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  • How did I get here?

    How did I get here?

    Did you ever stop to think, “How did I get here?”

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  • Being Yourself

    Being Yourself

    Lately, I’ve been reading a lot about courage. Mostly political courage. I think that courage is the externalization of character. Yeah, character is also about doing the right…

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  • Cities without water in the US?

    We talk about “grocery deserts” where residents have to drive 25 miles just to get to a grocery store. It’s a public policy problem, especially in small, rural…

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  • Wetlands to Wastelands

    A Reader’s Digest version of Water Wars, but through what was happening with the wetlands while lawyers and politicians argued, people and the wetlands suffered. https://emagazine.com/wetlands-to-wastelands

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  • A Fossilized Phallus Just Between Friends

    You get to a certain age and suddenly a headline like New Fossilized Phallus grabs your attention. Nothing personal, but a fossilized phallus can only be exciting for…

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  • Opposition not opponents

    Since it was posted my friends periodically noted how frightening what they learned in Social Dilemma was. Since I kinda, sorta tangentially make note of relevant news regarding…

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  • Are they already among us?

    Welcome to 2021. Not to be outdone by its older sibling, 2020, and with government assistance, 2021 has been frenetic so far, and it’s just getting started. For…

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