“He sees you when you’re sleeping. He knows when you’re awake. He knows if you’ve been bad or good.” Most folks recognize these lines from the “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” lyrics written by Haven Gillespie. Some folks find the image a bit disturbing. These days, a man who watches children sleep is probably …
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Plunger
Is there an age when folks stop feeling like they have a different career choice? Not necessarily a regret that they chose the wrong career, but that another option would be good once they’ve finished with this one. Like when folks become comedians after being teachers. Or novelists after being accountants. I’m just wondering if …
Deliberate
Another Thanksgiving has come and gone, rushed out of our minds and lives by the encroachment of the Black Friday phenomenon. I hope that the sales flyers, Christmas lists, and who-gets-what-where didn’t dampen the gratitude and family interactions that make Thanksgiving its own special holiday. And the food! Did you have way too much of …
Corpuscule
Although I may have learned this in my schooldays, it was a surprise to me when I recently read that the Mason-Dixon line defined the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, settling a decades long dispute. In fact, the dispute was violent enough, at times, to be called “Cresap’s War”, named after a particularly nasty (and …
Hochhuth
Not long ago, my wife met a guy at a yard sale who was down on his luck. She ended up working out a deal where he would come to the house and fix a couple things and do some yard projects. It seemed like a good idea at the time. One of the items …
Mozetta
Lorenzo Corsini was a lawyer in Florence, Italy. He came from a powerful family which was not only nobility, but had very close ties to the Catholic Church. He had many high ranking clergy on both sides of the family, including a saint on his father’s side. In fact, when he was 33, he also …
Nonforested
Last weekend, I took a hike. Literally. About 45 minutes or so from home are some of the tallest mountains in Virginia. At 4001 ft high, Flat Top is the highest of a triplet of mountains called the Peaks of Otter. My hike was on Sharp Top, which is the pointiest peak, and the third …
Feruled
Early on Saturday, I happened to walk by the indoor play area in my church. It is closed off, but with windows, like a larger version of the ones they have in some fast food places. Just inside the windows in this particular play area are benches, and I noticed that on the longer leg …
Morphologic
Having been in the workforce for over thirty years, it may be surprising that I still struggle with setting goals. In fact, I have been reading, making notes, and thinking very long and hard about this over the last year or so. Jim Rohn was a success coach and provided many quotable quotes, and my …
Unsobering
We were out a little late last night, and went to bed pretty much right after we got home. I’m not even sure if it was later than usual. For whatever reason, I must have slept pretty well. Normally I get up early on Tuesdays and Fridays, and when the alarm went off this morning, …
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