Category Archives: Just for Fun

Hope for the Next Generation?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Dennis

Several friends recently despaired about the fate of grown children raised by their “helicopter parent” friends. According to them these college educated twenty somethings, including one with a Master’s Degree from Notre Dame, had been coddled from the cradle and … Continue reading →

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How Did You Meet Your Mate?

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Dennis

My wife and I taught a marriage preparation class where our favorite icebreaker question was, “How did you meet your future spouse?” Common answers were, “Through friends,” “In a bar,” or, “We were classmates.” But the answer from one couple, … Continue reading →

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The Sixth Sense of Canines

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Dennis

Dogs seem to have a sixth sense about coming disasters. Historians and researchers claim they can sense earthquakes coming. Although when one hit Seattle we had to wake my parent’s snoozing terriers so we could get out of the house. … Continue reading →

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The Museum Piece

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Dennis

The clerk at Massey’s Grocery Store looked down on my curly haired head. Like most five year old boys, I wasn’t tall enough to see anything but the front of the counter, but I could see the shiny dime he was … Continue reading →

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The Art of Selling

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Dennis

The best sales people don’t rely on a smarmy pitch or underhanded tactics. They find out what people want, and then deliver.   I spent one Seattle summer working as the ice cream man, selling my wares from a three-wheeled truck. … Continue reading →

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The Dog on Pogo Sticks

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Dennis

When we took Rascal, our long-legged, cocker terrier mix to dog obedience classes, the instructor took one look and called him, “A cocker spaniel on stilts.” More like a cocker spaniel on pogo sticks.  Soon after we adopted Rascal we … Continue reading →

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The Race

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Dennis

When I was a boy our family would gather around the TV each Memorial Day weekend to watch the Indy 500. Mario Andretti, A. J. Foyt, and Al Unser were some of the super stars of the sport in those … Continue reading →

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Almost English

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Dennis

Years ago I worked on a project for ING Bank in Sydney, Australia. Due to a happy coincidence I lived in a million dollar apartment for the two month duration of the gig with a systems engineer from my company. The … Continue reading →

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The Epidemic

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Dennis

It’s reached epidemic proportions in the office. And although you’d like to say something to the person you have to be careful as the condition is sometimes mistaken for an entirely different condition. Being wrong can be embarrassing, maybe even … Continue reading →

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The St. Patrick’s Day Brewery Tragedy

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dennis

Excessive celebration on St. Patrick’s day all too often leads to tragedy. Our family has a legend about a horrible one involving my grandfather, Dick Cavanaugh. As a young lad he worked after school in a small brewery in a little … Continue reading →

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