It came upon me as slow as a snail and then suddenly hit me faster than a high-speed freight train. And a runaway one at that. Why did it take…
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BOOK REVIEWS Confederates In The Attic – Tony Horwitz (391 pages) Summary: And you thought the past was lost when Confederate monuments across the country were torn down in the…
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The mention of a certain number may bring to mind a definitive, universal meaning. Why? Numbers are just integers. They are used for counting whatever one needs to count. It’s…
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BOOK REVIEWS Into Thin Air – Jon Krakauer (293 pages) Summary: The author himself dared to make the ascent to the top of Mount Everest, and he succeeded. The thrill…
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Are you wearing a hat now? No? When was the last time you wore one? There is an old philosophy (not sure where I heard it or learned about it)…
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January 2026 Mike Tomlin, coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers for the last nineteen NFL seasons, called it quits a few days ago. All good things must come to an end,…
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Box scores – a feature on a page of the sports section of a newspaper. They contain basically two things: names and numbers. It’s all …
Years ago, I called a timeout on my flamed-out, crash-and-burn, frustrating sales career. Subsequently, I changed my nine-to-five daily grind, entered the field of education, …
Note: These posts are from my post-graduate Europe/Eurail trip in the Spring of 1987. What happens in Europe …. The following is a list written …