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Sunday, December 23rd, 2007
Have you ever seen the Tonight Show Morse Code vs. Text Messaging bit where the Old-Morse-Code-Guys send and receive a message more quickly the Really-Fast-Text-Messaging-College-Guys? After viewing this contest, I began to think about how I communicate with my wife; it isn't quite as simple and straightforward as Morse code ...
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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007
I'm not an art expert, but one of my favorite college classes was Art History--1300 A.D. through The Present. My favorite part of the class was analyzing the art in an attempt to understand what the artists were conveying. If you had this class, you will remember the in-depth discussions ...
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
With my wife’s birthday and the holidays quickly approaching, I am faced with the opportunity for botched present purchases. Each year my wife refuses to tell me what types of gifts she wants because she says it won’t be a surprise if she tells me. So I am left to ...
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Tuesday, November 13th, 2007
For most of us in the U.S., health insurance costs increase every year. Most people are furious about this, but I tend to feel ok about it since we have some of the best doctors, equipment, and facilities in the world. I am confident that I will be taken care ...
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
We’re in the car on our way Las Vegas right now. Since I am in the passenger seat typing, I have relinquished the wheel and actually let my wife drive for an hour or two. As we began the drive it reminded me of the last trip we took to ...
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Saturday, October 27th, 2007
Anyone who has had a job should be familiar with performance appraisals. These typically occur 1-4 times a year and are designed to evaluate an employee’s performance and identify strengths and areas for improvement. This tool can also be applied to marriage. Or so I thought.
Lesson 10: Don’t email your ...
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Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
Recently I was playing with Dimples, coaxing him to fit little shapes into their corresponding outlines on a toy box. Whenever he got one right, I would clap excitedly and say, "Yay!" We repeated the process again and again. This pattern of Solve Problem-Earn Reward is reinforced ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Like most men, I find expressing my emotions to be a somewhat uncomfortable experience. For some of us, it can even be uncomfortable talking to our own wives about our feelings for them. Let me spare you some heartache with this piece of Wife Advice.
Lesson 8: If your wife asks ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Tubthumping was a song by the band Chumbawamba in 1997. I'm pretty sure they were a one-hit wonder here in the U.S., but the name of the song has always struck me as being very funny. Whenever someone bumps into me (physically smashes into my body with an arm, hip, ...
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007
I think Jack Handy said it best: "Dad always thought laughter was the best medicine, which I guess is why several of us died of tuberculosis." It is very clear to me that laughter is not always the best form of medicine, as evidenced by this week's lesson.
Lesson 6: Don't ...
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