Archive for 'Thoughts'

Alain & Scott Hamilton after the speech.

Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of meeting Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton.  He was in Missoula to present the key note address at the Community Medical Center’s Voices of Hope conference.

Before his speech, I noticed him walking down a hall of the hotel.  I told a friend of mine, we walked over the ...

Periodically, my daughter’s school has special “Walk to School” days where the crossing guard gives out little treats or prizes with the chance of winning a larger prize if your treat is specially marked.  (My daughter won a bike helmet when she was in kindergarten.)  This morning was one of those days, and we walked to school.  For ...

How many times have you stared at a ballot, shaking your head, because there wasn’t a viable candidate to vote for? If you are like me, probably more than you can count. How many times have you reluctantly voted for the person you felt was the best of two evils, or the candidate that you felt would do the least harm, rather than who would do the most good? Again, if you are anything like me, you have pondered these ...

I agreed to do the weekend shopping, which included a stop at Wal-Mart to pick up a few items. Not my preferred way to spend part of the afternoon, but something that needed to be done. During the trip, I could not help but notice a number of people and things that made me shake my head and wonder why people don’t have more respect for themselves and ...

Do we really need legislators spending time drafting, editing, debating, and finally passing laws that make it an offense to text when crossing the street? Or just walking? I mean, come on, the woman in Reading, Pennsylvania, who was texting while walking through a mall and fell into a fountain should be held up as an example of stupidity, not that texting and walking is dangerous and needs ...