D. Randall Faro
Illusion
One must wait an hour after eating before going swimming to prevent cramping. Going outside with wet hair on a cold day will cause...
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D. Randall Faro
- Jun 7
- 2 min
We Are
Critical thinking is the ability to effectively analyze information and form a judgment. The opposite is superficial, careless, shallow...
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D. Randall Faro
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Death or Life
The industrial manufacture of death. A phrase that leapt from the page of a WWII novel I’m reading about snipers in the European theater...
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D. Randall Faro
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Wondering
I wonder. In the sense, not of soul-stirring surprise, but of doubt. Doubt, in this case, meaning not completely understanding. Maybe not...
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D. Randall Faro
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Carpe Diem
It’s not promised. Tomorrow. That doesn’t mean one should make no plans for tomorrow . . . or next week . . . or next year. Life is an...
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D. Randall Faro
- Apr 11
- 2 min
PHAs
There are things we might not know that we’re glad to learn are happening. Stay with me even though the next paragraph might need a...
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D. Randall Faro
- Apr 9
- 3 min
Affluenza
Affluenza is a portmanteau of affluence and influenza. While not a formally recognized pathological mental condition, the term is...
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D. Randall Faro
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Watch Me
Don’t ask me what I believe or what my deepest values are. Watch me. The reason for saying “don’t ask me” is that I can say anything. I...
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D. Randall Faro
- Mar 5
- 2 min
Why I Write
It’s a question imbedded in the mind of most authors. I typed “why authors write” in the Google search box and got over 8 million...
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D. Randall Faro
- Dec 27, 2023
- 2 min
Keep Your Mouth Shut If . . .
Growing up in Indianapolis in the early 60s I spend uncounted happy days at the Riviera Club, a gigantic outdoor swimming pool with...
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D. Randall Faro
- Dec 24, 2023
- 2 min
Choose Life
A wise sage who lived in the first century AD – or CE, depending on one’s druthers – drew up a short list (9) of what he termed “fruits...
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D. Randall Faro
- Dec 14, 2023
- 2 min
King of Wishful Thinking
Look up “wish” in any dictionary and you’ll find something like: “a desire or hope for something to happen.” There’s an old saying: “If...
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D. Randall Faro
- Dec 8, 2023
- 3 min
Watch Your Language
“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me.” Fewer words have been spoken that are untrue. “But,” some say,...
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D. Randall Faro
- Dec 4, 2023
- 3 min
Vexations
Ever been vexed? Sure you have. Everyone has. Annoyed . . . frustrated . . . irritated. We’re not talking about monumentally horrendous...
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D. Randall Faro
- Nov 9, 2023
- 2 min
Financial Fantasy
One of the recordings that helped rocket the Beatles to fame in 1963 was “Money.” The best things in life are free / But you can keep 'em...
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D. Randall Faro
- Nov 3, 2023
- 2 min
47.8 Percent
Statistics. Bean counters come up with ones such as: - Anchovies devour 28% of their own progeny. (I snorkeled through a school once....
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D. Randall Faro
- Oct 20, 2023
- 4 min
Questionable Banding
My growing up years, the 50s and 60s, saw the advent of Rock and Roll. I did homework accompanied by a turntable and a stack of vinyl...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 30, 2023
- 2 min
Bite Me, You Die
Newsflash from the Smithsonian Magazine: While they can seem pointless and purely irritating to us humans, mosquitoes do play a...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 28, 2023
- 2 min
For the Birds
For the birds is an idiom meaning worthless, not to be taken seriously, no good. The earliest usage of the phrase is by the U.S. military...
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D. Randall Faro
- Aug 22, 2023
- 2 min
Common Senselessness
We all know (don’t we?) that life is not supposed to make sense. But there’s senseless and there’s senseless. Here are a few examples of...
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