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I would like to ask a special favor of the younger generation that will be visiting their parents and grandparents this Thanksgiving. Put your phone away! They would really like to visit with you.

The mind is a priceless gift, one that sometimes can be clouded by environment and preconceptions. For example: 1. The fattest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi.2.

Much has been said about the genius Albert Einstein, the great physicist, inventor, smart person, etc, but also considered a bit eccentric and sometimes forgetful.Einstein was once traveling from Princeton on a train when the conductorcamedownthe aisle, punching the tickets of every passenger.

To be or not to be. That was the question William Shakespeare posed once upon a time. That may well be the question that is put to the American people in this present hour. America and Americans are a “different” people in this world.

Please allow me to insert some information of a personal nature about myself.Some of you might know that I recently had (notice I did not use the word suffer) a mild heart attack. I have had a condition known as A-Fib for several years.

The Bullard family moved west on SH-3 from Centrahoma to Stonewall on October 19, 1944. At that time our family consisted of my parents, Cecil and Dora Bullard, my older brother Gerald, myself, Mana Sue and Linda Kay. Gerald was in the 8th grade and I was in the 5th.

If you are a human on planet Earth, you need money. We all carry it. We try hard to earn it. And whether it is found in the form of plastic, paper, or various alloys, we all depend on it every day. Money is important.

Do you give people a second chance?The joy of life is usually found in our relationships. Family, friends, co-workers, business partners, military comrades, fellow Republicans or Democrats, fellow church members, recreational buddies, teammates and more. These are the people we know.

Charlie Kirk was a man who had opinions and vocalized them. He believed in free speech. He also believed in the right of free speech for those who disagreed with him. In his Turning Point rallies, he gave untold numbers of people the opportunity to express their opinions and to debate him.

Utopia, Where?I notice the governor of California is wanting his “Utopia” back. At least that’s what I think he said. He got into quite a tizzy last week and stated he was tired of all the dystopia he saw all around him.