A couple of weeks ago, I called Shawn Sabau. Shawn is my financial planner. When I call him, it is hardly ever about the few dollars I can invest. However, when I have a vexing question, I can count on Shawn to assist me, which he has done many times over the years.
My call this time had to do with getting all my ducks lined up. Things in my life will soon radically change in an extremely positive way. I look forward to that opportunity; nonetheless, I needed to organize my life. As I mentioned an array of things that I had to do, Shawn listened, asked questions, and explored ways to address my concerns. Again, I thanked him as I have done so many times in the past.
After the call, I went back to my computer. However, something happened. I had a strange sensation or feeling. It related to my living a life well lived. It paralleled the realization that I experienced after doing the dance with death. Both events were transformative by reenergizing me. Dylan Thomas poetically expressed my feeling in Do Not So Gentle into that Good Night. This is the first stanza of his poem and sums up my Weltanschauung about living a life well lived.
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A Saint and a Sinner
Michelle Obama and Lev Parnas
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10/30/24 |
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Happy Birthday Ginger
She Turned Eight Today
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10/28/24 |
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What I Admire about Kamala
And How She Will Change America
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10/25/24 |
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Robert Reich Paying Homage...
To a Special American
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10/23/24 |
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Linking Up with My Family
During Thadingyut
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10/21/24 |
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Trump is Correct...Partially
He Just Missed Who the Enemy Was
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10/16/24 |
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What’s With the Water?
Water, Water, Everywhere
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10/14/24 |
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Professor Keating and I
We Both Took Mrs. Davis’s English Class
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10/07/24 |
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Another Set of Photos for Ti Ti
Remain Driven in Life
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10/04/24 |
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Trump Psychoanalyzes Harris
But He Reveals His Psych Issues in the Process
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10/02/24 |
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Another Eureka Moment
Thank You, Nancy
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09/30/24 |
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“I Want To Be Your Protector”
Said the Neanderthal
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09/27/24 |
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Following in the Footsteps of Lt. Zogg
It’s All About Being Determined
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09/25/24 |
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A Funny Thing Happened To Me
As I Age, Not So Gracefully
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09/16/24 |
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Discovering a Mentor
In a Field of Dreams
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09/13/24 |
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Another Set of Photos
For Ti Ti from PaPa Al
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09/09/24 |
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Becoming a Monkey King
It's More Than Mere Monkey Business
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09/04/24 |
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We Are All Teachers
Be Careful What You Teach
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08/28/24 |
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Become a Bo Bo Gyi
It's About Giving to Get.
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08/26/24 |
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The Snowman vs Allen
How To Change the World
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08/23/24 |
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Creating Elysium
In This World
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08/19/24 |
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Destiny or Fate
It is Another Either/Or Issue
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08/16/24 |
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What’s with Nancy Nurenberg?
It’s All About Feeling Dumb and Poor
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08/14/24 |
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Replying to Ti Ti’s Request
For a Photo of PaPa Al
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08/09/24 |
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Get With It
Roar Like a Lion
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08/07/24 |
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You Know that You Are Getting Old
When You Don’t Know All the New Words and Slogans
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08/05/24 |
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Lessons Learned in Former British Colonies
Like America, South Africa, and Myanmar
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07/31/24 |
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The Third Old Man
Or Three Coins in the Fountain of Life
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07/29/24 |
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A Story of Two Old Men
And How They Will Be Remembered
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07/26/24 |
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Ukraine and Myanmar
An Unfortunate Parallel
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07/15/24 |
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A Parable about Geese
Waddle or Fly
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07/10/24 |
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It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
With the Father and Son
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07/05/24 |
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Once Upon a Midnight Dreary
What Would Kierkegaard Do?
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07/03/24 |
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How to Become Rich
Without Any Much Money
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07/01/24 |
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How Will We Be Remembered
Another Either / Or Essay
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06/28/24 |
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We Need to Get Honest
Much Sooner Than Later
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06/19/24 |
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A Funny Thing Happened
At My Doctor’s Office
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06/17/24 |
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I’m Leading Death Again
On My Dancefloor of Life
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06/10/24 |
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Let Me Get This Straight
Trump Is An Innocent Man
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06/07/24 |
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Learning from Kipling
“You’re a Better Man than I Am, Gunga Din!”
