kyle Iverson. Kyle shared with me that his cousin, Tricia, is one of my former students. Who knew? It is a small world...at least around here it seems to be. Learning that Kyle [...]
Truth is stranger than fiction…
Do you know of the Walkers? They are a fictional family on a television show called Brothers & Sisters (on ABC). The family is compromised of a strong mother (the father died in an early episode) and five grown children (two girls and three boys). The Walker family, while a tad dysfunctional, is very connected. [...]
In this sorrow, as in so many things, we are connected.
I was going to share something humorous with you today, but given the shooting at Fort Hood I just cannot find the wherewithal to do so. I am saddened by not only the injuries and deaths that occurred at Fort Hood yesterday but also the litany of injuries and deaths we have seen across our [...]
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