books

By The Book (MM #5474)

Through the years, I’ve had a challenging relationship with doctors. And I’m being kind by using the word challenging. I’ve not had much luck with them. But over the last six weeks, I spent more time talking to doctors than I would like. But when I was in the hospital last week, one of my…

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Libraries (MM #5340)

Libraries are often something we take for granted since the launch of the Internet. Children don’t need to spend as much time there researching school papers. Back in my day, I spent more weekends at the public library, and I like to think about it. I was constantly researching something for school, and we never…

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Reading (MM #5268)

I’ve long been fascinated with new technology. While I understand the fear that some people feel when accepting something new, I wonder why we tend to embrace everything the way it’s always been. Take reading, for example. For so long, we read things like newspapers and books. It didn’t matter if those books were hard…

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Movie Listings (MM #2926)

We were looking through the movie listings the other day and I got pretty excited. I couldn’t believe that they had adapted an old Nancy Drew mystery. But of course I wondered, do kids today still read Nancy Drew books?

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Ask Alexa (MM #1959)

I love technology, so my wife bought me one of those new Amazon Echo devices. It can do so much. I can even ask Alexa questions and it will answer them. It’s the perfect resource for a lazy guy like me. Now I don’t even have to pick up a book or a smartphone…

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Curling Up (MM #705)

Time is at a premium for all of us.  And times that can be frustrating.  Especially when you just want to curl up with….

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The Boy Genius (MM #269)

I’m sure that you’re wondering who I’m talking about in today’s podcast.  I guarantee it’s not who you think!

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