Mind Wanderings
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Time Travel
Imagine you are given the opportunity to travel in time, under the following conditions; You can go forward or backward without limitation You can remain for 24 hours You can travel anywhere, instantaneously You can understand any language You will…
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Unrealistic Expectations
Unrealistic Expectations Here are some of our expectations for those who would hold Political office up to, actually in particular, President. Clairvoyance Infallibility (even the Pope has a hard time with this one) Omniscience Perfection in character Embracing “Middle” Class…
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Good Byes?
Sometimes, goodbye is all that is left. No matter the depth, no matter the breadth, no matter the sincerity of the desire. Life presents some opportunities that are just mirages of illusions of unattainable desires. I have come to believe…
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Watching Death Visit: Two perspectives
The day started as all the other ones. We woke just before the sunrise, ate a small meal, straightened our living area, and prepared to go out to gather provisions. We headed in a different direction, as he thought we…
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A Coping Mechanism
Here’s a little amusing trick to use when forced to endure those one-sided, annoying, mostly childish, unavoidable cell-phone conversations overheard EVERYWHERE. Fill in the other side of the conversation! Here’s how it works; (OVERHEARD) So, what did he say… Yeah….…
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Random thoughts
I never understood the expression “If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans?” Wouldn’t a St.Peter joke about 4 Nuns dying and going to heaven work better? Whoever thinks heaven is “heaven” has not met the file…
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LOVE DIES OR IS IT LACK OF AMBITION?
Is it really Love that dies or is it just an unwillingness to make the effort to sustain it? Loving someone is hard work. It is also bilateral. If you think THEY are hard to love, imagine how they feel…
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“Jersey” Boys
There is a phenomenon that has grown more commonplace that completely baffles me. Why do fully-grown adults, particularly those that have grown in all the wrong proportions, wear sports jerseys bearing the name of some athlete? Sadly, this is a…
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Same Sex Marriage Chicken Sandwich Morality
August 5, 2012 I came across a recent letter to the editor in the Florida Today newspaper. The letter expressed agreement with Chik-Fil-A President Dan Cathy’s position on Same Sex Marriage. I will give them one thing, at least they didn’t hide…
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Miranda Warnings: Why do we name monumental USSC decisions after the perpetrators, rather than the victims?
On March 13, 1963, Ernesto Miranda was arrested. The arrest was primarily based on circumstantial evidence linking him to the kidnapping and rape of a 17-year-old woman 10 days earlier. After a prolonged interrogation he confessed. The conviction was reversed…