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What I’ve learned so far
“Why do guys make a contest out of everything?” was what Katie, my teenaged-daughter asked, back when she was still in high school. “It is so stupid.”
She was disgusted with a couple of young, male, trombone players in her high school band who created their own competition during a high school football game. They were […]
I crossed the finish line in fine form. Slow, of course, but with head held high and both knees churning. A race volunteer handed me my finisher’s medal and finisher’s T-shirt. I grabbed a blueberry bagel and water and a PowerAde and a banana and a bowl of hot chicken-and-noodle soup and hobbled over to […]
I find myself asking questions like that often in business and government and church: “Are you still OK with this? Have you changed your mind? Are you still on board with this proposal?” I doubt that I’m alone. We all ask those questions of each other because humans often change their minds about things and […]
I don’t want to offend anyone, or hurt anyone’s feelings, but I’ve never cared much for clowns.
I don’t mean those class clowns that make elementary school teachers’ lives miserable and grow up to be Robin Williams. I’m referring to clowns with painted faces and funny hair and big shoes and polka-dot clothes and tiny cars. […]