Today is my dad’s birthday. He is 54 today. And as he said to me this afternoon, at least he’s still “driving under the speed limit” for another year. This morning, his dad, my grandpa, Benjamin Franklin Mann, passed away at 4:45 am. He was 89. I didn’t know him all that well because weren’t [...]

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Ok, I’ve been working on this for about a week. You know, back when I didn’t have anything of substance to post. Well, we all know that I’ve written more in the past two days than I have in the past four months! But, since I’ve been working on my fun little list, here it [...]

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Sometimes, the best way to gain a clear focus is to go back and trace your steps. That’s what I’ve just been doing. I’ve been reading over my blogs from the last year. It’s a really interesting thing to do. It’s especially interesting looking at when I wrote things. I think that I can safely [...]

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So, here we are again. It’s been now almost 3 months since I’ve written this time. What is the deal? I have things to say! Why don’t I write them? I guess I’m writing now because I need to process. This has been a roller-coaster week. (And not just because I rode the Triple Hurricane [...]

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