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Me! Me! Me!

I’m sick of attention whores.  They’re noise, and there’s way too much going on of substance to have to spend the time separating their chaff from all the important wheat out there.  Unfortunately, we’ve become a culture that rewards these clowns and this week provided yet another perfect case. Continue reading

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Your Mother

Happy Mother's Day Mom!

In certain parts of New Yawk, one doesn’t speak of another’s mother unless one wishes to get grievously hurt. However, today let me talk to you about your mothers. My mother too. And my father, brother, sister, cousins, and other assorted relations. Yours too. You see, they’re the ones some folks seem to forget when they stop being people and put on their titles. Continue reading

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Post Its

The logo of the brand.

I was talking to someone about Post It Notes this morning. As you may know, they are one of the world’s great accidental inventions. A chemist was trying to develop a super-strong glue and got something super weak instead. A bit later another scientist thought to use that failed glue to hold markers in his hymnal at church. Boom – Post It Notes! Continue reading

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