I’d like to attempt to make a basic point today on the heels of last week’s sermonette. You can read it if you wish by scrolling down to the post below dated January 5, but it’s not necessary to the argument I’m about to make. And I’ll also state in advance, this is not a smoking gun that refutes the …
i HATE funerals
Wherein we have another installment of I Hate Monday. Today the spotlight shines on those saddest of all occasions, funerals. This topic weighs heavily on my mind today: the friend I wrote about (in “Quitting: Reason No. 73,” below) died earlier today. My friend Kelly is at least now free from the pain and torture that years of cancer and …
QUITTING: Reason No. 73
In this, the month of the annual Great American Smokeout, we’ve been dropping a few subtle hints for our readers (paper and blog) who smoke – or know someone who does. That’s a small group growing smaller. It’s not like we’re some Third World nation where the dumb masses (please don’t say those two words together; they are two separate …