1974 School Assembly

It was the fall of 1974, and they herded the entire school into the gym for an assembly. We had a big school, particularly for being in the middle of the US heartland. No freshmen at our school, grades 10 – 12 only. But of those 3 classes we had in the vicinity of 2000 [...]

My Name Is Earl

I caught this show for the first time tonight. What a great show! He made a list of the 200 + things he’s done wrong in his life, and he’s out to correct every one of them. He believes in karma, and thinks he has to make amends for everything. It made me think about [...]

The Pig

Several years ago, after a number of difficult years, the wife and I finally made the decision to sell a business we’d owned for many years. We set a date by which it would be sold, and proceeded to set a price that would allow us to accomplish this. Essentially, we gave it away to [...]