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Lenten Reflections: Forty Things I Really Like And… (Day 37)–Talk, talk
The next few days may prove very difficult for writing, so ideas without much development may be the order of the day. Discussion. It means many things to each person, but needs to happen. A space is needed for each … Continue reading
A boy’s life
Yesterday, I was due to have lunch with my 3rd grade buddies at Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys, which is in Congress Heights in SE Washington DC. I’d promised them the previous week that I would arrive earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Education, Family, Human relationships, Life styles, Parenting, Religion, Uncategorized, Urban life
Tagged Anacostia, Bishop John T Walker School for Boys
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Chimpanzees and squashed flies
If I invited you round for tea would you be shocked to share the pot with a bunch of monkeys and see me dipping squashed flies into my cup? Brooke Bond ran a series of televisions ads for its PG … Continue reading
Posted in Human relationships, Language, Life styles, Media, Uncategorized
Tagged PG Tips, Super Bowl, TV commercials, VW
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Sporting leg ends bid for fame
My father told me at a very young age that pain was in the mind–the man was a trained mental nurse, so I believed his words. I tried hard to use my mind to deal with pain–and still do. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Social Media, Sports, Uncategorized, Urban life
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Pun my soul: More on EU downgrades
More on the S&P downgrading of EU countries: Now that the AAA rating has been lost, will that limit France’s Baroin? With Germany keeping its AAA rating, Chancellor Merkel ends her cozy relationship with France’s President.
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Stepping in which direction?
As a social scientist, I am supposed to be interested in how societies work and in human interrelationships, and I am. I love taking my annual holiday with my wife and her extended and extensive family in The Bahamas, not … Continue reading
Posted in Caribbean, Crime, Economics, Education, Human relationships, Life styles, Religion, Service economy, Uncategorized, US economy
Tagged The Bahamas
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No plain speaking
In the heady world of high politics and high finance, when the going gets tough, the tough get metaphorical or need similes. I guess the issue is that saying something about stuff in words other than those which actually state … Continue reading
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Going to ground over his words?
I want to tread gently on the subject of plans to build a mosque near what is called Ground Zero. The matter is bound to be controversial, given the events of September 11, 2001, and the many arguments that make … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Language, Public policy, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Islam, Opinions, Politics, Religion, Words
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