Grumpy Old Man

I’m grumpy. Maybe it’s me, but lately I seem more irritable. This is not a good thing given we’re entering the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday seasons. My mood exudes foulness for various reasons. First, I’m getting old. At 45 I’m definitely in the middle-age-phase of life. Perhaps I’ve recognized my time is short on this [...]

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Ode to The En Dash

Oh en dash! What would my writing life be without you? Sprinkled in and throughout my paragraphs – separating key thoughts from inane flotsam and jetsam – the concept of not having you at the whim of my fingertips saddens me. Your absence in my day worse than lack of caffeine or the inability to [...]

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E tan e epi tas

My 18-year-old daughter, a senior at Maple Grove Senior High School, graduates on June 7. In a few weeks, wings will spread and she’ll transition from a child student to an adult preparing for the start of her college experience. Wow. Where did THAT time go? Several years ago, in her Freshman year, she spoke [...]

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Quote of the Day – Paul Newman

The big difference between people is those who have had pleasure and love, and those who haven’t.”   -Paul Newman -end-

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Wordplay – Obsequious

Ob-se-qui-ous: Full of or exhibiting servile compliance, fawning. Her obsequious comments and actions were more believable than even she might have imagined.” -end-

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For All Intents and Purposes

For all intents and purposes, people should not attempt to domesticate wild animals like tigers, bears and chimpanzees. The recent, sad circumstance bearing out this truth occurred in Stamford, Connecticut, where a woman was mauled to near death by a “tame” chimp named Travis.  You can see the full story below. In this particular case, [...]

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Wordplay – Surfeit

It’s been months since I entered a Wordplay post. This one seems poignant given we’re a week out from the U.S. Thanksgiving.  If you want to see other Wordplays – just enter the word “wordplay” in the search bar at the top of the page. Surfeit (pronounced sur-fit): to feed or supply to fullness or [...]

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Wordplay – Somnambulant

Som-nam-bu-lant: to walk as if asleep. Former Nebraska Cornhusker head football coach, Tom Osborne, has a set jaw and stoic manner that famously makes him look somnambulant. Wordplay went on hiatus, didn’t it. But when I read this line from story in the New York Times, I just had to add it to the Wordplay [...]

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More Than Words

If my mind wasn’t made up a week ago, it is signed and sealed now. Billary has come slashing at Barack following a stump speech in which Obama used some familiar words by his friend, Massachusett’s Governor Deval Patrick. The Financial Times reports on the story, but in a nutshell, Mr. Obama said: Don’t tell [...]

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What Was Said?

“In true love the smallest distance is too great, and the greatest distance can be bridged.” –Hans Nouwens

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