At our Christmas dinner, we ended up discussing guns, drugs and homosexuals. Plus some politics. I hate discussing politics. And I had a hard time with the guns, drugs and homosexual conversations too. Not because I don’t hold opinions. Not because I don’t care about them. Not because I’m afraid to share my opinions. And […]
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Bill Gates’ graduation speech at Harvard is well worth reading. He uses it as a call to arms. As his mother said, "From those to whom much is given, much is expected." We all need to work on the world’s inequalities. In his opinion the biggest obstacle to giving is complexity, "To turn caring into
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My vet says my dog would rather be dead. Actually, he didn’t say it like that and he’s a great guy but he does really think I should euthenize her. I don’t agree. As of yesterday she was still walking around, following us everywhere, tail wagging. Not her usual self, but she still wanted to
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what I want to do with my life and I had another ah-hah moment this weekend. I spent the whole weekend with Caleb in the hospital and it didn’t bother me at all – once they figured out that Caleb was going to be ok that is. I
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First off, there are three versions of the Secret by Rhonda Byrne: the book, The Secret. the audiobook, The Secret. This contains many different people’s voices, presumably from the movie version. the movie, The Secret DVD! Most of the reviews you’ve seen are about the movie. I listened to the audiobook version. I think how
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The other day Dad was trying to tell me that young people today don’t care as much about politics and social causes. I wasn’t sure whether I agreed or not but I did take umbrage at his example of a dad who drove a pinto and whose son drove an SUV. Dad seemed to think
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