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06/05/24 |
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A Poem for Ti Ti
Who is Now Twenty
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06/02/24 |
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What’s It All About, Alfie
According to Longfellow
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05/31/24 |
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Repeating the Past
Make Sure You Understand the Past
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05/24/24 |
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My Grandmother’s Words
Haunt and Inspire Me
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05/20/24 |
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Every Day is Like Survival
You're My Lover Not My Rival
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05/13/24 |
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The Flying Dutchman
Then and Now
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05/03/24 |
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Field of Dreams
A Haunting Return
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04/24/24 |
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Lincoln and His Better Angels
Or Trump and His Worst Demons
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04/22/24 |
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Immortal Beloved
Beethoven’s, Shakespeare’s, and Mine
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04/19/24 |
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What I Discovered
When I Wasn’t Looking
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04/08/24 |
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Bush’s Bus Ride
Leadership or Roadkills
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04/05/24 |
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“We Are Made of Star-Stuff,”
But We Don’t Realize It.
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03/27/24 |
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Standing on the Hill
Our Human Destiny
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03/20/24 |
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Trump Has Some Issues with Taylor Swift
Beyond His Legal Woes and Coming Up with a Half Billion Dollars
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03/11/24 |
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It’s Better to Burn Out
Than to Fade Away
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03/06/24 |
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Odysseus’ Long, Long Journey
Both Odysseus and Odie
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02/26/24 |
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Bo Bo Gyi
And His Advice to His Granddaughter
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02/19/24 |
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Kicking the Can Down the Road, Again
50th Mass Shootings in America This Year
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02/16/24 |
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St. Valentine’s Day
The Real St. Valentine’s Day
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02/14/24 |
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The Box or Jar of Pandora
Another Parable
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02/07/24 |
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The Two Faces of Prometheus
Which Face Will You Pick?
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02/05/24 |
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Trump Wasn’t the First Trump
There Have Been Others
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02/02/24 |
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My Hill of Beans Paradox
Created by the James Webb Space Telescope
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01/26/24 |
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My Birthday
And the Age of Aquarius
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01/24/24 |
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Snow and Fatty
Are Following in Ti Ti’s Footsteps
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01/19/24 |
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Starting a New Year
With a New Battery and Insight
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01/01/24 |
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What’s It All About...
The Paradox of Life
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12/29/23 |
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Do You Hear the People Sing...
Who Will Not Be Slaves Again!
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12/22/23 |
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Why Write?
Answers from Vonnegut and Faulkner
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12/20/23 |
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Solar Flares and CMEs
Impending Impact
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12/18/23 |
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PaPa Al’s Reply
To Ti Ti’s Posting, I Love Education Posting
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12/15/23 |
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The Paradox of Learning
It Is an Either/Or Knowledge Base
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12/13/23 |
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My Yin Yang World
Dreams vs. Reality
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12/08/23 |
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The Orange Jesus...
Is from a Planet in the Andromeda Galaxy
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12/04/23 |
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What Would T.E. Lawrence Do
In Gaza and Israel?
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11/29/23 |
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Bananas Flambé for GiGi
An Extraordinary Woman
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11/15/23 |
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Let Me Get This Straight
“If you go after me, I’m coming after you.”
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11/13/23 |
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If I Were Q
I’d Tell the Whole Story of the Téméraire
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11/08/23 |
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Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
A Lesson Taught by Dylan Thomas
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11/06/23 |
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The Reason for Being
An Either/Or Situation
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11/03/23 |
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The Ripple Effect
An Either/Or Issue
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11/01/23 |
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Ginger’s 7th Birthday
What’s Life All About, Alfie?
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10/30/23 |
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Sagan’s Golden Records
On the Horns of a Dilemma
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10/27/23 |
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Breath of Fresh Air
From My Web Administrator
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10/20/23 |
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Me and My Echocardiogram
Beyond a Diagnosis
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10/18/23 |
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Lawrence of Arabia...
