My wife was sick yesterday, so it was my first time being in charge of giving out candy to the neighborhood trick-or-treaters. Here were my lessons learned.Lesson #1: I wanted to learn my script - exactly what to say when the ankle biters arrived at the door. (I'm a writer)....
Certain old people scare me. The ones who have given up. I think it happens over time. But, eventually, these people stop thinking they have the capacity to do something great.I like my naivete. It keeps learning intentional. It makes me want to understand everything, because I feel a personal...
What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore--And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over---like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it explode?
If Sarah Palin has taught us anything, it is that, "Winning is irrelevant to your relevance."Back in the 60s and beyond, political losers were still the party front runners next time up. But, that's all changed. Gore lost to Bush, and he was politically done. Kerry lost to Bush, and he was...
Last night, I met a young German student named Cornelius who was visiting his cousin, my friend Jake for the past month.Fresh out of school and about to start his first real-world job, Cornelius tried explaining the German school system to me. Here's the gist, keeping in mind that I...
We hit on this briefly last week, but I wanted to develop a single conversation around it. U.S. "defense" spending equals roughly 25% of our federal budget. We spend more on "defense" than every other country in the world combined.So the question is, How safe is safe enough?At what point will...
These quotes are paraphrased to prevent voter confusion.Jack Conway on Rand Paul - Kentucky Senate Race"30 years ago, my opponent was reportedly involved in a hazing ritual in which he tried coercing others into worshiping a make-believe deity called Aqua Buddha."Chris Coons on Christine O'Donnell - Delaware Senate Race"20 years ago,...
I can't remember the last time a print ad in a magazine stopped me in my tracks.Until yesterday. Right after the ad with the SUV carving through the forest (seriously, I am SO sick of car ads that tell me nothing new, driving in scenarios I would never attempt), this...
In this Bill O'Reilly interview with Richard Dawkins, O'Reilly gives the following reasoning for his faith in Jesus Christ."My thesis is that if everybody followed the teachings of Jesus Christ that we'd have peace on earth. Love your brother. Everybody love one another. And we'd be almost an idyllic situation."That...
