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Don’t Feed the Birds

By uss_dad, on October 31st, 2011%

We visited Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo this past weekend; what a beautiful weekend. While the Northeast was enduring a record-setting early snow storm, we were basking in temperatures in high 70′s to 80′s.

One of our side trips took us down to the water, specifically at the Pismo Beach pier. In . . . → Read More: Don’t Feed the Birds

Thinking Is Critical

By uss_dad, on May 2nd, 2011%

God made humans to be thinking beings. But there is a great difference between being a critical thinker and thinking critically. A critical thinker is able to parse information into logical segments, analyze those segments for self-consistency, and clearly conclude whether given items logically fit within the context of other known truth and data. . . . → Read More: Thinking Is Critical

Mischief and Respect Should Go Hand-in-Hand

By uss_dad, on March 7th, 2011%

As my children have grown into young adults, I have had to marvel at some of the very creative mischief that went on in our house that I knew nothing about at the time.

Take for instance the modern-day version of the classic cartoon the Jetsons. In it you may recall, . . . → Read More: Mischief and Respect Should Go Hand-in-Hand

Park Between the Lines

By uss_dad, on January 25th, 2011%

I was walking through the parking lot of one of my client’s just this week when I heard a man ahead of me loudly complain to the patrolling security guard about how people were not parking their cars between the lines in the lot. He was coming into the office late and the shoddy . . . → Read More: Park Between the Lines

How to Kick a Football

By uss_dad, on January 25th, 2011%

When I was in grade school, my dad was about 6-foot 3-inches tall and weighed about 230 pounds. He was a towering person to me. Dad usually walked home from his business for lunch every day in our small Midwestern town. During the fall season, the neighborhood kids and I would frequently ambush . . . → Read More: How to Kick a Football

Do You Have A Complainer?

By uss_mom, on January 22nd, 2011%

Do you have any adult friends who just complain all of the time about everything? It gets old pretty fast. Most complainers did not begin this life-pattern as adults—they started as children!

If you have a child who complains too much of the time, adopt a new rule around home that their complaint . . . → Read More: Do You Have A Complainer?

Homosexuality

By uss_dad, on January 16th, 2011%

Is It Right or Wrong?

The question of homosexuality is one of the most troubling issues of our time. Ultimately, the first question that must be asked is whether homosexuality is considered an acceptable or unacceptable behavior. I say this because there are many other behavioral bents like drinking, drug . . . → Read More: Homosexuality