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One of the things that strikes me across the brow is the lack of effort towards improvement of so many things. Right now, as I write this, there is a radio program being broadcast in this office and which is being avidly listened to by the staff members in here now. The cheapness and artificiality... Sign in to see full entry.

I hate these shortened conversations. Over the past four days I've met two very old friends and had shortened conversations with both of them. The first instance it was a girl who I knew since I was 17 years old and who's husband I knew all their married life. He passed away a few years ago. She... Sign in to see full entry.

The old norms of justice are going through. One by one these icons of justice, forged over centuries of battles and crusades for justice for the common man are being eroded. You read on the internet of people being sentenced in the US for indefinite terms of prison and others being refused released... Sign in to see full entry.

Everyone has a kind of attraction for single life. Even though most people talk about it from a distance, mostly because they have not been single for a long time, it does attract people because of the freedom and the time it gives an individual. St. Paul, in one of his epistles, ( I know, I read it... Sign in to see full entry.

Taking chances is not always a good thing. I have a little policy that a " bird in the hand is better than three in the bush, " but then, now and again, I break that rule and take a chance on gaining more. Then, more often than not, the devil hits me in the butt and I lose hands down. Its stupid but... Sign in to see full entry.

I must say Spain's win and the ending of this World Cup Football is full of surprises and unusual happenings. Its Spain's first World Cup win and according to what I've read its the first time since 1950 they've come this far. The way the football matches were going at the beginning it looked like a... Sign in to see full entry.

I bought this short piece of salami in the supermarket. I've always eaten salami. My father used to love it so from time to time I'd buy a piece of salami and take it home and eat it with toasted bread and butter. So in the back of my mind I have this image of salami from way back. Like about forty... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm slowly getting past the stage of seeking relationships wherever I go. As an unmarried man for years I looked for something meaningful everywhere I went till that became a kind of lifestyle. A way of living from day to day. I hung out in bars and pubs, smoking and drinking and chatting with all... Sign in to see full entry.

Listening to chat can be an interesting and learning experience. You get to know the people and get to learn from what they are talking about. I listen to people all the time. They are simple people, mostly women, who I find very interesting as they have a very different point of view. As a writer,... Sign in to see full entry.

There's something simple in life called a good heart. Take just now, for example, when I was told, ordered, in fact, to do something simple and tiresome that was somebody else's responsibility. In other times I would have rebelled. this time I didn't. I decided it was best to do the necessary and my... Sign in to see full entry.