
It’s been over a month since the New Year came to be. Remember that moment after everyone watched the ball drop, when you wiped that stranger’s kiss off your lips and looked for another open bottle of champagne? How about when you spilled half of it on your friend’s carpet as you loudly resolved to [...]
Jan 25 2011 | Posted in
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You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes ~ Winnie the Pooh Today is Winnie the Pooh Day, in honor of the birth of Winnie’s creator, Alan Alexander (A. A.) Milne, in 1882. The Winnie the Pooh series of stories [...]
Jan 18 2011 | Posted in
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Oh! Somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; the band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light, and somewhere men are laughing and somewhere children shout; but there is no joy in Mudville — mighty Casey has struck out. ~Ernest Lawrence Thayer, 1906 MLB Rule 6.10 Today is the 37th anniversary [...]
Jan 11 2011 | Posted in
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You’re back again, in your cubicle, staring at the plain-colored fabric walls, pondering another cup of coffee. Wondering what the heck that smell is, as someone, somewhere nearby, returns from the microwave to eat their lunch at their little, cluttered desk. Ain’t it great to be back in the office? Perhaps, like me, you took [...]
Jan 10 2011 | Posted in
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No one can make you feel badly about yourself without your permission. ~ Eleanor Roosevelt The bully His name was Vincent, one of the very few kids in my school who was actually shorter than me. Ever since the first grade, I came to settle in with the knowledge that everyone else was likely going [...]
Jan 7 2011 | Posted in
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It’s never too late to have a happy childhood, but the second one is up to you and nobody else. ~Everett Bonner When I put the colorful box down at the checkstand in the local supermarket, the cashier gave me a sideways glance, one eyebrow ever so slightly raised. I’m not a Mexican Catholic; I’m [...]
Jan 5 2011 | Posted in
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