Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Move the Cat
Since he fell a few weeks ago, I have been visiting neighbor Kenneth just about every day to check up on him and chat. He is full of funny stories. Here is one of them: Kenneth told me that some years ago, he and his wife went to his sister-in-law's house for Thanksgiving. During the supper, the...
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Friday, June 29, 2018
Crap Hits the Fan - Lesson from Hell Part 6
Wednesday September 5, 2007. If there was a period that was symbolic of how bad that day was teaching my "What Is Your Culture? Lesson," it would be last period, the fifth time I taught the lesson. The four prior times I taught the lesson, I did not feel overwhelmed. While disgusted and resentful, I...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
No Wonder He Lost
The political candidate who I volunteered for won his primary. Onto the general election... April 5, 1999. Barry Shell used to sell business insurance to Dad before retiring to Florida some years ago. The two were friends, attending baseball games together and going on motorcycle trips. He often...
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Friday, June 22, 2018
Resentment - Lesson from Hell Part 5
Wednesday, September 5, 2007. Resentment. That is the word that best describes how I felt that day. I had formed my resentment of my mentor Sally Warner. I also formed my resentment of the children I was trying to teach. They chatted while I tried to teach. Because they were not paying attention,...
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Monday, June 18, 2018
Back First
June 1996. My family and I were at Disney World. The hotel we stayed at had a cool pool. It contained a slide. The way it was configured was that you could see someone at the top of the slide. They would go through a tunnel before emerging at the bottom. Dad decided he was going to go down the slide...
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