by Ken | Jul 7, 2012 | Editorial & Discussion, Everyday Life
Last Monday, I won two games of pool in a row (out of three) against one of the best pool players at the VA Recovery Center. I joked that I should buy a lottery ticket. Well, not really — later that day I did. If it was my lucky day, though, it may be...
by Ken | Dec 27, 2010 | Editorial & Discussion, Politics, Economy, Science
Excerped from an article linked from a forum I belong to: “[T]he division of the world into rival nation states, A BASIC CHARACTERISTIC OF CAPITALISM, stymies any rational and systematic international cooperation. ” {emphasis mine} It’s not only...
by Ken | Sep 25, 2009 | Editorial & Discussion, Family & Personal
I read this in the DaDs (Dads & Daighters) newsletter … Can you pledge to have dinner with your family on September 25? That’s “Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children.” My response … Call me old fashioned, but who else’s...
by Ken | Jan 17, 2007 | Editorial & Discussion, Politics, Economy, Science
I got the following email from someone: An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor’s job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. The human resources manager tells him, “You will be...
by Ken | Jul 26, 2006 | Editorial & Discussion, Religion & Spirituality
From an email I received … Christianity in America will not survive another decade. How is that possible? At the current rate of evangelism, it is estimated that only 4% of this generation of teenagers will be Bible-believing Christians by the time they reach...
by Ken | May 17, 2006 | Editorial & Discussion
Sometimes I get ones worth re-telling. But I rarely flood my friend’s boxes with them by “passing them on” …
