I like most of you saw the instant replay of the last out of the perfect game pitched by Armando Galarrage.  That's when we all saw baseball umpire Jim Joyce call the runner safe. Then Jim Joyce did something highly unusual in this day and age of professional sports, he accepted responsibility and apologized. Did that shock you? I think what he did, took America by surprise!  Joyce said "I missed it, I missed it," Joyce barked, his voice at the extreme end of anguished. "I took a perf...
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Who do you need to thank?I was pondering early this morning the people who have impacted me the most during my lifetime. I tried to remember aunts and uncles, grandparents; I went through a long list of people in my life. My dad was a great example of being a strong leader in the family.  He was a colonel in the army lived by rules and by following them. My grandparents were all good people. But I never got to know them, because of all of our moving around the world. Aunts and uncles were a...
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Well, this is my first article in a few weeks. I had major back surgery  last week. That operation was something else, and believe me, I am glad that I had it done. I am one for taking care of health problems before they become a serious problem. Back pain can take you out of action real quick and for expended periods of time. How many friends do you personally know had bad hips and backs and you would hear them complain about all their pain? My hip pain started last year, would ache for s...
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I was at King Soopers last week, in the deli department. I stood and waited for my turn. A young woman in her 30's stepped in front of me and two other women who had been waiting in line for about 5 minutes. She said out loud, as she raised her hand "excuse me; I would like to place an order." The woman in the red coat behind her said "you better get in line there are 3 of us ahead of you." Again, without missing a beat, the woman called out again, "I need someone to take my order, and I am in a...
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I watched while my football team was getting beat up on the football field that late fall October day. We were getting outplayed by a great football team. Their offense was crisp; the defense crushed us all day. This was not a pretty game to watch or play in. When you play on the college level, your team mates are to keep their negative thoughts to themselves unless it benefits the team. I heard starters saying things that any coach would have benched them for. One of my offensive linemen was c...
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