Hopeful Romantics

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I love the English language.  As a writer, I have worked with it for more decades than I care to mention.  I have molded it, sculpted it, admired it and, at times, abused it.   I love its versatility and its application.   I enjoy hearing the people who speak it so well, reading those who have [...]

Here is a new twist on the virginity thing or the bit about saving it for marriage.   The new meaning would translate to save it for a college education.  In this case it would be for a Masters Degree in Family and Marriage Therapy.   Both virginity and a mind are terrible things to waste. According [...]

Slovenian Media has recommended to the German Meteorological Institute they should warn those with jewelry body piercings that the metal can freeze and cause them harm in this extreme and unusually cold European winter.   The metal rings can freeze, causing harm to the body parts they are adorning.   So I guess the bottom line is [...]

Brand names have always been important.   For years, a good brand can mean everything from quality and reliability to status and social cache.   But in the last twenty five years or so brand names have evolved into “branding” as a cultural and marketing phenomenon.   Without proper branding, products and services can either fall by [...]

The other morning my friend, Alex, and I were having breakfast.   As do most friends these days, between nibbles of French Toast we discussed the present economic debacle and society’s ability to recover.   We talked about the general mind set out in the world and how our nation of consumers was in for a rude [...]