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TOYOTA HIGHLANDER FOR LIFE?

April 18, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I owned a Toyota Highlander, but it didn’t start that way. Somehow the wife and I went to a car dealership traded a van and ended up with a Rav4. She decided it was the worst car ever since I insisted on the barebones cheapest version. By the time we got home I knew it […]

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HARD LOVE DADDY ON A HEALTH KICK

April 16, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

I saw hard love work on my Dad after he got his heart fixed. No smoking for the old chimney. The doc said it, the family said it, the friends said it. You’d say it too.

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OVER TALKING? WHO DRAWS THE LINE

April 14, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Over talking is not an illness that needs a diagnosis and a treatment. More like a habit; for some a vocation. After all, every radio personality is an over talker by definition since we can’t see their faces. Not any more. Now everyone’s on a screen, ready or not. But I’m still a radio fan. […]

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RIPPLE EFFECT OUT OF NOWHERE

April 12, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

You’ve seen the ripple effect if you’ve ever tossed a stone into calm water. The rock goes “PlooP’ and sends little waves across the water’s surface. Small waves for us are huge to the little creatures on the shoreline. What happens when we are the small creatures?

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HOMEWARD BOUND? YES WE ARE

April 10, 2024 by David Gillaspie 2 Comments

Homeward bound is the goal of all travelers. First it’s all about getting out and around, seeing new places and new people. Then it happens. Whether a face, a building, or something you eat, you’re ready to turn the corner and head for home. That’s the story, but . . .

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COMEBACK STORY IS THE BEST STORY OF ALL

April 9, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

The comeback story usually falls into the sports file. Everyone loves a comeback, except the losing side. Muhammad Ali was a comeback fighter against Joe Frazier in 1971. The Portland Trail Blazers were a comeback NBA champion in 1977. My Dad had always said coming back was hard, that’s why so few sports greats make […]

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LIFE PLANS? MAKE THEM SOONER THAN LATER

April 6, 2024 by David Gillaspie 2 Comments

Who makes life plans? Who has a life plan? I don’t, but my wife does. Always has. She’s got a plan for everything, then back-up plans for every possibility along with back-up plans for the back-up plans. But I knew this from the start. How?

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SELF MADE BADGE OF HONOR, OR GLORY HOG

April 3, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

The self proclaimed ‘self made’ man stands alone all by himself. No one else gets any credit for his accomplishments because: A: His accomplishments are so meager no one knows, or, B: He’s been shunned. Which is it, because no man is a self made man.

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EVERYDAY BLOGGER, EVERYDAY WRITER OUT LOUD

March 29, 2024 by David Gillaspie Leave a Comment

Hardly a day goes by that I don’t add another brick to the wall, another blog post into the black hole of the blogosphere. As an Everyday Blogger, with help from my sharp readers leaving comments that become blog posts, I focus on finding a better communication form than writing. But wherever it’s found, the […]

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NEW EXPERTS: ASK THEM ANYTHING, JUST DON’T ASK ME

March 26, 2024 by David Gillaspie

New experts are different than old experts. Just ask them and they’ll tell you. But what’s the right question? “Could you tell me your qualifications?” is not the right question.

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