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Here's a brain teaser for you: One special place sets you free to make all places special; but if all places are special without one particular place being special then no place is special! Huh? Sorry this comes on a Monday morning, but it never hurts to get the intellectual juices flowing early! It's the concept of…

We live in an age where "marvelous" and "wonderful" have been tamed. We hear these words and immediately get excited about the "good" things happening! But this definition that "marvelous" and "wonderful" always mean "pleasant" and "positive" things is a reflection of our own shallow age. Through centuries of human existence, these words have also conveyed…

It is said that the greatest chess players "see" at least 4 moves ahead at all times. This is why they can anticipate their opponents' moves and be ready for them. This is also a huge advantage in military strategy. The best generals know their adversary so well that they can anticipate the moves of their…

They even have a name for it; it's thanatophobia. Of course it's based on the Greek word for death - Θανατος and φοβος - literally the fear of death. It can become so bad in a person that they are terrified of dying every waking moment. Horrible! And yet, we live in such a death denying culture…

"You may ask yourself: How did I get here?" "Same as it ever was!" (An old favorite) SSDD! You know, "same stuff, different day." That's the way a buddy of mine would answer as we started our workday at a factory where I worked after school in my teenage years. He had been with this company…

"You're the meanest daddy in the world!" With that declaration, my daughter informed me that I was both unfair and unreasonable to expect her to clean up the mess she had made with the play dough. By the way, I'm convinced play dough was invented by demons for the tormenting and temptation of parents! From my…

My grandmother use to confuse me when she'd comment about a particular friend of my grandfather's. She'd look at the man as he was driving away from their home after a visit and say "He's a smart boy but he ain't got no horse sense." "Horse sense?" I'd hear that and wonder what in heaven's name…

When I was a boy, I was blessed with a vivid imagination and an active interior world. For those of you with something of a whimsical bend, you know what I'm talking about. In other words, math and science weren't my strong suits in school. I was always reading a story (science fiction was my…

What is it about the allure of transformation? We are drawn to it like moths to a flame. If you've ever suffered from insomnia, you've seen him on those infomercials promising everything from wealth to weight loss. Well, the weight loss infomercial landed him in real trouble recently! Big trouble. At the infomercial king's sentencing the…