Early on in my married life, the subject of Long Term Care Insurance was never a conversation at the dinner table. As is common with most people today, we certainly weren’t thinking about aging – choosing to live (and spend) in the here and now rather than dwell on realities
Category: Youth
Audi ad shows how society cannot differentiate between good and bad
An article recently ran on CNN.com entitled, “Audi pulls ‘insensitive’ ad featuring girl eating banana in front of car”. It’s not often you hear of an Audi ad sparking such controversy, so I thought it was worth a click-through to the full story. It seems that over the weekend, the
A role model is someone who understands they’re always being watched
“My father didn’t tell me how to live; he lived and let me watch him do it” – Anonymous. This anonymous (and thoughtful) quote perhaps best describes what it truly means to be a role model in life – especially to children. Some believe in order to attain the title
Auschwitz – understanding that no one is born to hate
Last weekend, my wife and I traveled east from our home in Colorado to a wedding in New York. While there, we attended an exhibit we booked months in advance, at one of New York’s rich, cultural museums. It was called Auschwitz – Not long ago. Not far away. A
Action figure teaches a lesson to kids – and adults – about materialism
Growing up, I was obsessed with Transformers and GoBots, which were cartoons featuring transforming robots with accompanying action figures available with the same functionality. Each action figure retailed for around $2 back in the early 1980s (about $6.23 today). But then I discovered Voltron – a cartoon in which five