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This entry was inspired by my trip to Giant supermarket yesterday.  Upon walking into the store, you could not help but notice all of the Halloween-featured displays.  And those beautifully-adorned displays were not offering up protein and vegetable...

In recognition of his status as one of the nation's greatest living military leaders, the U.S. Congress asked General Douglas MacArthur to address a joint session on April 19, 1951. His speech is best known for its final lines in which he quoted an old army ballad:...

If we turn back the clocks decades ago, we did not know the terms “Attention Deficit Disorder (“ADD”) or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (“ADHD”).  I am certain most of you over 50 year olds out there, similar to me, remember kids in our schools that...

Last weekend Nataliya and I ate out at a nice restaurant in the Occoquan area.  We were celebrating our anniversary and when we made our reservations, we were asked if were celebrating any special occasion and I mentioned the anniversary.  Lo and behold, after a very...

I grew up in the Johnny Carson-led “The Tonight Show” era and now showing my age, I cannot even name the person currently headlining the Tonight Show.  I believe the name I last remember is Jimmy Fallon but after Carson went off into the sunset with Bette Midler...

I met our son at a sports bar yesterday to watch the first week of NFL football.  Watching the game at home is quite a bit different than going to a sports bar.  At the bar, there are fans rooting for many different teams, most adorned in their teams’...

In 1997 a foundation to support cancer research called “Livestrong” was launched in Austin, Texas headed by the famous bicyclist, Lance Armstrong.  Around the same time, Nike partnered with Armstrong to launch a line of apparel featuring Armstrong and the...

“There is Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself”    This quote has been attributed to President Franklin Roosevelt’s inaugural speech in 1933 when he was referencing the Great Depression and people’s fears about what the future will hold.  Well, tell that to a person about...

Here is a definition of the word, “Destiny”:  the events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future There are many movies that have been made about changing “destiny”.  One of the most heart-warming flicks was the holiday...