So, How Did We Come To Be?
How to Break a Man…
Imagine a small office filled wall-to-wall with file cabinets and that each is wide open and its contents are either taped to the wall or dumped in a pile on the floor. Welcome to the mind of the human male.. This little slice of chaos has managed, somehow, to avoid any type of useful evolution […]
A Thought on Respecting the Opinion, and one’s right to voice that Opinion, in a Democracy.
(Below is a partial quote from the movie “The American President,” 1995. Written by Aaron Sorkin.) “America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You’ve gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s gonna put up a fight. It’s gonna say, ‘You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s […]
The Puzzle of Our Existence
In the beginning, the world, as we know it, was created. It doesn’t really matter how, it just was. And, in the beginning, like a puzzle, the first edge was formed. For the sake of argument, let’s say that time moves in a line from left to right, so it was the left edge. The […]
“Why did you become a Police Officer instead of a Fireman?” he asked. Francis thought of the age-old rivalry between the two and with a smile replied…
The Diary of Francis Kelley
Three Hours to Change a Life
In 1975, I was in the 5th grade and was struggling with math. Our class had about 28-30 students and the Teacher, Dona Millan, was a school favorite. When I finished the 4th grade, she was the Teacher that I hoped to be assigned to. I really didn’t know why, other than I had heard […]
Scissors; What possesses these fickle things?
Time to trim the sideburns as, apparently, I’m not a “mutton chop” kinda guy. I grab a nice pair of barber scissors and trim the mass down on the right side of my face; all good. Switch hands and go for the left; the hair folds into the scissors. I turn them 180 degrees; same […]
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