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Tag Archives: Hope
My Crazy Coffee Mug
Purchased on impulse at a second-hand store, I found this coffee cup both festive and hopeful for that brief holiday period between Christmas and the New Year. But to my consternation I discovered it was crazy. Crazy, that is, in … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Writing, Going Bananas, Humor, Plain English
Tagged Ceramics, Coffee, Coffee Mugs, Crazy, Happy New Year!, Hope, Instant Coffee, Mental Health, Psychology, Resale Shops, Second-Hand Stores
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HOPE
There are but two kinds of hope: eros and agape. Erotic hope is hope for the self. Individual physical survival is ultimately an exercise in futility and the only hope you really have is your soul’s survival; if you have … Continue reading
Posted in Expository Writing, Plain English, Religion, The Kingdom of Heaven
Tagged Death, Hope, Life
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Siblings
When the promised and much-touted GI Bill of Rights proved logistically inadequate to my college ambitions and my father was opposed and unhelpful to them; I turned in desperation for help from my then grown siblings. I’d done the math … Continue reading
Posted in Dirty Words, Economics, Personal History, Plain English, The Twentieth Man, Veterans
Tagged Ambition, Brothers, College, College Tuition, Competition, education, Family, Family Dynamics, Fathers, Finance, GI Bill, GI Bill of Rights, Hope, Siblings, Sisters, Truth, Veterans
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American Graffiti
Some time ago a neighbor was interrupted in an attempted suicide. His intent was to blow himself up. Fortunately his grandson came home unexpectedly and found the house filled with gas. The police were called and he was taken into … Continue reading
Posted in Dirty Words, Human Sacrifice, Uncategorized, Veterans
Tagged Bus Shelter, Children, Culture, Despair, Economics, Government Policy, Graffiti, History, Hope, Humanity, MCTS, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee County Transit System, Politics, Religion, Society, State of the Union, State of the Union Address, Suicide, Surplus labor, The Kingdom of Heaven, Truth, U.S. Constitution Article II - Section 3, United States of America, Youth
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