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There’s a reason the name “Jimmy Buffett” elicits immediate joy in the hearts of millions: happiness contagion.

If it weren’t for my wife, I would have starved to death long ago. That’s because Sue not only is an excellent cook who can make even vegetables appetizing (except squash, which should be squashed), but also she does the food shopping.

National Suicide Prevention Week will be observed from Sept. 10 to 16, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention designates September as National Suicide Prevention Month. In August, many news reports highlighted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s findings that close to 50,000 Americans died by suicide in 2022, which included an alarming increase of senior citizens.

As I’ve told you before, if you’ve been with me for a while, my teaching days are still with me despite the fact that this fall marks the 19th school year that commenced without my standing in front of students. As I wrestled with the decision back in the spring of 2005 as to whether to bring to a close that chapter of my working life, it was a couple of my friends who intimated that it was probably the right move if the thought didn’t dissipate after, perhaps, a bad day or two.

I was baffled when doctors told me I was well enough to go home.

“So, Dan – what are you doing tonight?”

What do presidential campaigns and the Christmas shopping season have in common? They both keep starting earlier and earlier.

Seriously folks.

DARLINGTON, S.C. — Denny Hamlin rallied on a final restart in overtime to win the Xfinity Series event at Darlington Raceway on Saturday. That will certainly help him when he starts the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs here on Sunday, right?

Many of us enjoy dreaming of winning the lottery. Ironically, the law of statistics shows that it is almost impossible to win the lottery, and winning always requires the recent purchase of a ticket.