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41. Killing Joy
July 29, 2015
Killjoy – noun: one who spoils the pleasure of others He starts to back out from a supermarket parking space. In the corner of his eye he spots a car speeding down his aisle. Simultaneously as he begins to brake, she exclaims, “Watch out for that car!” Startled, he lurches to a sto...
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42. A Useful Myth: Middle East Peace
July 10, 2015
Many aspects of life are elegantly simple in nature, but made complex by those whose purposes are served by doing so. Usually the motivation of the obscurers has to do with the law and politics for the sake of billable hours, faux posturing, and/or votes. The media, eager to be relevant, eagerly pil...
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43. Music Appreciation
July 06, 2015
As I’ve grown older, I’ve become less patient with activities that don’t add value to my life. See; what happens is that you realize the day-of-the-hearse is approaching. Therefore, with quality-of-time in mind, among other things I’m selective about the choice of concerts I attend. Not that I’m som...
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44. A Fond Adieu to Lester Michael Glossinger
June 26, 2015
I first met Mike on a sunny July afternoon while touring a Midwestern college campus. At the time the school was all male with an enrollment of about 2,000.
That was the beginning…
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Between my junior and senior years in high school, my friend, Dennis, and I drove up for a ...
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45. MOVIN' ON
June 20, 2015
May 2015…
Lately I’ve been obsessed about something that it’s probably best not to spend hours, or even minutes, being bugged about. But I doubt that I’m alone. I’ll lay odds you’ve had a similar experience a time or two; like having some undesirable thought enter your mind that you don’t wa...
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46. When The Note Turned Blue
April 04, 2015
Thom is the youngest of three brothers that grew up in Northwestern Ohio, sons of a father who, during his 89 years in the quick, realized all of his major earthly aspirations. He married the girl of his dreams, sired sons to carry on the family name, was recognized as a respected design engineer, a...
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47. A Gift for Thanksgiving
November 14, 2013
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Since I’ve been old enough to remember, I’ve eagerly anticipated the last three months of the year. For me, the holiday spirit with its accompanying electric thrill arrives mid-October and terminates with the ...
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48. Welcome to Bizarre-o World
November 09, 2013
A major gas and oil tool company with whom I was once employed purchased a privately-owned, technology-based company headquartered in Provo, Utah with a second facility in France. The acquisition was to attain the rights for an ingenious, breakthrough process, which would provide a major advantage, ...
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49. So This Is How It Ends
November 07, 2013
My brother, Jim, and I played a bit of phone tag last weekend. I finally caught up with him as we simultaneously and separately vegged-out watching televised football, Jim in sunny Palm Springs and me in the blustery Midwest. My two younger brothers have morphed into a perceived schtick of ...
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50. Off the Wall
October 28, 2013
I began playing one-wall and three-wall handball at a Southern California apartment complex because a friend said it was good exercise and fun. He was right. Of course from the time we are young boys, anything having to do with chasing a ball is fun. For instance, water polo is a lot more enjoyable ...
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