When we lose people in our lives it is interesting the things we hold on to. We may hold on to old photos, personal belongings, or mementos. Things that matter much more to us now than they ever did when the person was alive. It is because they are the things we have left - the [...]
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I had a great idea for a new business today. It came to me as I watched a young female driver dangerously tailgate a number of vehicles (to include a fuel truck). There was no way she would have avoided a rear-end collision if the person in front of her had braked suddenly (and I don't [...]
Parents of teenagers don’t chug.
Parents of teenagers don't chug - or so says Cheyenne, self-appointed arbiter of appropriate parental behavior as it applies to teens. Alas, I have been a fan of The Eagles for years and as such, I love chugging all night...or at least I love the song that espouses it. So I have it on my [...]
Call your mother…
It is that time again - October 24th - my mother's birthday. Regular readers will recall that I write about my mother specifically every year on the occasion of her birthday (2009, 2010) even though she has been gone nine and a half years now. I envy folks who still have their mother here with [...]
I have a policy…
I have a longstanding policy that allows my students who are parents to bring their children to class on the rare occasion that they cannot make other provisions. This policy grew out of basically two appreciations on my part: first, that missing class puts students at a disadvantage; and, second, that being a parent and [...]
THE NEW FORTY 