Tag: Laura Walcher
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Captain Kaplan, Sir! By Laura Walcher In 2018, attorney Michael A. Kaplan, Esq. received the Martindale-Hubble Peer Review Rating award for his Personal Injury services. Annually, to the present, San Diego Magazine has noted brother Michael Kaplan as a “Top Attorney” in Personal Injury Law. As a captain in the U.S. Army, doing duty in Viet […]
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“Why We Elect Narcissists and Sociopaths—And How We Can Stop!” by Laura Walcher The world needs Bill Eddy. His organization, the High Conflict Institute, deals with high-conflict people with high-conflict personalities. That is, they exhibit an ongoing pattern of all-or-nothing thinking, unmanaged emotions, extreme behavior or threats, and a preoccupation with blaming others. They bully, harass, blame, humiliate, spread […]
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What To Do…When You Have Nothing To Do Look Around. It’s entirely possible that you have kept your favorite teen T-shirts out of …um, history. Devotion. Memories. Love. But, forget about it. I’ve already tested this. Your unappreciative kids may already be plotting, knowing that, unlike us, keeping them won’t provide any enjoyment, use, or […]
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Read This and See! The San Diego Council on Literacy (SDCOL) recently held its “Literacy Champions Reception” and “Hall of Fame” induction. Yes, I was there. And, I was “inducted!” In thanks, I performed the event’s shortest speech: “Reading is Educational! Reading is Tranquilizing! Reading is Power!” Yes, a belief heartily shared by my co-awardees, […]
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Don’t Call “Amy” by Laura Walcher Well, I did. I called Amy. Sweetly, I thanked her for her consideration. She’d called to tell me that she could probably get me an appointment to have my car serviced; very appreciated, I’m a busy woman. In fact, I’d been so busy that I wound up..well, I couldn’t […]
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Saleswoman’s Conquest, Hard Won! By Laura Walcher Purpose: carry on. Dress well. Little make-up. Smile. (Fingers leap to imaginary strands of hair.) Smile; damn it! I’m well-dressed with little make-up. She’s coiffed, groomed and substantially girdled (right away, she hates me!). Her expression is like a depressed Father Winter. Her desk is immaculate; she’s talking […]
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A Curiously Cranky Columnist Go ahead; crab all you want. I’m with you! I’ve concluded, however, that I must stop crabbing about Mr. Trump, who will probably still be president by publication time, despite so many national/international efforts to…umm: un-president him. The problem is, I haven’t paid sufficient attention to other issues that deserve being […]
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“The Trumpiness of Trump” We definitely have to conjure up new ways of cheering ourselves up. Or expressing our anger. Or fear – you know, in this era of … Trump. Other grumbly societies have been far more creative – and to the point – than have we. In Greece, for instance, one can throw […]
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The Peacemaker Awards to Honor Those That Communicate, Collaborate and Connect While the National Conflict Resolution Center (NCRC), in this 31st year of Peacemaker, continues to uphold and expand its mission of peacemaking, we fear the “world” is not keeping pace. Still, its current list of awardees, its creative new programs, worthy and compelling – […]
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Love on Wry – Me, Myself, I If I’m not thinking about my disastrous hair thinning and white under Clairol care, my deplorable feet consumes my mind. Every shoe on earth is too tight a bind. I follow these critical issues with deeper thoughts: My writing; my music; my urgent need to hike and swim; […]
