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I am a hypocritical heretic

I am a hypocritical heretic ensconced in the paradoxical problem of didactic diatribes. No matter what I write I am sure there will be notorious notions, contradicting comments, suspicious statements, piqued prejudices, erroneous eradications, indeterminate identities, misguided miscalculations, conflicting conclusions,

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Posted in Answers, Behavior, Community, hope, Humor, Life, Questions, religion, Self-reflection, Spiritualism, Tolerance

Friendship and its value…

The muse for this writing comes from two quotes I recently read. “True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.” by Ben Johnson “True friends are greatest riches.” – German Proverb What does friendship

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Ignorance, despair with a dash of hope….

The ignorance that exists within my psyche continually confounds and astounds me. Thusly, the ignorance I observe all around me in our existence as humans is beyond all my comprehension. It pushes my thoughts to their limits and forces me

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Posted in Behavior, Envirionment, hope, Life, Questions, Self-reflection

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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Posted in Answers, Humor, Life, Questions, Self-reflection, Teaching

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

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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Posted in Answers, existentialism, Humor, Life, Questions

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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