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Truly Funny |  Daily Shower

Truly Funny |  Daily Shower

April 6, 2026

 Proof of my age: I wear a fitness ring and I’ve noticed lately that my morning shower registers as a “core exercise” 
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Truly Funny |  Sports Talk

Truly Funny |  Sports Talk

March 2, 2026

 Heard on a sports talk show recently when the host was asked why he doesn’t talk about soccer more often. “Look, if I wanted to watch a bunch of guys...
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Who Is Teaching Whom?

Who Is Teaching Whom?

March 2, 2026

Among many Crosby, Stills and Nash favorites is "Teach Your Children." The first verse tells us, the parents, that we "must have a code that we can live by." The...
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Truly Funny |  Checklist: Keys, Wallet, Kids?

Truly Funny |  Checklist: Keys, Wallet, Kids?

February 9, 2026

This story is probably hard to imagine for younger people but our family would go to church Sunday mornings by packing 6 kids in the back seat and the smallest...
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Are You Trying Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools?

Are You Trying Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools?

February 9, 2026

I was terrified of it two years ago. I’d read the announcements that AI was the beginning (or end) of civilization as we know it.  And it will change our society,...
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Are We Growing Gracefully?

Are We Growing Gracefully?

January 6, 2026

Author’s Note:  Our marketing team, while seeking content for our new website, learned that this newsletter began publishing monthly in 1988.  They dared me to repost something from long ago....
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Truly Funny |  Mentors & Bosses

Truly Funny |  Mentors & Bosses

January 6, 2026

Truly Funny: Mentors & Bosses My favorite mentors and bosses used their sense of humor while admonishing me.  I can still laugh and even hear their voices remembering their loud...
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Are You A Bozo?

Are You A Bozo?

December 2, 2025

I am. It was decided in the ‘70s when I noticed the title of a Firesign Theatre album:  “I Think We’re All Bozos On This Bus”.   It struck me,...
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Truly Funny |  Sports

Truly Funny |  Sports

December 2, 2025

Truly Funny: Sports I read about, listen to, and watch sports programming with rabid interest.  As a result, I have dozens of actual quotes from coaches I consider truly funny. ...
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What Traditions Matter to You?

What Traditions Matter to You?

October 29, 2025

Make a list—it should be fun.  Traditions big or small, carried on or long passed, old/new/borrowed/blue.  Traditions beget memories and memories bring feelings of structure. How many of the things...
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Truly Funny |  Miller

Truly Funny |  Miller

October 29, 2025

Truly Funny: Miller I was visiting my outlandish brother, Miller, not long after he moved to Florida when we went to the dealer to pick up his new Volkswagen Beetle...
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Truly Funny |  Colonoscopy

Truly Funny |  Colonoscopy

September 29, 2025

My son was wheeled into recovery from an anesthetized colonoscopy.  As he returned to consciousness, he looked up at the nurse, asked her for a date, then proceeded to fart...
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