How often do you lie to yourself? Be honest? Whatever number you come up with here’s what I believe. I believe we tend to lie to ourselves more as we grow older. Here’s why I bring this up. When...
Do you remember the Seinfeld episode where George Costanza impresses his girlfriend’s mother until he is caught by her eating a discarded chocolate éclair out of the trash can? George assures Jerry it was clean and on top of...
The recent death of baseball philosopher Yogi Berra exposed a new generation to his engaging quotes. It’s hard to imagine a baseball star being quoted more often than Winston Churchill! But how do you ignore such statements as, “Baseball...
Yesterday two important transitions took place. First, Pope Francis arrives in the United States at 4:00 PM EST. Second, Yogi Berra leaves the United States (and the planet) on the exact same day. Wow. Can this be a coincidence?...
This summer the Great Northwest suffered one of the greatest waves of forest fires in recorded history. Three weeks ago the smoke in my town was so bad the air quality became dangerous. Soot lightly collected on my car....