If the Vatican calls, tell them I’m golfing
February 15, 2013

I’d start off this week by announcing my retirement, but I don’t know how to speak Latin. So I guess I have to come up with a few things to talk about. First and foremost, I really have to sharpen up on my astronomy. I was almost certain I had heard earlier this month that we — as in earthlings — were going to have a close encounter with an asteroid on Thursday of this week. Ends up it was today. You’ve probably already missed it.
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Catching the ads ... not the big game
February 8, 2013

I open this week’s rambling with a pledge: If even half of my power goes out midway through writing this column, I promise to stick it out and finish, no matter how dim the lights go.
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Enjoy the Super Bowl — there, I’ve said it
February 1, 2013

So, are you all ready for the Super Bowl? I can say that here, can’t I? Super Bowl? This is the editorial page, which is kind of like the news portion of the paper. It’s not advertising. So I bet I can say Super Bowl. I don’t have to say “Big Game.” Nope, for me it’s Super Bowl all the way.
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Give plaintiffs an inch, they’ll take a mile
January 25, 2013

Imagine for a moment you’re in the legal profession and you’re about to ascend to a position you’ve always aspired to, a truly lofty goal. You’ve been appointed a judge. Doesn’t really matter at what level, all you know for sure is you are the judge. The ruler of the courtroom. The enforcer of laws and master of the wisdom of Solomon when it comes to making decisions.
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Music of ‘70s was better than this, right?
January 18, 2013

I grew up in the 1970s. Well, if you want to consider that I was in junior high when the decade started and was working my second post-college job when it ended, then I “grew up” then. At the time, I didn’t think the music I was listening to was all that bad. That’s why last Saturday was a little surprising.
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Beware of TVs that cost more than a house
January 11, 2013

It seems like it’s getting a little harder all the time for me to experience real “sticker shock.” You know the feeling — you see the price of something and go into wide-eyed, mouth-agape shock that it could actually cost that much.
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This holiday decor won’t put itself away
January 4, 2013

Let’s ponder how the Christmas season ends, while I pat myself on the back for making it through the first full day of work after the 1st this week with writing 2013 every time it was appropriate — no 2012s to correct.
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Silver screen nice complement to red, green
December 28, 2012

A while back in this space I was advocating a day off for everyone. I was proposing there be one day per year when all businesses — except the life-and-death essentials — close for a day and give everyone a day off.
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Sandy Hook atrocities not who we really are
December 21, 2012

Just a few random thoughts while going to check the Mayan calendar. Did it say anything about the end of the world being preceded by a blinding snowstorm? It didn’t? So, I guess this week was just another Nebraska snowstorm like we’re supposed to come to expect, and not the end of the world, huh?
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‘Tis the season for a crowded email inbox
December 14, 2012

Looks like I picked the wrong week to go a long stretch without checking email at home. In fact, it has been a week. When I opened it tonight, 112 new messages dropped in.
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