The erudite William F. Buckley Jr., one of the greatest conservative thinkers of our time, passed away yesterday. Mr. Buckley always fascinated me whenever I saw him on Firing Line during my high school years, and maybe even before. The way he spoke about politics and conservative principles shaped me early on. [...]
The holidays always reminded me of family because it’s a time when I get to be with my family who don’t live near me. I was blessed to have two wonderful grandpas growing up. In fact, I had four wonderful grandparents who always showed me unconditional love and acceptance. Anyhow, today I’m reminded of grandpa [...]
The TV is on in the other room and I just heard the Lawrence Welk show come on. That show always reminds me of my grandma Elsie and it just dawned on me that today is her birthday.
Do you remember the first time you saw Santa Claus? I thought about that the other day and my mind went back to 1972, or thereabouts.
The last couple of days have been rather gloomy around here weatherwise. Today is worse than yesterday with a thick layer of clouds, no ounce of sunshine, and yet not one drop of rain.
Our English language and the meaning of words is constantly changing. Some words, like e-mail and Google, didn’t even exist in our vocabulary until a few years ago. Here’s a word I ran across the other day — fiber cable. I know what this but if someone had mentioned that word to me 30 years [...]
Back in the 1990’s I was a graduate student at San Diego State University working on an MBA in management. I took lots of exciting courses like statistics, accounting, business performance management, marketing and business ethics. Most of the classes were small and we got to know our professors fairly well. I [...]
We’re driving around Scottsdale and seeing that the Christmas decor is starting to go up. On our way home we see the local nursery is putting up their Christmas tree lot. Norm asks me if I want to get a Christmas tree this year.
