Yearly Archives: 2014

Blocks and Cramps and mindless thoughts, or a lesson in the parts of speech.

Topic: Blocks and Cramps and mindless thoughts, or a lesson in the parts of speech. As one can imagine, mindless thoughts do wondrous tricks to the human psyche. In some ways I am prone to flights of fancy in which

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Where is the feminist Goddess?

Where is the feminist Goddess? Having been raised in a traditional Christian religion I have become increasing curious about how it can still be sustainable considering that Christianity and most other dominant religions have “little to no” recognition of the

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Posted in Answers, Feminism, hope, Politics, Questions, religion, Self-reflection, Spiritualism, Tolerance

Being a baseball follower

Being a baseball follower: Lately October has been a great time of the year to be a Mets follower. I used to think that I was a fan, but I don’t think I am a fan any longer because fan

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Posted in Baseball, Humor, Life, Sports

Role Models and Super Heroes

Who is your role model? – And – What super hero do you identify with? These two questions have been asked of me in job interviews. My short answer is that I don’t have a role model and I do

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Posted in Answers, Friendship, Life, parenthood, Self-reflection, Spiritalism, Sports, Teaching

Unemployment and laughter

Unemployment and the benefits of laughter: There seems to be this malady that has plagued me over the past few (or is it many) years. It is called unemployment. Why does it seem to come knocking at my door more

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Posted in Answers, Behavior, hope, Humor, Self-reflection

Enlightenment or ignorance?

Sometimes as I read the postings of others on social media I often find that I question the reasons behind various political and social posts that distill complex issues into one trite tiny sentence that is void of compassion and

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Posted in Life, Politics, Prayer, Self-reflection, Spiritalism, Tolerance, Uncategorized

Dandelions – What are they?

Dandelions – what are they? The past two summers I have been yanking dandelions out of the lawn and commiserating about the fact that they are so prolific. I wonder exactly what are these plants and why do they seem

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Posted in Answers, Envirionment, hope, Life, Plants, Questions, Spiritalism, Tolerance

Glasses, boxes, idioms and other nonsensical thoughts…

Glasses, boxes, idioms and other nonsensical thoughts… I have been told that I have a positive attitude and I see that my glass is half full. This got me to thinking about this idiom and I wondered about that perception.

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Praying – what is it?

What is this thing called praying? Praying or McDonald’s take out. I used to think that praying was like driving up to McDonald’s and ordering a fast food item. You talk into this box and some voice of an unknown

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Something better to do?

Having or needing something better to do; or this thing I call being a Facebookian! What am I doing here? How does being on Facebook benefit this existence? One thing for sure, it is wonderful to connect with friends and

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