Choices You Can Make About Aging

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Wanting to stay young is a universal desire for many people. Who among us wants to feel the aches and pains often associated with aging? By making profound choices about…

Rap is Crap: Little Artistry, Much Damage

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Many people can associate songs with a boyfriend or girlfriend from decades ago. They can remember what they were doing at the time a song was popular. Indeed, tuneful, melodic…

Notes from Permission to Win, by Ray Pelletier

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The formula for winning in life, whether you’re in jail or in chemotherapy or in a championship locker room or in the executive suite, is intuitive and instinctive. It’s within…

Holding Public Office

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Running for, or holding public office these days is no light task. It seems as if every square inch of philosophical and political turf is in constant turmoil. If you’re…

Mini-Movie Reviews, 6

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Here are three movies, each having received at least one Oscar nomination: All Quiet on the Western Front — here is a remake of the 1930s classic, and I was…

Rap is Crap

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Beyond being crude, vulgar, racist, homophobic, misogynist, and non-melodious, rap doesn’t help engender memories. The continuing crime of rap “music” is that it is rendering a generation of listeners bereft…

Six Dozen One-Sentence Tips on Reducing Stress

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As we enter year three of the “Biden Administration,” enduring a clown who was installed, not elected, the nation’s stress level, collectively and individually, keeps ratcheting higher. As such, here…

Mini-Movie Reviews, 5

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In this last third of the month, here are three more reviews for your edification: Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — starring Leslie Manville as a post WWII widow, is…

Mini-Movie Reviews, 4

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All three of the following movie are worthy in one respect or another: The Good Nurse — with Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne is one of the gems of the…

Mini Movie Reviews, 3

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Here are more movies from those that received at least one Golden Globe nomination: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — with Daniel Craig, rapper/rockstar Janelle Monáe, Edward Norton, and…

A Better Start to the New Year

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How would you like to increase the positive vibes in your life for 2023? Here’s a simple way: perform three acts of goodness a day. They don’t have to be…

Mini Movie Reviews, 2

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Here are mini-reviews of three movies, each nominate, in one or more some categories, for a Golden Globe award: Elvis Elvis is a biopic seen through the eyes of Elvis’s…

Mini Movie Reviews, 1

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It’s that time of year again when the movie industry heaps tons of praise on itself via award shows. Here is my take on what I’ve seen lately: Uncharted Uncharted,…

The Four Horsemen of Aging Baby Boomers

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To be old, cold, broke, and alone are the four horsemen of aging baby boomers. Aging has been a fact of life since life itself appeared on the planet, and…

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