A few weeks ago I asked my wife, “How can I know if you’ll want toast with your breakfast? I never know whether to make it or not.” She replied, “When I wake up, I know whether I want toast. In fact, there’s usually a reason — but that would be a lot to explain. [...]
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Most mornings I drive my son to school. Leaving the school, I come to an intersection where buses are also heading elsewhere. Often one or two big yellow buses are waiting at the stop sign. I can drive past them; instead I usually stop my car, blocking my line of traffic, and wave at them [...]
They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Why then does the cure always gets more attention?
There seem to be new discoveries every day on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. In particular, there are more and more “niche” definitions. My favorite lately is Christ-Based ADHD, as determined by the presence of one or more of these warning signs: You accidentally refer to God as “my Higher Power” in Sunday school class. When singing [...]
I hope you were able to find the right tag — because if you want to “Link” with them on the popular networking site LinkedIn, those are the choices.
I’ve been warned to never use an elevator in a fire. I should probably step away.
When I go to a computer tech forum with questions on filtering, the replies often begin with a self-righteous lecture about “freedom of speech” and “the dangers of censorship.” This attitude reveals contempt for freedom, contempt for people, and foolishness concerning danger.
“Our speaker has told a joke. Unfortunately, it’s an English-language joke and it won’t translate into Korean. So please laugh now.”
I come upon a light layer of fog resting over the fairway. It is suspended at eye-level — only a few feet thick, a fragile gray band. The more distant foliage is visible both above it and beneath it. In a few minutes the morning sun will whisper the fog away.
President Obama relates during a speech that “A lot of people have asked, why is it you seem so calm?” The answer he provides is, remarkably, over 300 words in a single sentence.
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