Outing to the Park
We took the kids to This is the Place Heritage Park back in early June and they liked it so much then that we promised them a return visit. That return visit finally came today. I was busy all morning…
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The Cost of Living with Technology
Years ago, I was in Missouri and I lived very close to a store run by Mennonites. One day while I was browsing in the store I found an ointment that is very soothing for sore noses and stuffy heads.…
Social Scripts
Everybody has been a part of this little dialog: “How are you doing?” “Fine, how are you?” “I’m good, thanks.” “Glad to hear it.” And then both people go on about their day. The question is – what happens when…
Cell-Phone Culture
Over the course of the last year I have become very aware of what I call our cell-phone culture. Let me preface my commentary by saying that I have nothing against cell phones. I used to have one, and the…
Personality Context
Let me first start out by defining my own introversion. This will allow other introverts to see what ways they are similar to me and what ways they are different. This will also help others to have a picture of…
Idiosyncracies
My one-year-old has the funniest little trick. We have been meaning to get a picture of it, or capture it on video, but it is possible that we may never succeed, so I decided that I would write it down,…
Reprieve
Do you ever come to the end of a day and find that, although you intellectually know the structure of what you have done for the last few hours, you have no impression in your mind of what took place…
Stifled, Stiphled, Ctiphl’d
I have been struggling for some time now feeling that life did not allow for me to do the things that I would like to do. All I ask out of life is the opportunity to be a good father…
Plan Something for Me Day
I must have missed the memo, but all signs point to today being some sort of national holiday where everyone planned things for me all on the same day. I had planned to go to the conference that I mentioned…
Discerning or Disagreeable
I have been going to conference sessions all day today and it has made me begin to question how I approach learning. I find that there are no classes where I simply absorb what is being said without finding parts…