I'm reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to my daughter right now.  First full length novel for her, and first time reading the work on my side.  I had no idea. I knew the basic story of course, and the characters.  But I didn't know the story was so old (first published in 1865 -- EIGHTEEN …

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Sometimes that's the best plan. 

It's Monday...GET AFTER IT.

Believer or not, living by a few core values is key to a happy life. They provide a foundation by which you can consider and you can act. If you're a religious person, there are fundamentals that your faith is founded on, right? For example, Christians have the Lord's Prayer. "Our Father, who art in …

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Just starting the era of kids soccer in my family.  Seems to me the ideas above are obvious, but I guess not to everyone.  Regardless, good to have reminders for the important things in life.  For kids, and adults? Yep. GOOD.

Yurfyduyyyuxyhuetusguth We carry pocket computers around all the time now.   It's your smartphone. We use them for any myriad of things, including a LOT of communication:  via voice, via email, any of several software applications that allow instant chat (think WhatsApp, Google Hangouts, etc.) and of course, SMS text messaging. These handy little devices have …

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A muse and wander?  Sure, come with me. I recall hearing this term, "sea change" a long while back in school -- a classmate used the term with a very understated but all together impressive and serious tone, talking about some matter of strategic import concerning a business plan. The details of that conversation has …

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They say "laughter is the best medicine"...so here's a funny for ya.  To break up the insight and reflection and lesson posts. 🙂 Just a little good ol' humor for you to brighten your day.  Hopefully you get a chuckle.  Or you might even laugh out loud, like I did. ENJOY!

Am I talking about the Barenaked Ladies song, you wonder...?  Nope, no muse on music this time around. These numbers were a portion of a part number I was looking for last week when I was doing cycle counts.  The tray of parts was suppose to be on one shelf...but someone had put it elsewhere. …

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I heard a great and simple lesson earlier today, and would like to share it. If we build our lives on this simple lesson, we will be better, happier individuals.  In fact, I would offer that this lesson is part of the bedrock of our humanity. And just what is this lesson?  It is the …

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