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Month: February 2020

Fat Tuesday: Get Your Fastnacht Craving Satisfied!

Fat Tuesday: Get Your Fastnacht Craving Satisfied!

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Believe it or not, 2020 has already brought us to the season of Lent (which begins this Wednesday, February  26th – also known as “Ash Wednesday”).  In Christian circles, Lent is the forty-day period leading up to Easter (modeled after Christ’s forty day trial in the desert), where observers are to replicate Jesus’s sacrifice by following a strict lifestyle of prayer, contemplation, and denial in preparation for the coming Easter celebrations (Lent ends on Good Friday – which is on…

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People I Could Do Without

People I Could Do Without

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I have to admit, the older I get – the more crotchety I have become.  I’m not to the point where I sit on my porch and yell “you kids get off of my lawn” while shaking a cane at them, but it’s not too far off.  I find that in my daily interactions, I am constantly disappointed in humanity as a whole – so much so that I find my mind wanders to an existence where I fantasize about…

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Valentine’s Day: Are YOU Prepared?

Valentine’s Day: Are YOU Prepared?

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Another Valentine’s Day is upon us.   A day for lovers and sweethearts to affirm (or renew) their pacts of devotion and adoration to one another (sidenote – I submitted that last sentence as a Valentine’s Day card to the people at “Hallmark” this year and they turned me down.  Their loss.) Anyway, I generally celebrate the holiday by giving out cards and chocolates to my girls (we’re not really “flowers” or “teddy bear” people).   Even though it’s a pretty low-key…

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Left at a Red Light? Who Knew?

Left at a Red Light? Who Knew?

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I was making my way home from work a few days ago, and due to the one way streets in my city of employment, I am forced to go “around the block” to get moving in the direction I need to go to make my way home (four turns instead of just two).  Upon pulling up at a light to turn left, I suddenly saw the driver in front of me stop at the red light, look to his right,…

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