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Several years ago I helped start a girls basketball program at a new charter school. We had twelve girls come out for the team. That was the good news. The bad news was only three had ever played basketball before. After the first practice my assistant and I were in complete agreement on what weContinue reading “Catch the Ball”

When I was in college I sprained my ankle badly playing basketball and was on crutches for several weeks. It wasn’t long after the accident that I became depressed. It wasn’t from the hassle of dealing with crutches or not being able to play ball. I’d dealt with that before. It was because I nowContinue reading “Media”

Being a five on the Enneagram I’ve always liked gathering information. I would sit and read the encyclopedia when I was a kid. I like shows about nature and science. I find them interesting. I’ve noticed that the producers of those shows usually go out of their way to provide dramatic tension. After talking aboutContinue reading “Overrated”

Many things surprised me about raising children. It’s a very interesting experience to start from scratch with a human being. We made it a point not to  watch television much. If we did it was usually a ball game. From about the time the girls could put sentences together they would have the same question.Continue reading “I Don’t Care”

I’ll always remember the day my son-in-law asked my permission to marry my daughter. It’s a little bit of an old fashioned idea, but I sincerely appreciated the show of respect he paid to me. We all like him, so I was pleased to say yes. However, within about ten minutes something dawned on me.Continue reading “This too Shall Pass”

I love the movie Castaway for many reasons. One scene has special meaning for me. Tom Hanks is able to escape the island on a raft, but looks back one last time. The island literally saved his life when he landed there a few years early. But over time it had become his own personalContinue reading “Castaway”

Many years ago I saw a video of a man who wanted to catch a monkey in a tree. He wasn’t agile enough to catch the monkey so he took a stick and dug a small hole under the tree. The opening was narrow and it was wider underneath, like a cave. While the monkeyContinue reading “Freedom”

Once again I’m going to reference my old roommate Bill. One of his favorite expressions  has been “tough break”. Any time something unfortunate happened to someone Bill would say “tough break for………” Sometimes he would say they were a “victim of the tough break”. It’s been used so much that it was shortened to “VOTB”.Continue reading “VOTB”

I’m coming up on the third anniversary of writing my blog. I’ve covered several subjects. The subject I’ve written about most, is my journey to find my happiness from within myself in some way or another. I tried to find a word that captures this concept, but didn’t come up with one. Therefore, I decidedContinue reading “Intrafelism”

I love cheeseburgers, a lot. I’ve been eating them ever since I can remember. I always eat them the same way, with nothing on it except the meat, cheese and bun. It seems a simple order to get right, no extras. However, it isn’t normal, so the burger often comes with toppings added. I’ve foundContinue reading “Toppings”