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Happy Mother's Day to my wife in Heaven. She was a wonderful mother and role model for our daughters. She did her job well--my three daughters are themselves great Moms. So Happy Mother's Day to them as well!

As Yogi Berra famously said, "Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours".

No more of those annoying spam calls and charitable solicitations!

Norman Wisdom joked about memory loss. Phyllis Diller quipped that her back goes out more than she does. Will Ferrell suggests testing a partner's patience with slow internet before marriage.

Some musings I wrote in a letter to my grandchildren. They are all pretty young yet, so I'm counting on my daughters to pass on my thoughts: *Understand and appreciate the events and lessons of history. *Find the Divine within, not within a church, temple, synagogue or mosque. Religion is...

There are no known contemporary accounts of Jesus written during his lifetime. Most of the historical references to Jesus come from texts written after his death. The New Testament accounts, primarily the Gospels, were composed decades later. Outside of religious texts, a few historical...

"Same as with taxis, and I think that it is also a safety concern." quoting myself. I was talking about physical safety in case of a crash. In many (all?) U.S. states, after a child "graduates" from a car seat, she or he must sit in the back seat until they reach a certain age (maybe 12 in some...

1. Are you sure that he (or she) was the only one? 2. Like a lot of animals who have evolved instincts to survive, "way out to the woods" may not be far enough!

Same as with taxis, and I think that it is also a safety concern.

My youngest daughter (43) had shingles last week. She did strenuous physical labor one day moving mulch around and getting all sweaty and grubby. She also has MS, thankfully non-degenerative (so far), which increased her susceptibility. So I am bugging her three older sisters (one of whom also...

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, known as the Simpson-Bowles Commission, was a 2010 bipartisan body established by President Obama to address long-term US debt. Co-chaired by Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, it proposed "$4 trillion in deficit reduction through a mix...

Wow what great answers to the original question. Here are my thoughts. First, religions are the last place you should look for the answer. Claiming that you must believe this or that to achieve something after death is just plain wrong. Having grown up in one of those religions, well all you end...