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Thar She Blows! Thar He Spews!
The Atlantic: “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention” I love articles like this because they remind me that as much as we know about our planet, there is still much more to discover. This piece is…
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The More You D’oh!
Plato? Descartes? Emerson? What a bunch of amateurs! The philosopher that best understands the human spirit is Homer Simpson, a middle-class American man in his late 30s. As one of Homer’s disciples, I’d like to share some of his teachings.…
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The Freedom to Make Mistakes?
I recently heard someone say that having freedom means having the freedom to make mistakes.1 This was mentioned in the context of mask mandates during the current Covid-19 pandemic. This seemed like a reasonable opinion at first, but something about…
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I Don’t Care if I Ever Get Back
USA Today: “Cubs Prospect Arrested With 21 Pounds of Meth in Team Duffel Bag” A haiku: Peanuts, crackerjack?What else is at the snack barAt the old ball game?
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Fear ≠ Hate, so Let’s Replace the Word “Homophobia”
Let’s get rid of the word “homophobia.” The word “phobia” comes from the Greek word for “fear.” That’s why the fear of enclosed spaces is claustrophobia, the fear of spiders is arachnophobia, and the fear of the number 13 is…
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Everybody Loves Haiku!
OpportunityOr more indecisiveness?Which will win this time? Britt was in DenverTo see sister, niece, nephew.I was very bored. More than one haiku?They’re haiku. Just like with moose,Don’t tack on an -s.
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Lights … Camera … More Lights!
As I’ve said before, I love how my iPhone automatically collects memories and presents them as little videos. This is the one I received this morning. It’s from a trip to a Chinese lantern festival at Lowry Park Zoo (which…
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There Are no Stupid Questions, but There Are Definitely Stupid Answers
When college career counselors prepared me to enter the job market,1 they drilled one lesson in my head: Be prepared to tell interviewers why you want the job. That lesson sprang to mind a few days ago as I read…
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The Plot Thickens? Maybe Not.
One of the things that have been holding me back from writing a novel is that I simply can’t think of a plot. But maybe I don’t need one. I just finished the first three books in the Wayfarer series.1…
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Speaking of Boulder Falls
I mentioned Boulder Falls in a post earlier this week. It’s a hiking trail in Colorado (not as close to Boulder as the name suggests). Here’s a short video I made about our visit there:
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10 Days, 10 Photos, 10 Explanations (At Last)
I was recently challenged to post ten random travel photos on Facebook. The challenge required me to post the photos with no explanation, so I thought I’d have fun by picking photos from places that weren’t obvious. No Space Needle,…
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Meet my Running Buddy
I had some company on Bayshore Boulevard this morning.
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