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‘WOW’ Moments

January 19, 2012
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Most readers recognize the name of the late Steve Jobs (1955-2011) as the Apple founder.
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An Empty Joy

January 11, 2012
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A well known joke to some is a statement made by a speaker defending his thoughts about animal rights which goes something like this: I love all animals, preferably grilled.
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Automobile Dealers In Dillon

January 11, 2012
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Several years ago, I wrote a column about businesses in the town of Dillon that once thrived but today no longer exist.
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Improvise

December 15, 2011
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This event never happened at least it did not happen as portrayed here, but sometimes a little tinkering with the truth can add to a story. It’s not that the changes are completely intentional but after hearing the story told several weeks ago and then only in passing, the details are somewhat foggy,...
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Panic

December 11, 2011
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Too often panic comes suddenly, and you do not have any time to prepare for it such as a split second occurrence, for example you drop something fragile and are paralyzed momentarily because you instantly realize that there is nothing you can do to avoid its breaking.
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Poetry In Motion

November 22, 2011
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There are some tasks performed by people that are poetic to me, that is the motions/movements involved are performed so deftly, so deliberately, so precisely in other words the tasks seems to be performed in a non-human way perhaps best described as robotic.
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Rite Of Passage

November 3, 2011
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A rite of passage marks a transition from one level of maturity to another, for example in early tribal societies, a rite of passage might have been when a boy was considered to have become a man, when his skills were developed to a near adult level, perhaps when he first spent time in...
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No Excuse, Sir

October 12, 2011
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The statement “Ignorance of the law is no excuse” is justified because without it, there would always be a convenient excuse for those who for whatever reason ignore the law. But are there exceptions?
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Humor

October 3, 2011
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Humor like beauty is in the eye (mind) of the beholder. What is funny to one person might be puzzling or offensive to another. Nothing is worse than to have to explain a joke to someone.
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Coding

September 25, 2011
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After you see your doctor, usually he/she will hand you some paper work one of which is typically a yellow sheet with a description of the details of the patient’s visit.
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Life

September 25, 2011
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This column began when I heard a minister use it in his sermon. I suppose there are many answers to this question depending on your point of view, but his answer stuck with me.
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