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Retiring to do what you want to do ... or are you already doing it by working?
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When I think of rainy days, and the melancholy effect they can have on us, I think of an episode of the classic TV sitcom, Barney Miller, a wry, understated comedy series that ran from 1975-82. The episode was called simply, “Rain,” and you can watch it at that link. For the uninitiated, who missed one…
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Good films can imitate life so well that we can discern and assess the values they convey.
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The jury system is a good one, but not infallible. Variables other than facts in the case can sway jurors.
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The timing of a mistaken announcement, confusion at a checkpoint, and the will of a people to seek freedom spelled the end of the Berlin Wall.
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Attacking the blank page in the early-morning hours can give us more of a chance of winning the battle of writing.
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When the dial-up age of the Internet morphed into the Wi-Fi age, most of us breathed a huge sigh of relief.
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A big part of aging is coming to see it's not as bad as you thought it was when you were young.
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After years of struggling with gambling, I learned the only way to win is to never play the game at all.
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As the clock hands moved from the 20th to the 21st Century, Cupid -- disguised as the Y2K Bug -- played his own hand.
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Answering my own question
Prompted By Retirement
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Raining on the 12th Precinct
Prompted By Rainy Days
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Dress Rehearsals for Life
Prompted By Art’s Impact
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Anger, hope, and juries
Prompted By Jury Duty
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Moment of the Mauerfall
Prompted By Timing is Everything
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At dawn, we attack!
Prompted By Dawn
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The song(? ) remembers when
Prompted By Cutting the Cord
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The Lions in Winter
Prompted By Aging
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Betting against a dragon
Prompted By Struggling with Values
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Y2K Bug unmasked: it’s Cupid
Prompted By Affairs of the Heart
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