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It is obvious to me that Christmas does not respect speed limits. It seems like only yesterday that I was looking forward to the 4th of July fireworks display, and no sooner did the last one burst in a glory of color and sounds, Christmas was here again. I know somewhere along the highway of time I passed Halloween and Thanksgiving, but they were a mere blur. I have learned that the speed with...

Christmas is over and the presents have all been opened, the wrappings trash and the chaos put back into a semblance of order. For some Santa brought what they wanted, for others Santa tossed them a curve, and sadly for too many Santa passed them by. Such is the nature of Christmas. What has been interesting is all the things that the commercials suggested you get for that special other. When...

Charles Foster Kane had his Rosebud and I have my equivalent. You remember Mr. Kane? He was better known as Citizen Kane in the 1941 movie by the same name and Rosebud was his xxx. In case you haven't seen that classic movie, I won't reveal the precise identity of Rosebud. I sometimes wonder how many of us still recall that one special gift from Santa on that long-ago, but long-remembered...

Forgive me if you read this little story in one of my previous entries. There once was a dying Pharaoh who commanded his wise men to collect all the wisdom of all the ages into written form so the Pharaoh could read and know it before dying. On each of three attempts to further condense the information, the wise men failed since the content was still overwhelming. Finally, just before the...