Category Archives: Miscellany

Reverb12 Day Five: Dream Destination

What was your dream destination in 2012 and why? It can be a town, city, country or region — real or imaginary — and doesn’t matter if you actually got there or not! Probably England. There are plenty of other places I would love to get to, even within the United Kingdom. But England stands out …

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Reverb12: Celebrating Myself

How are you going to celebrate yourself this festive season? The truth is I probably don’t celebrate myself as much as one should. I don’t mean the corny, Hallmark Channel type of self-celebration either. (Though that is harmless, even if not for me.) I mean the concept of honoring my own uniqueness by allowing it …

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Reverb12: Significant Expenditures

Day two of Reverb12 asks: What was your most significant expenditure in 2012? It doesn’t have to be necessarily the biggest expenditure, just the one with the most impact. You’re looking at it. This website and blog, far from the most complicated or unique design on the web, (I used a template to begin it), …

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Of Weddings and Playing Your Part

Yesterday afternoon for the first time, I officiated a wedding. It was that of my niece, Severa. (I have many nieces.) She first approached me about doing it early this year. She doesn’t belong to a church, and in her view she thought the wedding would be more special if someone in her family conducted …

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Chanting, Not Just Calling Bullshit

If you happened to be watching last night’s edition of Sunday Night Football you witnessed several things that bordered on incredible. So many story lines were playing out, they could fill a small library. Unlike Bob Costas I don’t feel that every single sporting event that takes place has some profound impact on the human race. Yet …

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