Another Christmas, another posting of my traditional Christmas greeting. Although I call it traditional, my greeting is not traditional in the standard sense of the word. But you gotta realize this is coming from someone whose kids remember John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” as being the Christmas song they heard most often at […]
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Although a lifelong South Dakota resident, I still have issues (George Carlin might call them “major psychotic episodes”) when it comes to winter. Put simply: I hate it. But I’m actually kind of looking forward to the big snow storm the harbingers of doom TV weathermen are forecasting (“the strongest storm in years”!) starting tomorrow […] We all remember how eagerly we looked forward to Christmas as kids. Though our enthusiasm and fervor may diminish over the years, it often is because the focus has changed. As we got older, we anticipated Christmas break as much if not more than gifts. As we became parents, we thrived on the infectious excitement […] No, this is not a new feature. Instead, it’s a bit of an explanation why, contrary to my promise last weekend, regular programming has not resumed. Attribute it in large part to the fact I had the pleasure of arguing before the South Dakota Supreme Court Wednesday morning in Yankton. Naturally, preparation for that […] Today my wife and I officially become “empty nesters.” And one of the things that comes to mind as my youngest flies off this morning to UMass is The Beatles. That may strike some as a bit odd but, truly, it isn’t. My youngest daughter is the biggest Beatles fan I know. She got hooked […] |
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