Category: General
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Self-Improvement Inspiration From Some Early Modern Greats
Gonzaga University’s alumni magazine recently introduced me to the “Ignatian Year,” a commemoration that began May 2021 and is now wrapping up. May 20 last year marked the 500th anniversary of St. Ignatius’ conversion. I’m not Catholic, so I wasn’t aware of details about this figure, such as the fact that on that fateful day,…
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Fixing Crap
I’m content to work my job or perform household chores, but I sure don’t enjoy having to fix things. I have studied physics, so I somewhat understand why unmaintained things tend toward disorder, which is to say, stuff will break down. Objects offend me when they can’t keep their act together, and we rely on…
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Prosperous Lives of the Medically Afflicted
Prosperity may be about accomplishments and wealth, but it’s also about attaining the lifestyle—the whole vibe of who we are, who we’ve become, and our purpose in what we do. Which is why I wish I could emerge from a drug commercial. By all appearances, those humans have it made. If one doesn’t feel well-established,…
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A Non Sequitur Tale
I felt super-intrigued one afternoon, like the feeling one might get while reading an essay on correlation and causality, which I happened to be doing. My study was interrupted by a knock on the front door: someone taking a survey had shown up because I don’t have a doorbell. I sent them away because they…
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Influencer Aspirations
Well before “Mad Men,” Hollywood’s golden-era seemed often to glamorize the advertising executive, and between then and now came classics with characters in advertising roles such as the TV series “Bewitched” or the movie “Kate & Leopold.” And rightly so, as advertising is a big deal. Superbowl LVI (that’s “56” for you non-Romans) charged $VII…
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Do-Overs
From time to time, I hear it said (something Roy Clark sang almost fifty years ago), “If I had it to do all over again….” Have you uttered this proposition of regret? Well, tough cookies, because without reincarnation, it isn’t happening. And even so, that wouldn’t strictly be your life do-over, would it? Suppose, though,…
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Tactical Clothing
I like that capitalism generally offers us choices and value in goods and services, although inflation seems to be diminishing much of that lately. I do not take for granted that I enjoy prosperity and only must manage “first world problems.” So, I attempt to guard against greed and discontentment, which includes being wise to…
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Rider Wordsmithing
Indulge one more Olympic-inspired post, please. I’ll move on next week to other goodies in my queue. The only snowboard trick I ever executed was an air-and-fakie, without the air, so obviously I am impressed by recent riding performances in the 2022 Games. Yet I want to offer a shout-out to the skateboard and snowboard…