A Mentor of Mine
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10/11/23 |
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Let’s Do the Math
It is an Either/Or Choice
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10/09/23 |
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The Evolution of Humans
To the Present Day
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09/27/23 |
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My Second Shot
Or the First Insurrection
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09/22/23 |
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My World of Xanadu
Another Personal Parallel Essay
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09/20/23 |
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Ti Ti’s Surprising Email
To Her Grandfather
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09/18/23 |
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Tyson’s Two Thoughts
Regarding AI and a Ticking Clock
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09/15/23 |
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Creating My Alive Life
Gone Will Be the Days of Being Dead Tired
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09/11/23 |
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Jumping Hoops for a Prescription
Raises Ethical Issues at Various Levels
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09/04/23 |
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Another Dance for Ginger
Learn and Live in the Moment
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09/01/23 |
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Ginger’s Gifts
From Michelle
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08/25/23 |
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Michelle
The Sculptor and Writer
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08/23/23 |
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Holding Hands with Neal Katyal
What My Teacher Taught Me
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08/21/23 |
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Thomas and Trump
The Teacher and Student
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08/16/23 |
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Haunting Photos
Then and Now
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08/09/23 |
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Grasp This Truism
From St. Francis and Buddha
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08/07/23 |
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Oppie and Me
The Similarities are Striking
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07/24/23 |
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College Days Part II
Onsite...Finally
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05/26/23 |
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Gosh Josh
You Are So into Your Masculinity
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05/24/23 |
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Heart of Royalty
An Either or Choice
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05/10/23 |
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Watergate To Mar-o-Largogate
What Will the Crooks Do?
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05/03/23 |
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When Slaying Dragons
An Instruction Manuel
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04/28/23 |
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Les Misérables Then and Now
Chevalier the Latest Incarnation
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04/24/23 |
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Find Your Gift
And Gave It Away
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04/21/23 |
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Doubting Thomas
Teaching Gilgamesh to Thomas
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04/19/23 |
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I’m Alive Because I’m White
If I Wasn’t White....
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04/14/23 |
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Ginger’s Tribute to Her Vet
“Thanks, But Can You Get Me Bigger Treats?”
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04/12/23 |
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A Golden Opportunity
Explaining Ti Ti to her Class
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04/10/23 |
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A Suggestion of a Mentor
A Sequel to Picking a Mentor Article
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04/07/23 |
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Picking Mentors
Choose Wisely
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04/05/23 |
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Witch Hunts
Question: Who Is the Witch?
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03/29/23 |
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We Are All Greeks
Shelley, Vangelis, and Hawking
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03/17/23 |
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Music Explains Me
Music Drives Me
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03/03/23 |
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Learning from Lao Tzu
To Live Life Daringly
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02/13/23 |
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Fatty and Bo Bo Gyi
Addressing Our Nation’s Problems
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02/06/23 |
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Let’s Get Honest
About White Camelot
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02/03/23 |
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Education is a Double-Edged Sword
How To Address Learning
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02/01/23 |
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Aggressive Chimpanzees
Outside of Africa
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01/30/23 |
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The Evolution of Aldie
According to a 21st Century Darwinian Theory
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01/23/23 |
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What’s It All About Alfie?
From an Eighty-Year Old Alfie
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01/20/23 |
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My Quest for Eldorado
In Three Parts
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01/16/23 |
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Grasping Reality
I Can’t Explain It
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01/09/23 |
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The Benefit of Pain
Take Advantage of It
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01/02/23 |
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It’s All About We
An Important Lesson of Life
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12/26/22 |
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Problems are Assets
Seize the Problems
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12/09/22 |
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The Reckoning Day
Of the Invincibles
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12/07/22 |
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My Way
Morphing to My Mentoring
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12/02/22 |
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A Picture is Worth a Billion Words
Or Pick Your Mentors Wisely
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11/30/22 |
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My Twilight Hauntings...
About Immortality
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11/25/22 |
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Camelot Revisited
By Looking Again at the Past
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11/07/22 |
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Ginger is Now Six
As We Do the Dance
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10/28/22 |
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Growing Up Without Transparency
And Finally Discovering It
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10/14/22 |
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Facing Storms of Life
Another Either/Or Situation
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10/07/22 |
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Trying Times
Testing Souls
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09/23/22 |
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Picking Mentors
It Will Change Your Life
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09/09/22 |
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A Tribute to a Thinker
My Thinker Shawn
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08/26/22 |
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Seeing Things More Clearly
On My Yellow Brick Road
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08/24/22 |