Were you thankful?
I hope you had a terrific Thanksgiving day! I hope there was food and family and friends and football. In addition to all of that, I hope there was rest and relaxation and a lifting of the weight of external expectations. It is one of my favorite holidays for all of the reasons above. Kind […]
What are you fighting for?
Wikipedia, just because it’s handy and because somebody worked pretty hard at this, says the U.S. has been involved in 107 wars. Can you name five? Six of the most known are The Revolutionary War, The Civil War, World War I, World War II, The Korean War, and The Vietnam War. The War on Terror […]
Change, please. But not everything.
My wife and I were in a fast-food store and a “not yet fully trained” new hire was at the counter. We ordered, and the total was, let’s say, $11.37. My wife (the treasurer) looked at the amount, handed over a twenty dollar bill, a one dollar bill, and 37¢ in coins and said, “Just […]
