It’s the day after Christmas, and here in the Mason household, it’s much more important than Christmas. It’s my wife’s birthday. And for me, that matters so much more. In the nearly 30 years we’ve been together, I’ve tried my best to make sure that it’s a day about her, not just a day of…
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As I get older, the Christmas holiday becomes a nostalgic time. And that’s not a bad thing. I remember when I couldn’t wait to see what Santa left me under the tree. For the most part, I usually only remember the good times. Fortunately, there weren’t that many bad ones. The other day, my wife…
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We all have holiday traditions. Years ago, my wife’s family had one where all the kids could open up one present on Christmas Eve. And somehow, each gift they opened was new pajamas. This didn’t happen just once; it happened year after year. With new pj’s, the pictures on Christmas morning always looked good. She…
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Buying gift cards could be a simple solution if you’re out doing some last-minute Christmas shopping. Sure, you could put more thought into the choice, but if you’re like me, you’re tired of fighting the crowds. Experts warn us that criminals have recently increased their focus on gift card theft. But they’re not stealing the…
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I saw a story the other night on our local news that blew my mind. Last year, Nashville’s airport was in the top 5 for gun seizures by the TSA. We came in fourth nationally. The news story said that at the current rate, we could move up to third when they update the numbers…
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I love digging into stories on the internet about research projects that try to make some sense of our world. And since I spend so much time reading these articles, the algorithms of websites like Google and Facebook feed me daily. Just the other day, I found some research that tracked the smartest states across…
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In recent years, postal theft has become a severe problem. Thieves steal both incoming and outgoing mail in your home mailbox. Plus, there has been an increase in theft from those big blue mail collection boxes. The postal service thinks they have a solution to the problem. They’ve created a high-tech mailbox. But they won’t…
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Most NFL fans know that the Tennessee Titans were once the Houston Oilers. While most teams that move from one city to another, like the Raiders, Rams, and Cardinals, retain their nicknames, the Titans’ owners decided to change their name once they moved to Nashville in the late 1990s. But for some reason, the team…
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The holiday season always reminds me of a catalog that we used to get in the mail. No, it’s not the Sears Wish Book or the J.C. Penney Christmas Book. The holidays always remind me of the Fingerhut catalog. The company still exists online but stopped mailing the catalog many years ago. We always looked…
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