Let’s start with a celebrity test. Do you know who Frank Sinatra is? Do you know who Johnny Depp is? Do you know Brad Pitt or Britney Spears or Jonathan Roumie or Elvis Presley or Pope Leo IV or Eminem or Charlie Kirk or Bill Clinton or Jennifer Lopez…? I am guessing you know some if not all of these people on the list. What other celebrities do you know? What do you know about them? Likely what most of us know about these celebrities is what we have seen of them in entertain

Hi, how are you? Fine, how are you? End of conversation. Have you ever had that experience? In our fast-track culture today conversations can frequently be short and mechanical. Rote describes an established, monotonous series of actions or a habitual routine performed mechanically. How many things do you think we do each day out of habit? It is likely countless from the time we wake up in the morning until bedtime. A favorite motivational speaker that I have heard a num

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Recently my brother and I were reminiscing about events of the past. One of my memories mentioned was when my grandfather would take me out driving to gain experience so I could take the driving test for my driver’s license. I remembered how he had told me that the less backing up I did the less I could get into trouble. Certainly, backing a vehicle up with today’s technology is a better situation than years ago considering the built-in cameras. In those days, the most we had

A few years ago, I went in for a hearing exam. My only real complaint was not being able to hear a person clearly who is talking to me when we are in a noisy room. The audiologist said that was common and hearing aids would not necessarily fix that issue. It was enough of an issue for me that I purchased some hearing aids anyway. Guess what? The audiologist was right. They were not a solution for my hearing issue. Recently my wife Patt had her hearing exam and left with these

We live in a country where free speech is a “right.” In our culture today many people think that speaking anything and everything that comes to mind is okay. It is their right! However, it is important to understand that with rights comes responsibilities. There are logical expressions communicated and then there are emotional expressions communicated. It is often the emotional expressions that get us into trouble but that is not to say that emotional expressions are wro

Recently I was at an Urgent Care facility in assistance of someone else. While sitting in the waiting room I observed a young boy and his father. It appeared the young boy was the one to be treated. Almost immediately I could see the young boy was mentally handicapped. It was quite evident that the father was a very patient parent. At times, the boy would make unhappy outbursts and occasionally was a bit difficult to control. The boy's behavior was something any parent w