Category: Category 4
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Euphemisms are a part of our culture. For centuries, we’ve been finding ways to communicate without actually saying what we mean. Over 1,000 years ago, Northern Europeans used a word meaning “the brown one” in place of the word bear, because they feared that actually using the word might cause the bears to show up…
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Moments of intimacy stay with us. I still remember my first real kiss. We were at church camp, hiding off the path, sitting on a boulder hidden by trees. She was way out of my league. I had no clue what I was doing. In fact, the only thing I was sure of was that…
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Doom has a sense of finality to it. An interesting article came across my desk yesterday. The headline from Science magazine said, “Will the world end next month? Science said so, in 1960.” How could I not take a look? More precisely, the 1960 prediction set a specific date: Friday, November 13, 2026. The original…