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Irritation and anger

I felt angry today.  What to do with that anger is important.  Do I feel angry enough to post some rhetorical political diatribe on Facebook?  Do I feel angry enough to lash out at the driver who impedes my forward

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Fathers’ Day Reflections

As I contemplate what Fathers’ Day means for me, there are two veins of thought. The first is being a son and the other is being a father. Reflections of being a son: I guess some would say that being

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Posted in hope, Life, love, parenthood, Self-reflection

Humpty Trumpy

WARNING:  If you are a Trump supporter and think he is a viable candidate for president proceed with CAUTION.  If you have no sense of humor, I suggest you STOP reading here and go on to some other enlightening reading. 

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Posted in Answers, Humor, Juvenile, Politics

The evolution of the Republican Party from Roosevelt to the present

WARNING: Conservative thinking voters please proceed with CAUTION: For those of you that are in support of the current Republican candidates, I suggest you STOP reading here and go on to some other enlightening reading. The following is my subjective

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Posted in Answers, Behavior, Humor, Juvenile, Politics

Simple Arithmetic Logic regarding the Republican Senators’ refusal to consider a SCOTUS nomination.

I spent some time trying to comprehend the difficulty the Republican Senators are having in actually doing their constitutional obligation that they were elected to do regarding the “advise and consent” of a U.S. Supreme Court nominee. To me the

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Posted in Answers, Dogma, hate, Humor, Politics, Tolerance

Like a perchance glance of a bird, life’s moments can be very fleeting yet memorable.

  I observed a bird on the wire behind our house.  It was one I could not identify, but it seemed regal and beautiful at first glance.  It piqued my curiosity enough that I went to get my field glasses

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Posted in Behavior, Friendship, hope, Life, love, nostalgia, Prayer, Self-reflection, Spiritualism

What is wrong with this picture?

  Whenever there is a perplexing problem for me, I try to take a step back away from the issue directly at hand in order to gain a different vantage point.  I also ask myself the question; “What is wrong

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Posted in chicken hawk, hope, military, Politics, war

Why I like the change to cold weather or delightful things about putting on a winter coat

I never minded the cold too much and in some ways I enjoy the brisk, invigorating weather of winter.  Today I discovered another reason why I like this change in weather; I put on my winter coat for the first time

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Posted in Humor, Life, weather

Being a baseball fan, and living and dying with the New York Metropolitans (Mets)

  When I was a little lad, my first memory of professional baseball was of the New York Yankees.  They were the only professional baseball team in NYC because shortly before my long term memory became conscious to me, the

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Posted in Baseball, hope, love, Questions, Sports

Happy Birthday wherever you are…

Today is a day that has a timestamp in my memory and on my heart because it is the birthday of someone who, at one time, was very dear to me. This significant someone still owns a piece of my

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Posted in Behavior, Friendship, Life, love, nostalgia, Prayer