The late George Carlin claimed that only little kids keep track of their age in halves.With all due respect, it's not true.I just turned 52½.  

Yikes! Be careful. It'll addict you in seconds. Mindless junk, or MJ, is ubiquitous. TV is full of it. The Internet is loaded with it. And it's powerful.  

The magic word for today's students is the "i" word. To high school students, it should be recommended —- strongly. For college students, it should be required.  

WHILE PUTTERING along Interstate 405 between Los Angeles International Airport and Westwood, you have a chance to notice what you wouldn't notice if the traffic flowed.  

I will study and learn what it takes to live an extraordinary life, live one and teach it to others. This will be accomplished by studying great lives from the past and present, applying their wisdom to myself, and sharing what works with as many people as I can.  

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.Yeah, right. What other fantasies do you believe? Words are more lethal than weapons, more painful than bruises and more enduring than scars.  

"For every ailment under the sun, There is a remedy, or there is none, If there be one, try to find it; If there be none, never mind it." — Mother Goose, circa 1695God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things that should be  

Well-liked and popular gets a bad rap — as if being disliked and unknown should be the goal. The truth is, being well-liked and popular is important only if you care about being happy and successful.  

Never in my wildest nightmares did I expect to spend a Saturday afternoon at a Diabetes Expo.Diabetes Expo. Sounds like some sort of sick oxymoron.If we're playing word association and somebody says expo, I think "party.  

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