Category Archives: Real life

Good Beginnings

“Call me Ishmael . . .”  Herman Melville, Moby Dick. “These are the times that try men’s souls.”  Thomas Paine, Common Sense. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times . . .”  Charles Dickens, A … Continue reading

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Beatniks and Peppermints

What ever happened to the working class?  In political campaigns and jargon, everyone who is someone, other than the rich, is in the middle class. No one wants to admit they work. Work is a bad word, especially if you’re … Continue reading

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Energy crisis solved?

For the past forty years, scientists, politicians and regular people are trying to avert the impending doom that is the lack of energy.  Many methods of quelling our thirst for oil and fossil fuels are investigated and implemented, such as … Continue reading

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A Rose By Any Other Name!

Robert S. Ryan, Pennsylvania’s czar of zoning law and practice, once wrote that applications are an exercise in arrogance. He explained that the person creating the application assumes what answers are needed to gather the necessary information for whatever the … Continue reading

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There’s an app for that!

Unless you’re an ultimate technophobe, you’re familiar with the term “app.”  “App” was originally an abbreviation for computer application, but now is used exclusively for handheld devices like a smart phone or mp3 player.  There are some apps that make … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Mom!

Nothing rings truer than the Outback Steakhouse jingle, “No one’s goin’ to luv ya like yer mum!” My mother’s birthday is tomorrow, so I thought since I can’t be with her, what greater tribute than to wish her a Happy … Continue reading

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New York City Ironman – A spectatorless sport!

We are born and then we die.  In-between, we fill our lives with what we believe is important and with what we need to get by.  Some people are born twice as they “find Christ,” or experience a near-death phenomenon.  … Continue reading

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Who Do You Trust?

In 1972, an Oliver Quayle survey declared Walter Cronkite “the most trusted man in America.”  Recently, American University Professor Joseph Campbell, author of the book Getting It Wrong!, states  that Cronkite was not the most trusted man in America at … Continue reading

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Go Green!

Say “Go green!”  Say it again, “Go green!”  Now say it like you mean it . . . “GO GREEN!”  Feel better? 

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Bully for you!

There’s a bully for you, a bully for me, and you and I are a bully for someone else.  Bullying is getting a lot of attention these days, so much so, I feeling a little bullied about it. 

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