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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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  • Untitled post 355

    On New Years’ Eve 2006, I was having lunch with Roy Harrell, who was chairman of the Southwest Florida Water Management District where I’d been the Director of…

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  • Just Add Bling

    On days when you feel like a dried-up old leaf, maybe what you need to add is a little bling or a boa?  Yea. That’s better.

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  • What’s Missing?

    The going rate for an appendix, in Lutz, Florida is $43,037.83. That doesn’t include the surgeon. My co-pay for the former was $64 and for the latter $60.…

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  • That Stack of Books, Those articles

    That Stack of Books, Those articles

    I will never know as much as I want. I watch The Crown and I want to read about Churchill and Eisenhower. I watch the protests and I…

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  • Tyranny Lesson 7: Be reflective if you must be armed

    Tyranny Lesson 7: Be reflective if you must be armed

    If you carry a weapon in public service, the writer says, may God bless and keep you. But know that theevils of the past involved police and soldiers…

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  • Tyranny Lesson 6: Be wary of paramilitaries

    Tyranny Lesson 6: Be wary of paramilitaries

    No paraphrasing on this one. The writer’s words are scary. When the men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system begin wearing uniforms and…

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