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OPINION | GARY SMITH: Going for gold in a year known for lots of tin
Way, way back in the distant, murky past of last December, when I looked ahead to 2024, I had one particular, overwhelming thought: This is going to stink.
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Way, way back in the distant, murky past of last December, when I looked ahead to 2024, I had one particular, overwhelming thought: This is going to stink.
I'm not old.
I'm not going to say this is the way to do it. It's just the way I'm doing it.
For a brief period of time my parents lived in Lubbock, Texas, which is a fine place if you don't count the weather or the location.
One of my favorites of comedian Richard Pryor's routines (from a large selection, by the way) was about his brief time as a boxer.
When I was a kid I used to build models, mostly because I had to find something to do inside since we lived in Michigan and it snowed 13 months out of each yea…
When it comes to human achievement, there appears to be a key way people respond to getting things done.
I know we've had this conversation before, but recent events would indicate that perhaps we need to have it again.
This sort of thing just doesn't happen here.
When it came to raising children, my father did most things either correctly or within widely accepted parenting boundaries. Considering his own slipshod upbri…