I was hanging out one day this week (who knew I actually had time to do that?) when someone was playing a Michael Jackson playlist through their speakers. When a particular song, Beat It, was in full flight, I noticed schoolboys walking past where I was standing. They were all dancing to the song, but …
I remember years ago, when I was in high school, a popular term among my peers was ‘grounds’ (I assume that’s how it was spelt). Now I’m not sure if the term was used long before our time, or if it’s still used now, but if your name was used in the same sentence, it …
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St Augustine If travelling makes you happy, then I’ll be a grouch for a good long while. Recently I read an article online where The Daily Health Post said scientists believe travelling makes us much happier than material wealth. …
The saying that all men are dogs is an insult, to dogs. The sexual nature of the statement is the issue. People (i.e., a high number of women) believe that men, like dogs, hump everything that moves. To some extent, with dogs (the four-legged ones), that’s true. Have you ever been around them when a …
“Even your most loyal customers always have a choice about where to take their business.” – Marilyn Suttle, from the book Who’s Your Gladys? How to Turn Even the Most Difficult Customer Into Your Biggest Fan There are some jobs I know I would not be able to do. To have the intellectual capacity is …
Like you, I was flabbergasted and taken aback by the scenes coming out of The Bahamas last week. The fact is, while I know that islands are more susceptible to hurricanes, storms, tsunamis and other acts of nature, I still wasn’t ready for what I saw. When you watch weather Apocalypse movies like Dante’s Peak …
“Man is the reasoning animal. Such is the claim. I think it is open to dispute. Indeed, my experiments have proven to me that he is the unreasoning animal … In truth, man is incurably foolish.” – Mark Twain If you hear that I pass off in the next few years from an aneurysm or …
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