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Dog Trains Man: How a Rescued Dog Taught Its Owner New Tricks
I’ve heard tell that dog owners (or “guardians” as some prefer) look like their dogs. I did not realize with how much haste that transpires.We have been considering adopting a dog for a few years. As...
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Things Are Not As Bad As We Make Them Out To Be
Complain, complain, complain…My, but we’ve become a grouchy lot, haven’t we? Maybe it’s climate change, or the economy; who knows? It could be the alignment of the stars for all I know, but we’ve got...
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Handling the food addiction: What to do when slip-ups happen
He was celebrating four years of sobriety. When I asked how he knew it was time to initially seek help, he said, “I finally realized I had no control over alcohol. I thought about it all the time. I...
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Can We Be Social Without Going Out to Eat?
I hadn’t seen him in years even though we live in the same town. You know how it is, I’m busy, so is he. Time got away from us. It’s not like we had a disagreement, or we didn’t want to see each other;...
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How Your Emotions Can Affect Long-Term Change
Between the covers of the business book currently on my nightstand, the author devotes few pages to discussing cash flow or spreadsheets, while much ink is dedicated to changing one’s thoughts about...
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You just never know
Early morning routine: Jack, my dog, and I are taking our walk. His leash is in my hand, my headphones are clamped over my ears; I am absorbed in the back-and-forth of my favorite podcast. Jack and I;...
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Working Hard at Relaxing
I’m not dead.At least when I wrote that; I wasn’t. Being the intelligent reader of this column, you put two and two together and surmised that in a flash. Hopefully, as you read this, I am still in the...
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Dieting Stupidity in the Quest of Becoming Skinny
In the sixties, the main diet methodology was a purple collection of mimeographed pages covered with a lengthy list of foods and their calorie counts. Dieters were instructed to eat only 1,000...
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The True Story of Getting Hit by a Car
Yesterday was horrible.I was going to ride my bike to my appointments. The bright sunny clear morning sky cooperated as I headed north on E Street. Upon reaching the intersection of Highway 101, I...
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Observations after an accident
This is my 312th column, putting a period on six years. These thoughts I share every week do not have a “mission statement” or goal per se; however, I always aspire to use the privilege of this space...
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Who is more stubborn - cats or us?
My wife, Mary Ann, is one of the most nurturing individuals you will ever have the pleasure to meet. She is also a passionate advocate for animals. More specifically, one might refer to her as “one of...
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Is Pizza Really a Vegetable?
A “meme” is a basically a “thought virus.” In the same fashion that influenza infects one person, replicates itself and then spreads to another, eventually infecting large numbers of a population;...
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Dear Santa - A List We Could ALL use for the New Year
Dear Santa…There are some things I’d like for the New Year. I know that’s not within your usual bailiwick, and you’re probably pooped from a long sleigh ride, but if you don’t mind…First, please give...
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Avoiding Family Drama to be Healthier and Happier
Not all family reunions are, well, shall we say, “familial.”Despite the two-dimensional, everything-works-out-in-the-end, sitcom model of American life, some relatives are just not cut from the same...
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Too Many To-Do Lists: A Conversation
“Yay! I am finally moving forward on my goals for the year!”“Good for you! So, what are these great plans you have?”“Well, I always make resolutions and then I give up. So, I did some research and I...
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Keeping Track: Using a Journal or Diary to Lose Wegith
When my children were young, I registered their growth on the hallway doorjamb with pencil marks and knife notches.Next to each was inscribed a date and name. Since those statistics are most likely...
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Where are my Crayons?
I was “row monitor” in second grade; sitting in the last seat making sure the students in my row behaved. On this day, all was quiet; no one messed with the law when Scott was around. My enforcement...
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If I Was King of the World
Should I be anointed Grand Poobah of all things earthly, I would make significant changes.As a benevolent leader, I wouldn’t be “mean;” but be confident I’d wield my power to appropriately mete out...
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Excellent versus Perfect
Did you know there is an International Association of Print House Craftsmen (which has several women members)? In the day of $99 ink jets and 24-hour print shops, these folks still “bleed ink.” What...
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And You Thought You Were Healthy...
Why do flags flap on a windy day?Believe it or not, this is just one of many questions science cannot surely resolve. There are others: What is gravity? Why do we dream? How many species inhabit our...
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Is Discrimination Acceptable? Fat People Need Not Apply
In certain instances, job discrimination is considered acceptable.For example, a Catholic Priest would have a tough road to hoe to get hired as a Rabbi, no matter how extensive his career background....
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You're gonig to wear THAT for your wedding?
I do not wish to be the type of person who slowly, sadly shakes his head, pining for a simpler past, longingly opening conversations with “When I was a kid…” Moreover, when I become aware of an...
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My Dog Doesn't Understand Me
Fret not; that thumping, rhythmic, heavy pulsing sound behind you is not the noise of Heaven and Earth colliding.Rather, ‘tis the pounding of my sneakers as they hit the pavement while I jog. Yes, you...
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Like so many thoroughbreds exploding onto the track at Churchill Downs, the gates have burst wide and the race to resolutions has begun.“Here we go again!” was first out but is already off the pace....
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My video on TEDx. Please share. For more information on Scott "Q" Marcus, and more articles by him, go to: http://www.scottqmarcus.com/articles.html
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