Well, it’s going to be trash day again soon in the town of Newport. I know this because pretty much everywhere I go in town I see discarded items by the side of the road. In front of one red-brick home are two tan reclining chairs that have seen better days, sitting there waiting for … Continue reading One Man’s Trash…
“This is your wake-up call. You’re gonna miss it all.” – Phil Collins Often in life, people have what is considered a wake-up call, something that shifts their line of thinking, even though that line of thinking had been going on for a very long time. Sometimes that wake-up call is because someone has achieved … Continue reading The Wake-Up Call
We often find ourselves growing up without a compass, a directional reading, an internal GPS for where our lives should end up. And by “growing up,” I just mean the process of getting older. We all do it, in fact, it’s inherent to our humanity, contemplating the meaning of life, what road we’re on, and … Continue reading Along This Cobbled Road
You know those people who live in your periphery? The friend of a friend, the bartender at your favorite nightclub, or the spouse of one of your coworkers. You know them, you’ve seen them at functions, and you have probably had quite a few conversations, but you dismissed them because you knew their one-dimensional selves, … Continue reading The Peripheral Box
Isn’t it funny how in so many TV shows, when the main character wants to chase a suspicious individual in a cab, the cabbie never wonders what’s going on? Just tip the guy a hundred bucks and he asks no questions. Have you ever thought about doing that in real life. I mean, not really … Continue reading Follow That Guy!
Today I had an interesting interaction with a woman who was in Target holding a copy of the movie, The Hobbit. I noticed it and told her how wonderful the movie was. She seemed shocked, even though she was in the process of purchasing said film, because she was buying it sight unseen. I asked … Continue reading Lost in Translation
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