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If you missed them the first time around, I hope you'll consider giving these best posts of 2015 a read....

It was November 13, 1983. I was thirteen years old, just 10 days away from my 14th birthday, and I...

This is a post I'd hoped I wouldn't have to write for at least another ten years. But life doesn't...

Do you ever attend your high school reunion every five years? For some, there's a lot of debate. This year's...

“If I knew then what I know now...” That’s one of those annoying phrases we hear entirely too often. Unfortunately,...

Have you ever wondered what people who know you would say about you when you’re gone? Come on, don’t even...

Since the sudden death on Friday of my friend Rick, I've been thinking about his family, his friends and the...

At lunch, I couldn’t help but notice a young couple a few tables away whose attention remained focused on an iPad. It was something we had in common. I wrote this post on my own iPad while I ate. But no one could possibly have been disturbed by what I was doing. I was quiet. They weren’t.

A friend of mine entered a design competition and is now a national finalist. Though her work might wind up on merchandise for a candidate you may not support, I’m hoping you’ll still vote for her efforts.

Most of the time, those icons we’ve grown up seeing always appear smaller when you actually reach them in person. Sometimes, they’re downright disappointing. We’ve somehow managed to elevate them into something larger than life could possibly allow in our imagination. But the Golden Gate Bridge didn’t disappoint.

My church’s weight loss challenge is now half-way done, and I’ve managed to shed 10 pounds so far. That averages...

I’m finalizing a list of goals for 2011, and I’m trying to look back on the past twelve months and...

Okay, grammar fans, it’s time for another quick lesson. Remember back to your grade school days when you learned all...

There’s an old saying about “needing something like you need a hole in your head.”  As of today, I have...