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August 17, 2009 11:15 PM EDT --
I volunteered to coach my coach my five-year-old daughter’s soccer team this fall.
Well, that’s not entirely true. To volunteer means to freely give one’s time, and technically . . .
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July 07, 2009 05:24 PM EDT --
There’s nothing quite like the feeling you get when you come home after a long, hard day of pretending to work, walking through the front door of your house, and have your wife greet you as you . . .
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March 04, 2009 11:16 PM EST --
Sunday March 8 at 2am marks the beginning of Daylight Savings Time. I don’t know the complete history of Daylight Savings, but I believe it began in the late 1800s as a measure to protect early rising . . .
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February 17, 2009 01:09 AM EST --
Welcome to the official start of Beard Season 2009!
Beard season, if you’re unaware, is the longest contiguous time period during a calendar year in which a man can grow his beard before his wife or . . .
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February 05, 2009 03:32 AM EST --
(Note: the following article contains references to bodily functions that are not generally topics of discussion in polite company. Since what follows is neither a Nickelodeon cartoon nor a Jack Black . . .
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January 07, 2009 11:40 PM EST --
If you’re enrolled in any type of retirement, 401k, or other investment plan, you’ll probably notice something different about your next earnings statement. Due to the economic downturn, most investment . . .
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January 06, 2009 01:02 AM EST --
My daughter recently received a Native American Bead Loom (made in Taiwan, which apparently was where the Cherokee settled after walking the Trail of Tears) with the noble intent of making friendship . . .
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December 31, 2008 12:46 PM EST --
Here we are on the cusp of a new year, a time when many of my colleagues will post their standard year in review column to eulogize the year that was. Unlike them however, my eyes are not looking back . . .
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December 23, 2008 09:32 AM EST --
Bumping into a coworker outside of work can be, well, awkward. It doesn’t matter who it is: your boss, the annoying guy in the cube next to you, or even the coworker you are accustomed to joking with . . .
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December 17, 2008 12:22 AM EST --
I found Jesus over the weekend. He was in my coat pocket.
Oh, this wasn't the first time I found Jesus. I've found him many times over the past few weeks. A few days earlier . . .
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July 25, 2008 02:29 AM EDT --
Trying to stay afloat during the nation’s current financial situation pretty much has everyone’s freddies in a mac right now. Will any more banks fail? Will energy and food costs continue to go up? Will . . .
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July 22, 2008 08:58 PM EDT --
Now that Gather members have had a chance to review the recent changes this latest upgrade has brought (no more home page, posts instead of articles), many of you are probably asking yourself what all . . .
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July 10, 2008 06:56 AM EDT --
This week marks the beginning of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, or as it's known in the bull community, the goring of the slowpokes. The tradition dates back over 400 years, beginning . . .
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July 03, 2008 07:58 AM EDT --
Recently the family and I attended a Reds game at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. I'm not exactly a die hard fan of the sport; I follow baseball about as closely as I follow nuclear physics. . . .
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June 23, 2008 10:14 AM EDT --
We are gathered here today to pay respects to a dear old friend who is no longer with us. He's someone who I've spent a lot of time with over the past few years and has meant a lot to me. Over . . .
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June 16, 2008 10:47 AM EDT --
It turns out horses are a lot like Lays potato chips: salty and available in many different sizes for your convenience. Oh, and then there's that rule about not having just one.
At . . .
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June 12, 2008 09:38 AM EDT --
Let's face it, when it comes to Father's Day presents, not a lot of thought goes into the gift selecting process… or at least not as much as goes into selecting a Mother's Day gift (there, . . .
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June 05, 2008 07:45 AM EDT --
Taking your car in for repair is a lot like bathing a temperamental, still very much clawed cat. You avoid it at all possible costs. Or at least that was my plan when my car first started making a very . . .
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May 30, 2008 01:18 AM EDT --
The end of May/beginning of June marks the start of graduation season. Graduation is both an exciting and scary time for college seniors because it means saying goodbye to the comfortable security blanket . . .
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May 22, 2008 07:41 AM EDT --
Recently I was invited to speak to my daughter's third grade class during Career Week, which is when the school asks parents to come in talk about their occupation with the students. The purpose of . . .
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