Category: Life
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Some Things Age Like Grace
Not everything fades with time. Some things — like wisdom, inner peace, and quiet courage — only deepen as the years pass. Here’s what I believe gets better with age.
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If…
If my social security retirement is only increased a few dollars every year… How is it absolutely everything is increased a whole lot more than my deposit? Utilities, trash, home warranty etc? My private health insurance increased so much that my retirement went from $300 to less than $250 a month. As a federal retiree!…
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The Tipping Point: Living Through a Global Shift
In a world spinning faster than ever, I offer these personal reflections—not as an expert, but as someone paying close attention. These remarks explore how politics, technology, and information are reshaping our lives. Everything is connected, and understanding that connection might be the most important tool we have right now.
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Privacy is an Illusion
Most of my adult life, I’ve been immersed in the study of privacy, watching its slow, yet relentless, erosion in the face of technological advancement. Through countless research projects and articles, and even my career, I’ve come to a stark, and perhaps unsettling, conclusion: in the modern world, privacy as we traditionally understood it is…
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The Great Sock Mystery
Why One Always Vanishes If you’ve ever done laundry, you’ve likely encountered one of the universe’s most baffling enigmas: the missing sock. You toss two into the wash, yet when you unload the dryer, only one remains. It’s a phenomenon that has haunted humanity for generations, but what if the answer to this age-old mystery…
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The Bed That Swallowed Us
It was a bed that shouldn’t have existed. Kara and Sam had never imagined a king-sized bed could pose a problem. After all, it was supposed to solve problems—give them more space, more comfort. But the first night they slept in it, something strange happened. Kara rolled to the far side, as she always did,…
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Wicked Grim Stories 