Archive for December 2015

After cheering for our respective Go Green – Go White AND Maize & Blue football teams, of course! Don’t worry. I’ve still got my personal priorities in proper order. Sports first. Sports second. Then followed by all of the rest of that real-world stuff: family life, projects at work, wedding plans, and occasional (but pesky) bench warrants. But I have big news…

I almost skipped right past this great article myself! And if there’s anyone whose 2016 needs shaping – it’s me! But Dr. Henry Cloud sure nails it down tight in this article he wrote nearly 16 months ago. It’s a perfect fit during this “personal reflection” time of year. Dr. Cloud’s a well-known clinical psychologist and organizational leadership coach. He’s written more than…

This gadget’s now in my “Must Have…If Only” file It adds an exciting new feature to a classic kitchen appliance. Some folks will love it just for the sake of its technology. But more important (to me, anyway), the eventual product “pops up” in something edible. That’s all I needed to know. This made it easy for me to be an early adopter. After all, who could resist an awesome selfie-toaster?…

This is a reprint of an Encourager I wrote in December, 2013. It’s still one of my favorites. (Hope you don’t mind.) This Christmas story took place more than 150 years ago. It involves our famous U.S. poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who I really hadn’t thought all much about since graduating from high school. And to be honest, I didn’t…

How’s that for a provocative headline? Don’t get upset with me. I didn’t come up with it. G.K. Chesterton did. (Back in 1894, if fact.) It was a simple line in his poem, Gloria in Profundis. And in his typical paradoxical style, Chesterton modified something very well known – just one word – in order to draw attention to a point he…