by Bill McCurry | Dec 31, 2011 | Life
Despite its problems, I suspect that 2011 was better than 99% of the years humanity has ever experienced. My personal 2011, despite me getting kicked in the metaphorical nuts a few times, was probably better than the 2011 experienced by most of the people on Earth....
by Bill McCurry | Dec 29, 2011 | Humor, Life, Love, Marriage, Relationships
Last week a friend mocked me for washing a bowl before I put it in my dishwasher. She did it in a gentle way, and as I scrubbed out the dried tomato soup I admitted that I didn’t trust the dishwasher. Trust can be fragile in my world, and I can’t place full trust in a...
by Bill McCurry | Dec 26, 2011 | Humor, Life, Marriage, Relationships
I’m not sure what to call this post-Christmas communication. “Debrief” sounds like we’ve just smuggled a defector out of Beijing. “Report” makes me want to write about reindeer with a No. 2 pencil in a Big Chief notebook....
by Bill McCurry | Dec 22, 2011 | Confidence, Fear, Humor, Life, Marriage
I now know that fear of public speaking and fear of clowns are the same thing. Or they are when you look under the surface. My friend Karl helped me understand this. Karl and I sometimes go to Chili’s to hang out with our friend, Jeff. We talk about things like...
by Bill McCurry | Dec 16, 2011 | Humor, Life
When a bull gores you, you always lose. It doesn’t matter how tough you are, how hard you’ve worked all your life, or how independent you consider yourself to be. You’re screwed. You’re doubly screwed if you’re 80 years old, like my mom’s uncle was when the bull...
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