Prompted by a recent discussion of kindness toward retail staff, wait-staff, and other people who deal with the public on a daily basis, on those occasions when they have disappointing news to impart. A true story. A few years ago Judi and I went on a three-night cruise, over her birthday weekend. The final night, […]
Originally a blog post from 2007. I heard of someone complaining, today, that God had been “insulted” when his name was accidentally left off some pressings of the new dollar coin. I find it hilarious that anybody would actually believe that God cares about having his name on a coin. I mean, look at this […]
Originally published on Facebook 6 March 2014. I’m no expert at interpersonal relationships, but in my life I have picked up some things, and this is one that some of you seem to be having some problems with. If you are part of a large and informal group of friends that you interact with regularly, […]