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Many of our longtime Intramuralist readers are aware that my professional background is in human resources. I was privileged to spend several years consulting after a career working for a highly respected hospitality management company. While the “semi” of my oft repeated “semi-humble” status would never allow me to
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Every time we witness such a horrific event, we struggle with how to react. We are mad, sad, outraged, and more. The existence of evil on Earth is profoundly disturbing, and I pray we are never numb to it. And so we cry out… we rant and rave… scream “how
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One of my fave songs from last season’s phenomenal show choir season went as follows: “Before last night, I was down on my luck There was nothing going my way Before last night, wasn't feeling the love No reason for a smile on my face But I
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Perhaps by now you’ve read the story of the unconscious young woman who was raped by the college freshman. If you have not yet heard of it, let me start by saying it was awful. Awful... heartbreaking... heinous... disgusting. Pick whatever disturbing word you wish. It’s that bad.
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One of our long time family traditions is that at the onset of any vacation or significant road trip, as soon as we hit the interstate, we pop in our fave Ricky Martin CD, skip to song #9, and blast it through the car speakers… “Do you really want it?
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Yesterday I did something I’ve never done before. It was one of a possible 25 things… 1. Voted for a Republican. 2. Voted for a Democrat. 3. Ran for elected office. 4. Whitewater rafted on class V-VI rapids. 5. Flew to France by myself. 6. Ate a pickle.
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It’s an excellent annual quest to find wisdom embedded in the collection of commencement speeches. This year — from Apple CEO Tim Cook encouraging George Washington U. grads to find “work that’s infused with moral purpose” — to Hank Azaria delivering advice in the varied voices of "The Simpsons&
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When bad things happen, it often seems our instant reaction is to blame… Who’s at fault?! … Someone must pay for this!… Someone is in the wrong! We then spend significant energy and time targeting the person(s) we have so omnisciently, judiciously determined to be responsible for what happened.
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[I wrote this a year ago, when my oldest was graduating from high school. I felt it was worthy of revisiting now…] For everything there is a season, a time for every activity under heaven. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and
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Not too long ago, an un-intending server failed to omit the pickles on my sandwich. As my deep loathing of the brine-infused condiment has long been known to Intramuralist readers, one can imagine my reaction. Better yet, picture taking that first bite. Yes, it is true. I hate
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Lately I’ve been hearing much about the need to rally around one another — to come together as one, "because we’re all __________.” It’s the call to unify. Such seems more pronounced and proclaimed as the presidential primaries come to a close — and each party is attempting to
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“Vengeance is mine.” It has been written. The question is the meaning of “mine.” (Note: pronouns indeed make a difference.) Let’s be honest; we aren’t all that good at allowing vengeance or revenge or any sense of justice be in the hands of someone else; we aren'