Pathetic Pedestals There’s a funny phenomenon in this country called failing forward. It’s also called failing up. It’s a simple concept: when one makes a mistake, they actually have the opportunity to advance as a result of that error. This is all fine and good in business and corporations where learning from mistakes is productive;…
Theory Conspiracy
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The Devil’s in The Irony Leaving the bookstore my boys and I were happy. The guys had each picked a LEGO mini-figure and with their anticipation to open it, we walked into the cool air, sun shining, masks on. No sooner were we halfway to the car, when a tall unmasked man approached us walking…
All is Fair in Love and Twitter
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The Last White Man
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Thank you, universe.
Five Ways to Serve Others Right Now
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A Life of Service As we take a moment to reflect upon and remember the legacy of civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr., we should think about how to emulate his mission in our daily lives. We are at an inflection point in this country, and giving to others is so vitally important right…
Falling On Your Sword
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Steak Dinner? When I first started out as field sales representative many years ago, I was issued a Corporate American Express credit card. The “AmEx,” as it was affectionately called in the industry, was both a mysterious and adorable thing. Here was this plastic rectangle with sixteen magical numbers that allowed you to buy meals,…
The People Decide
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The Cradle of Democracy There are four people in my home. Or should I say, four opinion makers. There are also two people under the age of eight in my home, and the opinions of those two people are often impossible to change. For example: we were simply trying to pick up something to eat…
Ignorance and Want
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Beyond Christmas On Christmas Eve, we readied out spirits by binging on Christmas movies. Where my wife likes the Hallmark-types, and my kids go for animated or comedy, I like the slightly odd, e.g. Edward Scissorhands. One we can all agree on is A Christmas Carol, the Charles Dickens classic that was originally a novella…
The Politics of Winning
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Something Of A Sport My sons had no problems deciphering who I was voting for in the 2020 Presidential Election. When my Biden-Harris bumper stickers arrived, the boys advised me on where to place them on my car. My sons also knew who I was voting against and why. In fact, they probably internalized that…
Frame, Hold, Shoot
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Outsourced Memes usually don’t take my breath away. They are, in fact, meant to disrupt our psychology for a split second. Their content meant to either re-enforce or shatter a belief. I usually ignore them, but the problem is, they’re everywhere. Everywhere being the one place we can’t escape from: our technology. There was one,…
Party Time
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Pass the ‘Rona For many GenX-er’s there was a certain kind of playdate in which we may have partaken as children in the 70’s and 80’s. Chickenpox parties. At these gatherings, healthy children mingled with varicella virus-infected children as a means for the well kids to contract the illness and thus gain immunity. These gatherings…
Faith In The Myth
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Coming or Going? At the trailhead of the Gila Cliff Dwellings in southwest New Mexico, I overheard the conversation of another group of hikers. “Does the Bible mention Darwin?” one young lady asked another. “No, I don’t think so,” the other said. These hikers were part of a larger group that had gone up the…
A Good Man
The Election Roller Coaster On Election Night, I put my sons to bed and we had a long talk. Really, it was me talking and them listening as they drifted off to sleep. That night’s topic was, or course, the election and how our country awaited a final result. Instead of trying to explain the…
Disenfranchised
The Grand Scheme I have two mailing addresses. One residence, we rent out. Our family outgrew it, and so we moved to a nearby neighborhood. For whatever reason, I’ve kept our original home address as my permanent address, so important things like ballots go there. In the run up to the election, I thought…
El Mes de los Muertos
The Humility of Memory One of our finest possessions is not something we buy. It doesn’t come in a big box or from a store. It’s not a thing of value, but yet it’s worth is infinite. It is our memory. As Día de los Muertos winds down, I propose that we make this…
October Surprise: Not to Worry!
Remain Calm? At the final Presidential Debate (thank god!), Joe Biden said something that’s stuck with me all week: “Americans don’t panic.” I believe this to be true, except when it comes to possibly running out of toilet paper. Then we really go bonkers. I’ve also thought that if there were to be a…