Month: August 2004
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Independence
The cool thing about being independent is you’re not handed a schedule and told, “This is what you’re going to do.”Prince
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Religion and Spirituality
I believe there is an important distinction to be made between religion and spirituality. Religion I take to be concerned with belief in the claims to salvation of one faith tradition or another — an aspect of which is acceptance of some form of meta-physical or philosophical reality, including perhaps an idea of heaven or…
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Letting go
Jill and I went across the street last night to drop off the folding stroller that had been left at our house for our neighbors across the street. While we were talking to the neighbor lady, the little neighbor girl started playing with it, lost her balance and fell down on top of the stroller. …
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Best Smart-ass Answers of 2004
Smart-ass Answer #1: A flight attendant was stationed at the departure gate to check tickets. As a man approached, she extended her hand for the ticket and he opened his trench coat and flashed her. Without missing a beat,she said, “Sir, I need to see your ticket, not your stub.”Smart-ass Answer #2: A lady was…